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PRIVACY POLICY

Gift Trade, LLC (“Gift Trade”) is committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for its users.  Our Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Service (defined below).   By using our Service or registering for an account with us, you are accepting the terms of this Privacy, and you are consenting to our collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of your personal information as described in this Privacy Notice.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Service” refers to Gift Trade’s service which can be accessed via our website at www.gift-trade.net.  Gift Trade is a marketplace that provides a platform for individuals and businesses to communicate with, and sell, exchange, and barter products and services to each other.  The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Gift Trade. “You” refers to you, as a user of the Service. By accepting our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use located at    you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Gift Trade is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent organization whose mission is to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. Because we want to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy, we have agreed to disclose our information practices and have our privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe .

The United States Department of Commerce and the European Commission have agreed on a set of data protection principles and frequently asked questions (the "Safe Harbor Principles") to enable U.S. companies to satisfy the EU law requirement that personal information transferred from the EU to the United States be adequately protected. Consistent with its pledge to protect personal privacy, Gift Trade complies with the Safe Harbor Principles.

I. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information.”  Non-Personal Information includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks.  Personal Information includes only your email, which you submit to us through the registration process.

Information collected via Technology

To activate the Service, you do not need to submit any Personal Information other than your email address .  To use the Service thereafter, you do not need to submit further Personal Information.  However, to improve the quality of the Service, we track information provided to us by your browser or by our software application when you view or use the Service, such as the website you came from (known as the “referring URL”), the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to the Service, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you.  We track this information using cookies, or small text files which include an anonymous unique identifier.  Cookies are sent to a user’s browser from our servers and are stored on the user’s computer hard drive.  Sending a cookie to a user’s browser enables us to collect Non-Personal information about that user and keep a record of the user’s preferences when utilizing our services, both on an individual and aggregate basis.  For example, Gift Trade may use cookies to collect the following information:

 

Gift Trade may use both persistent and session cookies; persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your session and until you delete them, while session cookies expire when you close your browser.  For example, we store a persistent cookie to track:   

Information you provide us by registering for an account or using the Service

In addition to the information provided automatically by your browser when you use the Service, to become a subscriber to the Service you will need to create a personal profile.  You can create a profile by registering with the Service and entering your email address, and creating a user name and a password.  By registering and using the Service, you are authorizing us to collect, store and use your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including your name, addresses, telephone numbers, and other related information, including:

•           Bidding, buying, or selling information you provide during a transaction;

•           Other content that you generate, or that is connected to your account;

•           Financial information (such as credit card or bank account numbers) related to a transaction;

•           Postage, billing and other information used to purchase or post an item, and relevant postage information;

•           Information shared during participation in community discussions, chats, dispute resolution, or when you otherwise correspond regarding our Service;

•           Additional information we are required or authorized by applicable national laws to collect and process to authenticate or identify you or to verify the information we have collected.

II. HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION

Personal Information

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties without your consent. We do share Personal Information with vendors and third party partners, including those who are performing services for Gift Trade.  Those vendors use your Personal Information only at our direction and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.  In general, the Personal Information you provide to us is used to help us communicate with you.  For example, we use Personal Information to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users, provide technical support, and inform users about promotional offers.

Other users may have access to the information you share on www.gift-trade.net, such as your bids, purchases, items for sale, your collections, the sellers and collections you follow, storefronts, Feedback, ratings and associated comments.  Further, your user ID is displayed and available to the public. It is connected to all your Gift Trade activity. If you associate your name with your user ID, the people to whom you have revealed your name will be able to personally identify your Gift Trade activities.  To help protect your privacy, we allow only limited access to other users' contact, shipping and financial information as necessary to facilitate your transactions and collect payments. However, when users are involved in a transaction, they have access to each other's name, user ID, email address, and other contact and shipping information.

Further, we use the personal information we collect to provide and improve our Service, to provide you with a personalized experience on our sites, to contact you about your account and our Service, to provide you customer service, to provide you with personalized advertising and marketing, and to detect, prevent, mitigate and investigate fraudulent or illegal activities.  When transacting with another user, the other user may request and we may provide them with information about you necessary to complete the transaction, such as your name, user ID, email address, contact details, shipping and billing address, or other information from you needed to promote the reliability and security of the transaction.

Non-Personal Information

In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve the Service and customize the user experience.  We also aggregate Non-Personal Information to track trends and analyze use patterns on the Site.  This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.

If we undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred.  You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.  If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes to our website so that you may opt out of the new information practices.  We suggest that you check the website periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used.

Children Under Age 13

Our Service is not directed to children under 13. If you learn that a child under 13 years old has provided us with personal information without consent, please contact us.

III. HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION

We implement security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access.  Your account is protected by your account password and we urge you to take steps to keep your personal information safe by not disclosing your password and by logging out of your account after each use.  We further protect your information from potential security breaches by implementing certain technological security measures including encryption, firewalls and secure socket layer technology.  However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software.  By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.

IV. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes.  When we send a promotional communication to a user, the user can opt out of further promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in each promotional e-mail.  You can also indicate that you do not wish to receive marketing communications from us in the “Settings” section of the website.   Please note that notwithstanding the promotional preferences you indicate by either unsubscribing or opting out, we may continue to send you administrative emails including, for example, periodic updates to our Privacy Policy.

V. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

As part of the Service, we may provide links to or compatibility with other websites or applications.  However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain.  This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the website and the Service.  Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third-party website accessed by selecting a link on our website or via our Service.  To the extent that you access or use the Service through or on another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application.  We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.

VI. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Gift Trade reserves the right to change this policy and our Terms of Service at any time.  We will notify you of significant changes to our Privacy Policy by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.  Significant changes will go into effect 10 days following such notification.  Non-material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately. You should periodically check the website and this privacy page for updates.

VII. CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this website, please contact us by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Last Updated: This Privacy Policy was last updated on November 21, 2016.