Privacy Policy
Who we are
We are 9 Bears, our website address is: https://www.9bears.com and you can contact us here.
By using 9 Bears, you give consent for 9 Bears to collect, use and retain your personal information as described in our terms of use and below.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
If you register, we collect your username, email address and password. We recommend using a password that is different from any other passwords you use for other purposes. We take efforts to protect your data by having our site encrypted through SSL.
If you create a listing, we collect the information you give us, which may include your name, address, title, phone number, email address, description, photos, URLs for your: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Telegram; listing price, display name, and your profile image and description.
If you send a message to someone who listed an ad, your email address will be sent to the person or business owner so they can respond to you.
When visitors leave comments or reviews on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments/reviews form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Automatic collection of information includes but is not limited to: IP address, geolocation information, device ID, device type, connection information, traffic to and from 9 Bears, referring URL, standard web log information, computer information, page view stats, cookie information and other similar technologies.
How we use your data
The information (when given) is used on our website in order to help connect people wanting to find an item.
Your email address is used to contact you regarding your listings, to alert you if you set up email alerts, to send you messages from potential buyers, and to let you know of site changes, promotions or other relevant information.
We take privacy very seriously. When you register to use this website your information will NEVER be sold, leased or given to any third parties. We will never use it for any reasons except to respond to your inquiries. The software will however send automatic emails to inform you of various things such as ad expiration etc.
When providing information such as email addresses or phone numbers to payment processors like Stripe or PayPal your information is sent only to them and you should check with their policies on their respective websites for data use policies.
If you contact us for any reason, your personal information will never be used by us for any purpose other than answering your questions or responding to requests, and it will not be sold, leased or given to any other parties.
If someone contacts you for a listing you posted via the form on this website and if you choose to respond to their request by email, your email address will be revealed as it would in any normal email message.
If you leave a review, the review and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
If you choose to input your social media links, they are publicly accessible on 9 Bears in your public profile.
When you are logged into your account, you can choose to use links we provide to easily share an ad listing on your Facebook or Twitter account. You accept full responsibility for your actions when sharing ads.
If you choose to list ads, your listing or business address may be displayed on a map in your ads via Google Maps, hence transferred to Google in order for the map service to work. See Google’s privacy page for more info: https://policies.google.com/privacy
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left reviews, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Payment
Payments to us are facilitated through PayPal or Stripe. We do not have access to any of your credit card information. To view PayPal’s or Stripe’s terms and privacy policy, go to: https://paypal.com or https://stripe.com
Cookies
Our site uses ‘cookies’, which are pieces of data stored on a visitor’s computer. Cookies and similar technologies are used for our analytics and to help the site function and provide you with a better experience while you are on our website. You can disable the cookies on your browser, however doing so may affect the functionality of the site.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Check this page for changes
This privacy policy is in effect from April, 2024. Changes to our privacy policy may be made from time to time. Please check this page to see any changes.
