Online Merchant Network Privacy Policy

Your Privacy

This website is brought to you by PayPal, Inc. This Privacy Policy tells you how we use and protect your information on this website.  Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to this website and not to any other PayPal website including PayPal.com which has its own Privacy Policy.

By using this website, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, and you consent to these privacy practices. This includes the use and disclosure of any personal information you have shared with us and its transfer to and storage on servers in the United States.

Collection

You can browse this website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. Certain features and services on this site require that you register and supply some information that allows us to identify you. We collect some information automatically from your computer using cookies while you browse this site, such as where you go on this site and what you do there.

When you register on this site, we collect and store your email address, username and a password. You can also choose to provide additional personal information such as your  name, location, and contact information.

We may get additional information from or about you in other ways not specifically described here. For example, you might contact support or respond to a survey, or may disclose information about yourself in a posting.

Use

We may use the information we collect to:

• operate the website
• provide you with information and services you request
• customize your experience on the website
• communicate with you about service updates and other administrative issues
• send you targeted PayPal promotions and offers unless you have opted out of receiving such materials.
• measure and improve our sites and services
• resolve disputes, address complaints and troubleshoot technical problems
• analyze site and user behavior and prepare aggregated reports

Sharing and Disclosure

Other eBay Companies. We may share information with our parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures or other companies under common control, where it may be used to provide joint services or for purposes such as internal statistics, strategic decision-making, customer reviews, identifying customer trends, customer verification, fraud prevention and security.

Service Providers. We may share your information with service providers under contract who help with our business operations (such as maintaining this website or providing related services).

Feedback. We may use any survey results for our internal development and market research and share the results with other eBay companies and our consultants, vendors and service providers.

Other Disclosures. We may disclose information when permitted by law or under the good-faith belief that such disclosure is necessary under applicable law; to comply with legal process served on us; to protect our property or interests, or those of our agents and employees; or to protect personal safety or the public.

Public Content

Some portions of this site allow you to contribute comments and other content to the site. This content is displayed publicly. The comments you publish may be displayed with your member name. If other members choose to, they can receive email notifications of your new public content or publish their own comments to your submissions.  We may use the public content to personalize site views and market products.

E-mail and Other Communications

Choice/Opt-Out. At any time, you have the ability to opt out of receiving marketing communications from us, but you may not opt out of administrative emails (for example, emails about your account or policy changes) while you are a member of this site. You can opt out by using the link provided at the bottom of each marketing email message.   

Messaging Tools. If you send a personal message to a recipient through our site, they will receive your username and any message you include. These personal messages should not be considered to be private communications as they are monitored and stored. Also, you may not use our messaging tools to send spam or content that violates the User Agreement.

Accessing, Reviewing and Changing Your Personal Information

As a registered member, you can review and change your personal information by accessing your profile.  You should promptly update your personal information if it changes or becomes inaccurate.

Links to Other Sites

This website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these sites. If you have concerns about how other websites collect and use information about you, make sure to read that site's own privacy policy.

Security

We use physical, electronic and administrative safeguards, including firewall and password protection for our databases, designed to protect the security of information. We restrict authorization to access to your personal information to employees that need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. However, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications over the internet. Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your privacy, we cannot guarantee, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private when being transmitted to or from this website.

General

We may change this policy from time to time, and we will post the amended terms on this site. All amended terms will take effect immediately for new users, and 30 days after they are posted for existing users.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our practices, you may e-mail us at askprivacy@paypal.com