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Sonicbids Corporation ("Sonicbids") has created this web site
to provide an online platform for musicians, music promoters and other
music professionals.
To assist you in using our www.sonicbids.com web site (the "Web Site"
or the "Site"), and to ensure a clear understanding of the relationship
arising from your use of our Site, we have created a Privacy Policy and
a set of Terms and Conditions of Use. Our Privacy
Policy explains how we protect and treat contact and other information
you provide to us through the Site, and our Terms and Conditions of Use
govern your use of our Site generally. Please read our Privacy Policy
and our Terms and Conditions of Use carefully - they impose legal obligations
on you. By using or accessing our Site, you are acknowledging that you
have read and understood these terms and agree to be legally bound by
them.
Privacy Policy
We respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy")
constitutes the agreement between you and Sonicbids regarding your provision,
and our collection and use, of contact and other information you may provide
while using our Site. In this Privacy Policy, the words "you"
and "your" refer to any person accessing the Site, and the words
"we," "us," and "our" refer to Sonicbids.
By using our Site, you consent to this Privacy Policy.
1. Overview
We have organized the elements of our Privacy Policy in sections. If after
reading through the Privacy Policy you still have questions, please feel
free to contact us by clicking on the following link: contact us.
2. The Types Of Information You Potentially May Provide
This Privacy Policy only applies to information you provide to us online
while visiting or using our Site. It does not apply to information we
have obtained offline or through other traditional means. Information
you may provide in visiting or using our Site falls into two broad categories:
personally identifiable information, and aggregate information. "Personally
Identifiable Information" is information that can be used to identify
or contact you, such as your name, phone number, email address, or mailing
address. "Aggregate Information" is information that does not
identify you, and may include, for example, statistical information concerning
the web pages on our Site that users most frequent. Our Privacy Policy
governs both categories of information, as detailed below.
2.1. Information That Identifies You: Personally Identifiable Information
We allow you to decide whether you wish to provide us with Personally
Identifiable Information. Accordingly, we have structured our Web Site
so that you may visit our Site, and review a range of information about
bands, musicians other materials relating to the music industry, without
revealing your identity or providing any Personally Identifying Information.
One of our goals in creating this Web Site, however, is to enable bands
and musicians to post information about themselves and their music (for
example, through a Sonicbids Electronic Press Kit ("EPK™")),
and to enable music promoters and other music professionals to access
such postings and book appearances. Therefore, in order to post any such
information and book appearances, and in order to access certain other
materials or information from our Site, we ask that you register and provide
us with contact and other information, as provided below.
2.1.1. Registration Information
To post information on our Site, and to obtain access to certain other
materials or information from our Site, we ask that you become a registered
user. Our registration forms will specify the information which you must
provide in order to enjoy the particular feature, and the information
which you may, at your option, choose to provide or withhold. Our obligations
concerning, and permitted uses of, any Personally Identifiable Information
that you provide during the registration process are set out below.
As indicated above, you may use our Site without registering or submitting
any information to us. In that case, the only information we collect from
your visit will be Aggregate Information that does not identify you in
any way. Our obligations concerning, and permitted uses of, Aggregate
Information are also set out below.
2.1.2. Surveys and Questionnaires
If you choose to participate in surveys or questionnaires which from time
to time we may post on the Site, we may ask that, in addition to providing
your responses, you also provide contact and other Personally Identifiable
Information. If we link, or combine in any way your responses with your
Personally Identifiable Information, we will treat the combined information
as Personally Identifiable Information under our Privacy Policy, as provided
below. If we separate your responses from, and they are independent of
any Personally Identifiable Information, such that a third party reviewing
your responses would be unable to link the responses to you or your practice,
the responses will be treated as Aggregate Information under our Privacy
Policy, again as provided below.
2.1.3. Email And Other Direct Communications
From time to time, you may wish to provide us with comments and feedback
concerning our Site generally. By communicating with us for these purposes,
you may provide us with your email address and other Personally Identifiable
Information. We will handle such information that you provide in this
manner in accordance with our Privacy Policy for Personally Identifiable
Information, set out below.
2.2. Information That Does Not Identify You: Aggregate Information
When you browse our Site, the choices you make may provide information
concerning your interests and concerning the appeal and efficacy of associated
Site features. For example, if you spend time browsing information on
events taking place in Georgia and Florida, this suggests that you may
have an interest in events in the Southeast generally. If a number of
visitors spend time browsing information on events taking place in Georgia
and Florida, this may suggest that we have designed this portion of our
Site effectively.
