How we use your information

This privacy notice tells you what to expect when Cissus Limited (Bid on This part of The UKauctioneers Group) collects personal information. It applies to information we collect about visitors to our website.

Visitors to our websites

When someone visits www.bidonthis.co.uk we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting either of our websites. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

Use of cookies by Cissus Limited

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit  www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

YouTube cookies

We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page.

Search engine

The search engine on our website is designed to be as powerful and easy to use as the popular search engine Google. The search is made possible by a piece of hardware (a search ‘appliance’) supplied by Google that is plugged into our server and continuously indexes the content on our site. All search requests are handled by the appliance and the information is not passed on to any third party, including Google.

Links to other Websites

This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.

Registering with the site

By creating an account with Bid on This, you agree to receiving auction alerts and reminders. If you no longer wish to receive promotional emails from us, you have the opportunity to unsubscribe at the top and bottom of our communications. Alternatively you can contact us to unsubscribe and we’ll remove you from our marketing lists. We use a third party provider, Sign Up To, to deliver our email promotions.

E-newsletter

We use a third party provider, Mailchimp, to deliver our e-newsletters. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies including clear gifs to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see Sign up To’s privacy notice. We will not pass your data on to third-parties, however we may email you with relevant industry news, whitepapers and resources from time to time.

Data Protection

Bid on This is on the register of data controllers. Your data will not be shared with 3rd parties for marketing purposes unless you opt-in to a specific promotion. Your data will only ever be shared with an auction house in order to fulfil your order. Your card details are not stored by us, they are stored by a secure payment gateway powered by Barclays Smartpay.

Changes to this privacy notice

This privacy notice was last updated on 24th July 2018.

How to contact us

Requests for information about our privacy policy can be emailed to controlroom@bidonthis.co.uk or by writing to: