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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes the information, as part of the normal operation of our Services, which we collect from you and what may happen to that information. We have prepared a detailed policy because we believe you should know as much as possible about HDD Broker's practices so that you can make informed decisions. This Privacy Policy is integral to our User Agreement.

We do not sell or rent your Personal Information to third parties EVER! And we only use your information as described in the Privacy Policy. We view protection of users' privacy as a very important principle. We understand clearly that you and your information is one of our most important assets. We store and process your information on computers that are protected by physical as well as technological security devices. If you object to your Information being transferred or used in this way please do not use our services.

Information We Collect

"Personal Information" is defined as information collected that can uniquely identify you.

Sharing and Usage: We will never share, sell, or rent individual Personal Information with anyone unless ordered by a court of law. Personal Information submitted to us is only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you correspondence based on your request for information.

Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. This allows us to provide services and features that most likely meet your needs, and to customize our service to make your experience safer and easier. We only collect personal information about you that we consider necessary for achieving this purpose.

In general, you can browse the Site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. Once you give us your personal information, you are not anonymous to us. If you choose to use our services, we may require you to provide contact and identity information, shipping information and other personal information as indicated on the forms throughout the Site. Where possible, we indicate which fields are required and which fields are optional. You always have the option to not provide information by choosing not to use a particular service or feature.

We automatically track certain information based upon your behavior on the Site. We use this information to do internal research on our users' demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand, protect and serve you and our community. This information may include the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on the Site or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on the Site or not), your computer browser information, and your IP address.

We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of the Site to help analyze our web page flow, measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety. "Cookies" are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing our services. We offer certain features that are only available through the use of a "cookie". We also use cookies to allow you to enter your password less frequently during a session. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on the Site and you may be required to reenter your password more frequently during a session.

If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on the Site, we may collect such information into a file specific to you.

Our Use of Your Information

We use your Personal Information to facilitate the services you request. We use your personal information in the file we maintain about you, and other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the Site to: resolve disputes; troubleshoot problems; help promote safe trading; measure consumer interest in our products and services, inform you about online and offline offers, products, services, and updates; customize your experience; detect and protect us against error, fraud and other criminal activity; enforce our User Agreement; and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection. At times, we may look across multiple users to identify problems or resolve disputes, and in particular we may examine your personal information to identify users using multiple User IDs or aliases. We may compare and review your personal information for errors, omissions and for accuracy.

If you choose to list an item for sale on the Site, or otherwise provide us with your financial information, we use your address and billing information to bill you and provide associated support.

Why did you receive an e-mail or correspondence from us? If you received a mailing from us, (a) your e-mail address or mailing address is either listed with us as someone who has expressly shared this address for the purpose of receiving information in the future ("opt-in"), or (b) you have registered or purchased or otherwise have an existing relationship with us. We respect your time and attention by controlling the frequency of our mailings. Unsubscribe or Opt-Out from newsletters, mailings, or faxes by emailing your preferences to: remove@hddbroker.com

You agree that we may use Personal Information or Your Equipment Information to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, improve our content and product offerings, and customize the Site's content, layout, and services. These uses improve the Site and better tailor it to meet your needs, so as to provide you with a smooth, efficient, safe and customized experience while using the Site.

Our Disclosure of Your Information

Legal Requests: HDD Broker cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws, such as: intellectual property rights, fraud and other rights, to help protect you and the HDD Broker community from bad actors. Therefore, in response to a verified request by law enforcement or other government officials relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity, we can (and you authorize us to) disclose your name, city, state, telephone number, email address, and listing history without a subpoena. Without limiting the above, in an effort to respect your privacy, we will not otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement or other government officials without a subpoena, court order or substantially similar legal procedure, except when we believe in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to: prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss; or report suspected illegal activity.

Control of Your Password

You are responsible for all actions taken with your User ID and password. Therefore we do not recommend that you disclose your HDD Broker password to any third parties. If you choose to share your User ID and password or your personal information with third parties, you are responsible for all actions taken with your account and therefore you should review that third party's privacy policy. If you lose control of your password, you may lose substantial control over your personal information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your behalf. Therefore, if your password has been compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password as detailed in the HELP section.

Accessing, Reviewing and Changing Your Personal Information

We offer you the ability to review and change the information you submit to us by contacting us via email at remove@hddbroker.com or calling us. You can change your user Id, email address, contact information, financial information, shipping information and user preferences contacting us via email at remove@hddbroker.com or calling us. You must promptly update your personal information if it changes or is inaccurate.

Upon your request, we will deactivate your account, contact information, billing information, shipping information, and financial information from our active databases. To make this request, email remove@hddbroker.com. Such information will be deactivated as soon as reasonably possible based on your account activity.

Other Information Collectors

Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to other parties, whether they are bidders, buyers or sellers on our site or other sites throughout the Internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. Since HDD Broker does not control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy policies of that third party. We encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

Security

How we protect your privacy: We use security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of data used by our system.

Your information is stored on HDD Broker Inc.'s servers. We use procedural and technical safeguards to protect your personal information against loss or theft as well as unauthorized access and disclosure to protect your privacy. We treat data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized access. We employ many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access by users inside and outside the company. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.

Notice

We may amend this Privacy Policy at anytime without notice.

Updated on February 13, 2013