Privacy Policy
For purposes of this document "company" is defined as "MPR Entertainment."
MPR Entertainment Privacy Policy:
Company
is committed to respecting your privacy. please read the following
privacy policy to understand how your personal information will be
treated if it is collected through this Web site (the “Site”)
by Company. except as explicitly provided herein, this Privacy Policy
does not apply to the practices of companies that Company does not own
or control, or to people that Company does not employ or manage. this
Privacy Policy may change from time to time so please check back
periodically. the current version of this Privacy Policy is dated
February 11, 2008.
Any
dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of
Service. Please note that the use of information that we gather is
subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of use. you should
check this Site frequently to see recent changes in this Site’s Privacy Policy and its Terms of Service.
1. What personal information is collected from me?
The
types of personal information collected on these pages may include, but
are not limited to, your name, email address, standard contact
information including addresses and phone numbers, transactional
information, and financial information such as credit card or bank
account numbers. you also may provide additional information to us when
you conduct a search on this Site, place an order for merchandise,
complete a questionnaire or an entry form for sweepstakes or contests,
and participate in forums and chat rooms or other community features. we
may also ask you to voluntarily provide us with information regarding,
for example, your personal or professional interests, demographics,
experiences with the services we provide and contact preferences.
wherever Company collects personal information, we make an effort to
include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page.
Company may gather and collect any of the following: (1) IP addresses (the Internet address of a computer) to track a user’s
session while the user remains anonymous, (2) computer and connection
information such as browser type and version, operating system, and
platform, (3) purchase history, (4) the full Uniform Resource Locator
(URL) clickstream to, through, and from this Site, including date and
time, (5) cookie number, and (6) Web pages and/or products you viewed or
searched for. company analyzes this data for certain trends in
statistics, such as which parts of this Site users visit and how long
they spend there. in general, we do not link your IP addresses to
anything personally identifiable to you. during some visits Company may
use software tools such as JavaScript to measure and collect session
information, including page response times, download errors, page
interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs),
and methods used to browse away from the page.
Company gathers and stores certain types of information whenever you use this Site or the services made available hereon (the “Services”).
for example, like many Web sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain
certain types of information when your Web browser accesses this Site.
various third party companies offer utilities that are designed to allow
or help you visit and use Web sites anonymously; please note, however,
that Company may not be able to provide you with a personalized
experience on this Site if you choose to utilize any such utilities.
2. What are cookies and how are they used by Company?
Company
may place Internet cookies on your hard drive. internet cookies are
small files that may be placed on your hard disk for record-keeping
purposes. cookies are used to (a) remind us of who you are in order to
deliver you better service, (b) estimate our audience size by
determining repeat usage of the Web site to help target advertisements
based on user interests and behavior, (c) track your progress and
entries in promotions, sweepstakes and contests, if any, and (d) measure
certain traffic patterns for use as a research tool to understand how
our users’ habits are similar
or different from one another. you can set your browser to notify you
when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or
not to accept it. by not accepting cookies, some Web pages of this Site
may not display properly or you may not be permitted to access certain
information.
3. Does Company use Web beacons, and, if so, how?
Company
may employ Web beacons (also called single-pixel gifs), which are
customized links or similar technologies, when sending you newsletters
or promotional emails. web beacons allow Company to (a) determine
whether you have opened, or acted upon, a promotional email and which
links you have clicked on in order to deliver to you more focused email
communications and other information, (b) allow Company to count the
number of users who have visited certain Web pages and effectively
deliver co-branded services, and (c) enable Company to compile
aggregated statistics and determine the efficacy of promotions by using
Web beacons from third parties, without allowing such third parties to
use Web beacons on this Site to collect or access your personal
information.
We
may allow third-parties, including our authorized service providers,
IAC companies, advertising companies, and ad networks, to display
advertisements or provide applications and services on our site. These
companies may use tracking technologies, such as cookies or web beacons,
to collect information about users who view or interact with their
advertisements or use their applications and services. Our website does
not provide any personal information to these third parties. This
information allows them to deliver targeted advertisements and
personalized online experiences and gauge their effectiveness. Some of
the third-party advertising companies may be advertising networks that
are members of the Network Advertising Initiative, which offers a single
location to opt out of ad targeting from member companies
(www.networkadvertising.org).
