Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

BidCars AG is committed to protecting your privacy and personal data. The following privacy policy explains how we collect, process, and protect personal data while you use our auction platform. We act in accordance with applicable data protection laws, particularly Swiss data protection law.

2. What is Personal Data?

Personal data refers to all information related to an identified or identifiable person. This includes, among other things, your name, contact information, transaction data, and other information that you provide in connection with using the platform.

3. Collection and Processing of Personal Data

We collect and process personal data that is necessary for using our platform. This includes in particular:

• Registration and User Account: To use the auction platform, you must create a user account, for which we need data such as name, email address, and contact information.

• Auction and Transaction Data: We collect data about your offers and bids, transaction submissions, auction status, and payment information.

• Usage Data: This includes information about your behavior on the platform, such as pages visited, interactions with offers, and auction history.

4. Purpose of Data Processing

The data we collect is processed for the following purposes:

• Platform Provision: To provide you with access to the auction platform and process your transactions.

• Contract Fulfillment: To fulfill our contractual obligations, such as processing vehicle sales or conducting payments.

• Customer Service and Communication: To respond to your inquiries and communicate with you regarding your use of the platform.

• Security: To ensure the security of the platform and prevent misuse.

5. Security of Your Data

BidCars takes all necessary technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. We only work with partners and service providers who offer an appropriate level of data protection and maintain the necessary security precautions.

6. Sharing Data with Third Parties

Your personal data will generally not be shared with third parties, except when:

• There is a legal obligation to do so.

• Sharing is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations (e.g., for payment processing).

• Sharing is necessary to protect our rights or prevent misuse.

• You have expressly consented.

We may use anonymized or aggregated data (which does not allow identification of your person) for analysis and marketing purposes to further develop the platform and improve the user experience.

7. Your Rights as a User

You have the right at any time to request information about the personal data we store about you and to request its correction or deletion. Furthermore, you can object to the processing of your data for certain purposes, as far as legally permissible.

8. Duration of Storage

We store your personal data only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the above-mentioned purposes or as long as there are legal retention obligations.

9. Changes to the Privacy Policy

BidCars reserves the right to update this privacy policy as needed. All changes will be published on our website. We recommend that you review these provisions regularly.

10. Contact

For questions or concerns about data protection, you can contact us at any time:

BidCars AG

Data Protection Officer

Email: privacy@bidcars.ch

Website: www.bidcars.ch

This Privacy Policy forms an integral part of the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) of BidCars AG.

Bern, April 2025