Privacy Policy - International Visitors
SongCircle Terms of Use
The New York Songwriters’ Circle Inc. d/b/a SongCircle Music (“SC”) offers, owns and operates the songwriter-focused and music-centric Internet web site located at http://www.songcirclemusic.com (the “Website”)
BY ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE, AND UPON BECOMING A MEMBER, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE WEBSITE TERMS OF USE (“TERMS”). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE AND SHOULD EXIT THE WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY.
The SongCircle(sm) Website includes a wide-range of music, content, information, tools and communications features related to songwriting and the music industry (“Content”). All Website visitors may view and listen to Content made available in public areas of the Website solely as permitted by relevant portions of these Terms and by applicable laws and regulations. Once enrolled in a free or Premium (paid) Membership, SongCircle Members may also utilize their online and offline Membership Benefits strictly in accordance with relevant portions of these Terms and as allowed by applicable laws and regulations.
1. Public Visitor Use License
As to Content made publicly available on the Website by SC, permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of such Content for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing and use only in accordance with these Terms. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not: (a) modify or make further copies such Content; (b) use such content for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial); (c) remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from such Content; (d) transfer such Content to another person or "mirror" such Content on any other server, or (e) attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on the Website. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions or any other relevant portions of these Terms, and may be terminated by SC at any time. Upon the termination of your rights under this license, you must destroy any Content downloaded from the Website in your possession or under your control, whether in electronic or printed format. All terms contained herein that are not stated to be applicable solely to SongCircle Member shall be applicable to you.
2. SongCircle Member Use License
SongCircle Membership is available to any individual artist thirteen (13) years of age or older, void where prohibit. Accounts set up for any organization will be deleted, including, without limitation, production companies and recording studios, without refund of any fees. Member use of the Website is for the personal, promotional and/or commercial use of such Member as specifically allowed by these Terms.
In addition to the right to use any publicly available Website Content in accordance with Section 1 above, each duly enrolled SongCircle(sm) Member is hereby authorized to access and utilize all other Website Content in accordance with the stated terms of each such SongCircle platform, feature and service and these Terms, including temporary download of one copy of the Content for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing and use only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and except as specifically allowed by the Content feature or specs, under this license you may not: (a) modify or make further copies of such Content; (b) use such Content for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial); (c) remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from such Content; (d) transfer such Content to another person or "mirror" such Content on any other server, or (e) attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on the Website. This license shall automatically terminate if a Member violates any of these restrictions or any other relevant portions of the Content feature specs or these Terms, and may be terminated by SC for such violation, in SC’s sole determination. Member may terminate their Membership by using the tools provided in the Membership area of the Website, provided that no fees paid by such Member will be refunded.
Upon the termination of a Member’s rights under this license, the Member must destroy any Content downloaded from the Website in such Member’s possession or under control, whether in electronic or printed format. All terms contained herein that are not stated to be applicable solely to those accessing publicly available portions of the Website and Content shall be applicable to Members.
3. Disclaimer
The Content appearing on the Website includes materials provided by SC and by Members (non-Members may not post any materials on the Website), and may include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. SC takes no responsibility whatsoever for Member Content, and does not warrant that any of the Website Content is accurate, complete, or current. SC may make changes to any Content at any time, with or without notice; however SC does not make any commitment to review or update any portion of the Content.
ALL CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS". SC MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS AND NEGATES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR OTHER VIOLATION OF RIGHTS. FURTHER, SC DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS CONCERNING THE ACCURACY, LIKELY RESULTS, OR RELIABILITY OF THE USE OF THE CONTENTS ON THE WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO SUCH CONTENTS OR ON ANY WEB SITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE.
4. Limitations
IN NO EVENT SHALL SC OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF DATA OR PROFIT, OR DUE TO BUSINESS INTERRUPTION,) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE, EVEN IF SC OR SC’S AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ORALLY OR IN WRITING OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES, OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THESE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
5. Member Materials and Member Content
By registering for and maintaining a SongCircle Membership, each Member hereby grants to SC a non-exclusive license to use and to permit others to use throughout the universe the professional name of Member, likenesses posted on the Member pages, and other descriptions and biographical material posted on the Member pages concerning Member (collectively the "Member Materials") in connection with the advertising and promotion of SC, the Website and SC’s products and services, and provision of Membership Benefits to Members, or to refrain from such activities.
