Cookie Policy

IBIDMOTO aims to provide you with the best experience using our website or  electronic services.  Our cookie policy will inform you what cookies we use for visitors to our website or when using the electronic services and how you can choose to disable cookies if you  wish.

Our cookie policy should be read in accordance with our privacy policy which explains how IBIDMOTO respects your privacy and protects your personal data. 

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files and  are stored on your computer’s hard drive once you visit a website.  They are used for many different purposes, such as letting you navigate from page to page efficiently and enhancing your experience when visiting a website. Basically,  they can remember your preferences.

A cookie  does not contain personal information. It will however  enable us to relate your visit to IBIDMOTO and  inform us that you have specifically and knowingly provided data. A cookie can only contain personal information that you have supplied.  A cookie can’t read data contained on your hard disk or read cookie files created by other websites.

Are they safe?

Yes cookies are safe, they are small text files; they do not have the ability to look into your computer or read any personal information. They do not carry viruses and cannot transmit  anything harmful to your computer.

How do we use cookies?

User traffic patterns

We can use cookies to assess user traffic patterns on IBIDMOTO websites. We can see  how many people have visited our website and  which pages of the site they are viewing. This helps  us gain insight into who, and how our customers are using our website which in turn  helps us to improve usability. We do not use cookies to track your use of third party websites.

Encrypted cookies

We also use encrypted cookies to authenticate a user on each page after the user logs on to our website. It is not possible to log in to the members’ area of our website without accepting these cookies – you will not be able to  bid on lots without accepting these cookies. This is to ensure your security and the security of the online bidding process by authenticating users that are entering the members areas.

Third party cookies

You might  see advertisements placed by third party advertisers on our website that will be displayed in your browser.  These third party advertisements will automatically receive your IP address in this event, and they might also use cookies to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements or to personalize advertising content.

IBIDMOTO  does not have access or control over cookies or other features that advertisers and third party sites  use, or for any information practices of these advertisers and third parties.

Should I accept cookies?

By accepting the log-in cookies it will enable you to access the members’ area of our website, but some other features and services (for example creating customised searches for vehicles) may not function properly or conveniently if your other cookies are disabled.

You can refuse to accept cookies by turning them off in your browser [see below]. 

 You can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies.

Should I keep cookies switched on?

By  keeping your  cookies ‘turned on’ whilst  you visit our website  you will receive the best possible experience without them parts of our website may  not work.

If you do wish to turn off cookies you can do this by editing the settings in your browser.

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