Classifieds Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us, so Wal-Mart.com USA, LLC ("Walmart.com" or
"we") has created this Classifieds Privacy Policy to explain how the
information you provide through your use of Classifieds is protected,
collected and used. This Classifieds Privacy Policy applies to your use of
the classified listings and other resources located at the domain
walmart.oodle.com and its subdomains
("Classifieds"), which is hosted by
Oodle, Inc. ("Oodle"). This Classifieds Privacy Policy is different than the
privacy policy ("Walmart.com Privacy Policy") available on the homepage of
www.walmart.com
(the "Walmart.com Site"). The Walmart.com Privacy Policy is
applicable to all of the Walmart.com Site, including Classifieds. By
accessing or using Classifieds you agree to comply with and be bound by both
this Classifieds Privacy Policy and the Walmart.com Privacy Policy. Please
click here
to review a copy of the Walmart.com Privacy Policy.
If any terms set forth in the Classifieds Privacy Policy conflicts with the
terms set forth in the Walmart.com Privacy Policy, the terms in the
Walmart.com Privacy Policy shall govern.
As the host of Classifieds, Oodle will have access to all of the information
Walmart.com collects from you in connection with Classifieds, including
without limitation, your Personal Information (as defined below). Oodle is
required to comply with the terms of this Classifieds Privacy Policy in the
same manner as Walmart.com.
This Classifieds Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. You can
always review the most current version by clicking on the link to
"Classifieds Privacy Policy" located at the bottom of pages on Classifieds.
By using Classifieds, you consent to the terms and conditions of this
Classifieds Privacy Policy and are aware that our policies may change in the
future. Some listings that you access through Classifieds may be located on
third party websites. If you click on these listings, you will be taken to
the third party website hosting such listing and also subject to such third
party's privacy policy and terms of use, if any.
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Protecting Your Privacy
In various places on Classifieds, we may collect "Personal Information," such
as your name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, or other
information that can be used to identify you or contact you. Oodle, as the
host of Classifieds, will have access to this Personal Information.
Walmart.com will not share any of your Personal Information with our
advertisers or any third-parties for marketing purposes, except for the
information you choose to publicly disclose in the listings you publish.
Classifieds offers email anonymization and relay to protect your identity and
reduce spam.
If you do share your email address and related password or other Personal
Information with others, remember that you are responsible for all actions
taken in the name of your account. If you lose control of your password for
your email account, you may lose substantial control over your Personal
Information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your
behalf. Therefore, if your password for your email account has been
compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password.
Walmart.com, or people that place listings on Classifieds, may provide links
to third party web sites, which may have different privacy practices than
Classifieds. We are not responsible for, nor do we have any control over, the
privacy policies on these third party web sites. We encourage you to read the
privacy policies of every web site you visit.
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How We Protect the Privacy of
Children
To protect children's Personal Information and to meet the standards of the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not knowingly collect
any Personal Information from children under 13 that can be used to
specifically identify them and Walmart.com does not permit persons under the
age of 13 to use Classifieds for anything other than browsing. Classifieds is
a general audience service not geared toward children. In several areas of
Classifieds, including without limitation, when users place a listing on
Classifieds or sign up for email newsletters and alerts, we ask for birth
year information. This information helps us ensure that children do not
provide us with their Personal Information. We do not save birth year
information, or use it for any marketing, promotional or any other purpose.
We appreciate your cooperation in helping enforce children's online privacy.
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Third Parties
When users are involved in a transaction, they may obtain access to each
other's name, email address, phone number and other contact and shipping
information. We cannot guarantee the privacy or security of your information
when you deal with third parties. Except as otherwise expressly included in
this Classifieds Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and
disclosure of information Walmart.com collects from you. If you disclose your
information to others on Classifieds or other sites on the Internet,
different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you
disclose to them. Walmart.com does not control the privacy policies of third
parties, and you may be subject to the privacy policies of those third
parties where applicable. We encourage you to ask questions before you
disclose your Personal Information to others.
