| blotto acknowledges that privacy is important. You must read and agree to this Privacy Policy ('this policy') before becoming a blotto member. This policy forms part of our Terms and Conditions for use of this site. By agreeing to this policy you consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner prescribed below.
1. blotto collects your personal information to provide you with an efficient, safer and more functional experience.
2. To become a blotto member, you are required to register on the online registration form. This form requires you to provide us with personal information. We may also require some financial information, such as, but not limited to, credit card information to verify your name, address and other contact information.
3. By becoming a member and/or participating in a blotto auction, blotto will:
- collect your name, billing address details and delivery address to register you as a member of blotto;
- collect information about your bidding and selling behaviour.
4. blotto will use your personal information to:
- bill you for the goods and services you purchase and any other fees that are charged;
- enforce our terms and conditions;
- ensure that blotto is a safe trading site;
- resolve any disputes that may arise;
5. blotto will not disclose any information about you without your prior consent unless:
- required by law;
- it is necessary in order to provide you with a good or service that you have purchased;
- we suspect that you are in breach of this policy or the Terms and Conditions;
- to protect the rights or property of blotto or any blotto user;
- enforce our terms and conditions.
6. To improve our business practices, blotto will retain certain information about your use of our site. blotto uses this information to undertake internal research on our user's demographics, interests and behaviour.
7. blotto reserves the right to publish the name of the Successful Bidder on its site and other promotional material.
8. blotto, or its related companies, may contact you by any means (including email or SMS) to notify you about goods, services or promotions which may be of interest to you. blotto may also share your information with other entities or persons who assist in providing services, running competitions or with other companies who provide items for auctions.
9. By placing a bid in the auction, you will be given exclusive membership to blotto. blotto membership entitles you to special offers, tips and competition entry. You may be sent up to 1 message per week with these offers and it will cost a maximum of $0.55 inc GST.
10. blotto endeavours to protect your personal information, however, due to technical limitations we cannot guarantee that your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties by way of unlawful access to and transmissions of personal information from our site.
11. blotto abides by law enforcement enquiries. blotto can lawfully disclose your personal information for that purpose permitted by the Privacy Act 1988.
12. blotto will deactivate your user ID and password upon your request. This will remove your contact details and financial information from our active database. blotto will retain some information to help prevent fraud, resolve disputes, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms and Conditions and comply with legal requirements.
13. This Privacy Policy only applies to information that blotto collects about you. Any information that you provide to third parties is subject to an agreement between you and that third party. blotto does not accept any responsibility for information that you provide to third parties.
14. By accepting our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions you expressly agree that we may send you information that we believe may be of interest to you.
15. We are committed to providing a site that is safe and secure. We will continuously review our Privacy Policy to meet industry standards.
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