Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy sets forth what information Bid Ventures, Inc. (“Bid Ventures”) collects about you when you use the website (https://www.jockmkt.com) (the “Website”) and any services, content, materials, features, or functionality provided through the Website (collectively, “Services”), and how that information is used, stored, shared, and/or deleted by Bid Ventures.

Any personal information you may provide through your use and/or access of the Website is subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy, as may be updated by Bid Ventures from time to time. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the Website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party websites, services, providers, or applications, even if such are available or accessible through our Services.

If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you should not use the Website. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Terms of Use, found at jockmkt.com/terms-of-service.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We will only collect information that is relevant for the purposes of providing the Services, including, without limitation: (i) provide, promote, and improve the Services; (ii) gather usage statistics for the Services; (iii) administer your use of the Services and provide customized user experience; (iv) provide access to third party content or services; and (v) fight spam, fraud, and other abuse of the Services. Through your use of the Website, Bid Ventures may collect the following information:

  • User Provided Information – Bid Ventures may collect certain personally identifiable information in order for you to use the Website and/or Services, including, without limitation, (i) full name; (ii) mailing address; (iii) phone number; and/or (iv) email address. Additionally, when you send a communication via the Website, Bid Ventures may also collect that communication, and you agree Bid Ventures is free to use the content of any communications submitted by you for any purpose, including developing, manufacturing, and/or marketing goods or Services. We will not release your name or otherwise publicize the fact that you submitted materials or other information to us unless: (a) you grant us permission to do so; (b) we first send notice to you that the materials or other information you submit to a particular part of a Service will be published or otherwise used with your name on it; or (c) we are required to do so by law.
  • We will collect your profile photo and user name that you upload to your public profile page. When you participate in any contest, game or other fantasy sports related contest on the Services, other participants in the Contest will be able to see the information in your Profile.
  • Log File Information – Bid Ventures may automatically collect information about your use of the Services, including, without limitation, information about the Internet browser, IP address, operating system, mobile carrier, and/or mobile device used by you to access the Website and/or Services. Other information Bid Ventures may automatically collect includes, without limitation, information about the frequency and length of (i) Website usage, (ii) Website visits (i.e. date and time), and (iii) other actions taken through your use of the Services.
  • Cookies/Other Technologies Information – Bid Ventures may place cookies, pixel tags, local storage, and other technologies (“Technologies”) on your device used to access the Services in order to automatically collect information regarding your use of the Services. Cookies allow us to record certain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with our Services and Websites, and to recognize you across devices. Cookies and/or other Technologies shall only be used as operationally necessary, to assess performance, to enhance functionality, and/or to deliver content such as third party advertisements. If you would like to opt-out of the Cookies and/or other Technologies we employ with our Website, you may do so by blocking, deleting, or disabling them as your browser or device permits. Please be advise that deactivation of Cookies and/or other Technologies may prevent you from fully accessing the Website or Services.
    • Cookies – Cookies are small text files placed in your device to store user preferences. Cookies do not tell us your personal identification information unless you choose to provide such information by using the Website. Cookies assign a specific numerical identifier to your device and enable us to recognize you as the same user who has used the Website, and connect your use of the Website to other information about you. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to identify that you’ve logged in to the Services and to tell us how and when you interact with our Services. We may also use cookies to monitor aggregate usage and web traffic routing on our Services and to customize and improve our Services. You may elect to set your device so that you will not receive Cookies or to prompt you before accepting Cookies. You can also delete existing Cookies from your device history and turn off cookie acceptance altogether. However, some functions and features of the Website may not function properly if you have elected to disable cookies or similar tracking technologies. Some third-party services providers that we engage (including third-party advertisers) may also place their own cookies on your device. Note that this Privacy Policy covers only our use of Cookies and does not include use of Cookies by such third parties.
    • Pixels / Web Beacons – Pixels / Web Beacons are tiny graphics with a unique identifier that may be included on our Services for several purposes, including to deliver or communicate with Cookies, to track and measure the performance of our Services, to monitor how many visitors view our Services, and to monitor the effectiveness of our advertising. Unlike Cookies, which are stored on the user’s hard drive, Web Beacons are typically embedded invisibly on web pages (or in an e-mail).
    • Social Media Information – If choose to log in, access or otherwise connect to the Services through a social networking service (such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.), we may collect your user ID and/or username associated with that social networking service, as well as any information you make public using that social networking service or which the social networking service allows us to access. We may also collect information you have authorized the social networking service to share with us on your behalf. This supplemental information allows us to verify information that you have provided through use of the Services and to enhance our ability to provide you with information about our business, products, and Services.

HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION

Bid Ventures uses the information received from you in connection with the Services and features provided via the Website, including, without limitation, in order to:

  • Identify you as a user;
  • Process and respond to customer service / user inquiries;
  • Alert users to new services, content and/or features;
  • Prevent fraudulent or other criminal activity;
  • Meet legal and regulatory requirements;
  • Provide access to certain functionalities and features of the Services;
  • Enforce the Terms of Use governing use of the Website;
  • Contact users for administrative purposes, including, without limitation, notifying you of changes to the Privacy Policy;
  • Deliver customized or personalized content, information, or advertising;
  • Improve the quality of Services; and
  • Monitor and track total number of users of the Website for statistical purposes.
  • We may also use personal information provided by you for reasons for which we have a legitimate interest, such as direct marketing, individual or market research, and anti-fraud protection.

Bid Ventures may also make anonymous and/or aggregate personal information for commercial, marketing, and/or business purposes, such as reporting and conducting research and development in order to enhance our existing Services and/or develop new products and Services. Anonymous or aggregated information does not identify you, and we may use or disclose such information in a number of ways, including research, internal analysis, analytics, and any other legally permissible purposes. We may share this information internally and/or with third parties for our or their purposes in an anonymous or aggregated form that is designed to prevent anyone from identifying you.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

Bid Ventures may share your information with: (i) its staff, data persons (or entities) in charge of maintaining and recording the information; and/or (ii) to third parties or affiliates involved in providing Services. Any such third party or affiliate shall be prohibited from sharing or using your personal information except as necessary to perform the Services or to comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Bid Ventures may also share information with the IRS, its accountants, attorneys, and other professional advisors who owe a duty of confidentiality to Bid Ventures. In the event Bid Ventures is required to disclose information pursuant to a court order, subpoena, or law enforcement or government agency request or regulation, we will disclose the requested information to the extent permissible by applicable law. To the extent permissible under applicable law, disclosure of personal identification information may also be made when necessary to establish, exercise, and defend legal claims, or protect the rights and property of Bid Ventures, our agents, customers and others, including, without limitation, the enforcement of agreements, policies, terms and conditions of use, or the personal safety of any person.

In the event that ownership of all or a part of Bid Ventures were to change via merger, acquisition, divestiture, dissolution, or sale of all or substantially all of Bid Ventures’ assets, your information pertinent to that business’ operations may be assigned or transferred to, or licensed for use by, the new owner, without any prior notice to or consent from you.

If you choose to share information with social media services about your activities on the Website by, for example, connecting your social media account to the Website, then we may share your personal information and information about your use of the Website with such social media websites. Use of social media service websites is governed by the privacy practices and policies of those websites, including, without limitation, your ability to opt out of certain settings. Please make sure to read the terms and privacy statements of such social media websites prior to connecting to the Website via your social media account.

SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We will require any third party to whom we provide your personal information to agree to comply with our Privacy Policy in force at that time or requirements substantially similar to such policy. We will make reasonable commercial efforts to ensure that they comply with such policy or requirements, however, where not expressly prohibited by law, we will have no liability to you if any third party fails to do so.

We take reasonable administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect the information that we collect from or about you (including your personal information) from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Notwithstanding, Bid Ventures cannot assure or guarantee that any third party with which Bid Ventures shares information will comply with its obligations regarding such information. Furthermore, even though appropriate measures are used to prevent unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that any personal identification information collected or received by us will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, and do not accept liability for any unintentional disclosure.

By using the Website or providing personal information to us, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of the Website and/or Services. If we learn of a security system’s breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on the Website or sending you an email at the email provided to us.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

Bid Ventures may include or offer third party links, products, advertisements, or services (collectively, “Third Party Websites”) via the Website. This Privacy Policy does not cover any collection or use of information that Third Party Websites may collect from you, or the practices used by third parties to collect such information, and Third Party Websites should have separate and independent privacy policies and terms of use for the purpose of collecting personal information about you. You should consult such Third Party Websites’ privacy policy, and Bid Ventures has and assumes absolutely no responsibility whatsoever for the activities of Third Party Websites. If you decide to use, click on, access, or provide any personal information to Third Party Websites, you acknowledge that you are doing so at your own risk.

THIRD PARTY PAYMENT PROCESSING

When you pay fees through the Website, we may process your payments through a Third Party Website, including, without limitation, third-party payment processors. The Third Party Website may collect certain financial information from you in order to process a payment, including your name, email address, address and other billing information. In order to delete your payment or billing information, you will need to do so with the Third Party Website, as Bid Ventures only has minimal secure access to those records as needed to provide the Services.

RETAINING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Bid Ventures will retain your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy while you are an active user of the Website and Services, and thereafter so long as needed for purposes that are not prohibited by applicable law. Before we use any of your personal information for any new purpose not originally authorized by you or set forth in this Privacy Policy, we will use best efforts to provide details regarding the new purpose and give you the opportunity to opt-out. Furthermore, where consent is required to process any personal information pursuant to applicable law or contract, we will use best efforts to comply with such law or contract.

