Privacy Policy

How we handle the information we gather when you visit our website

Thank you for visiting www.autoauctions.gsa.gov. Our Privacy Policy is clear: Unless you choose to provide additional information to us, we will collect no personal information about you other than the information (below) which is automatically collected and stored when you visit our site.

Information automatically collected and stored

We collect only the following information about you:

the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (i.e., verizon.net if you are connecting from a verizon account, or Harvard.edu if you are connecting from Harvard University 's domain);

the date and time of your visit;

the pages you visit on gsa.gov; and

the Internet address of the website you came from if it linked you directly to gsa.gov.

If your browser accepts cookies, we may use a session cookie to decide if you are a repeat or a new visitor. We also use session cookies so we can learn how many different visitors come to https://autoauctions.gsa.gov. We use this information for statistical purposes and to help us make our site more useful to you. When we look at this data, it is always presented in an aggregate form. We do not track or look at an individual's use of our site.

Cookies and gsa.gov

What is a Cookie? Whenever you visit a website the website sends a small piece of information called a cookie along with the webpage. The main purpose of a cookie is to identify and customize webpages for you.

There are two kinds of cookies. A session cookie is a line of text that is stored temporarily in your computer's random access memory (RAM). A session cookie is never written to a drive, and it is destroyed as soon as you close your browser. A persistent cookie from a website is saved to a file on your hard drive and is called up the next time you visit that website. This lets the website remember what you were interested in the last time you visited.

Use of Cookies on gsa.gov: The gsa.gov site creates only a session cookie when you visit and destroys it as soon as you close your browser. There are no persistent cookies created on gsa.gov. For more information on privacy and security, see GSA's Privacy and Security Policy. If you have any questions about these policies, please contact us.

If you send us personal information

When you send us personal information (e.g., in an electronic mail message containing a question or comment) or by filling out a form that e-mails us this information, we only use this information to respond to your request. We may forward your e-mail to the government employee who can best answer your questions. We do not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our visitors, unless required for law enforcement or statute.

We want to make it clear that we will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide that information to us. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, or as otherwise required by law, we do not share any information we receive with anyone else.

Links to other sites

The pages on https://autoauctions.gsa.gov may include hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. All links and pointers that are not funded or supported in whole or in part by GSA are clearly identified as external links. These links and pointers are provided for our visitors' convenience. GSA does not control or guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any information from non-GSA sites.

The inclusion of links and pointers to websites is not intended to assign importance to those sites or to the information contained on those sites. It is also not intended to endorse or recommend any views expressed or products or services offered on these sites.

Security

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, GSA Fleet Auto Auctions webservers use industry-standard methods to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on GSA servers are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Privacy Notice

This is a U.S. General Services Administration Federal government computer system that is "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY." This system is subject to monitoring. Therefore, no expectation of privacy is to be assumed. Individuals found performing unauthorized activities are subject to disciplinary action including criminal prosecution.