Last Updated: August 24, 2026
Leonard Auction, Inc. (“Leonard Auction,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit leonardauction.com (the “Site”), communicate with us, register for an account, participate in an auction, request an auction appraisal, consign property, subscribe to communications, or otherwise interact with Leonard Auction.
By using the Site or providing information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
We may collect personal information directly from you, automatically when you use the Site, and from third parties involved in our auction and related services.
Depending on how you interact with Leonard Auction, the information we collect may include:
Contact information, including your name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number.
Account information, including your username or email address, password or authentication information, account preferences, and auction registration information.
Auction and transaction information, including bids, purchases, consignments, invoices, payment status, bidding history, auction participation, shipping information, and transaction records.
Identity and verification information, which may include identification documents, age verification, telephone verification, and other information used to confirm your identity or eligibility to participate in an auction.
Financial information, such as payment information, banking information, credit references, resale certificates, tax-exemption information, or other information necessary to complete a transaction. Payment card information may be collected or processed directly by our payment processors or auction technology providers.
Consignment and property information, including information concerning property submitted for auction, ownership, provenance, valuation, condition, location, and related documentation.
Auction appraisal information, including your contact information, location, descriptions of property, estimated values, photographs, documents, and other materials you submit for our review.
Communications, including emails, telephone calls, messages, forms, requests, customer-service communications, and other correspondence with us.
Marketing preferences, including your subscription status and categories of auction property or services in which you have expressed an interest.
Website and device information, including your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring website, pages viewed, links clicked, access dates and times, and similar technical information.
Cookie and advertising information, including identifiers and information collected through cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies.
We ask that you not provide sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for the purpose of your interaction with us.
When you visit the Site, we and certain service providers may automatically collect information regarding your device and use of the Site.
We use cookies and similar technologies to operate and secure the Site, maintain login sessions, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the Site, measure website performance, and support advertising and marketing activities.
Some cookies are necessary for the operation of the Site. Other cookies or similar technologies may be used for analytics or advertising purposes.
You can control certain cookies through your browser settings and through any cookie-management tools that we make available on the Site. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Site.
Our Site may not respond to traditional browser “Do Not Track” signals because there is not a uniform industry standard for responding to such signals.
We use personal information for legitimate business and commercial purposes, including to provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Site and our auction services; create and manage customer and bidder accounts; register bidders and verify identity; administer live, absentee, telephone, and online bidding; process consignments and purchases; provide auction estimates and evaluate property submitted for potential consignment; communicate regarding auctions, transactions, appointments, payments, shipping, and customer-service matters; process payments and prevent fraudulent transactions; maintain business, accounting, tax, auction, and transaction records; comply with legal and regulatory obligations; enforce our Terms of Sale and other agreements; protect Leonard Auction, our clients, bidders, employees, and others from fraud, misuse, security threats, or illegal activity; analyze and improve our services and marketing; and send auction announcements, newsletters, event information, and other marketing communications when permitted by law.
We may also use information for another purpose that we disclose to you when the information is collected or with your consent.
If you subscribe to auction announcements, newsletters, events, or other marketing communications, we may use your name, email address, preferences, and areas of interest to provide communications that may be relevant to you.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link contained in the message or by contacting us.
Even if you unsubscribe from marketing communications, we may continue to send non-marketing communications relating to your account, bids, purchases, consignments, payments, appointments, security matters, or other transactions with Leonard Auction.
We may use your telephone number for account verification, auction-related communications, customer service, transaction communications, security, and other business purposes.
For example, a telephone number may be used to send an authentication or verification code when establishing or verifying an auction account.
Standard telephone, messaging, and data charges imposed by your carrier may apply.
We do not disclose personal information except as reasonably necessary to operate our business, provide our services, complete transactions, or comply with legal requirements.
We may disclose personal information to service providers and contractors that perform services for us, including website hosting, cloud infrastructure, email delivery, information technology, analytics, advertising, payment processing, fraud prevention, accounting, shipping, and customer support.
We may disclose information to auction technology providers and online auction platforms when necessary to register bidders, facilitate bidding, administer auctions, process transactions, or provide related services.
We may disclose information to payment processors, banks, credit card networks, financial institutions, shipping providers, insurers, professional advisers, auditors, attorneys, accountants, governmental authorities, and other parties as reasonably necessary for a transaction or our business operations.
We may disclose information when required by law, regulation, subpoena, court order, governmental request, or other legal process, or when we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights, investigate fraud, enforce an agreement, protect the safety of any person, or prevent unlawful activity.
