Privacy and Terms

1. Our Privacy Policy

Upon registration, RealBanknotes.com processes users personal information to run the website and provide our users with the Services. By accepting our Terms of Use (and in some jurisdictions, by acknowledging this policy), you confirm that you have read and understand this policy, including how and why we use your information. If you do not want us to collect or process your personal information in the ways described in this policy, you should not use the Services. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies or practices of any of our members or third-party websites and apps.

The Realbanknotes.com Terms of Use require all account owners to be at least 18 years of age. Minors under 18 years of age and at least 13 years of age are permitted to use our Services only if they have permission and direct supervision by the owner of the account. Children under age 13 are not permitted to use the Services. You are responsible for any and all account activity conducted by a minor on your account. We do not knowingly "sell", as that term is defined under applicable law, including the California Consumer Privacy Act, the personal information of any of our members.

By using the Services, you acknowledge that RealBanknotes.com will use your information in any country where RealBanknotes.com operates. Please be aware that the privacy laws and standards in certain countries, including the rights of authorities to access your personal information, may differ from those that apply in the country in which you reside.

2. Information Collected

In the course of providing our Services, we collect or receive your personal information in a few different ways. We obtain the categories of personal information listed below from the following sources: directly from you, for example, from forms you complete or during registration; indirectly from you based on your activity and interaction with our Services. Most often, you choose what information to provide, but sometimes we require certain information to provide you the Services. RealBanknotes.com uses the personal information it receives and collects in accordance with the purposes described in this policy.

Registration, Account Setup, Service Usage: In order to use the Services, you will need to submit a valid email address. If you register, you will need to submit a name associated with your account. You may modify that name through your account settings. You need to provide this information to enable us to provide you with the Services. Additional information may be necessary in order for us to provide a particular service. For example, we need a physical postal address if you are buying something on the Site for delivery.

Profile: You may provide your name and other personal information (such as birthday, gender, location) in connection with your account and activity. You can edit or remove this information through your account settings. The name associated with your account (which you may modify in your account settings) may be publicly displayed and connected to your RealBanknotes.com activity. Other members may see the date you joined; ratings, reviews and information relating to items you review or contribute; your profile information; your favourites, wishlist, followers, and those you follow; comments you post in our community spaces; and information you decide to share via social networks.

Automated Information: RealBanknotes.com automatically receives and records information such as you IP address from your browser or your mobile device when you visit the Site, or use certain features of the Services. This information is used to prevent fraud and to keep the Services secure, to analyse and understand how the Services work for members and visitors, and to provide advertising, including across your devices, and a more personalised experience for members and visitors. We obtain location information you provide in your profile or your IP address.

Analytics Information: We use data analytics software to ensure Site functionality and to improve the Services. This software records information such as how often you visit the Site, what happens within the Site, aggregated usage, performance data, and Site errors and debugging information.

Non-Member Information: RealBanknotes.com receives or obtains information (for example, an email address or IP address) about a person who is not yet a registered member (a “non-member”) in connection with certain RealBanknotes.com features, such as when a non-member chooses to subscribe to our newsletter. Non-member information is used only for the purposes disclosed when it was submitted to RealBanknotes.com, for purposes necessary to the functioning of RealBanknotes.com Services or where RealBanknotes.com has a legitimate interest, as disclosed in the “Information Uses, Sharing, and Disclosure” Section below, or to facilitate action authorised by a member or the non-member.

3. Messages from RealBanknotes.com

On occasion, RealBanknotes.com will need to contact you. Primarily, these messages are delivered by email and RealBanknotes.com Messages. You can opt out of receiving marketing communications via email or Messages in your account settings. Every account is required to keep a valid email address on file to receive messages. You can update your contact preferences in your account settings.

Some messages from RealBanknotes.com are service-related and necessary for members. You understand and agree that RealBanknotes.com can send you non-marketing emails, RealBanknotes.com Messages, or messages, such as those related to your account, security, or Service changes. Examples of service-related messages include an email address confirmation/welcome email when you register your account, service availability, modification of key features or functions, and correspondence with the RealBanknotes.com Support team.

When you register for an account, subscribe to a newsletter, or provide us with your email address you receive notice of and agree (in some jurisdictions and situations, by an additional unambiguous consent) to receive marketing emails and messages from us. You can unsubscribe at any time from marketing emails or messages through the opt-out link included in marketing emails or messages. Members can also control which emails or messages they receive from RealBanknotes.com through their account settings. Please note that some changes to your account settings may take a few days to take effect.

