Privacy Policy

We value the trust you place in GigaMoves. That's why we insist upon the highest standards for customer information privacy. Please read the following statement to learn about our information gathering and dissemination practices. Note: Our Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time. To make sure you are aware of any changes, please review this policy periodically.

GigaMoves.com is operated by Viva Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, a current list of which can be found here.  Viva Group, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay Inc. All references to "GigaMoves.com", "we", or "us", include Viva Group, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates including eBay Inc. and its subsidiaries..

  1. Scope

    This Privacy Policy describes how we handle your personal information for our services available through www.gigamoves.com (the "Website"). By using this Website and accepting the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, you expressly consent to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.    Please note that we own other domain names that point to this Website and we may from time to time add new websites. If you object to your personal information being transferred or used in accordance with this policy, please do not use our services.

  2. Collection of Personally Identifiable Information

    We will collect and use personal information about you to respond to your request for products and services offered through this Website.  Once you provide us with your personal information, you are not anonymous to us. If you choose to provide us with personal information, you consent to the use, transfer, and storage of that information on our servers located in the United States.

    We may collect and store the following personal information: 

    • name, email address, address, telephone number, and financial information such as credit card or bank account numbers;
    • if you are a consumer seeking a moving quote, we may collect information related to your move, including origin and destination information, and moving dates;  
    • if you are a moving company, we may collect information about your business and services, including experience, customer feedback, operating license information, federal taxpayer identification number, bank and credit references and account information, and other professional references;
    • transactional information based on your activities on the Website (such as search information);
    • computer sign-on data, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the Website, and ad data;
    • other information, including IP address and standard web log information; and
    • supplemental information from third parties. For example, if you incur a debt to GigaMoves.com, we may conduct a credit check by obtaining additional information about you from a credit bureau; or we may conduct a check on your business through the Better Business Bureau or similar.  As another example, if the information you provide cannot be verified, we may ask you to send us additional information (such as your driver’s license, credit card statement, and/or your business license or other information confirming your address and licensing status) or to answer additional questions online to help verify your identity. 
  3. Use

    Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. You agree that we may use and share your personal information within our corporate family to:

    • provide the services and customer support you request, including confirming emails related to the Website services, reminders, and transaction;
    • resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;
    • prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities;
    • customize, measure, and improve our services and the Website's content and layout;
    • tell you about targeted marketing, service updates, and promotional offers based on your communication preferences;
    • compare information for accuracy, and verify it with third parties;
    • measure consumer interest in our products and services;
    • detect and protect us against error, fraud and other criminal activity;
    • enforce our agreements, terms, conditions, and policies; and
    • provide additional services for you as described when we collect the information.

    In our efforts to continually improve our product and service offerings, we collect and analyze demographic and profile information about our users' activity on our Website.  We identify and use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Website. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information.  We may occasionally ask you to complete optional surveys. These surveys may ask you for contact information and demographic information (like ZIP code, age, or income level). We use this information to tailor your experience at our Website, providing you with content that we think you might be interested in, and to display content according to your preferences. If you do not wish to receive these occasional surveys, please let us know; see the Choice/Opt-Out section below.

    If you are a consumer requesting a moving quote, you expressly consent to our use and sale of your move-related information to third-party moving companies and authorize such moving companies to collect, store, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with their policies. The moving companies may contact you by telephone, email, or mail based on the information you provided to us in order to process and fulfill your request. If one of the moving companies contacts you by telephone and you wish not to be contacted again by that company with respect to your inquiry, then you should specifically make a request to that company not to contact you again. If the company disregards your request and contacts you again, please let us know immediately by sending an email to inquiries@gigamoves.com. Please note that the moving companies may maintain the information you provided whether you elect to use their services or not.

    Please note that we do not control the personal information policies of third-party moving companies; therefore, if you object to your personal information being sold to third-party moving companies, please do not use our services.
    To the extent we use your personal information to market to you, we will provide you the ability to opt-out of such uses; see the Choice/Opt-Out section below.

  4. Disclosure of Information

    We may disclose personal information if permitted to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process.

