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Whybidmore.com Privacy Policy

We at Whybidmore.com respect your privacy. This statement is our privacy policy, which discloses our information practices. It describes:

* What personally identifiable information of yours (information from which someone may personally identify you) is collected from you through our Website
* What personally identifiable information of a third party (such as your Internet Service Provider) is collected from you through our Website
* The organization or company that is collecting the information
* How the information is used
* With whom the information may be shared
* What choices you have regarding collection, use and distribution of the information
* The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control
* How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information

If you believe that we are not abiding by our posted privacy policy, you should contact our Privacy Patrol by e-mailing your concern to support@whybidmore.com.

Information Collection
Whybidmore.com collects information from our users during the registration process of our Web site as described in this privacy policy. We require users to complete a registration form for you to provide information to us. You are required to give us information so that we may contact you (such as your name and e-mail address). We use this information to contact you about the services on our site for which you have expressed an interest. However, we do not aks you to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender) or unique information that identifies you (such as your social security number).

Newsletter
If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as your name and e-mail address. This option is available to all registered users and you are free to remove yourself from our newsletter at any time.

Surveys & Contests
From time to time our site might request information from you to conduct surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary. Therefore, you have a choice whether or not to disclose the information. This information may include contact information (such as name and address) and demographic information (such as age or zip code). Unless otherwise stated near the information form, we use survey information to monitor or improve our site and contest information to notify the winners and award prizes.

Tell a Friend
If you elect to use our referral service to inform a friend about our site, we ask your friend for his or her name and e-mail address. We automatically send the friend a one-time e-mail inviting him or her to visit our site. We do not store this information. It is used for the sole purpose of sending this automatic, one-time e-mail.

Cookies
A cookie is a message that the server for our Website gives to your Web browser. Your browser stores the message in a file called cookie.txt. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, a message is sent back to the server. Purposes for cookies include identifying users and preparing customized Web pages for them (for example, you are logged into your account until you logout).

If you reject the cookie, you may still use our site; however, you may only receive limited information in some areas of the site. In other words, you would need to login to your account any time that you want to view member only features.

Log Files
We use Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track a user's movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. "Aggregate use" means that information from all users is collected and gathered into a whole unit so that information as a whole can be used. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information.

Special Offers
When you complete our registration form, we send you a welcoming e-mail to verify your password and username. You may occasionally (less than five times a year) receive information on new services and special deals.

Site and Service Updates
We send you update announcements that contain important information about our site and services. If you register on our site, you may not discontinue receiving these announcements unless you choose to delete your registration information and discontinue using our site. We will communicate with your regarding your account only through e-mail.

Information Use
Whybidmore.com is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not share, sell or rent this information to others in any way other than as disclosed in this policy or stated at the point where the information is collected.

Correcting and Updating Personal Information
If any of your personally identifiable information changes or if you no longer wish to use our service, we will offer you a way to correct, update or remove your personal data that you have provided to us. Usually this can be done on the member information page.

Security
We want to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information on our Website, your information is protected online and off-line. If you have any questions about the security for our Website, please e-mail us at support@whybidmore.com.

Links
This Web site contains links to other Websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of the other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every Website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by Whybidmore.com.

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so you will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you by e-mail. You will have the choice to allow us to use the information in this different manner. We will use information according to the privacy policy posted at the time the information was collected.

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