Minute Wars Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We may collect:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Username
• Password or authentication information
• Shipping address
• Billing address
• Seller profile information
• Payment-related information through our payment processor
• Bid history
• Pre-bid activity
• Auction activity
• Purchases and sales
• Messages or support requests
• Device information
• IP address
• Browser and usage data
• Fraud, risk, and security signals

We do not store full credit card numbers on our own servers when payments are processed by Stripe or another payment processor.

2. How We Use Information

We use information to:

• Create and manage accounts
• Run auctions
• Process bids and pre-bids
• Determine auction winners
• Calculate order totals
• Calculate tax and shipping
• Process payments
• Support seller payouts
• Prevent fraud and abuse
• Review refunds and disputes
• Provide customer support
• Send order, auction, payout, and account notifications
• Improve the platform
• Comply with law

3. Payments

Payment information may be collected and processed by Stripe or another payment processor. Minute Wars may receive payment-related identifiers, transaction status, payment method type, dispute status, and payout-related information, but does not store full card numbers.

4. Shipping and Tax

We may use your shipping address, billing address, and order information to calculate shipping, tax, and final order totals.

5. Sellers

If you sell on Minute Wars, we may collect seller verification information, payout information, tax information, business information, shipping information, and other information needed to operate the marketplace and comply with applicable law.

Certain seller information may be disclosed to buyers when required by law, marketplace policy, or transaction needs.

6. Sharing Information

We may share information with:

• Payment processors
• Shipping providers
• Tax calculation providers
• Fraud prevention providers
• Cloud hosting and technology providers
• Customer support tools
• Legal, compliance, or law enforcement recipients where required
• Buyers and sellers as needed to complete a transaction

We do not sell personal information in the ordinary meaning of selling a customer list for money.

7. Cookies and Tracking

We may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to operate the site, keep users logged in, prevent fraud, analyze traffic, and improve the user experience.

8. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect user information. No online service can guarantee perfect security.

9. Data Retention

We keep information as long as needed to operate the marketplace, complete transactions, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, comply with legal obligations, and enforce our policies.

10. Your Choices

You may update certain account information in your profile. You may contact us to request help accessing, correcting, or deleting information, subject to legal, fraud-prevention, tax, payment, and dispute-related retention requirements.

11. Contact

Privacy questions may be sent to support@minutewars.com.