Personal information is collected when users voluntarily register for membership services. These services include receiving electronic newsletters, purchasing items, and entering in promotional opportunities provided by OkieAuction. We also collect email addresses from users who send us mail or request technical support or other help. This information enables OkieAuction to improve its site to make your online visits more productive and enjoyable.

One method of collecting summarized information about your activities online (such as the pages you access most frequently or the search terms you enter), and information volunteered by you (such as survey or registration information), is by tracking Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you surf the web. The computers that deliver the Web pages to you automatically identify your computer by its IP address. When you request a page from our site, our server logs your IP address.

OkieAuction records IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to provide summarized data to advertisers about the volume of use on our site. We also create summarized reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers and partners. This allows these parties to advertise more effectively, and allows you to receive advertisements that are most relevant to your personal interests. An advertiser will not know that you clicked its advertisement unless you voluntarily and explicitly permit us to provide such information.

When you are on our website and asked for personal information, you are sharing that information only with OkieAuction, its corporate owner R&S Distributors, LLC, and necessary related service providers such as a credit card processor, unless specifically stated otherwise. None of your information is shared with selling law enforcement agencies unless there is reasonable suspicion of fraudulent activity on your part.

On occasion, services on OkieAuction may be offered in conjunction with another company. To provide this co-branded service to you, it may become necessary for us to share your personal information with another company. However, if you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular service.

OkieAuction uses the personal information we collect to improve the content of our site; to notify users about updates to our site or promotional offers or opportunities that we believe will be of interest to users; and to investigate violations of our terms and conditions of use.

OkieAuction will not sell your name, address, phone number, email address or any information that personally identifies you to third parties. In most cases, we will jointly manage some of your information with a third-party provider of auction hosting services with whom there is a relationship of strict confidentiality. In some cases, your name and shipping address may be shared with a shipping company for the purpose of shipping your purchase to you. Demographic information, such as town/city, state, zip code, sex, and age provided by you may be included in a summarized customer database profile, which may be used to attract potential suppliers and advertisers to OkieAuction.

If you bid on an item, OkieAuction may disclose your personally identifiable information to the consignor or party that provided the item to OkieAuction for sale. OkieAuction may divulge personal information if such information is subpoenaed, or if OkieAuction believes that its site has been used to commit unlawful acts, or acts that might endanger the health or safety or another user or of the general public.

In the event that OkieAuction, or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the assets transferred to new owners.

OkieAuction uses “cookies” to record information. A cookie is a small data file that websites store on your hard drive when you visit them. Cookies allow us to measure activity in your site and to improve your user experience by remembering your password and viewing preferences, and allowing you to visit OkieAuction without re-registering. Cookies allow us to determine which areas and features of our site are more popular by measuring user activity.

This information allows us to make improvements and updates to improve your OkieAuction experience. OkieAuction does not use cookies to retrieve any information from your computer.

Most browsers are set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you may set your browser to not accept cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, some parts of our site such as the members only area (i.e., the bidding area) will not function properly if you choose not to accept cookies.

You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers. OkieAuction does not control these cookies, and they are not subject to OkieAuction’s privacy policy.

Your OkieAuction account information is password protected so that only you have access to it. We strongly recommend that you not divulge your password to anyone. We use industry standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption.

No Internet data transmission can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, OkieAuction cannot assure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best efforts to ensure its security on our systems.

Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall OkieAuction or R&S Distributors, LLC be liable for any special, incidental or consequential damages that result from the use of the information or materials on OkieAuction, even if OkieAuction or R&S Distributors, LLC has been advised of the possibility of such damages. This section should also be read in conjunction with the full Terms and Conditions found on this site.

OkieAuction reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Any such changes will be posted online.

OkieAuction and R&S Distributors, LLC believe strongly in providing you with the ability to access and edit the personal information that you have provided us. Your may edit your password protected account information at any time by entering the site with your OkieAuction User ID and Password. If you need to communicate directly with OkieAuction staff personnel in order to resolve a specific issue, please do so by sending an email using the Contact Us page.