Privacy Policy

Information we collect

• Account information: your name, email address and password (held securely by our authentication provider), or basic profile details if you sign in with Google.
• Bidding activity: the lots you bid on, your bid amounts, lots you win, invoices and payment status.
• Contact messages: anything you send us through the contact or notification forms, including your email address.
• Usage data: anonymous, aggregate analytics about how visitors use this website (for example, which pages are popular), when analytics are enabled.

How we use it

• To run the auctions: register bids, declare winners, invoice and arrange pickup or shipping.
• To send sale reminders and notifications you signed up for.
• To reply to your messages and provide customer support.
• To improve the website and the catalogue.

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with the service providers who help us run the site (authentication, email delivery, payment processing, analytics), and only as much as they need to do their job.

Cookies

The site uses cookies that are necessary for sign-in to work, and — when enabled — analytics cookies that help us understand aggregate usage. You can block cookies in your browser; signed-in features may not work without the essential ones.

Your choices

You may ask us at any time what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete your account and associated information (records of completed sales may be kept as required by law). Email notifications always include a way to stop receiving them.

Contact us about privacy

Questions or requests: email us at info@51auction.ca and we’ll respond within one business day.

Changes

If we change this policy in a material way, we’ll post the update here and note the date of the change.