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Data Protection | Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation

Last updated on September 19, 2026

Introduction to Our Data Protection Strategy

Commitment to Our Customers and Business Partners

At Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation, we are committed to providing a dependable experience for resellers, small business owners, online sellers, flea market vendors, bin store buyers, exporters, suppliers, employees, and other business partners. We recognize that privacy and responsible data handling are important parts of every interaction with our website, communications, inventory opportunities, and services.

To operate our business, respond to inquiries, maintain our Buyers List, process transactions, coordinate pickups, shipping, or export arrangements, and provide customer support, Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation may need to collect and use certain personal information about individuals.

Scope of Data Collection

We may collect information about various individuals, including but not limited to customers, prospective buyers, suppliers, affiliates, business associates, service providers, employees, job applicants, and others with whom Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation has an established or potential business relationship.

Objective of This Policy

This document explains how Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation collects, manages, uses, stores, shares, and safeguards personal data in accordance with our data protection standards and applicable legal requirements.

Purpose of the Data Protection Policy

• Complies with applicable data protection and privacy laws and follows reasonable industry practices.

• Protects the rights of customers, prospective buyers, employees, affiliates, suppliers, and business partners.

• Maintains transparency regarding the collection, processing, storage, and use of personal data.

• Reduces the risks associated with unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, disclosure, or data breaches.

Adherence to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Where the GDPR applies, it governs how businesses, including Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation, handle the personal data of individuals located in the European Union or European Economic Area. These requirements may apply to personal data collected, managed, or stored electronically or in paper form.

GDPR Compliance Requirements

• Processed fairly, lawfully, and transparently.

• Collected for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes.

• Adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary.

• Accurate and updated when necessary.

• Kept no longer than needed for the purpose for which it was collected.

• Processed in a manner that respects individual rights.

• Protected through appropriate technical and organizational safeguards.

• Transferred outside the European Economic Area only when appropriate safeguards are in place.

Policy Declaration

Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation may handle personal data from customers, prospective buyers, suppliers, partners, service providers, and staff as part of its regular business operations. It is important that this information is handled lawfully, fairly, securely, and only for legitimate business purposes, in accordance with applicable privacy laws, including the GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act 2018 where those laws apply.

About This Policy

This policy, together with our Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions, SMS terms, and other referenced documents, forms the basis of our personal-data processing practices. This policy does not form part of any employment contract and may be updated or replaced at our discretion, subject to applicable law.

Definition of Personal Data

Personal data means information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. It may include information stored electronically, in paper files, or through other recordkeeping systems. Personal data may include a person’s name, contact details, identification information, business information, transaction details, or online identifiers.

Data Protection Principles

Anyone who handles personal data on behalf of Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation must ensure that the information is processed fairly, lawfully, transparently, accurately, and securely, and only for legitimate and clearly defined purposes.

Fair and Lawful Processing

Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation processes personal data only when there is a lawful and legitimate reason to do so. Depending on the circumstances, processing may be based on consent, performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, protection of vital interests, or our legitimate business interests, provided those interests do not override an individual’s applicable privacy rights.

Collection and Use of Information

• Information you provide: This may include your name, email address, telephone number, mailing or billing address, business name, resale or tax documentation, payment or transaction information, inventory interests, shipping or export information, and information submitted through forms, email, text messages, telephone calls, or other communications.

• Information collected automatically: This may include website usage information, browser and device details, IP address, cookies, referral information, form activity, email engagement, customer-service interactions, and other technical or analytical data.

Processing for Specific Purposes

Personal data is processed only for clearly defined business purposes. These purposes may include responding to inquiries, managing the Buyers List, providing inventory announcements, processing or supporting purchases, coordinating pickup, shipping, or export arrangements, maintaining transaction records, verifying resale or tax documentation, providing customer service, improving our website and communications, preventing fraud, and complying with legal obligations.

Notification to Individuals

When personal data is collected, Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation will provide appropriate information about the purposes for which the data may be used, the applicable legal basis where required, potential data sharing, retention practices, and the rights available to the individual under applicable law.

Data Accuracy and Timeliness

We take reasonable steps to maintain accurate and current personal data. Individuals are encouraged to notify us when their contact, business, account, shipping, export, or other relevant information changes. Personal data will be corrected, updated, or deleted when appropriate and when it is no longer required, subject to legal, accounting, tax, fraud-prevention, and recordkeeping obligations.

Aligning Processing with Individual Rights

Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation respects the rights available to individuals under applicable privacy laws. Depending on the law and circumstances, these rights may include access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, withdrawal of consent, and the right to complain to a data protection authority.

Data Security Measures

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal data against unauthorized access, accidental loss, misuse, alteration, destruction, or disclosure. Access is limited to personnel and service providers who require the information for legitimate business purposes and who are expected to maintain its confidentiality.

No security system or method of transmission is completely secure. Although we take reasonable precautions, Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure will never occur.

Transferring Personal Data Outside the EEA

When personal data subject to European data protection law is transferred outside the European Economic Area, Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation will take reasonable steps to ensure that an appropriate legal transfer mechanism or safeguard is used, where required.

Disclosure and Sharing of Personal Data

Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation may share personal data with affiliated businesses, payment processors, website and software providers, communications platforms, customer-service providers, professional advisers, freight carriers, shipping providers, logistics or export service providers, contractors, and other service providers that assist with our operations. Information may also be disclosed when required by law, legal process, government request, or when reasonably necessary to protect our rights, property, customers, staff, or the public.

Service providers are permitted to use personal data only as necessary to provide the requested services or as otherwise allowed by applicable law and contract.

Subject Access Requests

Individuals may have the right to request access to personal data held about them. Second Wave Wholesale and Liquidation may take reasonable steps to verify the requester’s identity before releasing information. We may also request additional details to identify the relevant records and may withhold or redact information when permitted or required by law.

Policy Amendments

This Data Protection Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in our business practices, technology, services, or legal requirements. The revised policy will be posted on our website with an updated date. Where required, notice of material changes will be provided through an appropriate method.

Mobile Information and SMS Consent Data

No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes. Information may be shared with subcontractors and service providers that support services such as customer service, messaging, communications, or website operations. All other categories exclude text-message originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with third parties for their independent marketing or promotional purposes.