J. DURHAM & ASSOCIATES, INC. CREDIT CARD PRIVACY POLICY
This policy describes the ways we collect, store, use and protect your personal
information. You accept this policy when you sign up to be a participant in the on-line
auction taking place on July 16, 2011. We may amend this policy at any time by posting
a revised version on our website. The revised version will be effective at the time we post
it.
Throughout this policy, we use the term "personal information" to describe information
that can be associated with a specific person and can be used to identify that person. We
do not consider personal information to include information that has been anonymized so
that it does not identify a specific user.
We store and process your personal information on our computers in the United States,
and we protect it by maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in
compliance with applicable United States federal and State of Georgia regulations. To
the extent Georgia law conflicts with you state law, Georgia law shall control. We use
computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption, we enforce physical access
controls to our buildings and files, and we authorize access to personal information only
for those employees who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities.
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a secure,
smooth, efficient, and customized experience. We may use your personal information to
process transactions and send notices about your transactions.
We don't sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing
purposes without your explicit consent. If you don't wish to receive marketing
communications from us, simply indicate your preference by contacting us directly.
To process your payments, we may share some of your personal information with the
person or company that you are paying. Your contact information, date of sign-up, and
payments are provided to the seller who you transact with through this auction. We may
also provide the seller, as well as the closing attorney, with your confirmed credit card
billing address to help complete your transaction with the seller. Neither the seller nor the
closing attorney is allowed to use this information to market their services to you unless
you have agreed to it. If an attempt to pay your seller fails, or is later invalidated, we may
also provide your seller with details of the unsuccessful payment. To facilitate dispute
resolutions, we may provide a buyer with the seller’s address as well.
We work with third parties, including closing attorneys, to enable them to facilitate
the closing. Regardless, we will not disclose your credit card number or bank account
number to anyone you have paid through use of your credit card in this auction, except
with your express permission or if we are required to do so to comply with a credit card
rules, subpoena or other legal process.
We may share your personal information with:
(1) Members of the J. Durham & Associates, Inc. corporate family to provide joint
content, products and services (like registration, transactions and customer support), to
help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts and violations of our policies.
(2) Service providers under contract who help with parts of our business operations such
as fraud prevention, bill collection, marketing, and technology services. Our contracts
dictate that these service providers only use your information in connection with the
services they perform for us and not for their own benefit.
(3) Credit bureaus to report account information, as permitted by law.
(4) Law enforcement, government officials, or other third parties when:
(a) we are compelled to do so by a subpoena, court order or similar legal
procedure;
(b) we need to do so to comply with law or credit card rules; or
(c) we believe in good faith that the disclosure of personal information is
necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or to report suspected illegal
activity
(5) Other third parties with your consent or direction to do so.
J. Durham & Associates, Inc. will not sell or rent any of your personal information to
third parties for their marketing purposes and only shares your personal information with
third parties as described in this policy.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, you should contact us by writing
to us at J. Durham & Associates, Inc., 1216 Dawson Road, Albany, Georgia 31707 or
calling us at (229) 436-2273.