Subject:

Our Privacy Policy is intended to explain how we use and protect your personal information enabling you to use our website services with safety.

By registering, you are accepting the Privacy Policy and the User Agreement expressly consenting to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Submittal:

You can browse our site without registering. However, participation requires registering. Registering involves submitting personal information about yourself which we store in our database and is how we identify you.

We store personal information like:

• name, address, contact information;
• transactional information as you participate on the site (such as bidding and buying);
• shipping, billing and other information you provide to purchase an item;
• email correspondence to non-profits and to us;
• other statistical information indicating site usage such as traffic to the site and item access.

Marketing:

We do not sell personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

Use:

Our purpose in collecting personal information is to facilitate the use of our site and services with safety and security. You agree that we may use your personal information to:

• provide the services you request and the support you require;
• address and resolve issues;
• enforce our User Agreement;
• prevent prohibited or illegal activities;
• customize, measure and improve our services, content and advertising;
• execute targeted marketing;
• inform about enhanced and newly created services.

Our Disclosure of Your Information:

We may disclose your personal information with:

• Other third parties such as non-profit organizations to whom you explicitly ask us to send your information (or about whom you are otherwise explicitly notified and consent to when using a specific service).
• Law enforcement or other governmental officials, in response to a verified request relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity. In such events, we will disclose information relevant to the investigation, such as name, city, state, zip code, telephone number, email address, Screen Name history and bidding history.
• This privacy policy will apply to your information in the event of a merger with another business entity should such a merger occur. Any potential subsequent change will not occur prior to notification.

Activity Associated with Screen Names:

Your Screen Name is displayed throughout much of eMaxFun resulting from your activity and is therefore available to the public. Other people can see your bids, items that you have purchased in the past, and much more. Therefore, your Screen Name should not reflect your actual name (First, Middle and Last). Also, be aware that sponsors of private events can define that actual names (First, Middle and Last) be displayed in place of Screen Names to personalize their event. This would be something that a company managing a fundraising event with only their employees could elect to do.

Cookies:

“Cookies” are small files placed on your hard drive to aid in site navigation as well as potentially in the future to customize your experience with content and advertising while tracking effectiveness.

A few important things you should know about cookies are that:

• Some of our services utilize cookies.
• We use cookies to allow for successful navigation through the site while maintaining your session and allowing us to verify you continuously once you sign in.
• Most cookies are "session cookies" meaning that they are associated with your browser and are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session.
• Although your browser may allow you to prevent our cookies, some of our site services will be impacted.
• Our site does allow for linking to other websites such as non-profit and corporate supporters who have donated items or are managing their own fundraising event for a selected non-profit. These and other third parties may utilize cookies that we do not control.

Account Password Security:

We require your password to be unique but we also recommend that along with using letters that you also incorporate the use of numbers and special characters. Although your password is hashed in the database allowing not even us to know what it is, your management of it is critical. Keeping your password to yourself and not sharing it with others further helps in securing your account. Ultimately, you are responsible for all activity associated with your account. You should immediately contact us and change your password if you feel that your password has become compromised.

Reviewing and Changing Your Personal Information:

You can review and change your personal information by signing on to eMaxFun and accessing your “My Account”. We encourage you to maintain the accuracy of your personal information when appropriate.

Security:

We utilize encryption and password hashing to secure your personal information from unauthorized access. Furthermore, we limit access to personal information to only our employees we deem as appropriate for providing services to you necessary for their job performance.

General:

We periodically update our Privacy Policy on our site. The “Last Updated Date” can be referred to and thus potentially indicating change. If significant changes occur, either an email will be sent to your account defined email address or a prominent notice on our site will be posted.