Each Member hereby acknowledges and agrees that Member Materials and other information, code, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, pictures, graphics, video, chat, messages, files, or other materials submitted to or posted on the Website by Member (“Member Content”), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the Member from whom such Member Content originated. This means that Member, and not SC, is and shall be entirely responsible for all Member Content uploaded, posted, emailed or otherwise transmits via the Website. Section 7 regarding Member Conduct applies to Member use of the Website. You acknowledge and agree that SC and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation), in their sole discretion, to refuse to publish, remove, or block access to any Member Content, in their sole discretion, that violates the Terms of Use or is otherwise objectionable as determined by SC, in its sole discretion. Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Website, including, without limitation, collecting usernames and/or email addresses of Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or offers, and unauthorized framing of or linking to the Website will be investigated and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive remedies.
By posting Member Content on the Website (including, without limitation, blogs, master recordings, artwork, photographs, fan comments and tour dates) you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise have the express right to grant the license to SC and others set forth in this section in such Member Content, and that such Member Content does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyright rights or other intellectual property rights of any third party. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees and damages owing to any person by reason of any Member Content you post on the Website. As to any Member Content posted by or in connection with exercising your Membership Benefits, you hereby grant SC a world-wide, royalty free, irrevocable, perpetual license, alone or together or as part of other materials of any kind or nature, to use, copy, modify, publish, edit, translate, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, and otherwise exploit such Member Content (specifically including through streaming, podcasting, online/broadcast and satellite radio and suggested digital playlists but excluding through phonograph records), to publish, promote and use such Member Content in connection with providing the Membership Benefits, to publish and promote such Member Content elsewhere within the Website, and to sublicense other Members and visitors to use the Member Content as provided in these Terms, and sublicense other companies to exercise SC’s rights to utilize such Member Content, all without any payment or other obligation to you, whether by way of compensation, attribution or otherwise. Such license shall apply with respect to any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed.
6. Member Conduct
The Member features provided on the Website may only be used for the intended purpose for which such feature is made available.
Each Member agrees not to use the Website or any Content or feature to:
a) Upload, post, email, otherwise transmit, or post links to any materials whatsoever that you do not have a right to provide or transmit under any law or regulation or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as proprietary or confidential information, or third party intellectual property).
b) Transmit, or post links to, any material, or select any member or user name or email address, that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, sexually, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.
c) Transmit, or post links to, any material that promotes provides instruction for any illegal activity or that exploits the images of children under 18 years of age, or that discloses personally identifying information belonging to children under 18 years of age or harm minors in any other way.
d) Make any sexual request of, or on behalf of, a minor or stalk or otherwise harass or bully any other person.
e) Collect or store personally identifying information about other Members or users for commercial or unlawful purposes, or impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
f) Employ misleading email addresses or falsify information in any part of any communication, including emails and blogs, transmitted through the Website.
g) Transmit, or post links to, any material that facilitates hacking.
h) Transmit, or post links to, any material that infringes any patent, trademark, service mark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights (“IP Rights”) of any entity, or may contribute to inducing or facilitating infringement of IP Rights.
i) Transmit, or post links to, any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas that are designated for such purpose.
j) Transmit, or post links to, any material that contains software viruses, worms, Trojan horses, time bombs, trap doors or any other computer code, files or programs or repetitive requests for information designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or to diminish the quality of, interfere with the performance of, or impair the functionality of the Website or the Content.
k) Use automated means, including additional computers, software and scripts, to enhance ratings in any Website playlist or promotions, increase the number of plays of songs of any particular Member on the Website or increase traffic to or fans of any Member.
l) Use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, or the like, to download data from any Website or SC database.
m) Offer, advertise or conduct your own contests, sweepstakes or promotions.
