Cookie policy

At Bidders, we value your privacy and strive to protect your personal data. Bidders will only collect and use your personal data in accordance with this Privacy policy and our Terms of Use.

How we use cookies

We collect personal data through the use of cookies. Cookies (and other similar technologies) help us give you the best experience of using our site.

Cookies are small data files that we or companies we work with may place on your computer or other devices when you visit our website. They allow us to remember your actions or preferences over time.

We use cookies to collect data that helps us to:

• track site usage and browsing behaviour;
• allow you to sign in to your account and navigate through the website;
• tailor our website’s functionality to you personally by letting us remember your preferences;
• improve how our website performs;
• monitor the effectiveness of our promotions and advertising; and
• mitigate risk, enhance security and help prevent fraud.

We use both session and persistent cookies. Session cookies are deleted when you close down your browser, while persistent cookies remain on your device until they expire or you delete them. Persistent cookies allow us to remember things about you when you visit our website again.

Third-party cookies

We may use authorised third-party providers to help us with various aspects of our business, such as website operations, services, applications, advertising, support tools and to serve you relevant content.

These service providers may place cookies on your device (third-party cookies) or make use of similar tracking technologies such as web beacons. No personally identifiable information is stored in third-party cookies. The information reported to us is aggregated and anonymous. We use this information to understand, for example, the effectiveness of our advertising and marketing. Web beacons are small graphic images (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) which may be used to collect and store information about visits to our website (such as which pages you viewed and how long you spent on the website) and communication efficiency (such as the email delivery and open rates). Where necessary, the information gathered by web beacons may be tied to your personal data strictly for the purposes set out herein.

Declining cookies

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

Certain aspects and features of our services are only available through the use of cookies. By signing up for an account with Bidders, or continuing to use our website, you agree to our use of cookies as set out in this policy. You may decline our cookies if your browser or browser add-on permits, but doing so may interfere with your use of Bidders’ services. For information on how to delete or reject cookies, you can consult the “help” function within your browser, or visit www.allaboutcookies.org, where you will also find more information about cookies in general.