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Providing Personal Information to
Classifieds
You can browse Classifieds without providing any Personal Information. Your
Personal Information is required to place a listing on Classifieds or to use
other types of functionality that require Classifieds to recognize a user
(e.g., Alerts). If you decide to post a listing or sign up for certain
services on Classifieds, you will need to give us certain Personal
Information, such as a valid e-mail address. Except as set forth in this
Classifieds Privacy Policy, this Personal Information will not be disclosed
to any third-party without your explicit consent. You do not need to
register with Oodle to browse, post a listing on or use Classifieds in any
way. However, if you choose to or inadvertently register with Oodle for any
reason, you will also be subject to Oodle's privacy policy which can be
accessed at
www.oodle.com.
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Accessing, Reviewing and Changing
Your Personal Information
If you wish to change the email address you provided to Classifieds in
connection with the posting of a listing you must delete the old listing and
place a new listing on Classifieds using your new email address. If you wish
to change Personal Information you provided in your listing, you must click
on the link in the email you received from Classifieds confirming your
listing and follow the instructions provided to edit information in a
listing. If you cannot locate your confirmation email, you must contact
customer support to obtain access to your listing. If you wish to change the
email address you provided in connection with a request for an email alert,
you must click on the link in the email alert that permits you to remove
yourself from the mailing list for such alert and then sign up on Classifieds
for the alert under your new email address. You must promptly update your
Personal Information if it changes or is inaccurate. We may retain Personal
Information provided in connection with deleted listings or cancelled email
alerts to comply with law, prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve
disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our
Terms of Use, and take other actions otherwise permitted by law.
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Cookies
When you visit Classifieds, you will be assigned a permanent "cookie" (a
small text file) to be stored on your computer's hard drive. The purpose of
this cookie is to identify you when you visit Classifieds so that we can
enhance our service.
You can choose to browse on Classifieds without cookies. However, without
these identifier files you will not be able to take advantage of certain
features of Classifieds. Each browser is different, so check your browser's
"Help" menu to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
We also collect certain technical information from your computer each time
you request a page during a visit to Classifieds. See
"Data We Collect"
for more information.
We also contract with third parties to provide us with: data collection and
reporting services regarding our customers' activities on Classifieds;
tracking and measuring performance of our marketing efforts and your response
to our marketing efforts; and the delivery of relevant marketing messages.
These third parties may use cookies and Web beacons (1 x 1 pixels), and may
receive anonymous information about your browsing on Classifieds. None of
your Personal Information will be received by or shared with these third
parties. If you do not want your non-personal information used to serve ads
to you, you can change the settings of your browser to reject cookies. Each
browser is different, so check your browser's "Help" menu to learn how to
change your cookie preferences.
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Data We Collect
You can browse Classifieds without telling us who you are or revealing any
Personal Information. Once you give us your Personal Information, you are not
anonymous to us. If you choose to provide us your Personal Information, you
consent to the transfer and storage of that information on Oodle's or our
servers located in the United States.
In addition to Personal Information you provide to us when posting a listing
or by otherwise using Classifieds in certain ways, we collect the following
information:
- When you place a listing on Classifieds, we collect a variety of
information through that listing (e.g., price, model). The public will see
any information that you include in your listing, and as such, Walmart.com
has no control over how this information will be used. For that reason,
please think carefully about what Personal Information you disclose in your
listing. You may edit your listings by following the instructions in the
confirmation email you received when you placed such listing on Classifieds.
- We may collect technical and usage information such as your IP
address, the type of browser you use, your computer's operating system, the
address of a referring website, if any, the pages on Classifieds that you
visit, the search terms that you enter and the advertisements that you click.
This information does not personally identify you and is used to help us
diagnose problems, administer Classifieds and otherwise improve our service
to you and for marketing purposes.
- Depending on the service used on Classifieds, Walmart.com or Oodle
may collect financial information such as credit card or bank account
information. Credit card information is collected but not stored. It is
transmitted to a financial gateway using Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
technology.
- We sometimes collect your email address, for purposes such as posting
a listing, sending email alerts and confirmation emails and providing you
support when you click on the "Contact Us" link on Classifieds.
- We may collect Personal Information if you provide it in feedback,
comments or surveys, post it on our Classifieds, or if you contact us
directly. Please do not post any Personal Information on Classifieds that you
expect to keep private.
