Information Collection and Use
seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com collects information from our users at several different points on our website.
Any registered user or customer contact information, including e-mail addresses, phone numbers, or mailing addresses provided on the site, is only for use by persons or entities interested in buying the particular horse, product or service offered by the customer. Unless arranged through seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com as an approved special promotion, this contact information may not be used or provided by anyone in the sale, promotion or solicitation of their business, products or services. Any violation of this policy shall be considered theft of seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com’s information. We may, from time to time, in our sole discretion, share some of your personally identifiable information with special advertisers identified by us.
Registration
In order to use some of the services of this website, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give their contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest. Please note that an ad owner’s email address and contact phone number will be displayed to our users.
Orders
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name and billing address) and financial information (like credit card number and expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.
Cookies and Log Files
Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). We have no access to or control over these cookies. We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.
We use a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. We partner with other parties to provide specific services; when you sign up for these services, we share the names or contact information necessary for the third party to provide them, and they are not allowed to use that information for any other purpose.
Messages Between Members
When you message another member through our site, we store your messages and any photos you send so both of you can read the conversation in your account. We email the other member to let them know they have a new message; your email address is not shared with them.
Our staff may read any conversation to keep the marketplace safe, investigate reports, and prevent fraud and spam. We do not use the content of your messages for advertising. When you close your account, the messages you sent and their photos are deleted.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, it is protected both online and off-line. When our registration or order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number), that information is encrypted and protected with SSL.
All of our users’ information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information, and all employees are kept up to date on our security and privacy practices. If you have any questions about the security at our website, email support@seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com.
Newsletters, Special Offers and Service Updates
We may send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive our monthly newsletter and information on products, services and special deals; you may opt out of these at any time. We also send site and service announcements containing important information about the service, which members are not able to unsubscribe from.
Correcting or Updating Personal Information
If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you can correct, update or remove your personal data from your account settings or by emailing support@seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com.
Choice / Opt-out
Users are given the opportunity to unsubscribe from our monthly newsletters and special offers, or may email support@seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com to have their email address removed from our database. Please note that by posting classified ads, users will receive emails from parties interested in the horse, product or service being advertised. You may choose that we not share your personally identifiable information with special advertisers by sending an e-mail making that request.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. If we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by email and give them a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner.
Photo and Content Release
You represent and warrant that you own or have the full right to grant seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com use of all photographs, videos, graphics and other content you submit with a listing (“Submitted Content”), and that its use will not infringe any right of any third party. You retain ownership of your Submitted Content, but grant seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com and its affiliates a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and sub-licensable license to use, adapt, display, publish, distribute and modify it in any media now known or later developed, including within other seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com products and partner websites.
Do not submit any photograph or video unless you have received all necessary rights from the photographer, videographer and copyright owner. You agree to maintain accurate contact information (a valid phone number and email address) in order to submit and maintain active listings. You are entirely responsible for your Submitted Content and for retaining back-up copies of all materials you provide to seriousinquiriesonlyequine.com.