AudioBank, Privacy Policy
Welcome to AudioBank. This Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into the AudioBank Terms of Service (the “Terms”). The terms “AudioBank”, “we”, “us” and/or “our” refer to AudioBank. We respect your privacy. Our Privacy Policy applies to information processed by AudioBank in connection with providing the AudioBank Service, which includes our websites (“Sites”), including AudioBank.fm. This Privacy Policy explains our information practices, the information we collect through the AudioBank Service, how we use and share this information, and how you can opt out of such use or correct or modify such information. information. This Privacy Policy is intended to meet global requirements, including those of North America, Europe, APAC and other jurisdictions.The AudioBank Service contains links to other websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of other companies or individuals that AudioBank does not control, or to websites that you access from the AudioBank Service. AudioBank does not endorse or make any representations regarding third party websites or social media platforms. You should exercise caution, and we encourage you to review the privacy policies of any websites you visit from ours to learn about their information practices. Visiting these other websites or applications is at your own risk.
Please take a moment to read this privacy policy. By using the AudioBank Service, you accept the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and are aware that our policies may change in the future as noted below.
1. Information collected and received from you and how we use it
The types of information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“Personally Identifiable Information”) that we may collect (directly from you or from third-party sources) and our privacy practices depend on the nature of the relationship that you have. you interact with AudioBank and the requirements of applicable law. Some of the ways that AudioBank may collect personally identifiable information include:You may provide personally identifiable information directly to AudioBank by interacting with the AudioBank Service and requesting the AudioBank Service or information. When you browse the AudioBank Service, certain passive information may also be collected about your visit, including through cookies and similar technologies described below. We endeavor to collect only information that is relevant for the purposes of processing. Below is how we collect personally identifiable information and how we use it.
A. Information collected by AudioBank
Information you provide directly to us. At various points in the AudioBank Service, we collect personally identifiable information directly from you, such as your name, email address, and other information that can be used to contact or identify you. For example, we collect this information when you register for your AudioBank account with your email address or with a social media account login mechanism, such as Google+ or Facebook for example. From time to time in the future, we may offer additional features, services and promotional opportunities that would require you to submit personally identifiable information to participate. Automatic data collection. We also collect certain information automatically through the AudioBank service or other web analytics methods such as your IP address, mobile carrier, mobile advertising identifiers, MAC address, login ID, etc. the advertiser, the type of browser and device you use and other device identifiers that are automatically assigned to your computer or device when you access the Internet, geolocation information, type of hardware, the operating system, the Internet service provider, the sections of the AudioBank service that you visited, the date and time of your visit, the duration you spend on each page, information about advertisements and other links clicked by you and other actions taken through the use of the AudioBank Service such as preferences. Information from other sources. In addition to the above, we may receive information about you from other sources, including through third party services and organizations, to supplement the information you have provided. For example, if you access the AudioBank Service through a third-party application, such as the Apple App Store, the Google Play App Store and/or the Apple App Store, Amazon (with all similar applications, the “App Stores”), an App Store or a social network. Service (“SNS”), we may collect information about you from this third-party application that you have made public through your privacy settings. The information we collect through App Stores or SNS Accounts may include your name, SNS user ID number, SNS username, location, gender, date of birth, your email address, your profile photo and your SNS contacts.This additional information allows us to verify the information you have provided to AudioBank and to improve our ability to provide you with information about our business, products and services.B.How AudioBank uses your information
We acquire, hold, use and process personally identifiable information about individuals for a variety of business purposes, including:To provide our products, services or requested information. AudioBank may use information about you to respond to requests for AudioBank service or information, including information about our potential or future products and services, including to: Generally manage individual information and accounts; Provide you with notifications regarding your account; Respond to questions, comments and other requests; Provide access to certain areas, functionalities and features of the AudioBank service; Contact you to respond to customer support or technical support requests. Administrative purposes. AudioBank may use personal information about you for administrative purposes, including to: Measure interest in the AudioBank service; Develop new products and the AudioBank service; Ensure internal quality control; Communicate about individual accounts and activities on the AudioBank Service and systems and, in AudioBank's discretion, changes to any AudioBank policies; Send an email to the email address you provide to us to verify your account and for informational and operational purposes, such as account management, customer service, or system maintenance; Process requests and transactions; Prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities; Apply our terms of use. Marketing of the AudioBank service. AudioBank may use personally identifiable information to provide you with materials about AudioBank offerings, products and service that may be of interest to you, including new content or the AudioBank service via the email address you provide. These uses include: To adapt and personalize content, advertisements and offers; To inform you of offers, products and services that may be of interest to you; To provide you with the AudioBank service; For other purposes disclosed at the time you provide personally identifiable information; Or Otherwise with your agreement. You may contact us at any time to opt-out of the use of your personally identifiable information for marketing purposes, as further described in Section 3 (Opt-out (right to object to processing)) below. below.