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Use of Information
Our primary purpose in collecting Personal Information is to provide you with
a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. We do not sell or rent
Personal Information to any third parties. You agree that we may use your
Personal Information to:
- provide the services and customer support you request;
- respond to your questions or suggestions;
- resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;
- prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities, and enforce our
Terms of Use;
- customize, measure and improve our services, content and advertising;
- tell you about offers, service updates, and promotional offers based
on your communication preferences;
- comply with valid legal procedures, requirements, regulations or
statutes;
- inform you of changes to Classifieds that might affect your Personal
Information; and
- compare information for accuracy, and verify it with third parties.
We may share aggregated demographic, statistical and usage information with
our partners or advertisers. This is not linked to any Personal Information
that can identify any individual person.
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Data We Store
The following information may be stored in our database, even after deletion,
and may be archived and stored indefinitely:
- Email addresses and other information you provide to Classifieds
- All listing and review content
- Activity logs and other records
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Circumstance in Which We Will
Release Information
Walmart.com may disclose information about Classifieds users if required to
do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably
necessary to:
- Respond to a legal process (e.g., subpoenas, court orders)
- Respond to claims that a listing or content violates the rights of
third parties
- Enforce our Terms of Use
- Protect the rights, property or personal safety of Walmart.com, its
users or the general public
We may also share your Personal Information with:
- Our affiliates to help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts
and provide relevant information. Our corporate affiliates will send
marketing communications only to users who request these services.
- Service providers under contract who help with our business
operations.
- Other third parties to whom you explicitly ask us to send your
information (or about whom you are otherwise explicitly notified and consent
to when using a specific service).
- Law enforcement or other governmental officials, in response to a
verified request relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal or
unlawful activity. In such events, we will disclose information relevant to
the investigation, such as name, city, state, zip code, telephone number,
email address, IP address, fraud complaints, and listing history.
- Other business entities, should Walmart.com or Oodle plan to merge
with or be acquired by that business entity. Should such a combination occur,
we will require that the new combined entity follow this Classifieds Privacy
Policy with respect to your Personal Information. If your Personal
Information will be used contrary to this Classifieds Privacy Policy, you
will receive notice on Classifieds.
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Security
The security of your Personal Information is very important to us. In our
efforts to protect your online transactions, we use a technology called
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). If your browser is capable of SSL (and most are),
your Personal Information will be automatically encrypted, or encoded, before
it is sent over the Internet.
Although Walmart.com uses these methods to protect your Personal Information,
third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private
communications, and other users may abuse or misuse your Personal Information
that they collect from Classifieds. Therefore, although we work hard to
protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your
Personal Information or private communications will always remain private,
and you acknowledge and agree that we will have no liability to you or to any
third party arising out of any such loss, misuse or alteration.
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Archiving and Display of
Classifieds Postings by Search Engines and Other Sites
You acknowledge that search engines and other sites not affiliated with
Walmart.com — including without limitation,
archive.org,
google.com,
and
groups.yahoo.com
— may archive or otherwise make available Classifieds
listings. If you remove or modify your listings on Classifieds, there is a
possibility one of these sites may provide access to old or deleted listings.
Walmart.com is not responsible in any way for any display of such listings
by these third party sites.
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No Spam, Spyware or Spoofing
We and our users do not tolerate spam. You are not licensed to add other
Classifieds users, even a user who has purchased an item from you, to your
mailing list (email or physical mail) without their express consent. If you
believe you have received a Classifieds-related spam or spoof email please
review
Online Security: Phishing and follow the instructions to
report such activities to Walmart.com. You may not use our communication
tools to send spam or otherwise send content that would violate our Terms of
Use.
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General
This Classifieds Privacy Policy was last amended on May 15, 2008. We may
amend this Classifieds Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended
terms on Classifieds without any other notice to you. Any such amendment
will be effective immediately upon posting to Classifieds. It is your
responsibility to review this Classifieds Privacy Policy each time you use
Classifieds to ensure you understand the terms applicable to you as a result
of such use.
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