MonkeyTrades Privacy Policy

MonkeyTrades strives to keep your information safe. The following privacy policy was established to describe how your information is protected, collected, used, and stored. Notice of any considerable changes to this privacy policy will be posted on the MonkeyTrades site.

1. Protecting your privacy

  • Account information is password-protected.
  • MonkeyTrades does not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
  • MonkeyTrades does not send you unwarranted communications for marketing purposes.
  • MonkeyTrades, or people who post on MonkeyTrades, may offer links to third party websites, which may have different privacy practices. MonkeyTrades is not responsible for, nor has any control over, the privacy policies of those third party websites, and encourages all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited.
  • MonkeyTrades does not run pop ups or pop unders.
  • MonkeyTrades does not knowingly gather any information from persons under the age of 13. If MonkeyTrades learns that a posting is by a person under the age of 13, MonkeyTrades will eliminate that post.
  • MonkeyTrades does not employ tracking devices for marketing purposes (cookies, web beacons, single-pixel gifs).
  • 2. Data collected on MonkeyTrades

  • MonkeyTrades willoccasionally collect your email address, for purposes such as sending self-publishing and confirmation emails, authenticating user accounts, providing subscription email services, registering for forums, etc.
  • For paid job postings, MonkeyTrades collects contact information, such as name(s), phone/fax number(s), and address for billing purposes.
  • MonkeyTrades does not store credit card information. Credit card transactions are transmitted to a financial gateway, and MonkeyTradesmakes an effort to protect the security of your payment information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.
  • MonkeyTrades may gather personal information if you provide it in feedback or comments, post it on our classifieds or interactive forums, or if you contact us directly. Please do not post any personal information on MonkeyTrades's forums or classifieds that you expect to keep private.
  • Our web logs gather standard web log entries for each page served, including your IP address, page URL, and timestamp. Web logs help us to diagnose problems with our server, to administer the MonkeyTrades site, and to otherwise provide our service to you.
  • 3. Data stored on MonkeyTrades

  • All classified and forum postings are stored in our database, even after "deletion," and may be archived elsewhere.
  • Our web logs and other records are stored indefinitely.
  • Although MonkeyTrades makes good faith efforts to store the information in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, MonkeyTradesdoes not guarantee complete security.
  • 4. Archiving and displaying of MonkeyTrades postings by search engines and other sites

    Search engines and other sites not associated with MonkeyTrades – including archive.org, google.com, and groups.yahoo.com - archive or otherwise make available MonkeyTrades postings, including resumes

    5. Conditions in which MonkeyTrades may release information

  • MonkeyTrades may release information about its users if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process.
  • MonkeyTrades may also release information about its users to law enforcement officers or others, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms and Conditions, respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third-parties; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of MonkeyTrades, its users or the general public.
  • 6. International Users

    By visiting MonkeyTrades.com and providing us with data, you recognize and consent that such data may be stored on servers located in the United States.

    Advantages

    MonkeyTrades offers a new way to buy
    products online: barter!

    Bartering has many advantages over traditional buying and selling:

    section 1Less Wasteful

    Now you don't have to throw away things you don't want! Simply find someone on MonkeyTrades who's looking for what you already have.

    section 2Money-Saving

    You don't have to offer any money with your trade unless you want to!

    section 3Trading is Optional

    If you don't have anything to trade, that's okay! You can submit a cash-only offer.