General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Unique Auctions V1 15th May 2018

Unique Auctions is an auction house based in Lincoln, UK.

We treat all data held securely and with respect. All data held is only used by Unique Auctions and is never passed to any third parties.

User Data on site

The web  site is based on the software WordPress and is password protected.
The site is managed and security maintained daily.
No user data is collected through our web site

Email database

Unique Auctions runs a permission based email list maintained by MailChimp.
Users have subscribed or given permission at time of purchasing items.
The user data includes user name and email address.
Users have full control to remove themselves from the list at any time.

Buyer Data

In order to become a Buyer at Unique Auctions, a user must be registered on our database system Bidmaster. The data is password protected and securely held.
Without registration a user is not able to bid for items at auction.

Data held includes Buyer Name, Buyer Address, Buyer Phone Number and Buyer Email.
If a Buyer purchases an item data is also held on a per auction basis on items bought.

Unique Auctions uses Bidmaster database software to manage Buyer and Seller information and transactions. The database is password protected and securely held. No payment data is held on this system.

Sellers are able to purchase items online via The Sale Room (https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb). Buyers sign up through The Sale Room and agree to all terms and conditions at https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/about-us/legal/bidder-terms-and-conditions. All buyer data is maintained by The Sale Room. No payment data is passed to Unique Auctions.

Seller Data

In order to become a Seller at Unique Auctions, a user must be registered on our database system Bidmaster. The data is password protected and securely held.

Data held includes Seller Name, Seller Address, Seller Phone Number and Seller Email.

Unique Auctions uses Bidmaster database software to manage Buyer and Seller information and transactions. The database is password protected and securely held. No payment data is held on this system.

Payment Data

Unique Auctions does not store payment data.

All online sales transactions are processed by The Sale Room.

Users purchasing at the auction room either pay by cash or by credit/debit card through our card terminal. Our card processing services are provided by WorldPay.

Payment data provided by buyers paying over the phone is processed and shredded immediately after payment.

User data held in a physical format at Unique Auctions

A paper record of each transaction is maintained that is kept securely.
This is for the purpose of HMRC and other UK Regulatory Bodies.

Security documents by Third Parties

The Sale Room https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/about-us/legal/bidder-terms-and-conditions
Mailchimp https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
WorldPay https://www.worldpay.com/uk/privacy-policy

Related Documents

REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) – http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679

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