StockCenterSales.com Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 5th day of August, 2026

Last Updated: 5th day of August, 2026

StockCenterSales.com and its subdomains (the "Site") is an e-commerce site owned and operated by StockCenter, LLC (“StockCenter”).

At StockCenter, we value the trust our customers place in us. Protecting your personal information is important to us.

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") is to inform users of our Site of the following:

  • The personal information we will collect;
  • How that information is used;
  • How that information is shared;
  • The rights of our Site users regarding their personal information; and
  • The Site's cookies and tracking technologies.

This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and should be understood in conjunction with our Terms and Conditions. A link to our Terms and Conditions is available in the footer of our home page.

Consent

By accessing or using our Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described herein.

What Information We Collect

We may collect the following information when you use our Site:

Information you provide directly:

  • Name
  • Business or farm name
  • Mailing address
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Username and password
  • Billing information
  • Livestock consignment information
  • Photos, videos, and descriptions you upload
  • Communications with our team

Information collected automatically:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device information
  • Cookies
  • Site usage information
  • Pages visited
  • Referring websites

Information you submit in connection with livestock consignments – including animal descriptions, photographs, videos, pedigrees, sale dates, and marketing materials – may be publicly displayed on our Site for the purpose of facilitating livestock sales.

How We Use Information

Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

We use the information you provide to:

  • Create your account
  • Verify buyer and seller identities
  • Prevent fraudulent activity on our Site
  • Facilitate livestock purchases and sales between buyers and sellers
  • Send invoices
  • Respond to customer service requests
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Send sale-related promotional/marketing communication

Users may opt out of promotional emails or texts at any time by “unsubscribing” or by contacting us directly.

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file that is stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user's browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience on our Site.

We use the following types of cookies on our Site:

  • Functional cookies

    Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits;

  • Analytical cookies

    Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example, data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc; and

  • Third-Party Cookies

    Third-party cookies are created by a website other than ours.

We use Google Analytics to better understand how visitors use our Site. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us:

  • Analyze website traffic
  • Measure website performance
  • Improve the user experience

Separately, cookies used throughout our Site also help us:

  • Keep you logged in
  • Remember your preferences
  • Prevent fraudulent activity

How We Share Your Information

Internal Access

We may disclose user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to that information to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Service Providers

We may share user data with trusted third-party service providers including:

  • Email/Texting service providers
  • Cloud hosting services
  • Customer support software
  • Website analytics providers
  • Payment processing providers

Legal & Business Transfers

Except as described in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell your personal information or disclose it to third parties except in the following cases:

  • If the law requires it;
  • If it is required for any legal proceeding;
  • To prove or protect our legal rights; and
  • In the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets, customer information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

Third-Party Websites

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another website, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How We Protect Your Information

To protect your data, we use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards including encrypted data transmission (SSL/TLS), secure servers, restricted employee access, and regular security monitoring.

Employees are required to maintain the confidentiality of customer information and are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination, for violations of these obligations.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times, and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonable and practical.

How Long We Store Your Information

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and maintain business records.

If you close your account, we may retain certain records as required by law, to resolve disputes, prevent fraud, or enforce our agreements.

Your Privacy Rights & Choices

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to whom we disclosed your personal data, or if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, please contact our privacy officer at privacy@stockcentersales.com.

Do Not Track Notice

Do Not Track ("DNT") is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We do not track the users of our Site over time and across third-party websites and therefore do not respond to browser-initiated DNT signals.

Minors

The minimum age to use our Site is 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 13 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 13 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 13 years of age has provided us with personal data, their parent or guardian may contact our privacy officer.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are aware of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Governing Law

This Privacy Policy shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

Depending on your state of residence, you may have additional privacy rights under applicable law, including the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information. We will honor such requests as required by law.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints – you can email our privacy officer at privacy@stockcentersales.com.

Revision AUG052026