4. How is my information used?
Company
will not sell, rent or lease your personally identifiable information
to others without your consent, except as provided in this Privacy
Policy. in general, the information you provide will be used to support
your customer relationship with Company.
We
want to help you quickly find information regarding the Services on
this Site and alert you to specific offers, updated information, and
other new products and Services that are available. accordingly, we may
send you direct mailings or contact you by telephone about our various
products and Services or other products and services we feel may be of
interest to you. if you do not want to receive such mailings, simply “opt-out” by the means provided for (if any) in the mailings.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company does research on our users’
demographics, interests and behavior based on the information provided
to us during your use of this Site. this research is compiled and
analyzed on an aggregated basis. aggregated data does not include
personally identifiable information. company may share this aggregated
data with others. company also may combine your information with
information we collect or receive from other companies and sources (such
as demographic data) to improve and personalize our services.
5. What does “opt-out” mean?
To “opt-out”
means that you have notified Company that we no longer have permission
to use your information for a particular purpose. for example, when we
send you information on a new product, you will be given the opportunity
to “opt-out” of receiving such information in the future.
6. Who is collecting my information?
Information
is collected on the Site by or on behalf of Company. if data is being
collected and/or maintained by any company other than Company or an
agent for Company, you will be notified prior to the time of the data
collection or transfer. if you do not want your data to be shared, you
can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular
Service or purchasing those particular goods.
Please
be aware that advertisers that may have links on this Site may collect
personal information about you through the use of cookies, JavaScript,
Web beacons, and other technologies. company does not have any control
over or access to such technologies that may be used by these
advertisers, and the information practices of those Web sites linked to
this Site either through advertisements or other hyperlinks are not
covered by this Privacy Policy. company does not, however, provide any
personally identifiable information about you to these advertisers.
7. With whom does Company share my information?
Company
may share the personal data you provide or the information gathered by
Company to any party with your consent or, in any event, to Company
subsidiaries, agents, contractors and our business partners. company
also may share information with the following groups: (a) affiliated
business which Company does not control but with which it engages in
joint and co-branded offerings, (b) third party service providers in
order to facilitate the performance of only those functions which are
assigned to them, such as website operation and maintenance, order
fulfillment, data analysis, marketing assistance, provision of search
results and links, credit card payment processing, and customer service,
and (c) entities with which Company may merge or which may acquire all
or substantially all of Company’s assets, as customer information likely will be one of the transferred assets.
In
addition, Company believes it is necessary to share information in
order to (x) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal
activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to
the physical safety of any person, and violations of the Terms of
Service, (y) respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, and
(z) establish or exercise our legal rights, or defend against legal
claims, and as otherwise required by law. except as provided above or in
the event of a merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially
all of Company’s assets, we will not share any of your information with any third party without your permission.
8. how do I access, update or delete my information?
You
can request the individual information that Company has collected about
you, correct factual inaccuracies in your information, remove personal
information from Company’s databases and/or update your personal information here.
9. What else should I know about my privacy?
Third
party Internet Web sites and services accessible through this Site have
separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of us.
company has no responsibility or liability for these independent
policies or actions. please be careful and responsible online. if you
post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you
may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. while we
strive to protect your information, Company cannot ensure or warrant the
security of any information through the transmission process, and any
transmission by you of information is done at your own risk.
10. Children.
The
Site is not intended for use by children. We will not knowingly collect
any personal information submitted by visitors to the Site who are
under the age of 13.
11. Security.
Company
uses its best efforts to protect your personal information and, to that
end, uses tools such as encryption, passwords, and physical security to
protect your personal information against unauthorized access and
disclosure. however, no website can be absolutely secure, and third
parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private
communications, and other users may abuse or misuse your personal
information that they collect from this Site. therefore, although
Company works very hard to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and
you should not expect, that your personal information or private
communications will always remain absolutely private.
12. Other legal notices.
Any
dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of
Service, including limitations on damages and application of the law of
the State Tennessee.
13. Contact us
If you have any concern about your privacy in connection with this policy, please send a thorough description to contact@mprentertainment.com, and we will try to resolve it.