Privacy
Policy
Information
Collected
Bid Ocean, Inc. respects the privacy of its customers
and visitors (users) to its web sites. However, in the course of business,
Bid Ocean gathers, stores, processes and distributes a wide variety
of information. Information collected may include user's URL, user's
operating system, user's geographic area, frequency of visits, pages
visited, time spent on site, and other information about visitor and
visitor's usage of site. Additional information is collected through
contact forms. Information is obtained from a large number of sources
such as public bid lists, news services, public directories and other
public sources. Some of the information Bid Ocean obtains is
used internally to improve its service and some information is published
or sold to others.
Bid Ocean gathers
information primarily about companies, not individuals. As a general
rule, Bid Ocean does not share information about individuals but may
do so if compelled to under threats from government agencies or if
prudent during the course of business.
Ad
System
Advertisements
may be displayed on bidocean.com and other sites or in Emails sent
to subscribers. Ad display may be determined by user's geographic
location and other information known about the user. Clicking on an
ad may communicate additional information about user and some of that
information may be passed on to the advertiser. In some cases the
user may opt out of the communication of some of their data to advertisers.
Credit
Card Purchases
Credit Card transactions are conducted using encrypted secure
forms to prevent theft of the transmitted information. Credit Card
information for one time purchases is deleted after the purchase is
processed. Credit Card information is maintained for subscriptions.
All credit card information maintained is kept strictly confidential.
Bid Ocean goes to considerable lengths to ensure the security of customer
credit card data. All credit card users are encouraged to closely
monitor the activity on their card and closely safeguard their credit
information.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by the
web browser on a computer's hard drive. Some of our sites may use
cookies to speed navigation, keep track of items, and provide users
with custom-tailored content. Cookies are used to remember information
provided so it doesn't have to be reentered each time the site is
visited or the page is changed. Our site requires that per-session
cookies be allowed by the browser in order to log on. Most browsers
are initially set to accept cookies. Bid Ocean does not use or condone
the use of 'spy-ware'.
Faxes
The US Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, 47
U.S.C. § 227, makes it a violation of federal law for a person
to use any telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device
to send an unsolicited advertisement (a "junk fax") to a
telephone facsimile machine. Various State laws make it illegal to
send broad categories of Faxes without the permission of the recipient.
To be subject to the Federal Act, a fax must be an "unsolicited
ad." An ''unsolicited advertisement'' is any material advertising
the commercial availability or quality of any property, goods, or
services that is transmitted to any person without that person's prior
express invitation or permission.
Not every fax is a junk fax and Bid Ocean does not Spam or send
'Junk' Faxes. Bid Ocean maintains a list of Fax numbers whose
owners have requested to not receive Faxes and does not broadcast
Fax to those numbers. Bid Ocean does communicate with its customers
through Fax, telephone & Email on a regular basis. Submission
of your Fax number to Bid Ocean constitutes an agreement to receive
an occasional Fax transmission. Bid Ocean subsidiaries
not located within the US may not be bound by US anti Fax laws. You may opt-out of our Fax system by calling us sending us a Fax,
Email or letter by postal mail.
Email
Bid Ocean obtains Email addresses from customers,
from public bid lists and other sources. Bid Ocean sends Emails
to a wide variety of organizations and individuals during the
course of business but does not spam. Submission of your
Email address to Bid Ocean constitutes an agreement to receive
an occasional Email. Bid Ocean subsidiaries not located within
the US may not be bound by US anti Email laws. You may
opt-out of our Email system by calling us or sending us a Fax,
Email or letter by postal mail.
Email
Spoofing
Spammers and computer hackers are very adept at breaking
into Email servers and also at 'spoofing' Email addresses. If
you receive an unwanted Email from a Bid Ocean address it does
not mean that the Email was sent by Bid Ocean. It is possible
that someone fraudulently used a Bid Ocean Email address as their
return address. If you receive any Spam or viruses from an Email
you think came from Bid Ocean please check the Email header details to see where the Email actually originated from. If there is any
indication that the spam originated from a Bid Ocean server please
let us know.
Hold
Harmless
Usage of this site, the Bid Ocean Network and any
site owned or operated by Bid Ocean, Inc. constitutes an agreement
to hold Bid Ocean, Inc., its subsidiaries, principals, parent
company and employees harmless from any liability resulting from
your usage of the site or the information derived from it. This
hold harmless agreement supercedes any prior or subsequent agreement,
contract, promise or commitment made by Bid Ocean, its subsidiaries,
parent company, associates, principals or employees.
No
Guarantees
Bid Ocean does not warrant the accuracy of data it distributes
or the quantity distributed through bidocean.com and subsidiary sites.
Usage of this site and any site owned or operated by Bid Ocean, Inc.
is done purely at your own risk. Product warranties sold by subsidiaries
of Bid Ocean are specified on each subsidiary site.
Persons wanting to opt
out of any record keeping may send their request by mail to: