Varascend Site Terms
Welcome to the Varascend Site at www.varascend.com (the “Site”)! 4bid.me Inc. and its licensors provide the Site to you subject to the following terms of use (“Terms”).
About Varascend
Varascend is a marketplace that allows users to offer, sell and buy just about any service in a variety of pricing formats and locations. The actual contract for sale is directly between the seller and buyer.
4bid.me, Inc. (“we”, “us” or “our”) is a California Corporation which owns and develops the Varascend Site.
While we may provide pricing, availability, and other guidance in our Services, such guidance is solely informational and you may decide to follow it or not. 4bid.me Inc has no control over and does not guarantee the delivery, quality, safety or legality of services advertised; the truth or accuracy of users' content, service profiles, or availability; the ability of service providers to offer services; the ability of buyers to pay for services; or that a buyer or service provider will actually complete a transaction.
A “Service Provider” is defined as a person offering Services on the Site.
A “Buyer” is defined as a person wishing to purchase Services from a Service Provider.
Please read these Terms carefully. By visiting the Site, you accept the Site Terms. Creating an account with Varascend or otherwise using the Site will signify that you (“you” and “your” applies to both “Service Providers” and “Buyers”) have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms, certify that you are at least 18 years of age and agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. These Terms constitute a binding agreement between you and 4bid.me Inc. 4bid.me Inc reserves the right to immediately terminate your access to the Site or Services, if you do not comply with these Terms. In addition, when you use any current or future Varascend services, content or other materials, you also will be subject to the following agreements and policies:
Privacy Policy at www.varascend.com/privacy
4bid.me Inc reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms, at any time. It is your responsibility to check these Terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes.
By using the site, you agree to these terms; if you do not agree, do not use the site. These terms contain warranty disclaimers and other provisions that limit the liability of 4bid.me inc, so please read these terms in their entirety.
License and Site Access
As long as you comply with these Terms, 4bid.me Inc grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Site.
You shall not to download (other than page caching) or modify the Site, or any portion of it.
Prohibited Activity:
You are responsible for your conduct, content, and communications with others while using the Site. You must comply with the following requirements when using the Site:
(a) You may not misuse our Site by interfering with their normal operation, or attempting to access them using a method other than through the interfaces and instructions that we provide.
(b) You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of your communications or other content you post on the Site. 4bid.me Inc reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content.
(c) You may not deny others access to, or reverse engineer, the Site, or attempt to do so.
(d) You may not transmit any viruses, malware, or other types of malicious software, or links to such software, through the Site.
(e) You may not use the Site to infringe the intellectual property rights of others, or to commit an unlawful activity or use profanity on the Site.
(f) You may not resell or lease the Site.
(g) You may not modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works based upon the Site or any part thereof.
(h) You may not remove, obscure, block, hide or otherwise alter the display of any advertising (or any parts or aspects thereof), Varascend brand elements, including logos, trademarks, service marks or other materials displayed by 4bid.me Inc in connection with the Site in any manner whatsoever
(i) You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Site, or any other systems or networks connected to the Site or to any 4bid.me Inc server, or to any of the services offered on or through the Site, by hacking, password “mining” or any other illegitimate means.
(j) You may not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site or any network connected to the Site, nor breach the security or authentication measures on the Site or any network connected to the Site. You may not reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to the Site, or any other customer of 4bid.me Inc, including any Varascend account not owned by you, to its source, or exploit the Site or any service or information made available or offered by or through the Site, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than your own information, as provided for by the Site.
(k) You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Site or 4bid.me Inc’s systems or networks, or any systems or networks connected to the Site or to 4bid.me Inc.
(l) You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any transaction being conducted on the Site, or with any other person’s use of the Site.
(m) You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal you send to 4bid.me Inc on or through the Site or any service offered on or through the Site. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent, someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.
(n) You may not use the Site or any Content for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or to solicit the performance of any illegal activity or other activity which infringes the rights of 4bid.me Inc or others.
Your Account
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If you use the Varascend Site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Varascend account and credentials and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or credentials including maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account information. 4bid.me Inc reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content in its sole discretion.
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While registering with Varascend, you should provide true and accurate data which includes that of your geographical location, personal details, billing information, etc. The accountability for maintaining and updating this data lies solely with you. 4bid.me Inc reserves the right for terminating the account for untrue or inaccurate data at any time if found or proved. You agree to immediately notify 4bid.me Inc of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security.
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You will maintain and promptly update that information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account, including the selection and use of all content and services.
Services
Service Providers will post Skills and descriptions of Typical Services on the Site which will include estimated times and may include additional fees for a list of Services which are commonly provided by that Service Provider. Buyers will bid on and / or purchase time from Service Providers with no guarantee that a Service as noted on the Service Provider Profile page will be completed by or within the Time bid or purchased. 4bid.me Inc does not warrant that Service Descriptions, Skills, or other content on the Varascend Site is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product, service, time to complete a service, travel time, or other information regarding a Service Provider or Service offered via Varascend is not as described, your sole remedy is to dispute the purchase with the Service Provider.
Pricing:
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Service Providers will pay a Transaction Fee for each purchase of Services by Buyers. Such Transaction Fee amounts shall set forth on the Service Provider Account Set Up Page on the Site.
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Buyers will pay the Service Fees agreed upon with the Service Provider during the bidding process.
Service Provider Responsibilities
Service Provider sign up: An account is created by Service Provider. Permanent access to the Service Provider's calendar (via Google and possibly others in the future) is granted to the application. This access can be revoked at any time by the Service Provider from within Google calendar. The user's email address is saved. The new Service Provider is walked through configuration of their account, linking of their existing or creation of a new payment account (at Stripe), and creation of their profile.
The Service Provider profile contains a description of the Service Provider's skills, experience, and a list of common services with associated time to complete each service (example: implement single Web page from pdf, 5-10 hours). The profile also contains a list of prior inventions and conflicts of interest.
Service provider account configuration includes tuning of various auction related options such as minimum price. Also tuned are other specifics such as delivery of services (phone, online, onsite), maximum travel time for onsite visits, etc.
Services and refunds are limited based on the Service Provider's profile page, which is based on the Service Provider configuring one of three options during account setup:
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“Please don't book me for unlisted services or make special requests”
Service Provider will only perform listed services. Buyer is not entitled to a refund except under the following conditions:
The Service Provider is required to issue a refund if they can't make the appointment or if they are unwilling to provide the service requested, so long as that service was specifically listed on the Service Provider's profile page and the type of work is not excluded by the Service Provider's “Services Not Provided” and / or “Restrictions or Conflicts of Interest” section on their profile page.
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“Please call me to ask about unlisted services or special requests”
Service Provider will perform listed services and entertain new services, but new services must be discussed and agreed to by phone prior to booking. An email or other written exchange should take place to certify the agreement. This is the obligation of the Buyer to prove during a dispute.
Buyer is not entitled to a refund except under the following conditions:
The Service Provider is required to issue a refund if they can't make the appointment or if they are unwilling to provide the service requested, so long as that service was specifically listed on the Service Provider's profile page or if the Buyer has obtained written agreement with the Service Provider for delivery of unlisted services. If the type of work is excluded by the Service Provider's “Services Not Provided” or “Restrictions or Conflicts of Interest” section on their profile page, the Service Provider may refuse to do some or all work without offering a refund.
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“You can book me for unlisted services and make special requests”
Service Provider will perform listed services and entertain new services. Prior agreement regarding new services is not required so long as the requested services are similar to already listed services or may be inferred by a reasonable person to be available based on listed services and skills.
Service Provider is required to issue a refund if they can't make the appointment or if they are unwilling to provide the service requested, unless the service requested is illegal, immoral, dangerous, or excepted by the Service Provider's “Services Not Provided” or “Restrictions or Conflicts of Interest” section on their profile page and as long as the services requested are substantially similar to what is already advertised on the Service Provider's profile.
Buyer Responsibilities:
During Checkout: the Buyer is responsible for entering a valid credit card with sufficient funds to cover their total purchase. For Onsite Visits, the Buyer must enter a valid address. For Phone Calls, the Buyer must enter a valid telephone number. The Buyer is also responsible for entering any Optional Instructions to the Service Provider as needed. This is particularly important for Onsite Visits and Phone Calls using a conference line, and the Buyer must provide the Service Provider with enough information that a reasonable person would be able to complete their service appointment as requested. For Online Sessions, if the Buyer would like to use a video conferencing service other than Google Hangout, it must be entered here as well.
The Buyer is responsible for understanding that once submitted, an event may not be canceled by the Buyer. Nor may a bid be revoked in an active auction. Please bid and purchase accordingly. An event may be cancelled (and refunded) by a Service Provider, but not by a Buyer.
The Buyer is also responsible for understanding the difference between immediate purchase and an auction. An immediate purchase will create an auction that finishes immediately with the Buyer winning the auction at the Service Provider's minimum price. A normal auction will end 48 hours prior to the start time of the appointment being auctioned. The Buyer will only purchase the appointment and be charged for an auction when the auction ends, and only if their Maximum Bid results in the highest bid for that auction. In the case of multiple bidders being tied for highest bid, the bidder that was first to submit a winning Maximum Bid will win the auction.
While email notifications should be sent out to the winning bidder for an auction, it is the Buyer's responsibility to check the Site for auction results and appointment schedules. We cannot guarantee email delivery.
Bidding and Buying
With respect to bookings on Varascend, we cannot confirm the total price of a booking until after close of auction. Despite our best efforts to represent a current price / bid, a small number of the bids for a given auction may not be reflected on the Site but may be taken into account during auction finalization. This may result in the final price being higher than expected or may result in your bid not being the highest / winning bid for the auction even if it is reflected as such on the Site prior to close of auction.
Payment Processor
Service Providers are required to set up an account with Stripe during account setup in order to process payment of Transaction Fees and Service Fees.
Charges
Credit cards are charged during the auction finalization process using our third party payment processor, Stripe. Please make sure you have funds available at all times in case an auction ends early. If you make use of our wallet feature and submit multiple credit cards to us we will make an attempt to charge the next card in your wallet if the current card fails for any reason, including but not limited to lack of available funds. If none of your credit cards can be charged you may forfeit the booking and lose the auction which will result in the next highest bidder winning the auction and taking the booking. We may also attempt to retry the charges after a delay if there are no other bidders.
Refunds
Your satisfaction is important to us. However, refunds are at the Service Provider's discretion only. 4bid.me Inc will not facilitate or mediate disputes between Buyers and Service Providers. However, if you believe that you are entitled to a refund based on our refund rules outlined in this document, and a Service Provider is refusing to issue one, we won't tell you not to submit a charge back request to your credit card company and reference this document for support.
Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement
Service Providers and Buyers must execute Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement {Insert Link Here} for all Services in order to assign intellectual property rights to the Buyer for all Deliverables (including without limitation, software code and other intellectual property)
Content
When providing us with content or causing content to be posted using our Site, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise any and all copyright, publicity, trademark, and database rights and other intellectual property rights you have in the content, in any media known now or developed in the future. Further, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, you waive your moral rights and promise not to assert such rights or any other intellectual property or publicity rights against us, our sublicensees, or our assignees.
You represent and warrant that none of the following infringe any rights mentioned in the preceding paragraph: your provision of content to us, your causing content to be posted using the Site, and use of any such content (including of works derived from it) by us, our users, or others in contract with us that is done in connection with the Site.
Reviews, Comments, and Communications
In general Users, unauthenticated Visitors, Buyers and Service Providers on the Site may post reviews, comments and other content; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.”
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold 4bid.me Inc, its officers, directors, shareholders, successors in interest, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliates, harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), made against 4bid.me Inc by any third party due to or arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site and all claims resulting from content you supply to the Site. your improper use of the Site or your breach of any law or the rights of a third party. 4bid.me Inc takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.
Disputes Between Buyers and Service Providers
4bid.me Inc will not facilitate or mediate disputes between Buyers and Service Providers. However, if you believe that you (as a Buyer) are entitled to a refund based on our refund rules outlined in this document, and a Service Provider is refusing to issue one, we won't tell you not to submit a charge back request to your credit card company and reference this document for support.
Privacy
Please review our Privacy Policy at www.varascend.com/privacy which also governs your visit to the Varascend Site, to understand our practices.
Electronic Communications
When you visit the Varascend Site or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on the Varascend Site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
4bid.me Inc Intellectual Property
All text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, trademarks, logos, sounds, music, artwork and computer code (collectively, “Site Content”), including but not limited to the design, structure, selection, compilation, “look and feel” and arrangement of such Site Content, is owned, controlled or licensed by or to 4bid.me Inc, and is protected by trade dress, copyright, patent and trademark laws, and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws. All other trademarks not owned by 4bid.me Inc that appear on this Site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by 4bid.me Inc.
Copyright Complaints
4bid.me Inc respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit feedback to us via the question mark button in the upper right hand corner on the Site.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
4bid.me Inc does not promise that the Site or any content, service or feature of the Site will be error-free or uninterrupted, or that any defects will be corrected, or that your use of the Site will provide specific results. The Varascend Site and all information, content, materials, products (including any software) and services included on or otherwise made available to you through this Site are provided by 4bid.me Inc on an “as is” and “as available” basis. 4bid.me Inc makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of this Site or the information, content, materials, products (including any software) or services included on or otherwise made available to you through the Varascend Site you expressly agree that your use of this Site is at your sole risk. 4bid.me Inc disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. All information provided on the Site is subject to change without notice. 4bid.me Inc cannot ensure that any files or other data you download from the Site will be free of viruses or contamination or destructive features.,
To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event will 4bid.me Inc be liable to you for any indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages including lost profits, even if 4bid.me Inc has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Your sole remedy against 4bid.me Inc for dissatisfaction with the site or any content is to stop using the site or any such content. This limitation of relief is a part of the bargain between the parties.
Applicable Law and Venue
By visiting the Varascend Site, you agree that the laws of the state of California, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and 4bid.me Inc. You also agree to the personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts in Contra Costa County, California, and waive any objection to such jurisdiction or venue. Any claim under these Terms of Use must be brought within one (1) year after the cause of action arises, or such claim or cause of action is barred. No recovery may be sought or received for damages other than out-of-pocket expenses, except that the prevailing party will be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. In the event of any controversy or dispute between 4bid.me Inc and you arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site, the parties shall attempt, promptly and in good faith, to resolve any such dispute. If we are unable to resolve any such dispute within a reasonable time (not to exceed thirty (30) days), then either party may submit such controversy or dispute to mediation. If the dispute cannot be resolved through mediation, then the parties shall be free to pursue any right or remedy available to them under applicable law.
Site Policies, Modification, and Severability
These Terms and the other policies, rules, guidelines, and disclaimers posted on the Site constitute the entire agreement between 4bid.me Inc and you with respect to your use of the Site and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between us with respect to the subject matter hereof.
From time to time, 4bid.me Inc may revise these Terms so please refer to the Site periodically for any changes. The update date first written above is used to alert you to recent modifications. Your access or use of the Site subsequent to such an update will signify your assent to be bound by such changes.
If you have any questions regarding our terms and conditions, please submit feedback to us via the question mark button in the upper right hand corner on the Site.
The information contained in this web site is subject to change without notice.
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Updated by 4bid.me Inc. on February 4th, 2016
Privacy Policy
This policy was last updated on January 24th, 2016.
Welcome to Varascend!
4bid.me Inc (“we”, “us” or “our”) developed this service to make it easy for you to accept payments online for available time on your calendar so you can focus on service delivery and spend less time on business overhead. We understand that privacy is important to both our online visitors and service providers. We respect your privacy and will take reasonable steps to protect your information.
This Privacy Policy will help you understand the following:
- What does this Privacy Policy apply to?
- Information collection and use
- Sharing and disclosure of information
- Choice and opt-out
- Protection of information
- Changes and notifications
- Safe Harbor Framework
- Contact us
Please also review, if applicable, your Terms of Service agreement with 4bid.me Inc, which shall govern in the event of any inconsistency with this Privacy Policy.
1. What does this Privacy Policy apply to?
4bid.me, Inc. is a California Corporation which owns and develops the Varascend website. This Policy applies to the Varascend website, including all subpages and successor pages (collectively referred to as the “Website”), and also applies to all software and services that we offer, or other services that we offer through our Website when you register for a Varascend account (collectively referred to as the “Services”).
This Policy does not apply to any website, product or service of any third-party company even if the website links to (or is linked from) our Website. 4bid.me Inc. does not operate or control those websites, products or services. Please always review the privacy practices of a company before deciding whether to provide any information.
By using our Website or Services, you are accepting the practices described in this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, delete all cookies from your browser cache after visiting our Website and do not visit or use our Website or Services. Your continued use of our Website or Services signifies your acceptance of this Policy.
2. Information collection and use
Broadly speaking, we collect information in three ways: (1) when you provide it directly to us, (2) when we obtain verification information about you or your company through trusted third parties (e.g. banks, credit bureaus, Google Calendar, etc.), and (3) passively through technology such as “cookies”. The types of information that we collect and our use of that information will depend on whether you are an unauthenticated Website Visitor, authenticated Checkout User, or Service Provider, as described below.
Personal Information
The term “Personal Information”, as used in this Policy, refers to any information that can be used to identify a specific person, or any anonymous information (e.g., IP Address) that is linked to a specific person. Personal information does not include information that has been aggregated or made anonymous such that it can no longer be reasonably associated with a specific person.
Cookies and Web Server Logs
Similar to many commercial websites, we utilize “cookies” and other technologies to collect non-personally-identifiable information from our Website. “Cookies” are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer used to access a website. Cookies store information accessed through your browser to streamline activities on related web sites, and make the online experience easier and more personalized. Information gathered through cookies and web-server log files may include information such as the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, IP addresses, links to/from any page, and time spent at a site. We use cookie data to measure web traffic and usage activity on our Website for purposes of improving and enhancing the functionality of our Website, to look for possible fraudulent activity, and to better understand the sources of traffic and transactions on our website. Cookies also allow our servers to remember your account information for future visits and to provide personalized and streamlined information across related pages on our Website. Log files are used to monitor, measure, analyze, improve, and troubleshoot our Services. You can choose to disable cookies for our Website but this may limit your ability to use our Website and Services; see below in Section 4 (“Choice and opt-out”).
In order to understand and improve the effectiveness of our advertising, we may also use web beacons, cookies, and other technology to identify the fact that you have visited our Website or seen one of our advertisements, and we may provide that information to one or more third party advertising networks. The information we provide may include the time and date of your visit to our website, pages viewed, links clicked and other non-personally identifying information. Those advertising networks may recognize the web beacon or cookie associated with your visit to our Website when you visit other websites on which they serve advertising, and they may make decisions about the advertisements you see based on it. We may choose to work with Google AdWords, Doubleclick, AdRoll or other advertising networks. Each of these companies has its own privacy policy, which we encourage you to review. For more information about advertising and tracking online, visit the Network Advertising Initiative. This website allows consumers to “opt out” of the behavioral advertising delivered by member companies. Additional information on that program can be found here.
Website Visitors
To simply browse our Website, you are not required to provide any Personal Information. However, we may gather non-personally-identifiable information, as described directly above, just for the purposes of monitoring and improving our Website and Services. We will not share this information with third parties except as a necessary part of providing our Website and Services, nor will we use it to target any advertisements to you.
Checkout Users
When you authenticate and purchase or bid via Varascend, we will gather and store your payment card information, your email address, your mobile phone number, and billing and service address. We will use this information to complete purchases that you choose to make on the Varascend web site or other applications, but only with your permission. We may also share your contact information, but not your card information, with service providers as part of your purchases. We will not share this information with other third parties except as a necessary part of providing our Website and Services.
Service Providers
To gain full access to our Website and Services, you must register for a Varascend account. When you register for an account, we collect Personal Information when you voluntarily provide it to us, such as the following:
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Your name, company name, location, to set up your account: this information becomes public on your profile page. We support the use of location / address during profile setup that is close to your real location but not specific. For example, if you are at 1212 Main St, you can use 1400 Main St. without any issues. We only use the location information for travel time estimates and those do not require exact addresses in order to work properly.
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Your redacted (no details) Google Calendar availability, once your profile page has been created: this information becomes public to authenticated users on your calendar page. Calendar event details are never included.
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Your email address, when you authenticate: this information becomes public to authenticated users that successfully purchase time on your calendar. It is made available when calendar invites are sent out for booked events.
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Your personal or business Biography / Description, Services Provided, and Skills; which may or may not contain Personal Information
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Your IP addresses, devices, and locations used to access Varascend, which will be linked to your account for fraud detection/prevention purposes
We may retrieve additional Personal Information about you from third parties and other identification/verification services such as credit bureaus and Google. With your consent, we may also collect additional Personal Information in other ways including emails, surveys, and other forms of communication. Once you begin using the Service through your Varascend account, we will keep records of your transactions and collect information of your other activities related to our Services. The foregoing Personal Information will be shared and disclosed as described below in Section 3 (“Sharing and disclosure of information”).