4. Community

RealBanknotes.com is a gallery and a community. We offer several features that allow members to connect and communicate in public or semi-public spaces, such as Forums, which are a part of the RealBanknotes.com Community space. You do not have to use these features, but if you do, please use common sense and good judgment when posting in these community spaces or sharing your personal information with others through the Services. Be aware that any personal information that you choose to submit there can be read, collected, or used by others, or could be used to send unsolicited messages to you. If you close your RealBanknotes.com account, your Forums account, which allows you to post in Forums, will not be automatically closed and related personal information will not be automatically deleted. Members must login to the Forums and close this account seperately to remove their content from the Forums.

Another member may follow your public activity on the Site, such as when you add an item to your public Favourites or Wishlist.

5. Information Uses, Sharing, and Disclosure

We respect your privacy. RealBanknotes.com will not disclose your name, email address or other personal information to third parties without your consent, except as specified in this policy. You can control your privacy settings through your account settings privacy tab. Please note that some changes to your privacy settings may take a few days to take effect.

Legal Bases

When you access or use the Services, we collect, use, and otherwise process your personal information for the purposes described in this policy. We rely on a number of legal bases to use your information in these ways. These legal bases include where:

Necessary to perform the contractual obligations in our Terms of Use and in order to provide the Services to you;
You have consented to the processing, which you can revoke at any time;
Necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation, a court order, or to exercise or defend any impending or asserted legal claims;
You have expressly made the information public;
Necessary in the public interest, such as to prevent crime; and
Occasionally necessary to protect your vital interests or those of others (in rare cases where we may need to share information to prevent loss of life or personal injury).

We principally rely on consent (which can be withdrawn at anytime) (i) to send marketing messages, and, to the extent applicable, (ii) for the use of location data for advertising purposes.

Our Legitimate Interests

Where we process your information on the basis of legitimate interests, we do so as follows:

Providing and Improving our Services: We use your information to improve and customise our Services, including sharing your information for such purposes, and we do so as it is necessary to pursue our legitimate interests of improving our Services for our users. This is also necessary to enable us to pursue our legitimate interests in understanding how our Services are being used, and to explore and unlock ways to develop and grow RealBanknotes.com. It is also necessary to allow us to pursue our legitimate interests in improving our Services, efficiency, interest in Services for users, and obtaining insights into usage patterns of our Services. As a core part of our Services, we have a legitimate interest in customising your on-site experience to help you search for and discover relevant items and recommended purchases.

Providing Marketing Communications: We rely on our legitimate interest to send you marketing messages (where permitted independent of consent) and for RealBanknotes.com advertising programmes.

Keeping our Services Safe and Secure: We use your information for safety and security purposes, which can include sharing your information for such purposes, and we do so because it is necessary to pursue our legitimate interests or those of a third party in ensuring the security of our Services, preventing harm to individuals or property, or crime, enforcing or defending legal rights, or preventing damage to RealBanknotes.com systems. This includes enhancing protection of our community against spam, harassment, crime, and security risks of all kinds. We use your information to provide and improve the Services, for billing and payments, for identification and authentication, and for general research and aggregate reporting.

Site Customisation: We may learn about the types of products that you are interested in from your browsing behaviour on the Site and use such information to suggest potential purchases as a result. As a core part of our Services, we have a legitimate interest in customising your on-site experience to help you search for and discover relevant items and recommended purchases.

Legal and Safety: RealBanknotes.com may also retain, preserve, or release your personal information to a third party in the following limited circumstances: in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet legitimate national security or law enforcement requirements; to protect, establish, or exercise our legal rights or defend against impending or asserted legal claims, including to collect a debt, or a material violation of our policies; to comply with a subpoena, court order, legal process, regulation, or other legal requirement; or when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with the law, prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss, or investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, threats to our rights or property, or violations of the RealBanknotes.com Terms of Use. For example, if permitted due to the forgoing circumstances, your information may be shared with tax authorities or other governmental agencies. In the cases set out above, our use of your information may be necessary for the purposes of our or a third party’s legitimate interest in keeping our Services secure, preventing harm or crime, enforcing or defending legal rights, or preventing damage. Such use may also be necessary to comply with a legal obligation, a court order, or to exercise or defend legal claims or to facilitate the collection of taxes and prevention of tax fraud. It may also be necessary in the public interest (such as to prevent crime) or to protect vital interests (in rare cases where we may need to share information to prevent loss of life or personal injury).

If RealBanknotes.com receives a lawful, verified request for a members records or information in one of the limited circumstances described in the previous paragraph, RealBanknotes.com may disclose personal information, which may include, but may not be limited to, a members name, address, phone number and email address.

