LAST UPDATED: January 1, 2011
Privacy Policy
Metaledge Entertainment Group, LLC. ("Company," "we," "us"), is concerned about online privacy issues
and wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use and disclose your
Personally Identifiable Information (as defined below). This Privacy Policy
(the "Policy")
describes our practices in connection with Personally Identifiable Information
that we collect through this site and all of the Company’s websites. This
Policy does not govern our collection of information through any web site, or
by any other means, other than through sites owned and operated by the Company;
nor does this Policy govern the collection by third parties.
By using the Site, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy. If
you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy, please do not use
the Site. We reserve the right to change this Policy without prior notice. You
can determine when this Policy was last revised by referring to the "Last Updated" legend at the top
of this page. Any changes to our Policy will become effective upon our posting
of the revised Policy on the Site. Use of the Site following such changes
constitutes your acceptance of the revised Policy then in effect.
The Site is controlled and operated by Company from the United States, and
is not intended to subject Company or any Affiliated Entity to the laws or
jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of the United
States. Company does not represent or warrant that the Site, or any part
thereof, is appropriate or available for use in any particular jurisdiction.
Those who choose to access the Site do so on their own initiative and at their
own risk, and are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and
regulations. You are also subject to United States export controls in
connection with your use of the Site and/or Site-related services, and are
responsible for any violations of such controls, including without limitation
any United States embargoes or other federal rules and regulations restricting
exports. We may limit the Site's availability, in whole or in part, to any
person, geographic area or jurisdiction we choose, at any time and in our sole
discretion. By using the Site and submitting any Personally Identifiable
Information, visitors from outside of the United States acknowledge that the
Site is subject to United States law and consent to the transfer of Personally
Identifiable Information to the United States, which may provide a different
level of data security than in their country of residence, and waive any claims
that may arise under their own national laws.
Note Regarding the Use of
the Site by Children: The Site is not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and
we request that such individuals do not provide Personally Identifiable
Information through the Site.
1. What Types of Information
Does Company Collect From Me?
Company gathers two basic types of information through the Site: "Personally Identifiable Information"
(or "PII")
and "Non-Personally
Identifiable Information" (or "Non-PII"). Personally
Identifiable Information is information that identifies you as an individual;
that is, your name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit
card number or other payment account number. Non-Personally Identifiable
Information is aggregated information, demographic information, IP addresses
and any other information that does not reveal your specific identity.
a. Personally Identifiable
Information. You do
not have to provide PII to use the Site. However, in order for you to take
advantage of particular opportunities provided through the Site (for example,
to sign up for a newsletter or to view certain areas of the Site), we may require
that you furnish PII. We collect PII from you through the Site only when you
voluntarily provide it to us.
b. Non-Personally
Identifiable Information. When you visit and interact with the Site, Company and third parties with
whom Company has contracted to provide services to Company may collect Non-PII
(for example, a catalog of the Site pages you visit). Non-PII is generally
collected through the Site from five different sources: server log files,
environmental variables, cookies, pixel tags and other similar technologies and
information that you voluntarily provide.
•i. Server Log Files. Your Internet Protocol (IP) address is a
number that is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by
your Internet Service Provider (ISP). This number is identified and logged
automatically in our server log files whenever you visit the Site, along with
the time(s) of your visit(s) and the page(s) that you visited. We use your IP
address, and the IP addresses of all users, for purposes such as calculating
Site usage levels, helping diagnose problems with the Site's servers, and
administering the Site. Collecting IP addresses is standard practice on the
Internet and is done automatically by many web sites.
•ii. Environmental
Variables. We and
our service providers may also collect certain environmental variables, such as
your MAC address, computer type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, OS
version, Internet browser, and Internet browser version. These environmental
variables are collected by most browsers, and can be used to optimize your
experience on the Site.
•iii. Cookies. We and our service providers may use
"cookies" on the Site. Cookies are data that a web server transfers
to an individual's computer for recordkeeping purposes. Cookies are an industry
standard used by most web sites, and can facilitate users' ongoing access to
and use of a particular web site; cookies do not cause damage to your computer
systems or files. If you do not want information collected through the use of
cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to
automatically decline cookies, or to be given the choice of declining or
accepting the transfer of a particular cookie, or cookies from a particular web
site, to your computer.
•iv. Pixel Tags. We and our service providers may also use
so-called "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear
GIFs" or similar means (collectively, "Pixel Tags") in connection
with some Site pages and HTML-formatted e-mail messages to, among other things,
compile aggregate statistics about Site usage and response rates. A Pixel Tag
is an electronic image, often a single pixel (1x1), that is ordinarily not
visible to Site visitors and may be associated with Cookies on the visitors'
hard drives. Pixel Tags allow us to count users who have visited certain pages
of the Site, to deliver branded services, and to help determine the
effectiveness of promotional or advertising campaigns. When used in
HTML-formatted e-mail messages, Pixel Tags can tell the sender whether and when
the e-mail has been opened.
