Effective Date: November 11th, 2024
Welcome to Twin Cities Auctions, LLC ("TCA," "we," "us," or "our"). This Privacy Policy governs your access to and use of the services provided by Twin Cities Auctions through our online vehicle auction platform (the "Platform"). By accessing or using the Platform, including registering an account or participating in any auctions, you agree to this Privacy Policy in full. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of our Platform immediately.
Twin Cities Auctions acknowledges your privacy and is committed to protecting your Personal Data, which is any information that can be used to identify or potentially identify a particular person.
The scope of this Privacy Policy relates to any Personal Data that Twin Cities Auctions processes under applicable data privacy laws. This Privacy Policy applies to your use of this website and all Twin Cities Auctions services, regardless of how you access or use the services, including access via mobile devices and applications. Unless otherwise specified, this policy applies to the operations of Twin Cities Auctions, relating to vehicles that are physically located within the United States.
This version was last updated on November 11th, 2024. We may update this notice from time to time, and if we do so, we will upload a new version to our website.
This website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. When you register with Twin Cities Auctions as a member, you acknowledge that you are of legal age to make offers on vehicles and further agree to our terms and conditions.
It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing Personal Data about you. This privacy policy supplements other notices and is not intended to override them.
Twin Cities Auctions, LLC is the data controller responsible for the personal data collected and used within the scope of this policy:
Depending on the context of your relationship with us, we collect different categories of data, which may include:
We collect your Personal Data for various reasons, including but not limited to:
In addition to sharing your Personal Data within Twin Cities Auctions, we may disclose your Personal Data to external third parties in specific situations, including:
When we disclose Personal Data to an external third-party vendor for a business purpose, we enter into a contract with the vendor that describes the purpose of the processing and requires the recipient to both keep that Personal Data confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.
Depending on your location and, if applicable, whether you provide your affirmative consent, we may use your identity, contact, technical, usage, and transaction data to form a view on what products or services we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services, and offers may be relevant to you.
You may opt out of promotional marketing by contacting us at support@twincitiesautoauctions.com. All recipients of marketing and promotional communications from us may also opt-out by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link included at the bottom of our marketing communications.
For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), some recipients of your Personal Data are located outside of your country or have offices in countries where data protection laws may provide a different level of protection than the laws in your country. When transferring Personal Data to such recipients, we provide appropriate safeguards to ensure compliance with applicable data protection laws.
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your user experience, provide customized services, and gather usage analytics. These cookies may be used for:
You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings or opt out of certain tracking features using our cookie preference center.
We use industry-standard measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure. These measures include encryption, secure servers, and access controls. We retain your Personal Data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it or as required by law. When determining retention periods, we consider the sensitivity of the data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use, and applicable legal requirements.
Despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Please note that any information you send to us electronically may not be secure during transmission. We recommend using secure channels when transmitting sensitive information.
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
When we need to collect Personal Data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you. In such cases, we may have to cancel a service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your data privacy rights. Your access to our services and benefits remains unaffected.
We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably conclude that we need to use it for another reason that is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to obtain an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us at support@twincitiesautoauctions.com.
If we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and explain the legal basis that allows us to do so. Please note that we may process your Personal Data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
Twin Cities Auctions may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email or through another appropriate communication method. Please review it regularly to stay informed about our practices.
We have appointed a Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) who is responsible for overseeing questions regarding this Privacy Policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights. If you have any questions or comments about this policy, the ways in which we collect and use your Personal Data, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under the GDPR, CCPA, or other applicable data privacy laws, please contact the DPO at:
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