Research and development. AudioBank may use personally identifiable information to create non-identifiable information that we may use alone or in combination with information obtained from other sources, to help us optimally provide our existing products and the AudioBank Service or to develop new products and the AudioBank service. Service. From time to time, AudioBank may conduct research (online and offline) via surveys. We may engage third party service providers to conduct such surveys on our behalf. All survey responses are voluntary and the information collected will be used for research and reporting purposes to help us better serve you by learning more about your needs and the quality of the products and services we offer. Survey responses may be used to determine the effectiveness of the AudioBank service, various types of communications, advertising campaigns and/or promotional activities. If an individual participates in a survey, the information provided will be used along with that of other study participants. We may share anonymous individual and aggregate data for research and analysis purposes. Third-party marketing. Individuals who provide us with personally identifiable information, or from whom we obtain personally identifiable information from third parties, may receive periodic emails, newsletters, mailings or telephone calls from us containing product information and services from AudioBank or our business partners or upcoming special offers. /events that we think may be of interest to you. We offer you the opportunity to opt-out of these communications at no cost to you by following the instructions in Section 3 (Opt-Out (Right to Object to Processing)) below. Services via mobile devices (Simple Radio). AudioBank provides an application for the AudioBank service, Simple Radio, specifically designed to be compatible and used on mobile devices. AudioBank will collect certain information that your mobile device sends when you use Simple Radio, such as a device identifier, user settings, location information, mobile carrier and operating system of your device. Information about Simple Radio usage may be associated with your account. AudioBank may use personal or non-identifiable information transmitted to AudioBank to improve Simple Radio, for quality improvement and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or other notices provided by AudioBank. Use of anonymous and aggregated information.AudioBank may use personally identifiable information and other information about you to create de-identified and aggregated information, such as de-identified demographic information, de-identified location information, computer or data information. device from which you access the AudioBank service, or other analyzes we have performed. create. De-identified and aggregated information is used for various functions, including measuring visitor interest and usage of various parts or features of the AudioBank Service. De-identified or aggregated information does not constitute personally identifiable information, and AudioBank may use this information in a number of ways, including for research, internal analysis, analytics and any other legally permitted purposes. We may share this information within AudioBank and with third parties for our own purposes in an anonymized or aggregated form designed to prevent anyone from identifying you. Other uses. AudioBank may use personally identifiable information in which we have a legitimate interest, such as direct marketing, individual or market research, anti-fraud protection or any other purpose disclosed to you at the time you provide personally identifiable information or with your consent.
C. Cookies, Pixel Tags/Web Beacons, Analytics and Internet Advertising
We, as well as third parties that provide content, advertising or other functionality on the AudioBank Service, may use cookies, pixel tags, local storage and other technologies (“Technologies”) to automatically collect information through the AudioBank Service. We use technologies that are essentially small data files placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone or other devices (collectively referred to as a "device") that allow us to record certain information each time you visit or interact with our sites and the AudioBank service, applications and tools, and to recognize you across devices.Cookies. Cookies are small text files placed in visitors' computer browsers to store their preferences. Most browsers allow you to block and delete cookies. However, if you do this, the Sites may not function properly. Pixel tags/web beacons. A pixel tag (also known as a web beacon) is a piece of code embedded in sites that collects information about user engagement on that web page. The use of a pixel allows us to record, for example, that a user has visited a particular web page or clicked on a particular advertisement. Social Media Widgets: Our Sites include social media features such as the Facebook “Like” button. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. These social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Sites. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them. Analytic. We may also use Google Analytics to collect information regarding visitor behavior and visitor demographics on certain AudioBank services, and to develop website content. This analytical data is not linked to any personally identifiable information. For more information about Google Analytics, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can object to Google's collection and processing of data generated by your use of the AudioBank service by visiting http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Our uses of these technologies fall into the following general categories:
Operationally necessary. We may use cookies, web beacons or other similar technologies necessary for the AudioBank Service to function. This includes technologies that allow us to identify your computer so that you do not have to re-register each time you visit, that allow you to access the AudioBank service; which are necessary to identify irregular site behavior, prevent fraudulent activity and improve security; or that allows you to use our features such as saved searches, or similar features; Performance related. We may use cookies, web beacons or other similar technologies to evaluate the performance of the AudioBank Service, including as part of our analytics practices to help us measure traffic to our Sites and understand how our visitors use the AudioBank Service, to determine whether you have viewed an article or link, or to improve our content, the AudioBank Service or our tools; Related functionality. We may use cookies, web beacons or other similar technologies that allow us to provide you with enhanced functionality when accessing or using the AudioBank Service. This may include identifying you when you log into our sites or tracking your preferences, interests or past items viewed so that we can improve the presentation of content on the AudioBank Service; Regarding advertising or targeting. We may use first-party or third-party cookies and web beacons to serve content, including advertisements relevant to your interests, on our sites or on third-party sites. This includes using technologies to understand the usefulness to you of advertisements and content served to you, for example whether you clicked on an advertisement. In particular, Google's use of the DoubleClick DART cookie allows it and its partners to serve you advertisements based on your visit to our sites and/or other websites on the Internet . AudioBank does not control these cookies or how they are used. AudioBank may receive information collected by these third parties and use it to supplement the information you have provided. If you would like to opt out of the technologies we use on the AudioBank Service, you can do so by blocking, deleting or disabling them as your browser or device permits.
D. Third Party Websites and Social Media Platforms
The AudioBank Service may include publicly accessible blogs, community forums, or private messaging features. The AudioBank Service may also contain links and interactive features with various social media platforms (e.g. widgets). If you already use these platforms, their cookies may be installed on your device when using AudioBank. You should be aware that personally identifiable information that you voluntarily include and transmit online in a blog, chat room, social media platform or otherwise publicly accessible online, or that you share in an open forum, may be accessed and used by others without any restrictions. We are not able to control such uses of your information when you interact with a social media platform, and by using such services you assume the risk that the personally identifiable information you provide may be viewed and used by third parties. for many purposes.E. Third Party Payment Processing
When you make purchases through the AudioBank service, we process your payments through a third-party application, including the App Stores. The Third Party Application may collect certain financial information from you to process a payment on behalf of AudioBank, including your name, email address, address and other billing information.2. Onward transfer – AudioBank may disclose your information
A. Information We Share with Third Parties We may share your information as described in this Privacy Policy (for example, with our third party service providers; to comply with legal obligations; to protect and defend our rights and property) or with your permission.We use suppliers and service providers. We may share any information we receive with suppliers and service providers. The types of service providers (processors) to whom we entrust personally identifiable information include service providers for: (i) the provision of IT and related services; (ii) providing you with the information and services you have requested; (iii) payment processing; (iv) customer service activities; and (v) in connection with the provision of the AudioBank Service and/or its content or associated services that you have requested. For example, we may in the future license music from third parties and may wish to share music-specific traffic and usage information with them (but not your email address). email or your identity). Business partners. AudioBank may share personally identifiable information with our business partners and affiliates for our and our affiliates' internal business purposes or to provide you with a product or service that you have requested. AudioBank may also provide personally identifiable information to business partners with whom we may jointly offer products or services, or whose products or services we believe may be of interest to you. In such cases, the name of our business partner will appear, as well as AudioBank. We require that our affiliates and business partners agree in writing to maintain the confidentiality and security of the personally identifiable information they maintain on our behalf and not to use it for any purpose other than those for which AudioBank provided it. . Display to other users. Content that you post to the AudioBank Service may be displayed on the AudioBank Service. Other users of the AudioBank service may see certain information about you, such as your name, if you submit a review. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other users who view and use the posted information. Marketing – Interest-based advertising and third-party marketing. Through our AudioBank service, AudioBank may allow third-party advertising partners to set tracking tools (e.g., cookies) to collect information about your activities (e.g., your IP address, page(s) visited, 39;time of day). We may also share information we have collected with third party advertising partners.These advertising partners may use this information (and similar information collected on other websites) in order to provide targeted advertisements to you when you visit non-AudioBank websites within their networks. This practice is commonly referred to as “interest-based advertising” or “online behavioral advertising.” We may permit access to other data collected by the AudioBank Service to facilitate the transmission of information that may be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise interesting to you. If you prefer that we not share your personally identifiable information with third-party advertising partners, you can opt-out of this sharing at no cost by following the instructions in Section 3 (Opt-Out (Right to Object to Processing)) below. Disclosures to protect us or others (for example, as required by law and similar disclosures). We may access, preserve and disclose your personally identifiable information, other account information and content if we believe doing so is necessary or appropriate to: (i) comply with law enforcement requests or national security and legal process, such as a court order. or a subpoena; (ii) respond to your requests; (iii) protect your rights, property or safety, ours or others; (iv) to enforce AudioBank’s policies or agreements; (v) to collect amounts owed to AudioBank; (vi) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation or prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity; or (vii) if we believe, in good faith, that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable. Additionally, from time to time, server logs may be examined for security purposes, such as to detect unauthorized activity on the AudioBank Service. In such cases, server log data containing IP addresses may be shared with law enforcement agencies so that they can identify users as part of their investigation into activities. unauthorized. Merger, sale or other transfers of assets. If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets or transition of service to another provider , your information may then be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction, as permitted by law and/or contract. In such a case,AudioBank will endeavor to direct the transferee to use the personally identifiable information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such personally identifiable information was collected. 39; other transfers of assets. If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets or transition of service to another provider , your information may then be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction, as permitted by law and/or contract. In such event, AudioBank will endeavor to direct the transferee to use the personally identifiable information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such personally identifiable information was obtained. collected.or other transfers of assets. If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets or transition of service to another provider , your information may then be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction, as permitted by law and/or contract. In such event, AudioBank will endeavor to direct the transferee to use the personally identifiable information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such personally identifiable information was obtained. collected.your information may then be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction, as permitted by law and/or contract. In such event, AudioBank will endeavor to direct the transferee to use the personally identifiable information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such personally identifiable information was obtained. collected.your information may then be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction, as permitted by law and/or contract. In such event, AudioBank will endeavor to direct the transferee to use the personally identifiable information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such personally identifiable information was obtained. collected.
B. International data transfers
You agree that any of your personal information collected through or by AudioBank may be transferred, processed and stored anywhere in the world, including, but not limited to, the United States, on our servers, on the servers of our affiliated companies or on the servers of our service providers. Your personally identifiable information may be accessible to law enforcement or other authorities pursuant to a legal request. By providing information to AudioBank, you explicitly consent to the storage of your personally identifiable information in these locations.3. Opt-Out (Right to object to processing)
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We offer you choices regarding the collection, use and sharing of your personally identifiable information and we will respect the choices you make. You have the right to object and opt-out of certain uses and disclosures of your personally identifiable information. Where you have consented to AudioBank's processing of your personal information, you may withdraw that consent at any time and object to any further processing by contacting us at contact@AudioBank.fm.Please note that if you choose not to provide us with the personal information we request, you may not be able to access all of the features of the AudioBank Service. Even if you opt out, we may still collect and use non-personal information about your activities on our sites and/or information from advertisements on third party websites for advertising purposes not based on your interests, for example to determine the effectiveness of advertisements.
B. Email Communications
We may periodically send you emails directly promoting the AudioBank Service. When you receive such promotional communications from us, you will be given the opportunity to “unsubscribe” (by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the email you receive). We need to send you certain communications regarding the AudioBank Service and you will not be able to opt-out of these communications – for example, communications regarding updates to our Terms of Service (located at AudioBank.fm/about/terms/ ) or this privacy policy. Policy.C. Cookies and interest-based advertising
As noted above, you can stop or restrict the placement of cookies on your computer or delete them from your browser by adjusting your web browser preferences. Please note that cookie-based opt-outs are not effective on mobile applications. However, on many mobile devices, app users can opt out of certain mobile ads through their device settings.The online advertising industry also offers websites where you can opt out of receiving targeted advertisements from our data partners and our other advertising partners that participate in self-regulatory programs. You can access it and learn more about targeted advertising, consumer choices and privacy at www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp, or http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ and www.aboutads.info /choices. /. You can also opt out of being included in Google Analytics here and you can opt out of the use of the DoubleClick DART cookie by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page.
To be clear, whether you use our opt-out or an online industry opt-out, these cookie-based opt-outs must be performed on each device and browser from which you wish to opt-out. For example, if you unsubscribed on your computer browser, this unsubscription will not be effective on your mobile device. You must opt out separately on each device. Advertisements on third party websites containing the AdChoices link and this link to this Privacy Policy may have been delivered to you based on anonymous, non-personally identifiable information collected by advertising partners over time and across sites Web. These advertisements provide a mechanism to opt-out of advertising partners using this information for interest-based advertising purposes.
D. Mobile Devices
AudioBank may occasionally send you push notifications through our mobile applications with notifications that may be of interest to you. You can opt out of receiving these types of communications at any time by changing the settings on your mobile device. AudioBank may also collect location-based information if you use our mobile applications. You can opt out of this collection by changing the settings on your mobile device.4.Response to Do Not Track Signals
Our sites do not have the ability to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from various web browsers.5.Rights of access, rectification, erasure and restriction
You can ask whether AudioBank processes personal information about you, request access to personal information and ask us to correct, amend or delete your personal information when it is inaccurate. Where permitted by applicable law, you may send an email to contact@AudioBank.fm or use one of the methods described in this Privacy Policy to request access, receive (port), request rectification or request erasure of personal data. Identifiable information held about you by AudioBank. Please include your full name, the email address associated with your account, and a detailed description of your data request. These requests will be handled in accordance with local laws. You can also access, edit and delete personally identifiable information associated with your account by accessing your profile settings at https://AudioBank.fm/profile/edit.Although AudioBank makes good faith efforts to provide individuals with access to their personally identifiable information, there may be circumstances in which AudioBank is unable to provide access, including including, but not limited to: where the information contains a legal privilege that would compromise the privacy or other legitimate rights of others, where the burden or expense of providing the information #39;access would be disproportionate to the risks to the privacy of the individual in the case in question or where it concerns a commercially exclusive right. If AudioBank determines that access should be restricted in a particular case, we will provide you with an explanation of why this decision was made and a point of contact for any further requests. To protect your privacy, AudioBank will take commercially reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access to or making changes to your personally identifiable information.
6. Data retention
We retain the personal information we receive as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use the AudioBank Service or as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, provide the AudioBank Service, resolve disputes, establish defenses legal. , conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws.7. The security of your information
We take reasonable administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect the information we collect from or about you (including your personally identifiable information) from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Please note, however, that no method of transmitting information over the Internet, or storing information, is completely secure. Consequently, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of any information. We assume no responsibility for any unintentional disclosure.By using the AudioBank Service or providing us with personally identifiable information, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of the AudioBank Service. If we become aware of a breach of a security system, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on the AudioBank Service or by sending you an email. You may have a legal right to receive this notice in writing.
8. International Users
When using the AudioBank Service, AudioBank will transfer data to the United States. By choosing to visit the Sites, use the AudioBank Service or otherwise provide information to us, you agree that any dispute regarding privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Policy will be governed by the laws of the State of California and the resolution of any dispute. arising from AudioBank or the AudioBank service will comply with the Terms.If you are from the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use, please note that you consent to the transfer of your information to the United States and processing of your data worldwide. By providing your personally identifiable information, you consent to any transfer and processing in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
9.Our policy towards children
The AudioBank Service is not intended for children under 13 (and in some jurisdictions under 16) and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years old (and in some jurisdictions under 16 years old). If we learn that we have collected personally identifiable information from a child under 13 (and in some jurisdictions under 16), we will take steps to delete that information from our files as soon as possible.10. Revisions to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as our Services change and develop. If we update this Privacy Policy, we will notify you of material changes by sending a notification to the email address specified in your account or by posting the updated Privacy Policy on the AudioBank.fm website, and we will update the date above to indicate when these changes take effect. Unless otherwise provided, revised terms will be effective on the date they are posted. Once these changes become effective, your continued use of the AudioBank service will signify your acceptance of the new privacy policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or any revised Privacy Policy, you should immediately stop using the AudioBank Service.11. Miscellaneous provisions
Finally, the English version of this Privacy Policy is the version that governs your use of the AudioBank Service and in the event of a conflict between the English version and a translated version, the English version will control.If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, or how to file a complaint with the relevant authority, please contact us at contact@AudioBank.fm.