Information concerning our visitors' activities at the Site - which pages
they visit, and how long they view these pages, for example - is Aggregate
Information. This information does not identify a particular user, but
does provide potentially useful data concerning our users' preferences
and the efficacy and interest of our Site's features. The manner in which
we collect Aggregate Information is set out below.
2.2.1. Cookies
We collect Aggregate Information about your use of our Site through cookies
and similar Internet technologies. "Cookies" are small text
files that a web site can use to recognize repeat users, to facilitate
the user's ongoing access to and use of the site, and to compile aggregate
data to improve the site and focus advertising. Cookies work as follows:
a web site will send a cookie to your browser that uniquely associates
your computer with information stored at the site. Your browser places
the cookie in its cookies file. When you next access that site on your
computer, the site recognizes the cookie, makes the stored information
available, and adds new information based on the present visit.
Our cookies do not collect or retain your name or other Personally Identifying
Information. In addition, no third parties are permitted to use cookies
created at our Site for their own purposes.
We treat all information collected through cookies and similar Internet
technologies as Aggregate Information; our obligations concerning, and
permitted uses of, Aggregate Information are set out below.
2.2.2. Disabling Cookies
You may choose not to allow us to collect information through cookies.
If you wish, you can set your browser software to reject cookies, and
most browsers provide instructions for disabling the cookies feature in
their "Help" section. Because cookies can be used to provide
certain functionality, if you disable your browser's cookies feature,
certain elements of our Site may be unavailable to you.
2.2.3. IP Addresses
A so-called "Internet Protocol" (IP) address is associated with
your computer's connection to the Internet. We use your computer's IP
address to maintain contact with you as you navigate through our Site.
We also may use your computer's IP address to provide you with personalized
content. Similar to cookies, your computer's IP address by itself does
not identify you personally. We treat IP addresses, therefore, as Aggregate
Information, as provided below. If your IP address is combined by us with
any Personally Identifiable Information, the combined information will
be treated by us as Personally Identifiable Information, as set out below.
2.2.4. Advertisers' Collection Of Information
With Internet technology, it is possible for advertisers, as well as site
hosts, to collect information through the use of cookies and other technologies,
such as so-called "clear GIF" files. We have no control over,
and cannot necessarily protect against, the practices or policies of advertisers
or other web site hosts using such technologies.
3. How We Use The Information You Provide
The following section describes how we use the information you provide,
and details the specific obligations we undertake to preserve your privacy.
3.1. Use of Contact Information
We use Personally Identifiable Information you provide to us on our Site
to post your EPK™ and other submissions, and for other purposes specific
to our Site. In connection with postings you may request we make on the
Site, users of our Site shall have access to such information - which
may include personal information about you. For example, your name, address,
telephone number and/or email address may be included in your EPK™
listing or other submissions you request we post for contact purposes.
From time to time, we also may use Personally Identifiable Information
you give to us to provide you with information concerning newsletters,
updates, and other materials related to the purposes of our Site. We also
will use this information to respond to questions and comments from you,
and to inform you of changes to our Privacy Policy or Terms and Conditions
of Use. You are free at any time to opt-out of receiving email and other
information we may send to you by following the directions set out below.
3.2. We Use Aggregate Information Only In Ways That Do Not Identify You
To measure our visitors' interest in and use of various areas of our Site,
and for other purposes set out below, we collect Aggregate Information
-- which is information that does not identify you. Aggregate Information
obtained through cookies, for example, allows us to monitor how many users
are visiting our Site, and what areas of the Site present the most interest
to our users. We are able then to use this information to improve the
functionality and interest of Site. We also use Aggregate Information
to prepare statistical and other summary analyses of our users' behavior
and characteristics.
We may share Aggregate Information, and reports based on this Information,
with third parties unrelated to the Site. Rest assured, however, that
no such Aggregate Information that we provide to third parties will allow
anyone to identify you, or determine anything personal about you. For
example, we might report to unrelated third parties (a) the number of
users of our Site; (b) the materials our users review while at our Site;
or (c) the fact that "45% of our users live on the East Coast."
We may charge third parties for this information, and we may or may not
limit the third parties' use of this information. We do not allow third
parties to attempt to make Aggregate Information personally identifiable
by, for example, seeking to combine it with other information.
