Buzztone Privacy Statement
(last updated: August 24,
2005)
Buzztone is committed to protecting your
privacy. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of The
Contender Sweepstakes page (the "page") hosted by Buzztone; it does
not apply to other online or offline Buzztone sites, products or services. By
accessing the Page, you are consenting to the information collection and use
practices described in this privacy statement.
Collecting Your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally
identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you to provide a
service or carry out a transaction that you have requested such as entering a
contest, ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access premium site, or
signing up for an event.
The Page may collect certain anonymous
information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider
and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet;
the date and time you access the page; the pages that you access while at the
page and the Internet address of the Web page from which you linked directly to
our page. This information is used to help improve the Page, analyze trends, and
administer the Page.
Use of Your Personal Information
The personal information collected on this Page
will be used to operate the Page and to provide the service(s) or carry out the
transaction(s) you have requested or authorized.
In support of these uses, Buzztone may use
personal information to provide you with more effective customer service, to
improve the page and any related Buzztone products or services, and to make the
page easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same
information or by customizing the page to your particular preference or
interests.
We may use your personal information to provide
you with important information about the product or service that you are using,
including critical updates and notifications. Additionally, with your
permission, we may send you information about other Buzztone products and
services, and/or share information with Buzztone partners so they may send you
information about their products and services.
Buzztone occasionally hires other companies to
provide limited services on our behalf, such as Web page hosting, packaging,
mailing and delivering prizes, answering customer questions about products and
services, and sending information about our products, special offers, and other
new services. We will only provide those companies the personal information
they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the
confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using that
information for any other purpose.
Buzztone may disclose personal information if
required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is
necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process
served on Buzztone or the Page; (b) protect and defend the rights or property
of Buzztone and our family of Web sites; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to
protect the personal safety of Buzztone employees or agents, users of Buzztone
products or services, or members of the public.
Personal information collected on the Page may
be stored and processed in the
Control of Your Personal Information
Except as otherwise described in this statement,
personal information you provide on the Page will not be shared outside of
Buzztone and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your
permission.
Please be aware that this privacy statement and
any choices you make on the Page will not necessarily apply to personal
information you may have provided to Buzztone in the context of other,
separately operated, Buzztone products or services.
Security of Your Personal Information
Buzztone is committed to protecting the security
of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and
procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access,
use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide
on computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled
facilities. Additionally, when we transmit sensitive personal information over
the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure
Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Cookies
We use cookies on this Page to ensure the
integrity of the registration process and to personalize the Page. A cookie is
a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server.
Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web server in
the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to
provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize
a web page, or navigate within a page, a cookie helps the page to recall your
specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of
delivering relevant content, eases page navigation, and so on. When you return
to the web page, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so
you can easily use the page's features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline
cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually
modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to
decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive
features of this or other web pages you visit.
Changes to This Privacy Statement.
We may occasionally update this privacy
statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at
the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy
statement, we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home
page of our web page or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage
you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we
are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use
of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any
updates.