Introduction.
We take your privacy very seriously and we want you
to feel comfortable using this web site. This Privacy
Policy is designed to inform you about what Personally
Identifiable Information ("PII") this site collects,
and what will be done with it. In the event you choose
to use links that appear on our site, you are advised
that we do not control the activities engaged in at
those sites and urge you to carefully read the privacy
policies that appear on those sites before providing
them with any of your PII. Your usage of this site
is also governed by our Terms
of Use, which, together with this Privacy Policy,
constitute our entire agreement with you.
1. Collection of Personally
Identifiable Information.
At the time of registration, this website requires
you to provide a valid email address, a valid ZIP
Code, and valid street address. You are also given
the option of providing additional information which
is used to create an online "profile" for you to share
with fellow website users. The additional information
is not required, and you are cautioned that if you
do choose to put any PII into your publicly-accessible
profile, you do so at your own risk. You are also
cautioned against posting PII on the message boards
or in story comments. Like most websites, the server
upon which this site resides automatically collects
basic data about your visit to this site, including
your computer's IP address, your web browser type,
operating system type, and what pages linked you to
this site (called "referrers").
2. Use of Personally Identifiable Information.
We may use the data we collect to customize and improve
your user experience on this site. For example, some
of the server log data is automatically analyzed and
presented in anonymized and aggregated form on our
Website Stats page. This helps us understand what
kinds of users are visiting our site and what we can
do to make the site better for them. Your IP address
is only available to the site administrators and is
used for diagnosing problems or reporting abuses.
We do not share your PII with any third party except
under very specific circumstances. Those circumstances
include (i) situations in which we obtain your express
consent, such as when you are presented with a choice
about sharing PII; (ii) any service provided on our
site that requires the data to be disclosed in order
to perform that service, such as an Application Service
Provider or Internet Service Provider; (iii) pursuant
to a lawful request by a court of competent jurisdiction
or upon presentation of a valid law enforcement warrant;
and, (iv) situations in which we find that your use
of this site violates our this Policy or our Terms
of Use. In the unlikely event that the operations
of this site are sold to any other party, the entire
contents of the site including any databases and user
PII will be conveyed to the new owner. All data collected
under the terms of this Privacy Policy will be maintained
in accordance with this policy. Users will be given
at least thirty (30) days notice, via a posting to
this web site, of the change in ownership, and will
be given an opportunity to remove their data prior
to transfer of control.
3. Cookies.
This site makes use of temporary or "session" cookies
in order to enable the basic functionality of this
website, such as retaining your personal settings
and accessing your account. At some point in the future,
advertisements may appear on our web site and, if
so, the advertisers may set and access cookies on
your computer. Those organizations will have their
own privacy policies and we will try to include links
to their policies here. Most modern web browsers have
the capability of rejecting cookies, and if you are
concerned about their usage, we encourage you to avail
yourself of that technology. Please be advised, however,
that this website may not function properly for you
without cookies.
4. Children.
Due to legal and regulatory requirements created by
the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we do not
allow persons younger than age eighteen (18) to become
members of this site. For more information, please
contact the
webmaster.
5. Editing or Deleting
Your Account Information.
We provide you with the ability to edit the information
that you provided to us in registration by using your
Personal Page configuration area. You may request
deletion of your user account by contacting the
webmaster. Content or PII that you may have provided
to us and that is not contained within your user account,
such as posts that may appear within our forums, may
continue to remain on our site at our discretion even
though your user account may have been deleted. Please
see our Terms of Use for
more information.
6. Changes to this Privacy
Policy.
We may make changes to this Policy from time to time.
If we make a substantial change to this policy, we
will notify you by posting a prominent announcement
on the main page of the website for a period of at
least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date
of the change. We may also attempt to send email notice
to the address you provided, as listed in your Personal
Page configuration area, however because email may
not be reliable, your primary notice will come via
the website. After the notice period has passed, any
usage of the website will be considered an acceptance
by you of the new Privacy Policy terms.
7. NO GUARANTEES.
While this Privacy Policy states our standards for
maintenance of PII and we will make efforts to meet
them, we are not in a position to guarantee the absolute
privacy of your PII. There may be factors beyond our
control that may result in disclosure of PII. As a
consequence, we disclaim any warranties or representations
relating to maintenance or nondisclosure of PII.
8. Contact Information.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy
or our web site, please feel free to contact us at:
MatureMusician.com
Email: webmaster@maturemusician.com
Last Updated: April 5, 2006
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