n) Modify, aggregate, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, or otherwise exploit any Content except as specifically provided by the Terms, including, without limitation, by incorporating data from the Website or any SC database into any e-mail, “white pages” or “yellow pages” products or services, or otherwise.
o) Create and maintain Member Content that (i) redirects to another web page, (ii) stores or hosts content for remote loading by other web pages, or (iii) contains hyperlinks to materials not permitted on the Website.
p) Purchase any goods or services that you are prohibited from purchasing or possessing by any law applicable to you in your jurisdiction. The responsibility for ensuring compliance with all such laws shall be the Member’s alone. By submitting an order to purchase goods or services, you represent and warrant that you have the legal right to purchase such goods or services.
7. Intellectual Property Rights
Except as expressly provided otherwise, nothing within any of the Content shall be construed as conferring any license under any of SC's or any third party's intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication, waiver, or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that certain Content available through and used to operate and provide the Website is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, or other proprietary rights of SC and its affiliates, licensors (including, without limitation, Members), and service providers. Except as expressly provided to the contrary, you agree not to modify, alter, or deface any of the trademarks, service marks, or other intellectual property made available by SC in connection with the Products and Services. You agree not to hold yourself out as in any way sponsored by, affiliated with, or endorsed by SC, any of SC’s affiliates, or any of SC’s service providers. You agree not to use any of the trademarks or service marks or other Content accessible through the Website for any purpose other than the purpose for which such Content is made available to you.
8. Infringement Claims
If you believe any material appearing on the Website infringes your copyright, please notify us in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as follows: (NOTE: DO NOT USE THIS PROCEDURE FOR ANYTHING UNRELATED TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT)
Written notification of copyright infringement must be submitted to our Designated
Agent:
Ritholz Levy Sanders Chidekel & Fields LLP, attn: David Chidekel, Esq.
235 Park Ave South, 3rd FL, NY, NY 10003
Telephone Number of Designated Agent: 212-448-1800
Facsimile Number of Designated Agent: 212-448-0020
E-mail Address of Designated Agent: dchidekel@rlscf.com
Your notification must include the following: (1) an electronic or physical signature of the owner or of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (2) identification of the copyrighted work (or works) that you claim has (or have) been infringed; (3) a description of the material that you claim is infringing, and the location where the original or an authorized copy of the copyrighted work exists (for example, the URL of the page of the website where it is lawfully found; the name of the song from which an excerpt was copied, etc.); (4) a clear description of where the infringing material is located on our Website, including as applicable its URL, so that we can locate the material; (5) your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address; (6) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (7) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
IF YOUR MATERIAL WAS REMOVED BUT YOU BELIEVE IT IS NOT INFRINGING: you may request us to replace the Member Content by sending a counter-notice to our Designated Agent shown above. Your counter-notice must be written and must include the following: (1) your physical or electronic signature; (2) identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled; (3) a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and (4) your name, address, telephone number and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of copyright infringement or an agent of such person. When we receive a proper counternotice, we may forward a copy of the counternotice to the person who sent the original infringement notice and we will wait at least 10 business days for a response. We always have the option, but not an obligation, to restore the material that was removed.
9. Certain Activities of SC
You expressly acknowledge and agree that SC may preserve Member Content and may also disclose Member Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce these Terms or other rights of SC; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of SC, its Member and the public. You acknowledge and agree that the technical processing and transmission of the Content, including Member Content, may involve transmissions over various networks and host computer located in the United States, and changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. You further acknowledge and agree that other data collected and maintained by SC regarding use of the Website may be used and disclosed in accordance with the relevant SongCircle Privacy Policy
10. Links
SC has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by SC of such site. Use of any such linked web site is at the user's own risk.
11. Contests and Live Events
From time to time, SC may offer or sponsor judged contests and live events for Premium Members. Eligibility and participation in such contests and events is in accordance with the applicable Contest Rules and event terms posted on the Website as well as these Terms
12. Modifications by SC
SC may revise the Website, the Content and these Terms at any time without notice. By using the Website and/or the Content, you are agreeing to be bound by the then-current version of these Terms.