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Our Website and Services are directed to the general public. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13 years of age or have any reasonable grounds for believing that children under the age of 13 are accessing our Website or using our Services. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected Personal Information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from a child under age 13, please contact us.
3. Sharing and disclosure of information
4bid.me Inc does not sell or rent your Personal Information to marketers or third parties.
We may share your Personal Information with trusted third parties who are integral to the operation of our Website and Services, including but not limited to financial institutions, payment processors, verification services and credit bureaus, as well as any third parties that you have directly authorized to receive your Personal Information. We may store your Personal Information in locations outside the direct control of 4bid.me Inc, for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers.
We may disclose your Personal Information to law enforcement, government officials, or other third parties if: (i) we are compelled to do so by subpoena, court order or other legal process, (ii) we must do so to comply with laws, statutes, rules or regulations, including credit card rules, (iii) we believe in good faith that the disclosure is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report suspected illegal activity, or to investigate violations of our Terms of Service.
We will only disclose your Personal Information in response to such a request if we believe in good faith that doing so is necessary to comply with applicable law or a legal obligation to which we are bound. If we receive such a request, we will use reasonable efforts to give you prompt notice, so that you may contest it if you choose. We won’t provide you such notice if we determine in good faith that either (a) we are not permitted to provide it under applicable law, or (b) that doing so would result in an imminent risk of death, serious physical injury or significant property loss or damage to 4bid.me Inc or a third party.
In addition, in the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or other similar events, any information in our possession may be transferred to our successor or assign.
4. Choice and data retention
We are required to collect certain Personal Information to confirm your identity and comply with our obligations. If you elect to not provide Personal Information in optional fields it may limit your ability to use our Services. You can update your account information by signing on to our Website with your Varascend account.
We may occasionally email you with information about offers or new services. You can opt out of these email communications via an unsubscribe link included in such communications. However, you will continue to receive certain email communications related to your account including information regarding transactions and your relationship with Varascend.
If you wish to opt out of having cookies set on your browser (as described above in Section 2), the only way to ensure that this happens is to manage the settings on your web browser to delete all cookies and disallow further acceptance of cookies. For more information, refer to your browser’s technical information. You may also consider visiting aboutcookies.org, which provides helpful information about cookies. Note that disabling cookies on your browser prevents Varascend from tracking your activities in relation to our Website and Services. However, it may also disable many of the features available through our Websites and Services. We therefore recommend that you leave cookies enabled.
Varascend has a variety of obligations to retain the data that you provide us, both to ensure that transactions can be appropriately processed, settled, refunded or chargedback, to identify fraud, and also to comply with laws applicable to us and to our banking providers and credit card processors. Accordingly, even if you close your Varascend account we will retain certain information as necessary to meet our obligations.
5. Protection of information
Although no data transmission can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, we take reasonable steps to protect all Personal Information. Varascend maintains strict administrative, technical, and physical procedures to protect information stored in our servers, which are located in the United States. Access to information is limited (through user/password credentials and software systems) to those employees who require it to perform their job functions. We use industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology to safeguard the account registration process and sign-up information. Other security safeguards include but are not limited to data encryption, firewalls, and physical access controls to building and files.
6. Changes and notifications
We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to make changes to this Policy from time to time. Please review this Policy periodically to check for updates. If any changes are material and/or retroactive, we may provide additional notice and/or an opportunity to “opt-in,” as appropriate under the circumstances.
Varascend will provide you with disclosures and alerts regarding this Policy by posting them on our Website, and / or by emailing the email address listed in your Varascend account. You agree that electronic disclosures and notices have the same meaning and effect as if we had provided you with a paper copy. Such disclosures and notices in relation to this Policy shall be considered to be received by you within 24 hours of the time it is posted to our Website or emailed to you (unless we receive notice that the email was not delivered).
7. Safe Harbor Framework
Varascend complies with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries and Switzerland. You can learn more about the Safe Harbor program by visiting export.gov.
8. Contact us
If you have any questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy or any of our privacy-related practices, please contact us.
