Privacy Policy

LOCATEBANDS.COM - PRIVACY POLICY

Welcome to LocateBands.com. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any current, updated and new products and services (“Products and Services”), including the addition of new properties shall be subject to this Privacy Policy, as well as the General Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms and Conditions”). By using LocateBands.com you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions, whether or not you register as a listener (“Listener”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

LocateBands.com is a music-oriented content and information website that provides a service to musical artists and to record companies on behalf of musical artists to post information regarding themselves as well as musical content owned and/or created by them. LocateBands.com members can view each others’ profiles (“Profiles”), communicate with each other, share photos, post blogs, email, comments, and describe their interests. Registered Listeners can change their Profile information at any time and can control how other Listeners and the service communicates with them. Listeners and Bands are sometimes referred to hereinafter individually and collectively as “Users.”

LocateBands.com cares about online privacy. If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us.

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE BY LOCATEBANDS.COM

LocateBands.com collects User submitted personal information such as name and email address, to authenticate Users, and to send notifications to those Users relating to, without limitation, the LocateBands.com service, special events, contests and special offers.

As is standard practice on many corporate websites, LocateBands.com also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from Listeners and other visitors to the site. This data is used to improve the website services, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. LocateBands.com will not use the information collected to market directly to that person. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to Listeners. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes.

Listener Profile information including Listeners’ pictures and first names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction within LocateBands.com.

LocateBands.com may also collect information for market research purposes to gain a better understanding of our customers and thus provide more valuable service. LocateBands.com also collects information regarding customer activities on our website, and on related websites. This helps us to determine how best to provide useful information to customers and to understand which parts of our websites and Internet services are of most interest to them.

USE OF COOKIES

LocateBands.com uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences and to record session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not repeatedly offered the same advertisements, to customize newsletter, advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile information, to help track usage to help us understand which parts of our website are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how much time they spend there. This makes usage of our website even more rewarding as well as to study the effectiveness of our customer communications and to customize each visitor’s experience and provide greater convenience.

LocateBands.com does not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. You may be able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set — each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences — however, you must enable cookies for LocateBands.com in order to use most functions on the site.

LINKS

LocateBands.com contains links to third party websites. LocateBands.com is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site, a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on LocateBands.com.

PROFILES, BLOGS, AND PUBLIC COMMENTS

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Profiles, Blogs, or any other Public Comment, that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications. LocateBands.com is not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit on LocateBands.com. Please think before you post any personal information online.

CORRECTING/UPDATING OR REMOVING INFORMATION

LocateBands.com Listeners and Bands may modify or remove any of the personal information contained in their Profile at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such as Edit Profile.

SECURITY

LocateBands.com Listener and Band accounts are secured by Listener-created and Band-created (as applicable) passwords. LocateBands.com takes precautions to insure that account information is kept private. LocateBands.com uses reasonable measures such as encryption to protect private information that is stored within our database against loss, theft, and misuse, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, and we restrict access to such private information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as technical staff. Please note that LocateBands.com cannot guarantee the security of Listener or Band account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time. Users are urged to also take precautions to protect their personal data by changing passwords often using a combination of letters and numbers, and using a secure web browser.

SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION LOCATEBANDS.COM COLLECTS

Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, LocateBands.com will not disclose personal information to any third party unless believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by LocateBands.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the LocateBands.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and Listeners of the service. LocateBands.com reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of LocateBands.com or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest. For more information, see the “Changes in Our Privacy Policy” section below. LocateBands.com takes your privacy very seriously. LocateBands.com does not sell or rent your contact information to other marketers. There are also times when it may be advantageous for LocateBands.com to make certain personal information about you available to companies that LocateBands.com has a strategic relationship with or that perform work for LocateBands.com to provide products and services to you on our behalf. These companies may help us process information, deliver products to you, manage and enhance customer data, provide customer service, assess your interest in our products and services, or conduct customer research or satisfaction surveys. These companies are also obligated to protect your personal information in accordance with the LocateBands.com policies. Without such information being made available, it would be difficult for you to purchase products, have products delivered to you, receive customer service, provide us feedback to improve our products and services, or access certain services, offers, and content on the LocateBands.com website.

PRIVACY OF CHILDREN

LocateBands.com is not directed to children under the age of 16. We operate our network in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, and do not permit registration by, and will not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information from, anyone under 16 years of age. This requirement is clearly posted during the registration process.

CHANGES IN OUR PRIVACY POLICY

LocateBands.com may make changes to our Privacy Policy. If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make Listeners and Bands aware of what the changes are so Users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the Privacy Policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted If, however, we are going to use Listeners’ personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify by posting a notice on LocateBands.com

CONTACTING THE WEB SITE

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please email us.

Last updated October 02, 2006