13. Entire Agreement and Governing Law
These Terms and any additional materials reference herein constitute the sole and complete agreement between you and SC regarding provision and use of the Website and your Membership (if any), and may only be amended as stated above or in a writing signed by a duly authorized official of SC. Any disagreement or claim relating to these Terms or the Website shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. Any claim related to these Terms or your Membership shall be brought in a federal or state court in New York County, New York, within one year after the claim arises. You agree that no such claim may be brought as a class action. Users of this Website consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such court as the most convenient and appropriate for the resolution of disputes concerning these Terms or any Membership.
Version: August 2010
U.S. Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Website. We at SongCircle Music (“SC”) understand that privacy is an important issue for our U. S. Website visitors and SongCircle(sm) Members, and we are committed to providing you clear information about how we treat information provided to us. This U.S. Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes the information we collect, what we do with it and the safeguards we have in place to protect it.
As we update and expand our services, we reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted here so that you are always aware of what information is collected, how it is used and security safeguards. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Website after changes to the U. S. Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the terms of any revisions to this Policy.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
When you register for an membership, enter a contest or visit certain portions of the Website, you may be prompted to provide, on a voluntary basis, certain information about yourself such as: (i) name; (ii) email address; (iii) date of birth; (iv) mailing address; (v) telephone numbers; and (vi) musical interests. You are not required to provide any information to view our Website, although certain areas may require registration and payment of fees.
Certain third parties may join with us to offer Website activities, features or promotions, such as contests or special events. By submitting personal information in conjunction with these joint activities, you are providing that information to both parties simultaneously. The co-sponsor or partner may maintain a separate privacy policy governing the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information, and this Policy does not cover their collection, use, and/or disclosure. For example, during your visit to our Website, you may link to or view as part of a frame on a page of this Website, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through this Website you may be introduced to, or be able to access, information, websites, advertisements, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by other parties. SC is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature page or page operated by a third party.
The Website may link to certain third parties who offer services on our behalf. Information collected on those sites is subject to the third party’s own privacy policy. However, in some circumstances, those third parties may provide us with the information you provide to the third party. If so, we will treat that information in accordance with this Policy.
We may also use cookies and other technologies to learn about how you interact with our site to provide you with better service, to improve your customer experience, and for internal research and reporting purposes. We also may collect anonymous data on Website activity, such as how many people visit the Website, what pages they visit, where they come from, how long they stay, what items they purchase, etc. Such data is collected on an aggregate, anonymous basis, through the use of Internet server logs and cookies. We may also take non-anonymous data and de-identify it so that it becomes anonymous either by itself or when aggregated. We may use any anonymous or aggregated data for any purpose, including for research and marketing purposes, and may also share such data with any third parties, such as advertisers.
INFORMATION USE
By providing information on the Website or with a contest entry, you agree that personal information that you provide may be used by SC, its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries to communicate with you for the purposes of: offering discounts, promoting services and products, informing you about new services and products, providing news on upcoming songwriting and musical events, providing programming schedules, conducting surveys, marketing special gift or discount offerings, offering discounts, conducting contests and sweepstakes, and similar purposes.
From time to time, we may provide access to information to select third parties, by sale, lease or barter, for the purposes stated above. We may also provide access to third parties for any legitimate business purpose; for example, we may provide access to companies providing services to us, including billing, sales and marketing, market research, fulfillment, data storage, analysis and processing, legal services, as well as for targeted advertising.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
We will disclose personally identifiable information to non-affiliated third parties (a) as set forth in this Policy; (b) where it is necessary for us to render our services or conduct a legitimate business activity related to our services; or (c) with appropriate consent. We may disclose personally identifiable information to affiliated third parties, including parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and joint venture partners at any time, subject to the use restrictions set forth in this Policy. You acknowledge, consent and agree that we may access, preserve and disclose your account information and content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, or other contracts with you; (c) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect our rights, property or personal safety as well as those of our users and the public. We may also disclose information to law enforcement agencies in emergency circumstances, where the disclosure of such information is consistent with the types of emergency disclosures permitted or required by law.
