Draft for review · Prepared November 11, 2026. This policy describes the current Bidde auction experience branded as Delaware Auction Center. The operator must review it and provide a privacy contact before adopting it.
Information collected
When you create an account or complete a buyer or seller profile, the site collects the information you provide: your name, display name, login email, contact email, cell phone number, billing address, shipping address and notification preferences. Sign-in information is handled by the authentication service.
Bids, listings and messages
The site records submitted bids, including amount, time and a display-name snapshot. Lot records include descriptions, auction dates, photos and results. Private inbox conversations store messages and read markers so participants can reply and see unread messages.
How information is used
- To create and maintain accounts and buyer or seller profiles.
- To accept registered-user bids, show bid histories and produce auction results.
- To let buyers and auctioneers communicate about lots.
- To support lot management, security, access controls and payment-received records.
- To save notification choices and display in-app alerts. Email and SMS delivery are not currently connected.
What others can see
Lot descriptions, published photos, auction schedules, bid amounts, bidder display-name snapshots and winner display names can be visible publicly. Login emails and account identifiers are not included in public bid histories or results. Sellers can review bids on their own lots. Inbox messages are available to conversation participants, not to public visitors. Authorized site administrators can manage accounts and review permitted account activity.
Service providers and optional AI tools
Lovable Cloud provides the site’s account, data and photo-storage services. If you use the AI auction finder, your search request is processed through Lovable AI Gateway to recommend existing lots. If you use optional staff dictation, your recording is sent for transcription and suggested field values. Do not include sensitive information in search requests or recordings. Those services may process technical and diagnostic information under their own terms.
Payments
The credit-card registration page is a preview only: card entry is disabled, no card information is collected, and no authorization or online charge is made. Sellers may record that a payment was received manually; that record does not verify an online payment. This policy must be updated when payment collection is enabled.
Browser storage and technical information
The site uses browser storage and session mechanisms for sign-in and preferences, including locally saved property listings. Clearing browser storage may sign you out or remove locally saved preferences. Hosting and connected services may process request and diagnostic information to operate and protect the site. The operator should confirm any additional analytics or tracking before adopting this policy.
Optional visitor measurement
After analytics acceptance, Bidde stores a random browser identifier for guests and records auction and lot visits and active foreground viewing time. Signed-in viewing is linked to the buyer account and display name in administrator-only reports. Guest names appear as (Unknown); these reports do not expose emails or browser identifiers. Reject or change analytics in Cookie settings to stop future collection. Clearing browser storage resets guest recognition. This feature does not reconstruct historical visits.
Retention and security
Access controls restrict private profiles and inbox conversations. Auction bid and result records preserve transaction history, including the display name used when a bid was placed. Changing your profile does not rewrite historical bids. No fixed retention period is stated in this draft; the operator must establish retention and deletion practices. No online service can guarantee absolute security.
Your choices and requests
You can review and update your contact, billing and shipping details in your buyer or seller profile, and change email and SMS preferences. Contact-detail changes do not change your login email. For other privacy questions, access requests or deletion requests, contact your auctioneer using the lot’s inbox. Requests may require identity verification, and some auction records may need to be retained. A dedicated privacy contact and any jurisdiction-specific rights process must be confirmed by the operator.
Policy updates
The operator should update this policy when data practices change and identify the effective date of the adopted version. Review the Terms & Conditions for auction payment, pickup and inspection rules.