COOKIES POLICY

About cookies

This website uses cookies. By using this website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to IndustrialBids's use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

Cookies are files sent by web servers to web browsers, and stored by the web browsers.

The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables a web server to identify and track web browsers.

There are two main kinds of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are deleted from your computer when you close your browser, whereas persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach their expiry date.

Cookies on our website

IndustrialBids uses the following cookies on this website, for the following purposes:

  • ib_reg_attemp - for saving user's attempt to register on the website and for determining that a registration attempt took place but the registration was not completed.
  • ib_spam_rep_[Unique_Auction_Identifier] - Used for saving a spam report for a certain auction from a certain user.
  • ib_lang - used for detecting the language of the website before user logs into the system.
  • ib_login - Used for saving user's authentication data like encoded user's email and password.
  • ib_cf_[User's_ip_address] - Used for determining customer feedback email send.
  • [User's_Unique_Identifier]_[ISO_3166-1-alpha-2_Country_Code] - Used for determining that the current user already searched for auctions in a certain country.
  • ib_timeout - Used for determining the remaining time until the next authentication attempt.

Google cookies

IndustrialBids uses Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store and use this information. Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

IndustrialBids publishes Google Adsense interest-based advertisements on this website. These are tailored by Google to reflect your interests. To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour across the web using cookies. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser using Google's Ads Preference Manager, available at: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/. You can opt-out of the Adsense partner network cookie at: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html. However, this opt-out mechanism uses a cookie, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a particular browser, you should use the Google browser plug-in available at: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin.

Refusing cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies.

In Internet Explorer, you can refuse all cookies by clicking "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy", and selecting "Block all cookies" using the sliding selector.

In Firefox, you can adjust your cookies settings by clicking "Tools", "Options" and "Privacy".

Blocking cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of some websites.