If Leonard Auction is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, information may be disclosed or transferred as part of that transaction.
We may also disclose information at your direction or with your consent.
Leonard Auction does not sell personal information to third parties in exchange for money.
We may use third-party analytics, advertising, and social-media technologies that collect information about activity on the Site. Under certain state privacy laws, some uses of advertising technologies may be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or use of personal information for targeted advertising even when no money is exchanged.
Where required by applicable law, eligible consumers may request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information or the use of personal information for targeted advertising by contacting us as described below or by using any privacy controls made available on the Site.
Certain online bidding, payment, shipping, authentication, or other services may be provided through third-party companies or websites.
When you use a third-party auction platform or other third-party service, that company’s privacy policy and terms may also apply to information collected or processed by that company.
Leonard Auction is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party service you use.
The Site may contain links to websites operated by third parties, including auction platforms, shipping companies, social-media services, payment services, and other organizations.
This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected or controlled by Leonard Auction. We are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices of third-party websites.
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, administer transactions and accounts, maintain auction and business records, satisfy accounting and tax requirements, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, prevent fraud, meet legal and regulatory obligations, and support legitimate business purposes.
Retention periods vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
We may retain certain auction, transaction, accounting, tax, consignment, bidding, or legal records after an account is closed or a transaction has been completed when reasonably necessary or required by law.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or destruction.
However, no website, electronic communication, database, or information system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and should notify us promptly if you believe your account has been accessed without authorization.
Depending on your place of residence and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to request access to personal information we maintain about you; request correction of inaccurate information; request deletion of certain information; obtain a portable copy of certain information; opt out of certain sales, sharing, or targeted advertising; withdraw consent where processing is based upon consent; and appeal a decision relating to a privacy request where applicable.
These rights are subject to exceptions and limitations under applicable law. For example, we may need to retain information necessary to complete a transaction, maintain legally required business records, detect fraud, exercise legal rights, or comply with legal obligations.
To submit a privacy request, please contact us at info@leonardauction.com and include “Privacy Request” in the subject line.
We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Verification may require information sufficient to reasonably confirm that you are the person to whom the request relates.
Where permitted by applicable law, an authorized agent may submit a request on your behalf. We may require documentation confirming the agent’s authority to act for you.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights provided by applicable law.
Residents of states with comprehensive consumer privacy laws may have additional rights regarding their personal information if those laws apply to Leonard Auction and to the particular information involved.
The categories of personal information we collect, the purposes for which we use that information, and the categories of parties to whom we disclose information are described throughout this Privacy Policy.
Where applicable law provides additional rights, we will process eligible requests in accordance with that law.
The Site and Leonard Auction’s services are intended for adults and are not directed to children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
Participation in auctions may also be subject to age and contractual-capacity requirements contained in our Terms of Sale or the terms of applicable third-party auction platforms.
Leonard Auction is located in the United States. If you access the Site or provide information from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States and other jurisdictions in which our service providers operate.
Privacy and data-protection laws in these jurisdictions may differ from those in your country of residence.
Where applicable law requires particular safeguards for international transfers of personal information, we will use legally recognized safeguards as appropriate.
In addition to information collected through the Site, Leonard Auction may receive information from consignors, estate representatives, fiduciaries, attorneys, accountants, family members, executors, trustees, businesses, financial institutions, and other parties involved in an auction or estate-related matter.
We use such information as reasonably necessary to provide auction and related services, establish ownership or authority, communicate with interested parties, administer consignments, make payments, maintain transaction records, and satisfy legal or contractual requirements.
When you submit photographs, documents, descriptions, or other materials through an auction appraisal form, email, or other method, those materials may contain personal information.
Please avoid including confidential, sensitive, or unrelated personal information in photographs or documents unless it is necessary for Leonard Auction to evaluate the property or provide the requested service.
We may retain photographs, property descriptions, valuations, and related records as part of our business records and, for property accepted for auction, may use appropriate photographs and descriptions in auction catalogs, marketing, archival records, and sale-result information.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, technology, business practices, or legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. Material changes may also be communicated through the Site or by other appropriate means.
Your continued use of the Site following an update is subject to the revised Privacy Policy.
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or a request concerning your personal information, please contact:
Leonard Auction, Inc.
502 South Westgate Street
Addison, Illinois 60101
Email: info@leonardauction.com
Telephone: 630-495-0229
Please use “Privacy Request” in the subject line of privacy-related email requests.
