STEPHEN MICHAEL THORNTON WEBSITE AND ONLINE SERVICES PRIVACY
POLICY
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 email address, name, mailing address,
cell phone number and carrier service provider or other information about you
in order to participate in contests, chat rooms, blogs,
or on bulletin boards; to be added to the list to receive email 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 email address in order to receive updates on a particular artist or
type of music, that address is added to the email list for that artist or type
of music. On each email you receive, you are given the opportunity to
unsubscribe; once you unsubscribe, you will no longer receive such emails.
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 are usually costs associated with receiving SMS (text)
messages depending on your wireless carrier and plan. You should check with
your mobile carrier to determine what charges apply.
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.
We may
share the personal information we collect from you with our affiliates or send
you email promotions and special offers from reputable third parties in whose
products or services we think you may have an interest. We may also share your
information with reputable third parties who may contact you directly and/or
supplement the information you provide with information received from third
parties. Such third parties may include representatives of our current or
former recording artists.
Personal
information collected on this site may be shared with service providers such as
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.
Some
information may automatically be collected as you browse our site. Our web
server automatically collects information known as "clickstream
data," such as the domain name of the service providing you with Internet
access, the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the
Internet, your browser type and version, operating system and platform, the
average time spent on our site, pages viewed, information searched for, access
times and other relevant statistics. We also may use cookies or web beacons on
our site. Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to the
hard drive of a visitor's computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies
to tell us, for example, whether youÕve visited us before or if youÕre a new
visitor and to help us understand what areas of the website are of greatest
interest to you. Cookies also may enhance your online experience by saving your
preferences and password so you do not have to re-enter this information each
time you visit our website. Certain pages on our site may contain Òweb beaconsÓ
(also known as Internet tags, pixel tags or clear GIFs).
Web beacons may allow third parties to obtain non-personally identifiable
information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page on
which the beacon appears, the URL of the page on which the beacon appears, the
time the page containing the beacon was viewed, the type of browser used to
view the page, and the information in cookies set by the third party. We use
log files to store the data that is collected through web beacons.
We use clickstream data, web beacons and cookies only in the
aggregate to measure the use of our site and to administer and improve our
site. Any sharing of such data with unrelated third parties is on an anonymous
basis. When we collect personal information, we may extract some of the
information, such as demographic information and combine it with other
information, such as clickstream data. This combined
information is used and analyzed only at an aggregate level to help us or third
parties understand trends and patterns.
We try to
keep the information we collect from you as current as possible, and we take
reasonable 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. It is our
policy not to post your email address or other identifying information you have
provided on our site without your consent. Your consent is assumed if you post
such information to a publicly viewable interactive site application such as a blog, bulletin board or chat room.
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 and/or web beacons to assure that this
restriction persists. This may mean that you will be unable to participate in
some activities on the site.
Visit www.OnGuardOnline.gov for social networking safety tips for parents and youth.
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 email address. 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 blogs, chat
rooms and bulletin boards on this site to provide an email address along with
the visitor's screen name to access these functions. Each visitor who wishes to
send a so-called "postcard" is asked to provide the visitor's screen
name and email address, the recipient's name and email address, and a message
selected by the visitor. Except for the uses described in the paragraphs above,
all such email 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. You are responsible and are deemed to have
consented to disclosure if you post your email address or other identifying
information to a publicly viewable interactive site application such as a blog, chat room or bulletin board.
We reserve
the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event we sell or
transfer all or a portion of our business or assets, or in the event of
insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership.
The
operator of this site is Stephen Michael Thornton, New York, NY.
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.