Privacy Policy

Please read over the privacy policy below so that you may better understand your rights regarding your privacy and everything contained within the midwestbargainhunter.com website. 

Preface: It should be known that we do not sell, give away or solicit your private information to any third party sites, devices or service(s), unless otherwise required by law.

The privacy policy is subject to change at any time without notice to you, the member or viewer. By using the site for any purpose, you hereby agree that you have read, understand and accept the privacy policy. It is your responsibility to periodically check back here for the most recent changes made within, or to it. All services provided by midwestbargainhunter.com are subject to this privacy policy and the terms of service, as are members, guests, subscribers, viewers, browsers or any other physical or online individual or community. 

Protect yourself from scammers and dishonest individuals by following or using this simple guideline.

• Be aware that Midwestbargainhunter.com does not participate in ANY  transactions.
• Never wire transfer money to people. The potential for getting scammed by this is VERY high!
• Be aware that there is a potentioal for fake cashiers checks and money orders.
• NEVER give out personal information such as bank accounts, checkings, savings, credit card, etc.
• It is always in your best interest to deal with people within your local community or close.

(1). Introduction: midwestbargainhunter.com and its owners are sensitive to the privacy of its members. We as owner(s), administrator(s), partner(s) and affiliate(s) shall use reasonable care and precautions to ensure the integrity of any personally identifiable information you provide to us. Personal information is for the limited purposes of providing other services to members and guests. Personal information gathered by us is subject to our privacy policy and terms of service.

See the terms of service here: http://www.midwestbargainhunter.com/site/terms-of-service

(2). What is publicly available information?: Any field (2a) that records data (2b) or content (2d) should be considered public information (2c), unless otherwise noted (such as passwords).

(2a). A field is defined as any input area, which includes but is not limited to: image uploads, text addition - uploads and input areas, commenting forms, title areas, body areas, user defined title and body areas, owner(s) and/or administrator(s) defined title and body areas, hash boxes, check box areas, user selective areas or boxes and any other data input area(s).

(2b). Data is defined as any information that the site folder(s), directories and/or system database holds for display and/or use on the site for any purpose, no matter what the time period. Passwords are excluded from this definition.

(2c). Public information is defined as any information that is accessible through a browser(s), text or image based browser(s), legal third party device(s) and/or service(s), legal official service(s), legal internet registry data collection service(s), legal database query and collection service(s), legal remote database query and collection service(s) and any other legal means of accessing information from a registered website and its owner(s) and administrator(s). The owner(s) and administrator(s) are not liable for any information that is collected by illegal means and/or access.

(2d). Content is defined as as "anything" published on our pages (excluding any exclusive, perpetual, sublicensable copyrights or trademarks) by members, users, and other individuals not associated with the site, other than by membership or public commenting or input of some type or means.

(3). Data collection, display and/or usage: As a member or user of midwestbargainhunter.com, there are certain activities and information that we may record for purposes specific to the site. These may include but are not limited to: Browser type(s) and version(s), IP or internet protocol addresses, cookies and/or usage patterns and other "non-personal" information. Many of these collection service(s) are required and you may not "opt-out" of, such as site analytics. Analytics records your internet access, state, city and other related information.

(3a). Member(s): As a registered member, you are required to have and/or enter a password for access to the site. This password in itself provides no information about you, but does however provide access to your account when used in conjunction with a username. Please do not post your password on the site as any type of content (2d), this could lead to immediate account termination.

(3a1). Member sensitive information: There are certain areas of the site that you may opt to input additional information about yourself and/or your company such as physical address, email, phone number, fax number, name and/or contact information, post office box numbers and other "identifiable" information. Please note that this information will be displayed publicly and that any decision by you as a member to add data (2b) to these fields (2a) is considered your responsibility and under your control wholly and fully.

(3a2). Email address: Please note that if you decide to add an email address to any data field (2a-2b) other than in or under your account (the email address required for registration), that you run the risk of being solicited by internet spammers, bots and other "non-human" devices and programs. Our site displays these user defined email input areas without a "captcha" (a form that requires a text or image input of some type). This type of direct access to an email account can lead to many "false", or spam emails. Please use this feature with caution and at your own discretion.

(3b). Required individual information: Only individuals who qualify (as according to the terms of service) are allowed to access and use the site. Children are protected by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, and if you are under the age of 18, are not allowed to access, use or view the site midwestbargainhunter.com and/or its contents or data. If you are an individual that is under this required age of 18, you may not use the site for any purpose whatsoever. It is duly noted that the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act states that the minimum age is 13, however midwestbargainhunter.com's terms of service and privacy policy state that the age requirement for use here is 18.

(3c). Cookies and tracking: We do use certain third parties to provide analytical information about you only for the purpose of providing a better service to our community. Cookies may be placed into/onto your computer for the purposes of tracking, allowing access to and providing a better service to you the end user, member, guest or community at large.

*Midwestbargainhunter.com uses third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

Google cookies and the DoubleClick Dart cookie:

*Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site.

*Google's use of the DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to users of this site based on their visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

*Owners of this site and other site owners may opt out of the use of the DART cookie.

*Midwestbargainhunter.com has chosen NOT to opt out of this partnership and therefore will be using the above referenced cookies/information to better serve ads, goods and services to you, the end user.

(4). Content: Always use your best judgement when posting any information on the site. Personal information that can be used by and for illegal activities should not be posted at all. We assume no responsibility for this type of content or data posting.

(4a). Publishing: Please note that any and all data (2b) that is considered public information (2c) may be used, displayed, re-distributed and "fed" at our discretion on midwestbargainhunter.com and may be available to any other site that has an ability to display it.

(5). Information disclosure and policies: We have a strict rule of non-intervention with private data, however from time to time we may ask that you disclose certain information with us so that we may better serve you and/or your interests. This information is usually optional and is used only for trusted and respected companies that we may seek an affiliation with, or already have an affiliation with.

(5a). It shall be noted that we will disclose any personal information about you that we are aware of or have in a database if it involves legal official authorities, matter of subpoena, court orders or any other type of legal matter or proceeding. We may choose at our discretion to disclose this type of information if we feel it necessary to defend ourselves against any legal matter or proceeding, or if it involves matters of life and death, investigations, any violation in our terms of service, the safety or identity of any one individual, member, user, guest or otherwise. If we are required by law we may disclose any type of information that we may have obtained. We may shift, transfer or otherwise disclose information about you if we are sold, merged or financed by or with another business entity.

(7). Security: We try our best to keep your information confidential and private. It shall be noted that certain owner(s) and administrator(s) do have access to all the information that you may have provided to us during registration and/or site usage. This information will never be used for deviant purposes. We do our best to keep our site updated, free of errors and the database private, however it shall be noted that in all circumstances it is not possible to fend from deviant programs, hackers and illegal activities. We are not responsible for attempts to break our system, penetrate our database and other alike activities.

(8). Closure, acceptance and agreement through use: As stated above in sections 1-8, by using the site and/or its service(s) for any purpose whatsoever, you hereby agree to have fully and wholly read, understand and agreed to the privacy policy and terms of service located here:

Privacy Policy: http://www.midwestbargainhunter.com/site/privacy-policy

Terms of Service: http://www.midwestbargainhunter.com/site/terms-of-service

To report a violation of the terms of service or a privacy violation, please use the form provided below:

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