Buy and Sell Tools is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Buy and Sell Tools site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Buy and Sell Tools site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Buy and Sell Tools collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Buy and Sell Tools also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Buy and Sell Tools. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Buy and Sell Tools for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Buy and Sell Tools site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Buy and Sell Tools public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Buy and Sell Tools does not read any of your private online communications.

Buy and Sell Tools encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Buy and Sell Tools so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Buy and Sell Tools is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Buy and Sell Tools and Buy and Sell Tools family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Buy and Sell Tools collects and uses your personal information to operate the Buy and Sell Tools Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Buy and Sell Tools also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Buy and Sell Tools and its affiliates. Buy and Sell Tools may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Buy and Sell Tools does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Buy and Sell Tools may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Buy and Sell Tools may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Buy and Sell Tools, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Buy and Sell Tools does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Buy and Sell Tools keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Buy and Sell Tools, in order to determine what Buy and Sell Tools services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Buy and Sell Tools to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Buy and Sell Tools Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Buy and Sell Tools or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Buy and Sell Tools; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Buy and Sell Tools, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Buy and Sell Tools Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Buy and Sell Tools pages, or register with Buy and Sell Tools site or services, a cookie helps Buy and Sell Tools to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Buy and Sell Tools Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Buy and Sell Tools features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Buy and Sell Tools services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Buy and Sell Tools secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Buy and Sell Tools secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Buy and Sell Tools will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Buy and Sell Tools encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Buy and Sell Tools is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Buy and Sell Tools welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Buy and Sell Tools has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Buy and Sell Tools at jake@itworx.com.au. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.