Upon termination of your use of the Services, we reserve the right to maintain your personal information as part of our standard back-up procedures in an aggregated format. When personal information is no longer required, we will utilize procedures to destroy, delete, erase or convert it to an anonymous form.

ABILITY TO OPT-OUT

You have the right to opt out of certain uses and disclosures of your personal information. Where you have consented to Bid Ventures’ processing of your personal information, you may withdraw that consent at any time and opt-out to further processing by contacting us at support@jockmkt.com. If you opt-out, we may still collect and use non-personal Information regarding your use of our Services for non-interest based advertising purposes, such as to determine the effectiveness of the advertisements.

You may also “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided through the Website. However, we do need to send you certain communications regarding the Services and you will not be able to opt-out of those communications – e.g., communications regarding updates to our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy.

We may occasionally send you push notifications through your device with updates and other notices that may be of interest to you. You may opt-out from receiving these types of communications by changing the settings on your device.

MODIFYING, ACCESSING, CORRECTING, OR DESTROYING PERSONAL INFORMATION

You can modify personal information through your personal settings or by contacting us at support@jockmkt.com. You may request access to your personal information, and ask that we correct, amend or delete your Personal Information where inaccurate. If you want us to delete your personal information, please contact us at support@jockmkt.com with your request. We’ll take steps to delete your information as soon we can, but some information may remain in archived/backup copies for our records or as otherwise required by law.

Bid Ventures will use best efforts to provide you with access to your personal information. However, there may be circumstances in which we are unable to provide access, including but not limited to: (i) where the information contains legal privilege, (ii) would compromise others’ privacy or legitimate rights, (iii) where the burden or expense of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to your privacy, or (iv) where it is commercially proprietary. If we determine that access should be restricted in any particular instance, we will provide you with an explanation of why that determination has been made and a contact point for any further inquiries. To protect your privacy, we will take commercially reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access to or making any changes to your personal information.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF INFORMATION

The Website and Services are hosted in the United States. Your personal information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide personal information to us, we may transfer your personal information to the United States and process it there. By using the Services, you authorize us to transfer, store, and use your information in the United States and any other country where we operate. By choosing to visit the Website, utilize the Services or otherwise provide information to us, you agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Policy will be governed in accordance with the “Governing Law and Regulations” provided below, and the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with your use the Services or the Website will be in accordance with terms provided herein and/or set forth in the Terms of Use.

CHILDREN & OUR SERVICES

Our Services are not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, or individuals who are otherwise ineligible for participation in our Services as set forth in our Terms of Use, we will take steps to delete such information from our files as soon as possible.

CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California law permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their personal information (if any) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties.

However, under the law, a business is not required to provide the above-described lists if the business adopts and discloses to the public (in its Privacy Policy) a policy of not disclosing customer’s personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes unless the business gives users a mechanism to opt out of having their personal information disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Rather, the business may comply with the law by notifying the customer of his or her right to prevent disclosure of personal information and providing a cost free means to exercise the right.

Bid Ventures gives customers a mechanism to opt out of having their personal information disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Therefore, we are not required to maintain or disclose a list of third parties that received your personal information for marketing purposes. If you wish to opt-out of sharing your personal Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes, such requests may be made to support@jockmkt.com.

CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

By using the Services, you agree to be bound by the terms contained in this Privacy Policy. Bid Ventures reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon thirty (30) days following our posting of notice of the changes on our Website. The Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is collected covers all information collected via our Services. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any future revisions, updates, or modifications. If at any point you do not agree to any portion of the Privacy Policy then in effect, you must immediately stop using the Services, including, without limitation, the Website.

GOVERNING LAW AND REGULATIONS

This Privacy Policy shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Massachusetts without regard to any conflict of law provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Privacy Policy, and the collection of information hereunder, shall comply with all relevant data protection provisions, including, without limitation, the Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulation.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

This Privacy Policy sets forth the entire understanding between you and Bid Ventures regarding the collection of your information through your use of the Website. In the event that any one or more of the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Policy is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Bid Ventures failure to insist upon strict adherence to any term contained in this Privacy Policy shall not constitute a waiver of such term and shall not be considered a waiver or limit of any right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term contained in this Privacy Policy. The Parties shall make a good faith effort to resolve any actual or threatened breach of this Privacy Policy, or any other dispute arising under or in connection with this Privacy Policy, in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Terms of Use. This is without prejudice to your right to launch a claim with the data protection supervisory authority in the country in which you live or work where you think we have infringed data protection laws.

Bid Ventures may assign, transfer, subcontract or otherwise deal with all of its rights, including those set forth herein without notifying you or obtaining your consent. You may not assign or transfer your rights and/or obligations under this Privacy Policy.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or the terms contained herein, or if you wish to report any security violations, please contact Bid Ventures at support@jockmkt.com.