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Privacy Statement

IronPlanet Australia Pty Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "IronPlanet" or "we") is committed to protecting your privacy online. You are important to us, and we will take special care to maintain your trust. In order to fully understand your rights, we encourage you to read this Privacy Statement which has been prepared to meet the requirements of the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) and to consult our User Agreement. Please direct questions regarding this statement to CustomerCare@ironplanet.com.au.

When personal information does IronPlanet collect?
The type of information that IronPlanet collects and holds includes (but is not limited to) personal information about:

individuals who use our services to purchase equipment (Buyers);

individuals who use our services to sell equipment (Sellers);

job applicants, suppliers and contractors;

individuals who hold security interests in the goods sold on our website; and

other people who come into contact with IronPlanet.

IronPlanet will generally collect this information by way of voluntary registration over the internet, by telephone and in the course of interviews. From time to time, IronPlanet may also collect information from third parties such as credit reporters or reference agencies.

When does IronPlanet collect my personal information?
IronPlanet gathers information from users in three ways: voluntary registration, cookie technology and IP addresses.

Voluntary Registration. When you register with IronPlanet, we ask for certain necessary personal information. Other specific services may have additional registration requirements and may require you to provide additional information.

Cookies. IronPlanet uses a browser cookie to remember your login name (but not your password), as a reminder to assist you the next time you log on to our site.

IP Address. IronPlanet may also log IP addresses for the purposes of systems administration or to report information in aggregate form to our advertisers, sponsors, and corporate partners.

How is my personally identifiable information used?

Customized Look and Feel. IronPlanet gathers user information for the purpose of reviewing our users' preferences, demographics, traffic patterns, and other information in the aggregate.

E-mail. If you register with our site, from time to time, IronPlanet may email you with informative messages about our services or third party products and services we believe may be of interest to you.

With whom does IronPlanet share information?
IronPlanet may share user information with specific third parties for the purpose of providing additional services. In particular, IronPlanet has several service partners who provide services or products and as part of such operations, these companies may be provided certain of your contact information. In addition, IronPlanet also discloses aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services and reach to prospective partners, advertisers and other third parties. However aggregate data is not traceable to you specifically. Except for these situations, we will not disclose your personal information to any third parties except to the extent necessary to provide you with a requested service or under circumstances required by law. We will disclose your personal information when we believe in good faith that any applicable law, regulation or legal process requires it, or where we believe disclosure is necessary to protect or enforce our rights.

Specific uses of personal information that vary from this Privacy Statement (if any) may be found in the User Agreement or privacy policies applicable to that particular service. To the extent that you are notified of uses of your personal information which are different from those described in this Privacy Statement during your enrollment in any particular service, contest or promotion, the uses of which you are specifically notified will govern that service, sweepstakes, contest or promotion. Please note, however, that we do not control the privacy policies of our advertisers and other third party sites to which we provide banner ads and links. If you click through a banner ad or link and submit your information to an advertiser, you will be subject to their own privacy policies. IronPlanet assumes no responsibility or liability for these third party policies or the actions of non-affiliated third parties.

IronPlanet also assumes no responsibility or liability for third parties such as advertisers or other entities who utilise banner ads and links from our website. If you click through a banner ad or link and submit your information to an advertiser, you will be subject to their own privacy policies.

What else should I know about my privacy?
You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose personal information online in a public area, that information may be collected and used by others. We do not control the actions of our visitors and registered users. If you disclose personal information in a publicly accessible place in the IronPlanet web site ("IronPlanet Site"), you do so at your own risk and you understand that your submitted information may be collected and used by others to send you unsolicited messages, advertisements, or for other purposes.

Please remember that you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any password you use to register and you should always be careful and responsible whenever disclosing information online.

Although IronPlanet uses reasonable efforts to safeguard the privacy of your personal information, transmissions made by means of the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure. IronPlanet assumes no liability for disclosure of data due to errors in transmission or unauthorized third parties.

Acceptance of Privacy Policy. By using the IronPlanet Site and services, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Statement. If you do not agree or are not comfortable with any policy described in this Privacy Statement, your only remedy is to discontinue use of the IronPlanet Site. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time. Your continued use of any portion of the IronPlanet Site following notification or posting of such changes, will constitute your acceptance of those changes. If you have questions or concerns about our specific policies, please send an e-mail to CustomerCare@ironplanet.com.au.