What is the Safeguarding Member ID project?
The Safeguarding Member IDs project is a new approach to auction-style listings that offers more privacy for our members through changing how bidding information is displayed. We believe this change will help to balance the need for openness and transparency in the marketplace, with the need to protect our Community of members from the threats that have appeared as the Internet has grown. We also believe the Safeguarding Member IDs project provides the Community with enough information about the bidders involved in an auction-style listing for them to feel confident in placing a bid — without revealing actual User IDs. We’re implementing this new system on listings where the high bid is AU$250 or greater, which is where we believe it can have the greatest positive impact. The bid information for listings where the bid is lower than AU$250 will display as it does today.