    We may also share some or all of your personal information with:

    • law enforcement offices, government officials, third-party rights owners, or others in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our agreement with you, the Terms of Use, or Privacy Policy; respond to claims that an advertisement, posting, or other content violates the rights of a third party; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our users or the general public;
    • members of our corporate family to help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts and provide joint services;
    • another business entity should we (or our assets) plan to merge with, or be acquired by that business entity. Should such a transaction occur, that other business entity (or the new combined entity) will be required to follow this privacy policy with respect to your personal information;
    • service providers under contract who help with our business operations (such as fraud investigations, bill collection, invoicing, affiliate and rewards programs, and co-branded credit cards).
  5. Cookies

    A "cookie" is a small piece of information stored by a website’s server on a website’s browser so it can be later read back from that browser. Cookies are useful for enabling the browser to remember information specific to a given user. GigaMoves.com may place both permanent and temporary cookies in your computer's hard drive. To the extent we use permanent cookies, they will allow us to provide personalized features.  In order to use these features, you must set your browser's preferences to allow permanent cookies. We also use temporary cookies (a.k.a. "per-session cookies") to improve the functionality and usability of our Website. These temporary cookies are permanently erased from your computer as soon as you close your browser.  In order to use GigaMoves.com, you must set your browser's preferences to allow per-session cookies (most web browsers automatically accept cookies). We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. These companies may employ cookies and action tags (also known as single pixel gifs or web beacons) to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags is completely anonymous.

  6. Website Communications

    We may now or in the future incorporate into the Website a feature that allows you to contact us, a moving company, or a consumer requesting a moving quote, through the Website.  In such event, we may collect information related to that communication.  If the communication is by telephone, we may collect information related to the call, including its duration, but we will not collect the content of the telephone call. If the communication is by email, we may collect the content of the email in addition to other information related to the email.  We may elect to share with moving companies a log of these communications, to allow them to manage their communications with consumers seeking moving quotes, and vice-versa.  Without limiting any other provisions of this Policy, you expressly agree that we may use this data (“impression data”) to enforce our rights to collect fees payable by the moving companies.

  7. Framing

    In some cases, we may affiliate with third-party websites to have such other websites host the GigaMoves.com moving quotes form.  Although such a form may be on a website page with a similar appearance as the GigaMoves.com website, information submitted through these outside third parties are not subject to this Privacy Policy unless otherwise stated.

  8. Children's Privacy

    You must be at least 18 years old to use this Website. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information about users under 18 years of age. If you are under 18 years of age, you can use the services offered on our Website only in conjunction with your parents' or guardians' approval.  Please see our Terms of Use for more information.

  9. Links to Other Sites

    Our Website links to other websites that may collect personal information about you. GigaMoves.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those linked websites.

  10. Choice/Opt-Out

    GigaMoves.com provides all users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving non-essential (promotional, marketing-related) communications from us on behalf of our partners, and from us in general, after setting up an account.   To remove your contact information from all GigaMoves.com lists and newsletters, simply contact your GigaMoves.com account manager or email us at inquiries@gigamoves.com and put “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.

  11. Account Protection

    Your password is the key to your account. Use unique numbers, letters, and special characters and do not disclose your GigaMoves.com password to anyone. If you do share your password or your personal information with others, remember that you are responsible for all actions taken in the name of your account. If you lose control of your password, you may lose substantial control over your personal information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your behalf.  Therefore, if your password has been compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password.

  12. Accessing, Reviewing and Changing Your Personal Information

    You can access, review, and change most of your personal information by logging in to the Website. Generally, we will not manually modify your personal information because it is very difficult to verify your identity remotely. You must promptly update your personal information if it changes or is inaccurate. Once you make a public posting, you may not be able to change or remove it. Upon your request, we will close your account and remove your personal information from view as soon as reasonably possible based on your account activity and in accordance with applicable law. We do retain personal information from closed accounts in order to comply with law, prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use, and take other actions otherwise permitted by law.

  13. Security

    Your information is stored on our servers located in the United States. We treat data as an asset that must be protected and use many tools (encryption, passwords, physical security, etc.) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, and disclosure. However, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, and other users may abuse or misuse your personal information that they collect from the Website. Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private.

  14. Third Parties

    Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. If you disclose your information to others, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. Since GigaMoves.com does not control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties. We encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

  15. General

    We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended terms on the Website. All amended terms automatically take effect 30 days after they are initially posted on the Website.

  16. Questions?

    Questions regarding this statement should be directed to the following address:

Attn: Privacy Guidelines Compliance Officer
GigaMoves.com
2425 Olympic Boulevard, Suite 400E
Santa Monica, California  90404
Email:  inquiries@gigamoves.com
Fax: 866.350.2188

Last updated: January 4, 2006

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