Privacy Policy

ALMM Ventures, LLC (“us”, “we”, or “our”) provides the Awesome Joe’s Auctions platform and accompanying services (“Services”). This page is intended to inform you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Service, and is incorporated into Awesome Joe’s Auctions’ Terms of Service by reference. By using the Services, you acknowledge and agree to this Privacy Policy, as well as the Terms of Service and any other document incorporated into the Terms of Service.

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. We use your Personal Information (defined below) for providing and improving the Services. By using the Services, you expressly agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service.

Collected Data

Personal Information is any data, collected by us, which can be used to identify you, either directly or indirectly. Personal Information is collected primarily through the forms used to register for Awesome Joe Auctions and the forms used to register for individual consignment sales marketed or advertised on Awesome Joe’s Auctions. The Personal Information we may collect includes:

  • User-selected Display Name
  • First and Last Name
  • Email Address
  • Credit Card Information (stored by our payment processing partner)
  • Shipping and Billing Addresses
  • User-Posted Comments
  • Vehicle Make and Model
  • Driver’s License Number and State
  • Vehicle Ownership History
  • Vehicle Images
  • VIN
  • Mileage
  • Engine Information
  • Dealership Information
  • Vehicle Title Information
  • Vehicle Service Records
  • Vehicle Lien Information

Use of Data

We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.

Data Disclosure

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Services, to provide the Services on our behalf, to perform Services-related services and/or to assist us in analyzing how our Services are used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use your information for any other purpose.

Our payment processor uses your Personal Information to process financial transactions involved in the provision of the Services, such as paying for consigned goods and services. For more information on our payment processor’s privacy practices, please see: https://stripe.com/us/privacy.

We use Plaid Inc. (“Plaid”) to gather User’s data from financial institutions. By using the Services, you grant us and Plaid the right, power, and authority to act on your behalf to access and transmit your personal and financial information from the relevant financial institution. You agree to your personal and financial information being transferred, stored, and processed by Plaid in accordance with the Plaid Privacy Policy.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are packets of data sent to your browser from a website that allow that website to be displayed properly based on the device you are using to view it. Most browsers allow you to accept all cookies, receive notice when cookies are sent, or reject all cookies. If you decide to reject all cookies, your experience and satisfaction with the Services may decline as the Services may not display properly.

Non-Essential Cookies

Non-essential cookies are packets of data sent to your browser from a website that serve any number of purposes. They may be used to obtain systems information about your device(s), collect information about your browsing habits, and monitor your activity on a particular site, among many other things. At this time Awesome Joe’s Auctions does not utilize non-essential cookies. In the event that this changes and the Services begin utilizing non-essential cookies, users will be notified in advance and have the opportunity to protect their data.

Data Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, and we strive to implement and maintain reasonable, commercially acceptable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information we store, in order to protect it from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.

International Transfer

Your information, including Personal Information, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the Information, including Personal Information, to United States and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Links to Other Sites

Our Services may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Only persons who have reached the legal age of majority have permission to access our Services. Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you learn that your Children have provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a children under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information responsibly.

Legal Compliance

We will disclose your Personal Information where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement or to protect the security or integrity of our Services.

Business Transaction

If ALMM Ventures, LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Information may be transferred as a business asset. In such cases, we will provide notice before your Personal Information is transferred and/or becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of May 24, 2021 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us or directly through the Services.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@awesomejoeauctions.com.