We also reserve the right to disclose and transfer all of the information collected by us, including personally identifiable information, to a successor company in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of some or all components of our business.
This Website is controlled, operated and administered entirely within the United States. If you visit this Website from a location outside the United States, please be advised that any information you provide may be processed in and transferred to the United States, where privacy protections may not be as comprehensive as those in the European Union or other locations. Please see our Non-U.S. Privacy Policy (below).
YOUR CHOICES REGARDING MARKETING AND OPTING OUT
If you have provided personally identifiable information to us and later decide that you would rather not have us use such data for marketing purposes in accordance with the Policy as provided herein, you can opt-out of this use at any time by: (i) going to the link provided at the bottom of any email you receive from us and opting out of receiving further email information from us; (ii) sending us an email at info@sonmgcirclemusic.com, or (iii) writing to us at Ritholz Levy Sanders Chidekel & Fields LLP, 235 Park Avenue South, NY NY 10003 Attention: David Chidekel.
UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION
To keep information that you provide via this Website accurate, current and complete, visit your SongCircle Membership page(s) or email info@songcirclemusic.com. If a member name and password were required to access the feature, you will need to provide such information to update your membership information.
LINKS
Please note that the Website has business relationships with (and may provide hyperlinks to) unaffiliated third parties ("Partners") and may provide links to the websites of such Partners so that they can offer you products and services. If you visit a third party site by clicking on such hyperlink found on our Website, any information you provide is subject to that third party site's privacy policy; and we encourage you to review that website's privacy policy before providing any personally identifiable information. We are not responsible for the activities of any third parties.
COOKIES
Data is gathered through the use of Internet server logs and cookies. A web server log is a file where website activity is stored. A cookie is a small piece of information that a website sends to a visitor's computer, which is stored on his or her hard drive. SC uses cookies to track repeat visits to our Website. These cookies do not store personally identifiable information, although information in cookies may be combined with other identifiable information that we maintain. You can disable cookies within your browser, although some portions of the Website may not function properly if you do so.
SC and its advertisers and Partners may use third party ad servers and ad networks to serve or present the ads that appear on the Website and to conduct research about the advertisements. Our Privacy Policy does not govern their use of information. For more information about third-party ad servers generally and to express your preferences regarding these activities, including opting out of ad targeting, you may find more information at the website of the individual ad network, or click here to link to Network Advertising Initiatives.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY POLICY
SC does not target this Website to children under the age of thirteen and we do not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under the age of thirteen except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under the age of thirteen in violation of this Policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe SC has any information from or about anyone under the age of thirteen, please contact us at the address listed below.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
Beginning January 1, 2005, California law permits Website visitors who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personally Identifiable information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to the contact information below.
CONTACTING US ABOUT THIS POLICY
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, requests or comments by:
Writing to us at:
Ritholz Levy Sanders Chidekel; & Fields LLP
235 Park Avenue South, 3rd Fl
New York, NY 10003
Attention: D. Chidekel
dchidekel@rlscf.com
SECURITY
We use reasonable commercial efforts to protect the security of personal information that we collect online and store. However, the transmission of data over the Internet and our storage of data are not guaranteed to be completely secure.
Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online. Should you choose to voluntarily and publicly disclose personally identifiable information on our Website, such as in message boards, chat areas or songs you post, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of SC and this Policy.
GOVERNING LAW
This Policy and the use of this Website are governed by the laws of the United States and New York State without regard to conflict of laws rules. Any claim related to this Policy shall be brought in a federal or state court in New York County, New York, within one year after the claim arises. You agree that no such claim may be brought as a class action. Users of this Website consent to the jurisdiction and venue of such court as the most convenient and appropriate for the resolution of disputes concerning this Policy.
Version: August 2010
Non-U.S. Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.
Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
We will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.
This Website is controlled, operated and administered entirely within the United States. If you visit or enroll in this Website from a location outside the United States, please be advised that any information you provide may be processed in and transferred to the United States, where privacy protections may not be as comprehensive as those in the European Union or other locations. By using this Website, you consent to this transfer and to the use of the personal data as described herein.
Version: August 2010