Aggregated Information: RealBanknotes.com may share demographic information with business partners, but it will be aggregated and de-personalised so that personal information is not revealed.

Third Parties: Third-party plug-ins also collect information about your use of the Site. For example, when you load a page on RealBanknotes.com that has a social plug-in from a third-party site or service, such as a "Like" or "Send" button, you are also loading content from that third-party site. That site may request cookies directly from your browser. These interactions are subject to the privacy policy of the third-party site. In addition, certain cookies and other similar technologies on the Site are used by third parties for targeted online marketing and other purposes. These technologies allow a partner to recognise your computer or mobile device each time you use the Services. Please be aware that when you use third-party sites or services, their own terms and privacy policies will govern your use of those sites or services. RealBanknotes.com chooses and manages these third-party technologies placed on its Site. However, these are third-party technologies, and they are subject to that third partys privacy policy. For more information, see our Cookies and Similar Technologies Policy.

RealBanknotes.com does not own or control or individuals that RealBanknotes.com does not employ, except as otherwise provided for in the Terms of Use or as required by law. If you provide your information to such third parties in connection with your use of the Services, different practices may apply to the use or disclosure of the information that you provide to them. To the full extent applicable in your jurisdiction, RealBanknotes.com is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of these third parties, users, or other websites on the internet, even those linked to or from the Services. We encourage you to read the privacy policies and ask questions of third parties before you disclose your personal information to them. For the purposes of European law, these sellers, third party providers, and users are independent controllers of data, which means that they are responsible for providing and complying with their own policies relating to any personal information they obtain in connection with the Services.

6. Transfers

The United States, European Economic Area (“EEA”) Member States, and other countries all have different laws. When your information is moved from your home country to another country, the laws and rules that protect your personal information in the country to which your information is transferred may be different from those in the country in which you live. For example, the circumstances in which law enforcement can access personal information may vary from country to country. In particular, if your information is in the US, it may be accessed by government authorities in accordance with US law.

To the extent that RealBanknotes.com is deemed to transfer personal information outside of the EEA, we rely separately, alternatively, and independently on the following legal bases to transfer your information:

Model Clauses

The European Commission has adopted standard contractual clauses (also known as Model Clauses), which provide safeguards for personal information that is transferred outside of Europe. We often use these Model Clauses when transferring personal information outside of Europe.

Necessary for the Performance of the Contract between RealBanknotes.com and its Members

RealBanknotes.com provides a voluntary service; you can choose whether or not to use the Services. As we operate in countries worldwide and use technical infrastructure to deliver the Services to you, in accordance with the contract between us (our Terms of Use), we need to transfer your personal information to other jurisdictions as necessary to provide the Services. Simply put, we can not provide you with the Services and perform our contract with you without moving your personal information around the world.

7. Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and after it is received, for example encryption is used for certain information using TLS (transport layer security). Unfortunately, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your account information is protected by a password. It is important that you protect against unauthorised access to your account and information by choosing your password carefully and by keeping your password and computer secure, such as by signing out after using the Services.

8. Retention

RealBanknotes.com will retain your information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, for as long as your account is active (i.e., for the lifetime of your RealBanknotes.com member account), or as needed to provide the Services to you. If you no longer want RealBanknotes.com to use your information to provide the Services to you, you may close your account. RealBanknotes.com will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your information to comply with applicable tax/revenue laws), resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and as otherwise described in this policy. Please note that closing your account may not free up your email address, username, or shop name (if any) for reuse on a new account. We also retain log files for internal analysis purposes. These log files are generally retained for a brief period of time, except in cases where they are used for site safety and security, to improve site functionality, or we are legally obligated to retain them for longer time periods.

9. Your Rights and Choices

Certain privacy laws around the world, including the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), provide users with rights related to their personal information. Consistent with those laws, RealBanknotes.com gives you the choice of accessing, editing, or removing certain information, as well as choices about how we contact you. You may change or correct your account information through your account settings. You may also remove certain optional information that you no longer wish to be publicly visible through the Services. You can also request to permanently close your account and delete your personal information. Depending on your location, you may also benefit from a number of rights with respect to your information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply in limited cases.

