Last updated Aug 2026.
Auction Mule LLC, trading as Auction Mule, operates auctionmule.com.
This page explains what we collect, why, and what we do not do with it.
WHAT WE COLLECT
When you register: your name, email address, phone number, and the
billing and delivery addresses you give us. You choose a password, which
we store only as a cryptographic hash — we cannot read it and neither can
anyone who obtains our database.
When you bid: every bid you place, when you placed it, and the maximum
you authorised. Your maximum is never shown to other bidders.
When you buy: the invoice, what you paid, and how.
Automatically: a session cookie so you stay signed in, and standard web
server logs including your IP address.
PAYMENT INFORMATION
We do not see, transmit or store card numbers. Card payments are handled
entirely by PayPal using their own software running in your browser. If
you choose to save a card, PayPal gives us a token — a reference that
only works for your account with us and is useless anywhere else. There
is no card number in our records to lose.
HOW WE USE IT
To run the auction: to register you, take your bids, tell you when you
have been outbid or have won, invoice you, and arrange collection or
delivery. To keep records we are required to keep for tax and accounting.
To answer you when you contact us.
We do not sell your information. We do not share it with advertisers. We
do not send marketing email — every message we send relates to an account
or a lot you are involved in.
WHO ELSE SEES IT
PayPal, to take payment. Our email provider, to deliver notices to you. A
shipping carrier, if you ask us to ship — they get the name and address
needed to deliver, nothing more. Our accountant and, where legally
required, tax authorities.
HOW LONG WE KEEP IT
Bid and invoice records for [7] years, because tax law requires it. If
you ask us to close your account we will do so, but records attached to a
completed sale have to remain.
YOUR CHOICES
You can see and correct most of your information from your account page.
Write to us at [EMAIL] to request a copy of what we hold, ask us to
correct it, or ask us to close your account.
COOKIES
One cookie, to keep you signed in. It is marked Secure and HttpOnly. We
use no advertising or tracking cookies.
CONTACT
Auction Mule LLC, Laingsburg, MI 48848. Contact@auctionmule.com.