The Music Tank (”TMT”) considers the protection of personal privacy to be one of our most important values. This privacy policy (”Policy”) gives you specific information on how we protect your privacy, how we treat personal information, and the choices you have.
This Policy applies to all web sites and services owned or provided by TMT. Please note that this Policy applies only to sites owned and services maintained by TMT and not to web sites or services provided by other companies or organizations to which we link.
As a condition of using TMT, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Policy. Additional terms and conditions which govern your use of TMT are contained in our User Agreement, and, as applicable, in certain other service-specific license agreements or terms of use, which you will be notified of at the time of your registration for the applicable services.
The Policy is accessible through TMTin several ways, including from a link entitled “Privacy policy” at the bottom of the www.themusictank.com home page. You acknowledge that this Policy may change over time. If we make a material change to the terms of this Policy, we will give you 30 days notice of those changes (”Notice Period”). However, you should check the Policy regularly for these and other important announcements. Your continued use of TMT following the Notice Period will signify that you agree to these changes.
Children
TMT is suitable for everyone over 13, we filter material submitted acordingly.
Note to Parents. If you have any concerns about TMT, know TMT encourages parents to spend time online with their children. We also urge parents to instruct their children never to give out their real names, addresses or phone numbers without parental permission when using the Internet.
Information Collection, Storage and Use
We refer to information that identifies an individual as “Personal Information”. In general, TMT collects Personal Information from users of the TMT in connection with access to certain online areas or services, including during (i) registration for certain online community services and tools; (ii) registration for special communications, such as email updates and newsletters; (iii) subscription registration; (iv) user surveys; and (v) events, sweepstakes, contests or promotions; Your Personal Information is stored on TMT\’s computer servers (or those of its service providers) located in the United States.
We may gather data about the areas of the TMT Sites you visit or access. We do not use any of this navigational data about where you ” as an individual user ” go on TMT Sites or share any of this data with third parties. However, we do use and share navigational data in aggregate, non-personal form to understand how our users as a group use the TMT Sites.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information in public areas of an TMT Site, such as the member home pages, your information can be viewed and possibly used by others. We advise users to be especially careful in such public areas about disclosing Personal Information, such as full name, home address, or phone number.
Below are more details about the Personal Information we, or third parties may gather from you and how we may use it.
- Membership Information. When you register for membership on TMT, we will ask you for certain minimum required information, such as your name, email, state or province and country. We may also ask for additional information about you if judged useful for the good running of your TMT account. We do this so we can catalog your website.
- Email And Message Updates to Members. We may periodically send you promotional email about products or services offered by TMT. As a member, you can unsuscribe using the appropriate, obvious links.
- We may contact you regarding account status, changes to this Policy, our User Agreement or other terms of use, to confirm your registration or for any other business reason related to your use of TMT.
- Use of Cookies. On the Internet, a “cookie” is a piece of information (a file) that a Web site transfers to a user\’s computer for record-keeping purposes. The use of cookies is common on the Internet. The process we use to serve advertisements and to track use of the TMT Sites involves cookies. We use cookies to recognize users who have already registered for an TMT Site, allowing those users to speed up their future activities on TMT Sites. You may configure your browser to reject cookies, but this may interfere with some functionality of TMT Sites. To find out more about changing your browser to reject cookies, we suggest the EPIC Cookies Page http://www.epic.org /privacy/internet/cookies.
- Legal Authorities. We may also disclose Personal Information in cases when we reasonably believe that it is necessary to identify someone who may be violating TMT policies or TMT Sites” User Agreements or other terms of use, or who may be a threat to TMT or third party rights, property, or personal safety. The TMT Sites may disclose Personal Information to comply with valid legal process such as a duly issued search warrant, subpoena or court order.
Linking to Other Sites
You may also visit independent web sites, not owned or operated by TMT , through links on the TMT Sites. Such sites are operated by external, third-party service providers. Some of these sites will have their own separate membership processes and privacy policies. We do not control sites that are operated by others and are not responsible for the information practices of these sites. Other sites may set their own cookies, collect data or solicit personal information. It is always a good idea to check the privacy policy and terms of use of any site before offering any of your Personal Information. We do not share your Personal Information with these independent web sites.
Information Storage and Security
Your Personal Information is stored on TMT the computer servers of its service providers located in the United States. We protect your Personal Information with technical, administrative and physical safeguards to protect against loss, unauthorized access, destruction, misuse, modification and improper disclosure. No computer system or information can ever be fully protected against every possible hazard. But TMT is committed to providing reasonable and appropriate security controls to protect our TMT Sites and all Personal Information against foreseeable hazards.
Notwithstanding these security measures, please be aware that when you submit Personal Information to the TMT Sites over the Internet, the information may travel over many systems that are not under the TMT’s control. We take the protection of user data very seriously and to that end take reasonable safeguards to prevent interception of any Personal Information. In the case of shopping pages, for example, the credit card information you submit is protected by secure servers.
Accessing, Correcting and Updating Your Information
To access, correct or update your account or other Personal Information such as your city or interests, please use the “Edit your profile” at the TMT Site.
If you have any other questions, comments or complaints about this Policy, please contact us via our online form, available at http://www.themusictank.com/tmt/contactus/