Privacy Policy

Dawdle, a production of The Cono Project, Inc. (collectively known as "Dawdle" for the purposes of this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use), has provided this Privacy Policy for customers, visitors, users, and others (known collectively or individually as "Users") who use www.dawdle.com (the "Website"). This Privacy Policy applies to all of the products, services, and Websites offered by Dawdle, or its subsidiaries, affiliated, or parent companies, and details important information regarding the use and disclosure of User information collected on the Website.

  • Your use of the Website and any personal information you provide on the Website remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Dawdle Terms of Use.
  • Please note that any content you post or send to the Website for public consumption becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Policy. Your messages and other information you make available in public areas of the Dawdle website will be seen by people and organizations not related to or controlled by Dawdle, and may be used by others to contact you.
  • Dawdle Privacy Policy applies only to Websites and services that are owned and operated by Dawdle. While other Websites may be displayed as links from within Dawdle, those sites are owned and operated by others, and they may have different privacy policies. When linking from Dawdle to other websites, if you have privacy concerns, we urge you to review the privacy policies of those sites.

TRUSTe

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The Cono Project, Inc. is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build user's trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the site http://www.dawdle.com. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact us at privacy@dawdle.com. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php. TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.

1. Information Collection and Use

General

  • Dawdle does not require that you register in order to view its products or search its database. Registration is required to create a listing or bid on an item or to use certain interactive features such as posting comments or other content, participating in the blog or forums, and in order to submit ideas and participate in competitions.
  • Dawdle collects personal information when you register with Dawdle, when you visit the Website, when you make a purchase, create a listing, or any time you provide information to Dawdle about yourself. Dawdle may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.
  • When you register, we ask for information such as your name, email address, and other personally-identifying information ("Personal Information"). When you register with Dawdle and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.
  • When or before you place a bid, Dawdle asks for your credit card information, including information necessary to conduct card and address verification. In addition, Dawdle asks for your address for shipping purposes.
  • When or before you create a listing, Dawdle asks for your checking account and credit card information, including information necessary to conduct card and address verification. In addition, Dawdle may ask for your address for shipping purposes.
  • Dawdle automatically receives and records other non-personally-identifying information ("Non-Personal Information") on our server logs from your browser even if you do not register with Dawdle; for example, your IP address, cookie information, and the pages you visit are recorded by Dawdle.
  • Dawdle uses Non-Personal Information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.

Users Under 18 / Children Under 13

  • Dawdle is not intended for use by users under the age of 18. People under 18 are not permitted to use the Dawdle service on their own, and this privacy policy makes no provision for these people's use of the site.
  • Furthermore, Dawdle is committed to protecting the privacy of children. Dawdle does not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information online from children under the age of 13.
  • If Dawdle learns that personally identifiable information of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on Dawdle without verified parental consent, Dawdle will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.

2. Information Sharing and Disclosure

Dawdle does not rent, sell, or share Personal Information with other people or non-affiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:

  • We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Dawdle under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your Personal Information to help Dawdle communicate with you about offers from Dawdle and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
  • We provide Non-Personal Information to interested third-parties for purposes of understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the Website.
  • We use both your Personal Information and certain Non-Personal Information to improve the quality and design of the Website and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
  • We may share Personal Information in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other forms of legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
  • We may share Personal Information if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Dawdle's Terms of Use, or as otherwise required by law.
  • We may transmit Personal Information if Dawdle is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Dawdle will notify active known users if there is a need to change this Privacy Policy based on an acquisition or merger of Dawdle into another entity.
  • In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, we may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.

Keep in mind that any personal information, or comments that you voluntarily disclose on the Website, for example on comment pages, on blog forums, or other community features developed and/or used by Dawdle, becomes publicly available. All or a portion of your name or your corporate entity's name is displayed to other Users when you send and/or post messages through the Website.

3. Cookies and Web Beacons

  • Dawdle may set and access Dawdle cookies on your computer. You may disable these cookies within your browser, but some portions of the Website may require that your Dawdle cookies be enabled.
  • Dawdle lets other companies that show advertisements on some of our pages set and access their cookies on your computer. Other companies' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to Dawdle's cookies.
  • Dawdle may use web beacons in connection with e-mails sent to Dawdle users, to let us know whether and when the email was opened. No personal information is transmitted through web beacons.

4. Confidentiality and Security

  • Dawdle uses commercially reasonable technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your Personal Information. The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can send email us at privacy@dawdle.com. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any Personal Information you transmit to Dawdle and you do so at your own risk.
  • We limit access to Personal Information about you to employees and/or contractors who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with Personal Information to provide products or services to you or in order to complete their duties.

5. Your Ability to Edit and Remove Your Account Information

  • You can edit and remove your Dawdle account information at any time by visiting the "Your Dawdle" account profile page.
  • We reserve the right to use your Personal Information in order to send you certain communications relating to the Dawdle service, such as service and transaction announcements, and administrative messages, that are considered part of your Dawdle account, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.

6. International Users

Dawdle is intended for use by residents of the United States, its territories, and possessions. If you are a User accessing the Website from Africa, Asia, Central America, the European Union, Eurasia, Oceania, South America, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Website, which is governed by U.S. law and this Privacy Policy as incorporated in our Terms of Use, you will be transferring your Personal Information into the United States and you consent to that transfer. Dawdle specifically disclaims any compliance with the EU Safe Harbor framework as set forth by the Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

7. Changes and Updates to this Privacy Policy

Dawdle may update this policy at any time in its sole discretion and without prior notice. We will strive to notify you about significant changes in the way we treat Personal Information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your Dawdle account and/or by placing a notice on the Website.

8. Effective Date

This Privacy Policy was last modified October 3, 2007.

9. Contact Information

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:

Privacy Policy
Dawdle, a production of The Cono Project, Inc.
123 N. Jefferson Street, Suite 4F
Chicago, IL 60661
privacy@dawdle.com