Your privacy is very important to us. We do not sell or rent your personal
information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit
consent. Please read this privacy policy and our iZania Terms and Conditions to
learn more about the ways in which we use and protect your personal information.
Overview
The privacy practices of this statement apply to our services available under
the domain and subdomains of www.izania.com (the "Site") (including
www.izaniamarket.com). By visiting this website you agree to be bound by the
terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree please do not
use or access our Site.
This Privacy Policy describes the information, as part of the normal
operation of our services, we collect from you and what may happen to that
information. By accepting the Privacy Policy and the User Agreement in
registration, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal
information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is
effective upon acceptance in registration for new registering users, and is
otherwise effective on June 1st, 2003 for all users.
Information We Collect.
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,
billing 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.
Under some circumstances we may require some additional financial
information. We use your financial information, including credit card
information to verify the accuracy of your name, address, and other information,
as well as to bill you for your use of our services.
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. Cookies can also help us provide information that
is targeted to your interests. Most cookies are "session cookies,"
meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of 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.
Additionally, you may encounter "cookies" or other similar devices
on certain pages of the Site that are placed by third parties. For example, if
you view a web page created by a user, there may be a "cookie" placed
within that web page. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties.
If you choose to bid, buy or sell on the Site, we collect information about
your bidding, buying and selling behavior. We also collect other users' comments
about you in our feedback area.
If you establish a credit account with us to pay the fees we charge, we
collect some additional information, such as a billing address, a credit card
number and a credit card expiration date and tracking information from checks or
money orders.
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; collect fees
owed; 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 open a credit account,
or otherwise provide us with your financial information, we use your address and
billing information to bill you and provide associated support.
You agree that we may use personal information about you 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.
You agree that we may use your personal information to contact you and
deliver information to you that, in some cases, are targeted to your interests,
such as targeted banner advertisements, administrative notices, product
offerings, and communications relevant to your use of the Site. By accepting the
User Agreement and Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive this
information. If you do not wish to receive these communications, we encourage
you to opt out of the receipt of certain communications. You may make changes to
your notification preferences at any time.
Our Disclosure of Your Information.
As a matter of policy, we do not sell or rent any of your personal
information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit
consent. However, the following describes some of the ways that your personal
information may be disclosed in the normal scope of business to provide our
services.
Advertisers. We aggregate (gather up data across all user accounts)
personal information and disclose such information in a non-personally
identifiable manner to advertisers and other third parties for their marketing
and promotional purposes. However, in these situations, we do not disclose to
these entities any information that could be used to identify you personally.
Certain information, such as your name, email address, password, credit card
number, and bank account number, are not disclosed to these third parties in a
personally identifiable manner without your explicit consent.
External Service Providers. There are a number of separate services
offered by third parties that we refer to as external service providers that may
be complementary to your use of the Site (e.g. listing agents, escrow,
authentication, mediation, shipping, packaging). If you choose to use these
separate services, disclose information to the external service providers,
and/or grant them permission to collect information about you, then their use of
your information is governed by their privacy policy. We do not disclose your
personal information to external service providers unless you provide your
explicit consent. With your consent we may provide some of your personal
information to the external service provider offering such services, for your
convenience. To prevent our disclosure of your personal information to an
external service provider, you can decline such consent or simply not use their
services. Because we do not control the privacy practices of these third
parties, you should evaluate their practices before deciding to use their
services.
Legal Requests. iZania 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 iZania community from
illegal activity. 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, UserID history, fraud
complaints, and usage history without a subpoena. Without limiting the above, in
an effort to respect your privacy and our ability to keep the community free
from illegal activity, 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.
Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your
private communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in
ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of example (without
limiting the foregoing), we may be forced to disclose personal information to
the government or third parties under certain circumstances, third parties may
unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, or users
may abuse or misuse your personal information that they collect from the Site.
Therefore, although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy,
we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or
private communications will always remain private.
Your Use of Other Users' Information.
In order to facilitate interaction among all iZania community members, our
Site allows you limited access other users' contact information. As a seller you
have access to the User ID, email address and other contact and shipping
information of the buyer or winning bidder(s), and as a buyer or winning bidder
you have access to the User ID, email address and other contact information of
the seller.
By entering into our User Agreement, you agree that, with respect to other
users' personal information that you obtain through the Site or through an
iZania-related communication or iZania-facilitated transaction, iZania hereby
grants to you a license to use such information only for: (a) iZania-related
communications that are not unsolicited commercial messages, (b) using services
offered through iZania (e.g. escrow, insurance, shipping and fraud complaints),
and (c) any other purpose that a user expressly agrees to after you tell them
the purpose you would like to use it for. In all cases, you must give users an
opportunity to remove themselves from your database and a chance to review what
information you have collected about them. In addition, under no circumstances,
except as defined in this Section, can you disclose personal information about
another user to any third party without our consent and the consent of that
user. You agree that other users may use your personal information to
communicate with you in accordance with this Section. Note that law enforcement
personnel are given different rights with respect to information they access.
iZania and our users do not tolerate spam. Therefore, without limiting the
foregoing, you are not licensed to add an iZania user, even a user who has
purchased an item from you, to your mail list (email or physical mail) without
their express consent. To report iZania related spam to iZania, please contact
us at membership@izania.com. |