Your
privacy is important to us. That is why
we want you to be informed about how we
protect the privacy of visitors to our site.
Please take a moment to read the following
policy, which describes our practices for
the collection and use of personally identifiable
information on this site. Sites that are
linked to our site may have different policies;
please review the privacy policy notices
on those sites for details.
We do not collect personally identifiable
information about you on this site without
your knowledge, and all such information
is collected directly from you. For example,
we may ask you to provide your e-mail address,
name, mailing address, cell phone number
and carrier service provider or other information
about yourself in order to participate in
contests, chat rooms, or on bulletin boards,
to be added to the list to receive e-mail
or SMS (text message) updates on particular
artists or types of music, to send so-called
"postcards" or to conduct transactions
elsewhere on the site. You are not required
to provide us with this information, but
if you choose not to, you may not be able
to participate in some of the activities
on this site.
We use the information we collect from you
to allow you to participate in the site
activities for which the information is
collected. For example, when you give us
your e-mail address in order to receive
updates on a particular artist or type of
music, that address is added to the e-mail
list for that artist or type of music. On
each e-mail you receive, you are given the
opportunity to unsubscribe; once you unsubscribe,
you will no longer receive such e-mails.
A cell phone number and carrier service
provider is only required if you want to
receive updates on a particular artist or
type of music via SMS (text messages) sent
to your mobile phone. There can be costs
associated with receiving SMS (text) messages
depending on your wireless carrier and plan.
For contests conducted on this site, we
use the personal information you provide
only for the purpose of contacting you if
you win a prize and sending the prize to
you. We do not use contact information contained
in contest entries to create mailing lists
or for any other purpose, unless you have
simultaneously subscribed to a mailing list.
For further information about how we handle
entries to a particular contest, please
consult the contest rules.
Except with respect to personal information
collected on sites devoted solely to individual
recording artists, we may share the information
we collect from you with our affiliates
or send you e-mail promotions and special
offers from reputable third parties in whose
products and services we think you may have
an interest. We may also share your information
with reputable third-parties who may contact
you directly.
Personal information collected on this site
may be shared with those with whom we contract
to operate this site (for example, to send
you a promotional item that you have requested
on the site). These contractors have agreed
with us to use personal information of site
visitors only for the purposes of carrying
out these operations. To the extent required
or permitted by law, we may also collect,
use and disclose personal information in
connection with security-related or law
enforcement investigations or in the course
of cooperating with authorities or complying
with legal requirements. We may also use
your information as permitted by law to
perform credit checks, report or collect
debts owed, or protect our rights or property,
our website, or its users.
We try to keep the information we collect
from you as current as possible, and we
take steps to maintain the security of your
personal information and to prevent unauthorized
access to it by those who do not have a
legitimate need for it. To that end, we
periodically review our security measures.
We will never post your e-mail address or
other identifying information you have provided
on our site without your consent.
If you are under 13 years of age, you should
not provide any personally identifiable
information on this site without the knowledge
and permission of your parent or guardian.
There are certain web pages within our website
that require users to be at least 13 years
of age; these pages require you to enter
your date of birth, and anyone under the
age of 13 will be restricted from participating
in such web page activities. We use cookies
to assure that this restriction persists.
This may mean that you will be unable to
participate in some activities on the site.
All contests that are held on this site
are limited to persons above a certain age.
Accordingly, we ask each contestant to provide
year of birth, as well as name, address,
and e-mail address. If the year provided
indicates that the contestant is underage,
the information submitted is deleted. Please
refer to the specific age requirements for
each contest as rules may vary from contest
to contest.
We ask each visitor who wishes to participate
in chat rooms and bulletin boards on this
site to provide an e-mail address along
with the visitor's screen name. Each visitor
who wishes to send a so-called "postcard"
is asked to provide the visitor's screen
name and e-mail address, the recipient's
name and e-mail address, and a message selected
by the visitor. All such e-mail addresses
are used only to protect the security and
integrity of the site, such as to take action
against visitors who post inappropriate
material or harass other visitors. .
By using our site you consent to our collection
and use of your personal information as
described in this policy. We reserve the
right to modify this privacy statement and
related business practices at any time by
posting updated text on this site, and your
continued use constitutes acceptance of
those changes. Thank you for visiting our
site, and for taking the time to read this
policy.
Last Revised: February 2008
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