Facts What does Birmingham Auto Auction (referred to herein as “Birmingham Auto Auction”, the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), do with your personal information?
Why? Companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal and state law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What? The types of personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) that we and/or our Partners collect and share depend on the web form or feature you utilize or the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
  • Contact information, such as name, e-mail address, postal address, and telephone number
  • Date of Birth
  • Social Security number
  • Income and financial account information, such as account balances, payment history, and credit history
  • Payment and identify verification information, such as credit card number, social security number or comparable national identifiers, and driver’s license number
  • Employment information
  • Unique identifiers, such as a customer number held in a cookie, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a processor or device serial number, or other unique identifiers
  • Your location coordinates (longitude, latitude, and radius)
  • Recently Viewed Vehicles
  • Saved Vehicles for the purpose of receiving Price Change notifications
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your Personal Information as described in this notice. In addition to collecting Personal Information, the Company and/or our Partners may use a variety of technologies that automatically collect General Information, which does not identify you personally. The types of General Information the Company and/or our Partners collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
  • Cookies
  • Embedded Scripts such as Google Analytics
  • Web Beacons and/or "Pixels"
How? All companies need to share customers’ Personal Information to run their everyday business, including responding to customer inquiries and processing Finance Applications. Personal Information may be sold, shared or transferred to Partners and Third Parties including but not limited to Financial Institutions and Customer Relationship Managers (CRMs). In the section below, we list the reasons companies can share their customer’s Personal Information; the reasons Birmingham Auto Auction chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we can share your Personal Information with our Partners Does Birmingham Auto Auction Share? * Can you limit this sharing? *
For our everyday business purposes-
Including but not limited to respond to customer inquiries, process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus
YES NO
For our marketing purposes-
to offer our products and services to you
NO We do not share
For joint marketing with other financial companies NO We do not share
For our affiliates to market to you-
information about your transactions and experiences
NO We do not share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes-
information about your creditworthiness
NO We do not share
For our nonaffiliates to market to you
NO We do not share

* For California and Nevada residents please see below regarding opting out of your data being shared.

To limit our sharing

Email us at: INFO@BIRMINGHAMAUTOAUCTION.COM

Please note: If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your Personal Information [30] days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing.

Google Analytics For more information about Google Analytics and how it collects and uses data, please go to “How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps”, located at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. To opt-out of Google Analytics at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
California & Nevada Residents For more information on rights and information for California and Nevada residents please see below.
More Questions? Call us at: 205-744-4030

Who We Are

Who is providing this notice? This notice is being provided by Birmingham Auto Auction and our Partners.

What We Do

How does Birmingham Auto Auction protect my Personal Information? To protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
How does Birmingham Auto Auction collect my Personal Information? The Company and our Partners may collect your Personal Information, for example, when you:
  • Apply for financing
  • Apply for a lease
  • Provide employment history
  • Give us your contact information
  • Show your driver’s license
  • Interact with us through the Company’s website

The Company and our Partners may also collect your Personal Information from other third parties, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, non-affiliates, or other companies. The Personal Information you allow the Company and our Partners to access varies by source, and it is affected by the privacy policies established by those third parties. This Privacy Policy does not cover the practices of third parties, including those that may disclose Personal Information to the Company and/or our Partners. For more information about how those third parties handle your Personal Information, please refer to their privacy policies.

The Company may disclose any and all information collected from the User, including personally identifiable information, to Lookslike Inc. and divisions of Lookslike Inc. which includes eBizAutos (the "Web Host") and Motorcar.com in connection with the operation of this website. Lookslike Inc. and its divisions eBizAutos and Motorcar.com shall use, distribute, and store the information in accordance with the privacy policy.

Why can’t I limit all sharing? Federal law gives you the right to limit only:
  • sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your creditworthiness
  • affiliates from using your information to market to you
  • sharing for nonaffiliates to independently market to you
State laws, such as California and Nevada, and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
California & Nevada Residents
Request Copy of Data

Residents of the State of California or Nevada may request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about the Personal Information (if any) we have disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year.

Request to Delete Data

You may request that your Personal Information (if any) be deleted. If your information was already sold, shared, or transferred to a Partner or Third Party (including but not limited to a Financial Institution or Costomer Relationship Manager (CRM)), additional requests may need to be sent to those Companies as well.

Do Not Sell / Opt Out

In order to submit a Web Form or Finance Application you must indicate that you "Opt In" to having your information sold, shared, or transferred. In order to "Opt Out" from having your information sold, shared, or transferred you must refrain from submitting a Web Form or Finance Application as that type of action implies that you are opting in. Personal Information is not shared unless a Web Form or Finance Application is submitted.

If you are a California or Nevada resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to:


ATTN: Sales Team
Birmingham Auto Auction
125 Meadland Circle
Hueytown, AL 35023
or E-mail us at: INFO@BIRMINGHAMAUTOAUCTION.COM


eBizAutos.com is the "Web Host" for Birmingham Auto Auction. When contacting Birmingham Auto Auction to request a copy of or to delete your Personal Information, please also send a copy of the request to:
privacy@ebizautos.com.


