Kompolt respects the right of privacy of all of its visitors, users, clients and customers and is committed to protecting such privacy in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The following details our treatment of your personally identifiable information collected in connection with your activities on or related our website or to any auction or e-commerce we are managing.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and check back periodically as this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies or websites which are not owned or controlled by Kompolt.

TYPE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

"Personal Information" is personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, email address, phone number and credit card or other banking information, or auction user id in the event you are using our bidder prequalification (BPQ) services. Personal Information is collected by us when you choose to provide it to us when registering for BPQ for a particular auction. In addition, if you choose to contact any of our customer service representatives, we may keep a record of that correspondence so that we may fully address the subject matter. We may also receive Personal Information from our business partners and other third parties, provided that such third parties confirm to us that you have permitted them to share such information.

Business contact information such as the name, title, business address, email address or telephone number of a business or professional person or an employee of an organization is not considered Personal Information.

"NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION" is information of an anonymous nature, such as an , the domain you may have used to access our sites, the type and version of browser or operating system you may be using, and the website you may have come from or visit next. Aggregate information, such as demographic statistics of our users (e.g. average age or geographical allocation of our users), number of visitors and average time spent on our site, is also considered Non-Personal Information.

Non-Personal Information is collected or derived by us in the course of managing auctions for our clients. For example, our Web servers may automatically collect Non-Personal Information which is provided through your browser or stored on a when you choose to visit our site, an auction we are managing or another e-commerce location.

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal Information may be used by us for the following purposes:

Providing you with Kompolt information you have requested from us.

If you indicated that you were interested in receiving information from Kompolt or certain of our selected sponsors, clients or advertisers, Kompolt may send you email materials and other mailings about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you. If at any time you would like to end your subscription to any such email materials, follow the directions posted at the bottom of the email material;

If you enter a contest or other promotion offered on our site, we may, under the rules of the promotion, use your name and certain other information to administer the promotion, such as contacting, announcing and promoting the winners of the promotion;

Kompolt may also use Personal Information if it has reasonable grounds to believe the information could be useful when investigating a contravention of a federal, provincial or foreign law or in order to protect or defend a legal interest.

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will not sell or rent your Personal Information to anyone.
We will only disclose your Personal Information to third parties:

Where you have specifically given us your consent to disclose your Personal Information for a designated purpose;

Who are acting on our behalf as our agents, suppliers or service providers, solely to enable us to more efficiently provide you with Kompolt services. Such entities act under strict contractual controls, requiring them to maintain the confidentiality of all such Personal Information and to use such information solely for purposes related to the provision of Kompolt services;

As may be set out in the Terms and Conditions applicable to a Kompolt provided service, to facilitate the provision of such services, such as fulfilling legal requirements;

As required by law, including by an order of any court, institution or body with jurisdiction or authority to compel the production of information, or in order to protect or defend a legal interest; or

In connection with a Kompolt corporate re-organization, merger or acquisition with another entity, or a sale of all or a substantial portion of the assets of Kompolt provided that the Personal Information disclosed continues to be used for the purposes permitted by this Privacy Policy by the entity acquiring the information.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES AND ADVERTISEMENTS

Kompolt may contain links to other websites and services. While we try to link only to sites and services that share our high standards and respect for privacy, please understand that we are not responsible for the content of, or the privacy practices employed by, other companies or websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to the Kompolt services referencing this Privacy Policy.

SECURITY

The security of your Personal Information is important to us. Kompolt takes technical, contractual, administrative, and physical security steps to protect Personal Information that you provide to us. We instruct our employees with access to your Personal Information that it is to be used only in adherence with the principles set forth in this Privacy Policy and the laws applicable to each specific business.

In certain areas, such as when you provide credit card information to us, we work to help protect the security of your credit card information during transmission by using industry standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Kompolt may from time to time change its Privacy Policy as new services are added or old ones changed. Changes will be effective when notice of such change is posted at our site. Please check this Privacy Policy regularly for updates by checking the date of "Last Update" at the top of this document.

ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROCEDURES

Privacy procedures specific to a Kompolt service, such as bidder prequalification can be found on our site at the location of that particular service, or in additional terms referenced. Those procedures are an addendum to this policy, and are provided to you at the place where they will be of most use to you.

If you are unsure whether we have a record containing any of your Personal Information and would like to confirm whether or not we do, please send an e-mail to our Privacy Manager at info@kompolt.com, indicating all e-mail addresses that you may have given us.

If you decide at any time that you do not want to receive any e-mail materials to which you have subscribed, you may choose to unsubscribe to these e-mails by following the instructions at the bottom of the e-mail material.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS

If you have questions, comments or suggestions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices that were not answered here; send our Privacy Manager an e-mail at privacy@kompolt.com.