First Financial Network Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us and we make it a high priority to ensure the security and confidentiality of the personal information you provide to us. We provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.

This privacy policy statement (“Privacy Policy”) is meant to provide you notice of First Financial’s privacy policy, specifically to help you understand what information we collect from you, why we collect it, and how we use the information we collect. Please take a few moments to read this policy before using our website.

By using any of the First Financial Network sponsored websites, including www.ffncorp.com or any additional sale site accessed or created by First Financial Network, Inc., you are consenting to the First Financial Network Privacy Policy and any changes or updates that could periodically occur.

The Information We Collect

This Privacy Policy applies to all information that is either collected or submitted on www.ffncorp.com or any additional First Financial Network, Inc. sale site. The types of information collected includes the following:

  • Name
  • Address
  • E-mail address
  • Phone number
  • Fax number
  • Company
  • Buyer registration information

How We Collect Information

  • Online Registration: We collect your information, including personal information (information that individually identifies you) directly through your completed online registration form on www.ffncorp.com, which may also include your execution of an online confidentiality agreement on our website. We maintain your digital signature in our files relating to your execution of the confidentiality agreement. We may request additional information from you via e-mail or phone. In some cases, the professional organization you are affiliated with may provide pertinent contact information to us. To inform us of changes to your personal information, please contact us at (405) 748 4100 or by via e-mail at ir@www.ffncorp.com.
  • IP Addresses: An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you browse the internet. First Financial Network logs IP addresses of visitors for system administration, security and troubleshooting purposes as well as tracking relative statistical information for a specific sale. Web servers automatically identify your computer by its IP address. When you request pages from any First Financial Network website, FFN servers log your IP address. First Financial Network collects these IP addresses for the purpose of identifying our users’ service providers so we can better develop our products.
  • Cookies: A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user session that tracks online system behavior and history. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website. This statistical information may also be shared with sellers associated with a sale registered by the user and for FFN’s own internal informational purposes. By visiting www.ffncorp.com with your browser settings adjusted to accept cookies, you consent to FFN’s use of your cookies.
  • E-mail Address: When a visitor submits an inquiry via e-mail, FFN may log or retain the email address for FFN’s records.

The Way We Use Information

When you register on our site, submit an inquiry or a comment, we may contact you regarding your registration, inquiry or comment. We may also use your e-mail address and/or phone number to provide you with information regarding a specific sale you have registered for or about related sales, industry information that might be of interest, and/or FFN’s services, as well as email alerts. We use the information you provide about yourself when bidding in order to complete the bid and to maintain in FFN’s sale records, which are internal to FFN.
We may also use aggregate information for business purposes to enhance FFN’s services and offerings, website, data analysis, and marketing analysis.

Data Security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, ensure the appropriate use of information and protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and protect the information we collect online.

While we follow generally accepted standards to protect personal data, no method of storage or transmission is 100% secure. You are solely responsible for protecting your password, limiting access to your devices and signing out of the website after your session. If you have any questions about the security of our websites, please contact us by using the information in the “How to Contact Us” section below.

With Whom We Share Your Information

We typically only share your bid information with sellers in order to complete a transaction. We may share your information with appropriate entities if we believe it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, rule or regulation, reporting requirement, protect the safety of any person, address fraud, security or technical issues, or to protect FFN’s legal rights or property. We may share your information in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law.

Retention of Information

We keep your personal information for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it is processed. The length of time for which we retain information depends on the purposes for which we collected and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws. Where there are technical limitations that prevent deletion or anonymization, we safeguard personal data and limit active use of it.

Your Rights with Respect to the Collection and Use of Your Information

You have certain rights relating to your personal data, subject to local data protection laws. Depending on the applicable laws and, in particular, if you are located in the EEA, these rights may include:

  • To access your personal data (right to access);
  • To rectify inaccurate personal data (right to rectification);
  • To erase/delete your personal data, to the extent permitted by applicable data protection laws (right to erasure; right to be forgotten);
  • To transfer your personal data to another controller, to the extent possible (right to portability);
  • To object to any processing of your personal data carried out on the basis of our legitimate interests (right to object). Where we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise your right to object at any time to such processing without having to provide a specific reason for such objection;
  • To not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal affects (automated decision-making).
  • To withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on such consent before its withdrawal.

To exercise your rights, please contact FFN’s Data Protection Officer by sending an email to dpo@www.ffncorp.com. Please attach a copy of your ID with your request for verification purposes. We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month and will contact you if we need additional information from you in order to fulfill your request.

Some registered users may update their user settings and profiles by logging into their accounts and editing them on the Account page.

Legal Basis for Processing (EEA Residents Only)

If you are a resident in the EEA, then our legal basis for collecting and using your personal data described above will depend on the personal data concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, where we are processing your personal data for our own purposes we normally rely on our legitimate interest to collect personal data from you, except where such interests are overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

In some cases, we may rely on your consent or have a legal obligation to collect personal data from you or may otherwise need the personal data to protect your vital interests or those of another person. If we rely on consent to collect and/or process your personal data, we will obtain such consent in compliance with applicable laws.

Who is the Controller of Your Personal Data?

The Controller of your information is:

First Financial Network, Inc.
9211 Lake Hefner Parkway, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
p: 405-748-4100

Children’s Privacy

Our Services are not designed for and are not marketed to people under the age of 18 (“minors”). We do not knowingly collect or ask for information from minors. We do not knowingly allow minors to use our services. If you are a minor, please do not use our services or send us your information. Please email us at dpo@www.ffncorp.com if you believe we might have information from or about a minor.

Links to Other Websites

You should be aware that when you are on any First Financial Network site, you could be directed to other sites that are beyond FFN’s control and not governed by this Privacy Policy.

EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

FFN complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union to the United States. A copy of our European Privacy Policy can be found here.

Changes

This Privacy Policy is subject to change from time to time. We will post any applicable Privacy Policy changes on this page. If the changes are significant, we will provide a prominent notice to you.

How To Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, or if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences, please call us at 405-748-4100 or contact us via email at IR@www.ffncorp.com. You also may write to:

First Financial Network, Inc.
9211 Lake Hefner Parkway
Oklahoma City, OK 73120

Last Updated October 20, 2023