For all requests, you must put the statement "California Privacy Rights" or "Nevada Privacy Rights" in the body and/or subject of your request as well as your full name, street address, city, state, and zip code. Lack of proper identifying information may result in us not finding a match for your Personal Information. Please note requests must be made by mail or e-mail. We are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, or that do not have complete information or postage.

Children

Birmingham Auto Auction does not knowingly allow anyone under the age of 16 to participate in any services offered on our website which require the submission of Personal Information including but not limited to Web Forms or Financial Applications. If we learn that a user is under 16 and has submitted Personal Information to us, we will delete their Personal Information.

Definitions

Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
  • Birmingham Auto Auction does not share with our affiliates.
Nonaffiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
  • Birmingham Auto Auction does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you except for joint marketing arrangements as described below.
Joint marketing A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
  • If we have any joint marketing arrangements, our joint marketing partners may include the manufacturer affiliated lenders or other lenders.
Partner Any person or entity with whom the Company enters into any kind of business transaction who is under an obligation to us to use reasonable care to keep Personal Information confidential, which may include our affiliates, nonaffiliates, and those with whom we joint market.

Data

We collect personal and activity data, which may be linked.

We use technologies like cookies (small files stored on your browser), web beacons, or unique device identifiers to identify your computer or device so we can deliver a better experience. Our systems also log information like your browser, operating system and IP address.

We also may collect personally identifiable information that you provide to us, such as your name, address, phone number or email address. With your permission, we may also access other personal information on your device, such as your phone book, calendar or messages, in order to provide services to you. If authorized by you, we may also access profile and other information from services like Facebook. Our systems may associate this personal information with your activities in the course of providing service to you (such as pages you view or things you click on or search for). We do not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us so we can promptly obtain parental consent or remove the information.

Location

We may collect and share anonymous location data. To customize our service for you, we and our partners may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your computer or device. This location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and issued only to provide and improve our service. We may obtain your consent on your first use of the service.

Access

You can request to see or delete your personal data. You can sign into your account to see or delete any personally identifiable information we have stored, such as your name, address, email or phone number. You can also contact us by email to request to see or delete this information.

Deletion

We may keep data indefinitely.

Sharing

We may share personal data with companies we trust.

We may share personally identifiable information (such as name, address, or email) with trusted partners in order to provide you with relevant advertising, offers or services.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

California residents are legally entitled (at no charge and no more than once annually) to request information about how we may have shared your information with others for direct marketing purposes. Contact us for this information: INFO@BIRMINGHAMAUTOAUCTION.COM

Tracking

Ad companies collect anonymous data. You can opt out.

Ad companies may use and collect anonymous data about your interests to customize content and advertising here and in other sites and applications. Interest and location data may be linked to your device, but is not linked to your identity.

Contact

You can ask privacy questions.

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policies, please contact us: INFO@BIRMINGHAMAUTOAUCTION.COM

Vendors

Service providers access data on our behalf.

In order to serve you, we may share your personal and anonymous information with other companies, including vendors and contractors. Their use of information is limited to these purposes, and subject to agreements that require them to keep the information confidential. Our vendors provide assurance that they take reasonable steps to safeguard the data they hold on our behalf, although data security cannot be guaranteed.

Analytics companies may access anonymous data (such as your IP address or device ID) to help us understand how our services are used. They use this data solely on our behalf. They do not share it except in aggregate form; no data is shared as to any individual user.

Click to see company privacy policies that govern their use of data. Vendors access data on our behalf.

In order to serve you, we may share your personal and anonymous information with other companies, including vendors and contractors. Their use of information is limited to these purposes, and subject to agreements that require them to keep the information confidential. Our vendors provide assurance that they take reasonable steps to safeguard the data they hold on our behalf, although data security cannot be guaranteed.

Analytics providers access data on our behalf.

Analytics companies may access anonymous data (such as your IP address or device ID) to help us understand how our services are used. They use this data solely on our behalf. They do not share it except in aggregate form; no data is shared as to any individual user. Click to see company privacy policies that govern their use of data.

Special

Special situations may require disclosure of your data.

To operate the service, we also may make identifiable and anonymous information available to third parties in these limited circumstances: (1) with your express consent, (2) when we have a good faith belief it is required by law, (3) when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to protect our rights or property, or (4) to any successor or purchaser in a merger, acquisition, liquidation, dissolution or sale of assets. Your consent will not be required for disclosure in these cases, but we will attempt to notify you, to the extent permitted by law to do so.

More

Our privacy policy may change from time to time.

Other important information regarding changes to this Privacy Policy

The Company reserves the right to change, modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in practices and service offerings. If the Company modifies this Privacy Policy, the Company will update the “Effective Date” and such changes will be effective upon posting. Your continued use of the Company’s website following such material changes requires your affirmative consent to the changes. If you do not agree to the changes, your sole remedy is to cease using the Company’s products, services, and website. It is your responsibility to periodically check and review this Privacy Policy for changes.

DATE LAST MODIFIED: December 20, 2019