At Lowbid.com we are dedicated to protecting the privacy of all our customers and registered users. Our privacy policy outlines the collection, usage and distribution of information that is obtained from our site from users. Registration of the services of Lowbid.com automatically implies your acceptance of our privacy policy terms and conditions.

Applicability of privacy policy
Our privacy policy does not apply to mere visitors of the site or just browsing the contents of Lowbid.com then the terms of the privacy policy do not apply to you. Hence, if you voluntarily or involuntarily give out any information on our site then we will not be held liable or responsible should there be a violation of privacy.

Collection of information
When you register with Lowbid.com we collect personal information from you such as name, email address, mailing address, phone number etc. as well as various information that is not of a public nature. This personal information helps in identifying you as a registered user of our services. This information is saved in our database as long as you remain a member of our services. Once the membership gets terminated this information is still stored in from our databases. You may at any time unsubscribe from our services or deactivate your account by visiting the appropriate link on our site. During the registration process you will be required to provide basic information like your name, password, mailing address, email address as well as financial information about your account if you register as a contractor. No financial information is collected for homeowners, since no financial transactions for the homeowner takes place on Lowbid.com. Lowbid.com may also from time to time send you promotional offers.

Usage of information collected
Unless we receive specific permission from you we do not share, distribute or sell any of your information to third party sites in any manner whatsoever as is detailed in the privacy statement. When you submit credit card information during registration the information is collected over a secure SSL encrypted server to ensure utmost protection of data.

Registration: Information gathered during registration processes is used to help users conduct business on Lowbid.com. This personal information is not sold, distributed or rented to any of our third party sites. You can receive offers on newsletters that you may wish to sign up for. However, you have the option to unsubscribe from these at any time.

Advertising: From time to time Lowbid.com sends its registered users information of interest regarding various promotions, offers and newsletters. You can opt out of these features during the registration process or by visiting the Preferences section once you become a member of the site. None of your personal information is sent to any of our advertisers or third party sites.

Contractors: In order to facilitate appropriate services to our home users we may send your personal information to third party contractors who work on behalf of Lowbid.com. This information is sent only to facilitate such services and these contractors do not have any right per se to share or disclose this information to others.

Information sharing: Once contact is initiated between a Homeowner and Contractor, then information might be shared between these two entities.

Legal compliance: In certain situations if it is found that a user is in breach of the legal requirements of his or her state jurisdiction then we will comply in good faith to disclose such user contact information and details to the person who requests such information. This is a measure taken to safeguard the interests of Lowbid.com as well as its third party affiliates.

Affiliates of Lowbid.com: Currently we do not have any subsidiary, joint venture, parent company (together referred to as affiliates). However, should such a program arise in future we will require to share user personal information with such affiliates in which case honoring the privacy policy becomes binding.

Affiliate programs
Our affiliate programs facilitate users to earn more money on our site. If you have signed up for any of our affiliate programs then you need to furnish us with basic information pertaining to email address, user ID, password, country, state, city, postal code etc. You will also need to provide us with your phone number, mailing address, currency of choice, classification for tax calculation etc. If you are residing in the US then you also need to provide us with your SSN or your Taxpayer Identification number in order to facilitate tax computation and resolve other issues. You will also need to provide the hyperlink to your own affiliate website as well as the number of users registered on our site. We will use your email address provided to send you information on the status of your account as well as send payments that are owed to you as part of the affiliate program and payment terms.

Payment options
Lowbid.com provides its registered users with the ability to pay via two options. You can choose to pay through credit card/debit card or check. If paying by check you will have to pay quarterly or annually. This information is collected and used to pay the membership fee on Lowbid.com. If billing operations require disclosure to third party sites for successful completion then we will need to disclose the financial information collected.

Third party sites
If you have voluntarily opted in for email marketing campaigns or for billing of services and goods through our third party affiliates then we may need to share your financial and personal information with such sites to facilitate successful completion of such transactions. However, these third party sites do not store, share or use your personal information for any other purposes other than to provide the services you signed up for.

Cookies and browser information collected
Lowbid.com automatically collects cookies and browser information from its registered users. These cookies collected help us identify individual user preferences and hence customize our services and site experience to suit individual preferences. All of our users have the preference of disabling the cookie feature in their browser options. However, disabling cookies can cause certain parts of our site to stop functioning as effectively as before or the performance could be sluggish in nature. Our server software automatically records IP addresses in its log files. These IP addresses need not necessarily be linked to personal information provided by the users. If any breach of our terms and conditions is found on our site then tracking such IP addresses will become mandatory to ensure appropriate compliance.

Referral programs
Lowbid.com has referral programs whereby users can send project postings and contractors profile to their friends through email. Referrals on purchasing services on Lowbid.com can also be made through emails. These services entail usage of friends’ email addresses only as a one-time requirement to facilitate sending these emails. Once a message has been dispatched to a friend his or her email address will be deleted from our database.

Security and data protection
Ensuring the security of all personal and financial information collected on Lowbid.com is of paramount importance to us. All of our payment processing gateways and systems are facilitated using SSL encrypted servers to help optimally protect all sensitive and financial information collected from users.