Who we are
Our website address is: https://buyusedguns.com.au
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
We reserve the right to use any media content in listings or advertisements submitted on our website for marketing purposes. Your personal details will not be revealed.
Contact forms
Data collected via contact forms is treated in the same way as data collected by any other means.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Links
When you click on links on our site, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Analytics
This website utilises Google Analytics. For full details you should refer to their privacy policy; however they do not collect or share any personally identifiable information about you.
Who we share your data with
We will share personal information outside of our site if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:
- Meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable government request.
- Enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations.
- Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues.
- Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Buy Used Guns, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law.
If our business is acquired by or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to provide services to you.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their own personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. We will provide that file only if we have the technical capability to do so at the time you make the request. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
The contact information you provide is accessible to, and may be used by, administrators of the website to manage the services we provide via the website. Contact information is not shared with other users except to the degree you determine necessary within listings. You may, for example, choose to make a telephone number public.
We suggest you do not make your email address public on the website. We provide a 'contact' service to manage communication between potential buyers and sellers which does not reveal the sellers email address.
How we protect your data
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.
In most cases credit card information is input by the user to a payment gateway (eg PayPal,. Stripe, Authorize.net etc) and is never actually held by, or accessible to, Buy Used Guns.
What data breach procedures we have in place
Any data breaches, or suspected data breaches, will be referred to the relevant authorities for investigation.
Third Party Services
In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
As an example, if you are located in Australia and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation.
Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.
What third parties we receive data from
We do not receive any personal data on you from any external source. The only personal data we hold is that which you have provided to us.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
We do not use personal data to make any automated decisions or to conduct profiling for marketing purposes or any other purpose. The exception is where you have permitted us to use your personal information for marketing purposes
Age of Majority
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your State or Territory of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your State or Territory of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
There are no additional regulatory disclosure requirements applicable.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
Questions and Contact Information
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or are seeking clarification on any point, please contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at dee@buyusedguns.com.au.