Updated: September 13th 2025
You may visit AuctionHive.com at any time without registering. When you visit our website, data is saved on our servers, as is the website that you visit us from, the advertising you may have been referred by, the websites that you proceed to from our site, the type of browser you use, and your IP address.
As this is being done, no personal data is directly associated with you. However, we do need some personal information from you if you want to actively participate in AuctionHive.com or use our mobile applications.
Once you have registered with AuctionHive.com, you are asked to choose a AuctionHive.com user name together with a password, which then allows you to take advantage of all of the AuctionHive.com services.
If you have questions about our privacy policy, please email us at privacy@AuctionHive.com.
You can revoke your consent any time by closing your account with us. For requests and inquiries related to California Consumer Privacy Act, please refer to section 7.
"Personal data" is the information that readily identifies you, for example your name, address, e-mail address and mobile phone number or your payment details. When you register, personal data is recorded and processed by AuctionHive.com, as well as when you use the service, for example:
"Usage data" is personal data that identify the user, as well as information on the AuctionHive.com services the user utilizes, for example your AuctionHive.com user name together with the associated password and your IP address when you purchase bids, login to the site or win an auction. It may also include things like the frequency and analysis of your auction participation and auctions you view online but do not participate in.
AuctionHive.com may also collect information from you when you search, participate in a contest or questionnaire or communicate with our customer support.
We collect this data to make it possible for you to use AuctionHive.com and to help us personalize and continually improve your AuctionHive.com experience. We maintain all data in the US and Canada ourselves and with the assistance of service providers.
AuctionHive is directed toward a general audience over the age of 18 and is specifically not directed toward children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have information about anyone under 13, we will promptly delete it.
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized AuctionHive.com experience. You agree that we may use your personal information to:
When you register with AuctionHive.com, you are added to receive the email newsletter. You may unsubscribe at anytime from the newsletter and other marketing communications by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the newsletter emails.
We will not share your personal information with third parties for that recipient’s own purposes unless you have clearly consented to such sharing. We will share your data with service providers who assist us with the site, marketing and our operations, such as payment processing or post-purchase fulfillment.
AuctionHive.com may also share your data for law enforcement purposes, to protect our business from fraud or abuse, or in the event another party purchases our company or assets.
You can view the information in your AuctionHive.com account at any time and update it as necessary using your username and password. You can also contact our Customer Service to update your information.
Once we are informed, we will adjust incorrect data accordingly. We will notify you upon request about what personal data in respect to your identity or pseudonym has been stored.
California law requires that we provide you a summary of your privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (the "Act") and the California Civil Code.
Subject to certain limits under California law, you may request a list of categories of personal information collected or disclosed for marketing purposes and the identity of third parties that received your information. You may also request to control who you do not want us to share your information with.
For inquiries or requests, contact:
AuctionHive
2042 Wooddale Drive Suite 250
Woodbury, MN 55125
Email: privacy@AuctionHive.com
Toll free: (855) 455-3325
When contacting us, please indicate your name, address, email address, and what personally identifiable information your request is related to. The request should be sent to the attention of our legal department, and labeled "California Customer Choice Notice."
To the extent required by applicable statutes, you can revoke your consent to our storage, collection and processing of your personal data at any time.
You can delete your data and deactivate your AuctionHive.com account at any time. To delete your account, email support@AuctionHive.com or navigate to Settings > Delete account in the Android or iOS app. AuctionHive may retain data as required for regulatory or customer service purposes or purposes defined in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
If you choose to close your account, all remaining bids will be destroyed.
AuctionHive.com uses so-called "cookies", which are text files that are stored on your computer that we retrieve when you visit the site to assist in customizing your experience with the online service.
The information saved supports the functionality of the site, for example by keeping track of your bids placed, auctions, etc.
It is necessary to accept cookies in order to use our service properly, although you may always adjust the way your browser handles cookies
We would like to point out that turning off the ability of your browser to accept cookies may result in limited functionality.
AuctionHive uses first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to report how your ad impressions, other uses of ad services, and interactions with these ad impressions and ad services are related to visits to your site and AuctionHive’s advertising efforts. Visitors can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Settings.
By adjusting the privacy and security settings on your device or browser, you can manage how your mobile device and mobile browser share information, as well as how your mobile browser handles Cookies and other tracking identifiers. Please refer to instructions provided by your mobile service provider or the manufacturer of your device to learn how to adjust your settings.
The information in your AuctionHive.com account and in your AuctionHive.com profile is password protected.
Please do not provide your log in credentials to anyone else, as you will be liable for the activity in your account.
AuctionHive.com will never ask for your password in e-mails that you receive unexpectedly or that you did not request.
Please remember to log out of your account and to close your Internet browser window when you leave the AuctionHive.com site; this is especially important if you use the site through a public or shared device.
You are responsible for protecting the secrecy of your log in details, and we assume no liability for the abuse of login data and passwords used. Let us know immediately if the secrecy of your log in credentials has been compromised. While we take reasonable steps to protect your personal data in our control, no system is foolproof.
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, without prior notification. If we make a material change to this policy, we will highlight this to you.
We have updated our privacy policy effective April 25th, 2023. A summary of changes can be found below:
We clarified the different ways a user can request account deletion.
We have updated our privacy policy effective December 31st, 2019. A summary of changes can be found below: