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Revised April 12, 2013

Privacy Statement

IronPlanet (hereinafter referred to as "IronPlanet" or "we") is committed to protecting your privacy online. You are important to us, and we will take special care to maintain your trust. In order to fully understand your rights, we encourage you to read this Privacy Statement and to consult our Site Usage, Seller Terms and Buyer Terms which apply to your use of the IronPlanet web site(s) operated by IronPlanet (e.g., www.ironplanet.com, eu.ironplanet.com and www.truckplanet.com) (together the "IronPlanet Site"). Please direct questions regarding this Privacy Statement CustomerCare@ironplanet.com or EuropeCare@ironplanet.com. Your use of the IronPlanet Site indicates your express consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner described. This Privacy Statement is effective upon acceptance.

When does IronPlanet collect my personal information?
IronPlanet gathers information from users in three ways: (1) voluntary registration and Equipment listing, (2) through use of cookie technology and (3) by recording IP addresses of those who browse our site and log files. For users outside the United States, your use of the IronPlanet Site indicates your consent to the transfer of your personal information to the United States and the storage of it on our servers located there.

Voluntary Registration/Equipment Listing. When you register with IronPlanet and/or wish to use the IronPlanet Site to buy or sell a piece of Equipment, we ask for certain necessary personal information. Other specific services which may be offered to you by IronPlanet from time to time may have additional registration requirements and may require you to provide additional information.

Cookies. IronPlanet uses a browser cookie to remember your login name (but not your password), as a reminder to assist you the next time you log on to our site. IronPlanet uses cookies to make your use of the IronPlanet Site easier. Your browser may notify you when IronPlanet attempts to put a cookie on your hard drive and you may refuse to accept it. If you refuse cookies your ability to use the IronPlanet Site may be impaired or you may not be able to access certain information.

Web Beacons. IronPlanet may use electronic images known as web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that assist in delivering cookies on our sites and allow us to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co- branded services. We may include web beacons in promotional email messages or our newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon. IronPlanet may also employ web beacons from third parties in order to help us compile aggregated statistics and determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns.

Log Files and IP Address. IronPlanet may also log standard information about your visit, including your IP address, browser type and language, access times, referring website addresses, the pages you view, the links you click and other actions taken in connection with the Site. It is not possible to identify you personally from the type of information that IronPlanet gathers in this way.

How is my personal information used?

Use of the IronPlanet Site. Our primary purpose in obtaining your personal information is to provide you with the IronPlanet services as efficiently as possible. For example, IronPlanet uses your personal information to identify you as a customer, to set up and administer your account to take, process, and deliver your bids for Equipment, to process or obtain payment of your orders and to provide you with effective customer service and/or technical support.

Customized Look and Feel. IronPlanet gathers user information for the purpose of reviewing our users' preferences, demographics, traffic patterns, and other information in the aggregate.

E-mail. If you register with our site, from time to time, IronPlanet may email you with informative messages about our services or third party products and services we believe may be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive these types of emails please let IronPlanet know by email to CustomerCare@ironplanet.com or EuropeCare@ironplanet.com.

May I review and alter the personal information IronPlanet holds about me?
You have a right to access personal information held by IronPlanet which relates to you. You may do this by contacting IronPlanet at CustomerCare@ironplanet.com or EuropeCare@ironplanet.com. Please notify IronPlanet immediately if any of the personal information which we hold about you is out-dated or inaccurate and we will correct our records. If you think we hold personal information about you which is excessive, or that we should not retain your personal information, please contact us so that we may explain the reasons why IronPlanet retains such information. We will erase personal information when it is no longer necessary for us to retain it, having regard to your account activity and the applicable law.

With whom does IronPlanet share information?
You also acknowledge and agree that in certain circumstances IronPlanet must share user information with specific third parties for the purpose of providing additional services. In particular, IronPlanet has several service partners who provide services or products and as part of such operations, these companies may be provided certain of your contact information. IronPlanet will endeavour to ensure that any third parties to whom we disclose your personal information abide by the terms of this Privacy Statement. In other instances we may be obliged to disclose your personal information in order to conform to any requirements of law or to comply with any legal process, as well as to protect and defend the rights of IronPlanet, and/or our customers. IronPlanet reserves the right to transfer information (including your personal information) to a third party in the event of a sale, merger, liquidation, receivership or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of IronPlanet, a subsidiary, or a line of business associated with IronPlanet.

In addition, IronPlanet also discloses aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services and reach to prospective partners, advertisers and other third parties. However aggregate data is not traceable to you specifically. Except for these situations, we will not disclose your personal information to any third parties except to the extent necessary to provide you with a requested service or under circumstances required by law. We will disclose your personal information when we believe in good faith that any applicable law, regulation or legal process requires it, or where we believe disclosure is necessary to protect or enforce our rights.

Specific uses of personal information that vary from this Privacy Statement (if any) may be found in the terms and conditions or privacy policies applicable to that particular service. To the extent that you are notified of uses of your personal information which are different from those described in this Privacy Statement during your enrollment in any particular service, contest or promotion, the uses of which you are specifically notified will govern that service, sweepstakes, contest or promotion.

Please note, however, that we do not control the privacy policies of our advertisers and other third party sites to which we provide banner ads and links. If you click through a banner ad or link and submit your information to an advertiser, you will be subject to their own privacy policies. IronPlanet assumes no responsibility or liability for these third party policies or the actions of non-affiliated third parties.

How does IronPlanet safeguard my privacy?
We take our responsibilities seriously and employ appropriate physical and technical measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access. Although IronPlanet uses reasonable efforts to safeguard the privacy of your personal information, transmissions made by means of the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure. IronPlanet assumes no liability for disclosure of data due to errors in transmission or unauthorized third parties.

What else should I know about my privacy?
You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose personal information online in a public area, that information may be collected and used by others. We do not control the actions of our visitors and registered users. If you disclose personal information in a publicly accessible place in the IronPlanet Site, you do so at your own risk and you understand that your submitted information may be collected and used by others to send you unsolicited messages, advertisements, or for other purposes.

Please remember that you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any password you use to register and you should always be careful and responsible whenever disclosing information online.

By using the IronPlanet Site and services, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Statement. If you do not agree or are not comfortable with any policy described in this Privacy Statement, your only remedy is to discontinue use of the IronPlanet Site. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time. Your continued use of any portion of the IronPlanet Site following notification or posting of such changes, will constitute your acceptance of those changes. If you have questions or concerns about our specific policies, please send an e-mail to CustomerCare@ironplanet.com or EuropeCare@ironplanet.com.

 

 

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