Right to Access and Portability: You can access certain personal information associated with your account by visiting your account privacy settings.
Right to Correction: You have the right to request that we rectify inaccurate information about you. By visiting your account settings, you can correct and change certain personal information associated with your account.
Right to Restrict Processing: In certain cases where we process your information, you may also have the right to restrict or limit the ways in which we use your personal information.
Right to Deletion: In certain circumstances, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, except information we are required to retain by law, regulation, or to protect the safety, security, and integrity of RealBanknotes.com.
Right to Object: If we process your information based on our legitimate interests as explained above, or in the public interest, you can object to this processing in certain circumstances. In such cases, we will cease processing your information unless we have compelling legitimate grounds to continue processing or where it is needed for legal reasons. Where we use your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you can object by changing your account settings.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent, you can choose to withdraw your consent to our processing of your information using specific features provided to enable you to withdraw consent, like an email unsubscribe link or your account privacy preferences. This is without prejudice to your right to generally permanently close your account and delete your personal information.

The CCPA provides California residents with the following additional rights:

Right to Know: California residents may request disclosure of the specific pieces and/or categories of personal information that the business has collected about them, the categories of sources for that personal information, the business or commercial purposes for collecting the information, the categories of personal information that we have disclosed, and the categories of third parties with which the information was shared.

If you would like to manage, change, limit, or delete your personal information, you can do so via your RealBanknotes.com account settings. Alternatively, you can exercise any of the rights above by contacting us by submitting a message through our contact form. Once you contact us to exercise any of your rights, we will confirm receipt of your request.

Limiting use of, or deleting, your personal information may impact features and uses that rely on that information. However, we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights, including otherwise denying you goods or services, or providing you with a different level or quality of services. If you need further assistance, you can contact RealBanknotes.com through by submitting a message through our contact form. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

Please note that we may verify your identity before we are able to process any of the requests described in this Section, and in our discretion, deny your request if we are unable to verify your identity. As a part of this process, government or other identification may be required.

Email and Messages

You may also control the receipt of certain types of communications from RealBanknotes.com in your account settings. RealBanknotes.com may send you messages about the Services or your activity. Some of these messages are required, service-related messages for members (such as transactional messages or legal notices). Other messages are not required, such as newsletters. You can control which optional messages you choose to receive by changing your account settings, and you can learn more in the “Messages from Realbanknotes.com” Section of this policy. If you no longer wish to use the Services or receive service-related messages (except for legally required notices), then you may close your account.

Cookies

RealBanknotes.com does not use cookies and similar technologies at this time.

Additional Disclosures for California Residents

Notice of Collection

In addition to the Rights and Choices described above, the CCPA requires disclosure of the categories of personal information collected over the past 12 months. While this information is provided in greater detail in the "Information Collected or Received" Section above, the categories of personal information that we have collected – as described by the CCPA – are:

Identifiers, including name, email address, IP address, and an ID or number assigned to your account.
Commercial information, including purchases and engagement with the Services.
Internet activity, including your interactions with our Services and what led you to our Services.
Sensory visual data, such as pictures posted on our Service.
Inferences, including information about your interests, preferences and favourites.

The Purposes for Our Collection

We collect and use these categories of personal information for our business and commercial purposes described in the “Information Uses, Sharing and Disclosure” Section above, including providing and improving the Services, maintaining the safety and security of the Services, and for advertising and marketing services.

Third Party Marketing and Advertising and Your Rights

RealBanknotes.com does not sell personal information to third parties. However, the term “sale” is defined broadly under the California Consumer Privacy Act. To the extent that “sale” under the CCPA is interpreted to include interest based advertising or other data uses described in the “Information Uses, Sharing and Disclosure” Section above, we will comply with applicable law as to those activities. You can read more in our Cookies and Similar Technologies Policy.

To opt-out of receiving interest based advertising, you can exercise your choice by using your account privacy settings.

Do Not Track Signals

Your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to online services you visit. Note, however, there is no industry consensus as to what site operators should do with regard to these signals. Accordingly, unless and until the law is interpreted to require us to do so, we do not monitor or take action with respect to “Do Not Track” signals.

Shine the Light

California law entitles residents to ask for a notice describing what categories of personal information we share with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. RealBanknotes.com does not share any personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. For information on interest based advertising on our Site and how your information is used for marketing, see the Cookies and Similar Technologies Policy.

10. Privacy Policy Changes

We may amend or update this policy from time to time. If we believe that the changes are material, we will let you know by doing one (or more) of the following: (i) posting the changes on or through the Services, or (ii) sending you an email and/or message about the changes. We encourage you to check back regularly and review any updates.

11. Contact RealBanknotes.com

If you have any questions we may be contacted using the Services. For unregistered users, please contact us using the Contact Form. For registered members we recommend using Messages from within your account.

Last updated February 1st, 2021.

Our Privacy Policy