The Privacy and Security of your personal information collected at our online auction is very important to us. Mechle.com operates under a strict code of conduct for our online auctions and in compliance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Australia). Mechle.com has detailed below the Privacy Statement.
By registering for online auctions with Mechle.com, you consent to the use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this privacy statement.
1. Supplying your personal information in order to sell and buy with Mechle.com:
You can view all online auctions at any time, but you will need to register as a customer before you can place any online bid(s) or sell your items on our online auction. Mechle.com requires your personal information in order for us to process your online bids or consign your items for sale, as all payments are transacted electronically via VISA and MASTERCARD credit cards, or nominated bank account.
Your personal information is essential in order to improve the service Mechle.com provides to you. This may include sending you details of auctions that may be of interest to you to ensure that the information we have for you on our files is current.
We will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes and will only disclose your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and/or with your explicit consent.
2. Personal data entry:
There are two areas on the site where you may enter and submit personal information. The first area is the online registration form that will need to be completed prior to placing an online bid at an auction.
The second area is your profile under My Mechle where as a buyer or seller you can modify or update your personal details.
It is your responsibility to keep your personal details up-to-date.
In addition, the Mechle.com server automatically collects certain information about your use of our service. The information collected in each case is described under section 4 below.
3. The security of your personal details:
All transmission of personal information is protected using ssl-encrypted transmission between your web browser and our web server to ensure your privacy is protected. You will know when transmitted data is safe by a security notice when you enter a secure page, and by the presence of an icon on your browser, for example 
. The pages where you submit your account information, place a bid, and receive confirmation of a successful bid are all covered by our strict security measures. This includes taking payments via 128-bit SSL encryption.
Navigational data collected by our system that identifies you personally will not be used. Mechle.com may combine the information collected and use the aggregated results (i.e. results which do not identify any individual) in order to create a better online experience for you. We do this by using the aggregated data to monitor site usage, and to improve the look, content and navigation of the site.
4. Personal information collected:
The Mechle.com online registration form requires our customers at an online auction to provide:
a. Contact details and billing information (such as name, date of birth, password/login, address, e-mail address, delivery and billing address), bank accounts details.
b. Purchasing preferences
c. Miscellaneous information such as how you heard about us, whether your purchase is for personal or business use along with where you found out about Mechle.com
As indicated above, we will also collect information about the bids you submit for our online auctions such as what you are bidding for, how much you bid, quantity of goods you are bidding for, plus payment if you are the winning bidder.
If you send us any correspondence, we may also collect this and keep it on file with Mechle.com.
The Mechle.com server automatically collects additional information about your use of our service, including browser type; IP address; the URL you came from and go to; links to other sites you click on; the pages you view on our site and time spent; cookies; your domain type and service provider. It is standard for many sites to collect this type of information in order to enable them to monitor usage of a site and improve site content and navigation.
Mechle.com uses cookies to keep track of bidding activity. These cookies are placed in your browser file on your hard drive and help us collect general information about visitor behaviour on our site, track password functions and to help us develop better functionality within our site. Cookies do not capture or track any personal information and cannot identify individual users.
5. Closing account, removal or destruction of data:
Mechle.com will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently remove personal information if it is no longer required, or if you ask us to do so because you no longer intend to use our site. However, due to technical and accounting constraints your personal information may not be completely destroyed. Mechle.com may also need to retain personal information in order to fulfil legal responsibilities or resolve any potential disputes, which may arise.
You close your account by clicking the Close your Accounts link in the “My Details” area of “My Mechle”.
If you do not want to receive the Mechle.com newsletter, you can login into My Mechle and click “Unsubscribe to newsletter from Mechle.com”.
6. Third party access to your personal information:
Your details may be passed on to third parties where necessary, for the purpose of processing and collecting any amounts which may become payable by you to us.
Our site may from time to time contain links to other sites. These sites may have there own privacy policy different than the privacy policy of Mechle.com and you should check this with them.
7. Keep your personal information safe:
You should always keep your login and password secret. Never give your login and password to anyone. Mechle.com encrypts the transmission of personal data between your Web browser and our Web server so information remains secure when sent to us.
8. Correction of your personal information:
Once you have registered for online auctions with Mechle.com, you may at any time access and modify the personal information you provided on the online registration form. This includes updating your delivery address to ensure items are sent to the correct location or providing an updated contact telephone number should we need to contact you.
9. Contacting Mechle.com:
If at anytime you have any questions regarding this Privacy Statement, the practices and policies of this site, you can contact:
Mechle.com Online Auction
Ground Floor/Suite 2
45 Chippen Street
Chippendale, (Sydney) NSW 2008
Australia
Phone: +61 (0)2 9319 5599
Fax: +61 (0)2 9319 5584
e-mail: info@mechle.com
10. Online Auction Privacy Statement Updates
Mechle.com endeavours to comply with the National Privacy Principles (Australia) in the National Scheme for Fair Information Practices in the Private Sector.
Mechle.com may amend the online Privacy Statement if further privacy legislation and/or self-regulatory codes are introduced.
These amendments will take effect from the time of posting and you should check back from time to time for any such amendments.