•v. Information That You
Voluntarily Provide. Company also collects Non-PII (e.g.,
your interests, your geographic location, etc.) when you voluntarily provide
such information to us. When such information is not combined with any PII,
such information is considered to be Non-PII, as it does not personally
identify you or any other user. Additionally, we may aggregate PII in a manner
such that the end-product does not personally identify you or any other user of
the Site, for example, by using PII to calculate the percentage of our users
who like a particular artist. Such aggregate information is considered Non-PII
for purposes of this Policy.
2. How Does Company Use
Information Collected From Me?
a. Personally Identifiable
Information. We may
use your PII in the following ways:
• i. Fulfillment of
Requests. Company
may use your PII to fulfill the purpose for which such PII was provided (e.g., to send newsletters to you or
fulfill your purchase).
• ii. Administrative
Communications. From
time to time, in our sole discretion, we may use your PII to send to you
important information regarding the Site, or changes to our terms, conditions,
and policies. Because this information may be important to your use of the
Site, you may not opt-out of receiving such communications.
• iii. Other Communications.
If you affirmatively
opt-in, Company and the Affiliated Entities may use your PII to inform you of
products, programs, services and promotions that we believe may be of interest
to you. If you would prefer not to receive marketing-related e-mail messages,
please refer to Section 3.e ("Opt-Out")
below.
• iv. Third Party
Communications. If
you affirmatively opt-in, we may share your PII with third parties to allow
them to contact you regarding products, programs, services and promotions that
they believe may be of interest to you. If you would like to later opt-out of
receiving marketing-related e-mail messages from such third parties, please
utilize any opt-out mechanisms set forth in such third parties'
marketing-related e-mail messages and/or privacy policies.
• v. Disclosures to Artists. One of the
reasons we operate the Site is to provide you with news and information about
Metaledge Entertprises, LLC companies and our artists. As such, if you
affirmatively opt-in, we may share your PII with such artists and their
representatives (collectively, "Artist(s)")
so that such Artists have information on users of the Site, and such Artists
may use this information to contact you regarding products, programs, services
and promotions that such Artists believe may be of interest to you. Although we
seek to have Artists agree to abide by this Policy, we do not control, and are
not responsible for, Artists' use of your PII. If you would prefer not to
receive marketing-related e-mail messages from Artist(s), please see the "Opt-Out" section below.
•vi. Purchases. When you make a purchase through the Site,
we may collect your credit card number or other payment account number (for
example, your wireless account number), billing address and other information
related to such purchase (collectively, "Payment Information") from you, and may use
such Payment Information in order to fulfill your purchase. We may also provide
such Payment Information, or other PII provided by you, to third parties as
necessary to complete your purchase (for example, to process your credit card
or payment account number). To the extent that Payment Information includes
Non-PII, use of such Non-PII is governed by Section 2.b below.
• vii. E-mails to Friends. We may provide functionality to permit you
to send messages regarding Site-related content (such as music clips or artist
information) to a friend through the Site. If you wish to use this feature, you
may provide us with your friend's e-mail address so that we can facilitate your
sending of such message to your friend. To do so, any PII you provide in
connection with sending your friend such message, such as your name and your
e-mail address, will, of course, be disclosed to your friend.
• viii. Promotions. Company, Artist(s) or the Affiliated
Entities may operate sweepstakes, contests and other promotions (collectively,
"Promotions")
through the Site. We typically ask you for certain PII when you enter and, if
applicable, win a Promotion. We reserve the right to share this PII with third
parties sponsors of such Promotions (irrespective of whether such Promotions
are hosted by us), or otherwise in accordance with the rules applicable to such
Promotion. You should carefully review the rules, if any, of each Promotion in
which you participate through the Site, as they may contain additional
important information about Company's, a sponsor's or other third parties' use
of your PII. To the extent that the terms and conditions of such rules
concerning the treatment of your PII conflict with this Policy, the terms and
conditions of such rules shall control.
• ix. Internal Business
Purposes. We may
also use your PII for our internal business purposes, such as data analysis,
audits and so forth.
• x. Third Party Service
Providers. We work
with third parties who provide services including but not limited to data
analysis, order fulfillment and other services of an administrative nature. We
reserve the right to share your PII with such third parties for the purpose of
enabling these third parties to provide such services (for example, if you
choose to buy wireless products or services from us, we may share your
personally identifiable information with your wireless carrier and our third party
service providers so that such products and/or services can be delivered to you
and/or your mobile device).
• xi. Assignment. We reserve the right to transfer any and
all information that we collect from Site users to an Affiliated Entity or a
third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture,
assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of Company's
business, assets or stock (including without limitation in connection with any
bankruptcy or similar proceedings). Additionally, please note that if any
Artist is no longer affiliated with Company, we may transfer or provide a copy
of any and all information that we collect from Site users to such Artist.
