ACCENTIENT.COM WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
Accentient, Inc., the owner and operator of the website located at www.accentient.com
(“Accentient.com”), recognizes that its customers, visitors, users, and others (collectively
or individually "Users") who use Accentient.com or other web sites owned or operated
by Accentient value their privacy. This Privacy Policy details important information
regarding the use and disclosure of User information collected on the Accentient.com
websites. Accentient provides this Privacy Policy to help you make an informed decision
about whether to use or continue using the Accentient.com websites.
Your use of the Accentient.com websites and any personal information you provide
on the Accentient.com websites remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Please note that any video, image, music clip or track or other content posted at
the direction of you, the User, onto the Accentient.com websites becomes published
content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this
Privacy Policy.
What Accentient Collects
Accentient may collect personally identifiable information (such as your name, email
address, gender, occupation, age, etc.) if Users choose to participate in various
activities on the Accentient.com websites, such as uploading videos, posting messages
in our forums or in the video comments section, entering contests or sweepstakes,
taking advantage of promotions, responding to surveys, or subscribing to newsletters or other mailing lists.
Accentient collects User-submitted account information such as name and email address
to identify you and send notifications related to the use of the Accentient.com
websites. When you visit the Accentient.com websites, we may send one or more cookies
- a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters - to your computer
that uniquely identifies your browser. Accentient uses both session cookies and
persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent
cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent
cookies can be removed by following your web browser help file directions. A session
cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your
web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However,
some features of the Accentient.com websites may not function properly if the ability
to accept cookies is disabled. Accentient automatically receives and records information
on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, Accentient cookie
information, the page you request and how long and often you watch one of our videos.
When you use the Accentient.com websites, our servers may automatically record certain
information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website. These server
logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP")
address, browser type, browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform
type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order
of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time
of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
How the Information is Used
If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the Accentient.com
websites, then we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide
to you the features and functionality of the Accentient.com websites. Accentient
uses information you provide for such purposes as customizing the advertising and
content you see, fulfilling your requests for products and services, improve our
services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal
and external clients. Accentient uses both your personally identifiable information
and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage
data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, click stream data, etc.) to improve the
quality and design of the Accentient.com websites and to create new features, promotions,
functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences
and trends. Any personal information, video or music content that you voluntarily
disclose online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, within your public
profile page, submit for distribution, etc.) becomes publicly available and can
be collected and used by others. Your account name (not your email address) is displayed
to other Users when you upload videos or send messages through the Accentient.com
websites and other Users can contact you through messages and comments.
Any videos, pictures, music, and information that you submit to the Accentient.com
websites may be redistributed through the Internet and other media channels, and
may be viewed by the general public. Accentient may use cookies, clear gifs, and
log file information to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter
it during your visit or the next time you visit the Accentient.com websites; (b)
provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness
of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of
visitors, pages viewed, etc.; (e) what shows you watch, what genre music you favor;
how often you are on the site; and (f) track your entries, submissions, and status
in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.
When Accentient Discloses Information
We provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information
to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other businesses or persons for the
purpose of processing such information on our behalf. We require that these parties
agree to process such information in compliance with our Privacy Policy, and we
use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use other appropriate
confidentiality and security measures. Accentient does not rent, sell, or share
personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except
to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission using
our opt in/out option. We provide the information to trusted partners who work on
behalf of or with Accentient under confidentiality agreements. These companies may
use your personal information to help Accentient communicate with you about offers
from Accentient and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have
any independent right to share this information. When Accentient is requested to
respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise
our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
When Accentient believes it is necessary to share information in order to investigate,
prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations
involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of
our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law. Accentient will transfer information
about you if we are acquired by or merge with another company.
Options
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through
the Accentient.com websites, in which case Accentient may not be able to provide
certain services to you. You can edit or unsubscribe your information, including
your marketing preferences, at any time. To protect your privacy and security, we
take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity
before granting you profile access or making corrections. You are responsible for
maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the Accentient
service, such as service announcements, administrative messages and the Accentient
news, that are considered part of your account, without offering you the opportunity
to opt-out of receiving them.
Please
contact Accentient with any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy,
your personal information, your consent, or your opt-in or opt-out choices.
Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites
Accentient allows third-party ad servers or ad networks to serve advertisements
within the Accentient.com websites. These third-party ad servers or ad networks
use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and links that
appear on the Accentient.com websites. They automatically receive your IP address
when this happens. Accentient does not provide any personally identifiable information
to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent or except as
part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in
or opt-out. Should you respond to an advertisement, the advertiser or ad-server
may conclude that you fit the description of the audience they are trying to reach.
The advertiser may also use information regarding your use of the Accentient.com
websites, such as the number of times you viewed an ad (but not any personally identifiable
information), to determine which ads to deliver to you.
Confidentiality
If Accentient learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify
you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. Accentient
may post a notice on the Accentient.com websites if a security breach occurs. We
limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably
need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services
to you or in order to do their jobs. We have physical, electronic, and procedural
safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information
about you.
International Users
Please be advised that through your continued use of the Accentient.com websites,
which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Policy, and our Terms of Use that you
are agreeing to the laws of this territory and by transferring your personal information
to the United States, you consent to that transfer.
Privacy for Children
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason,
Accentient does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information
or non-personally-identifiable information on the Accentient.com websites from persons
under 13 years of age, and no part of our website is directed to persons under 13.
If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access the Accentient.com
websites at any time or in any manner. If Accentient learns that personally identifiable
information of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on the Accentient.com
websites without verified parental consent, then Accentient will take the appropriate
steps to delete this information.