3.3. Any Information Linked With Your Personal Information Is Treated
As "Personally Identifiable Information"
To advance the goals of our Site, we may link (a) the Personally Identifiable
Information you have provided; with (b) Aggregate Information concerning
(for example) your interests and preferences, as collected through our
cookies. Linking this information will allow us to create information
packages and services that are better tailored to your interests and preferences.
Among other effects, linking this information may allow us generally to
improve and focus our Site. If we combine or link any information with
your Personally Identifiable Information, the resulting combination will
be treated as Personally Identifiable Information under this Privacy Policy.
Accordingly, please be aware that in such instances, personal information
about you may be made generally available on the Site in connection with
postings you may request we make on the Site, as set forth above.
4. How We Safeguard Information We Collect
We have put in place security systems designed to prevent unauthorized
disclosure of information you provide to us. These systems are structured
to deter and prevent hackers and others from accessing this information.
Due to the nature of Internet communications and evolving technologies,
however, we cannot provide, and disclaim, assurance that the information
you provide us will remain free from loss, misuse, or alteration by third
parties who, despite our efforts, obtain unauthorized access.
5. How To Obtain Access to Information You Have Provided, And How To Remove
Your Information From Our Database
We allow you at any time to update, correct, or delete Personally Identifiable
Information you have provided us. After submitting your registration information,
you can view and modify this information within the "Edit Profile"
page of the Site.
If you request, we will remove your name and other Personally Identifiable
Information from our databases. Please understand, however, that it may
be impossible to remove this information completely, due to backups and
records of deletions. If you wish to remove your name and other Personally
Identifiable Information from our database, please contact us.
Because Aggregate Information does not personally identify our users,
we do not provide our users with access to Aggregate Information, and
users may not update, revise, or delete any Aggregate Information.
6. Additional General Provisions
6.1. Privacy Protection for Children
Our Site is not directed at children, and we will not accept or request
personal information from individuals we know to be under 13. If we learn
that a child under 13 has provided us with Personally Identifiable Information,
we will delete this information from our databases, in accordance with
our deletion policy, set out above.
6.2. Participation in Online Discussions
If we include a "chat" or "forum" feature to the Site,
you may decide to participate in an online discussion. Please keep in
mind that any information you provide while participating in an online
chat or forum will be available to all participants. These participants,
and their transferees, may use Personally Identifiable Information and
other information you disclose in this manner, to contact you and for
other purposes. Accordingly, if we choose to provide such features at
the Site, we ask that you participate prudently, as this Privacy Policy
will not cover the information you disclose in online discussions at our
Site.
6.3. Links To Other Web Sites
To give you access to other information relating to the music industry,
from time to time we may include on the Web Site certain links to other
sites. We provide these links as a convenience, and we do not endorse
the content or services offered by, or the privacy policies in place at,
these other sites.
Our Privacy Policy covers only information we collect at the Site, and
other sites to which we link may have privacy policies that differ considerably
from our Privacy Policy. We have structured our Site to make it reasonably
clear when you leave our Web Site and enter another web site. We encourage
you to review the privacy policies of each site you visit through our
links to ensure you are comfortable with these policies. We are not responsible
for the conduct or policies of these third parties.
6.4. Court Orders, Subpoenas, And Other Required Disclosures
There are two exceptions to our Privacy Policy. First, we may disclose
Personally Identifiable Information as may be required in legal proceedings,
or in response to a subpoena, court order, or administrative order compelling
disclosure. Second, in cases involving a threat of imminent harm to you
or others, we may release such information to prevent or mitigate the
threat. In any such case, we will seek to limit the scope of disclosure,
and will disclose only such information as is reasonably required to fulfill
the purpose of the disclosure.
6.5. Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may revise our Privacy Policy. We will post these
changes here, in our Privacy Policy. Your use of our Site following any
such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the Privacy
Policy, as changed.
6.6. Relationship to Term of Use
In addition to this Privacy Policy, your use of our Site is also subject
to our Terms and Conditions of Use (our "Terms of Use"). The
provisions of our Terms of Use are incorporated herein, including, without
limitation, Sections 12 (Choice of Law and Jurisdiction), 14 (Assignment),
17 (Severability), 18 (Survival) and 19 (Complete Agreement).
7. Your Consent
By using our Web Site, you consent to our collection and use of information,
in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with some,
or all of the terms of this Privacy Policy, please refrain from becoming
a registered user, or from visiting our Site.
8. Contact Us
You may contact us, for any reason, by e-mail as follows:
info@sonicbids.com
You may contact us by mail as follows:
Sonicbids Corporation
500 Harrison Avenue, Suite 404R
Boston, MA 02118
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