• xii. Law enforcement;
emergencies; compliance. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Policy to the contrary, we
reserve the right to disclose your PII to others as we believe to be
appropriate (a) under applicable law; (b) to comply with legal process (c) to
respond to governmental requests; (d) to enforce our Terms and Conditions; (e)
to protect our operations or those of any Affiliated Entities or our artists;
(f) to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of Company, the
Affiliated Entities, our artists, you or others; and (g) to permit us to pursue
available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain. For example, we
may, to the fullest extent the law allows, disclose PII about you to law
enforcement agencies to assist them in identifying individuals who have been or
may be engaged in unlawful activities.
b. Non-Personally
Identifiable Information. Because Non-PII does not personally identify you, we may use such
information for any purpose. In addition, we reserve the right to share such
Non‑PII, which does not personally identify you, with Affiliated Entities
and other third parties, for any purpose. In some instances, we may combine
Non-PII with PII (such as embedding e-mail addresses in cookies). If we do
combine any Non-PII with PII, the combined information will be treated by us as
PII hereunder as long as it is so combined (see Section 2.a above).
3. Other Important Notices
Regarding Our Privacy Practices.
a. Profiles. We may provide functionality on the Site
that allows you to create a "profile page" (your "Profile") and post certain
information and materials on your Profile. Please note that your Profile,
including all PII available in your Profile, may be accessible to other users.
We urge you to exercise discretion and caution when deciding to disclose your
PII, or any other information, in your Profile. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
USE BY OTHERS OF ANY PII YOU DISCLOSE IN YOUR PROFILE.
b. Information Posted by
Visitors. Company
may make available through the Site services (for example, message boards, chat
functionality and blogs, among other services) to which you are able to post
information and materials. Please note that any information you disclose
through such services or otherwise on the Site becomes public information, and
may be available to visitors to the Site and to the general public. In
addition, when you choose to make a posting on such services, certain PII (for
example, a link to your Profile that contains PII), will be available for other
users to view. We urge you to exercise discretion and caution when deciding to
disclose your PII, or any other information, on the Site. WE ARE NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF ANY PII YOU VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSE THROUGH THE SITE.
c. Third Party Sites. The Site may contain links to third party
web sites. These linked sites (including without limitation the web sites of
Affiliated Entities) are not under Company's control and we are not responsible
for the privacy practices or the contents of any such linked site, or any link
contained in any linked site. We provide such links only as a convenience, and
the inclusion of a link on the Site does not imply endorsement of the linked
site by Company, Artist(s) or any Affiliated Entities. If you provide any PII
through any such third party web site, your transaction will occur on such third
party's web site (not the Site) and the PII you provide will be collected by,
and controlled by the privacy policy of, that third party. We recommend that
you familiarize yourself with the privacy policies and practices of any such
third parties. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POLICY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE PRIVACY OR
INFORMATION PRACTICES OF ANY THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE
AFFILIATED ENTITIES.
d. Third Party Advertisers. We may use third-party advertising
companies to serve ads when you visit our Site. Please note that these
companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address
or telephone number) about your visit to this Site in order to provide
advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. In the
course of serving advertisements to this Site, these companies may place or
recognize a unique cookie on your browser.
e. Security. We use reasonable organizational,
technical and administrative measures to protect PII under our control.
Security measures and tools, such as firewalls, are in place to help protect
against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, although we strive to protect
your PII, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you
transmit to us through or in connection with the Site or that is stored by us.
We also seek to strike a balance between the security of your data and your
convenience. We do this because we believe that our customers attach value to
both. As a result, we will often use a method of communication that is less
secure than other, less convenient alternatives. For example, certain data you
send us, including PII, may be sent to us in unencrypted form. You acknowledge
and agree that any information you transmit through the Site is so transmitted
at your own risk. If you are concerned that your PII may be transmitted over
the Internet in unencrypted form, please do not provide us with any PII. If you have reason to believe
that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel
that the security of any account you might have with us has been compromised),
you must immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us in accordance
with Section 3.f ("Contacting
Us,") below (note that if you choose to notify us via physical
mail, this will delay the time it takes for us to respond to the problem).
f. Opt-Out. If you would prefer not to receive
marketing-related e-mail messages from Company or any particular Affiliated
Entity, you may opt-out of receiving such messages by following the
"unsubscribe" instructions in the latest such message you have
received from Company or such Affiliated Entity, respectively. Please note that
following such "unsubscribe" instructions will opt you out of
receiving marketing-related e-mail messages from the sender of the particular
message from which you initiated the opt-out process, but will not opt you out
of receiving such messages from other senders (including, as applicable,
Company, Artist(s) or other Affiliated Entities). Additionally, if you would
like to opt-out of receiving marketing-related e-mail messages from Artist(s)
or other third parties with whom we have shared your PII hereunder, please
utilize any opt-out mechanisms set forth in such third parties' or Artist(s)
marketing-related e-mail messages and/or privacy policies, if any.
g. Contacting Us. If you have any questions regarding this
Policy, please contact us by e-mail at privacypolicy@metaledgecorp.com
[ privacypolicy@metaledgecorp.com ], or please write to the following address:
Metaledge Entertainment Group LLC
14693 FM 59
Athens, TX 75751-5517
Attn: Privacy Coordinator
Please note that e-mail communications will not necessarily be secure;
accordingly you should not include credit card information or other sensitive
information in your e-mail correspondence with us.