- Thank you for visiting a site which is part of the Noize Pollution web site network. This statement discloses the privacy practices for this Site and all websites owned and controlled by Noize Pollution, Inc. (hereinafter "NP")’
- We understand your need to maintain your privacy when using the Internet. To that end, we offer this statement to inform our users of how we define, gather and utilize personal information. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter this policy at any time. Such changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon the posting thereof. Please review this policy periodically. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes and/or modifications will constitute your acceptance of the revised privacy policy.
- We define personal information as information that includes a person’s full name, address, telephone number, date of birth and/or email address or any other information that is tied to individually identifiable information that would allow someone to identify or contact you, unless stated otherwise herein or on the Site. We can gather information on our users in two ways: (1) cookie technology or IP addresses; and (2) voluntary submissions.
- We utilize cookie technology or IP addresses to collect data regarding the number of visits a person has made to our site. This data is stored in aggregate form and is no way singled out in an individual file. This information allows us to know what pages/sites are of interest to our users and what pages/sites may be of less interest. Such information is utilized in revising the website to better meet our users needs and interests. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many major web sites use them to provide useful features for their customers. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of a web site if you do so.
- We also collect personally identifiable information from users through voluntary submission such as but not limited to email list subscriptions, contests forms, sweepstakes forms, volunteer forms, polls, fan forms, etc. We may also ask you questions about your interests or preferences. We use this information to personalize the site for you, to inform you about or offer you new features or services customized to your preferences, for marketing purposes, to contact you about your inquiries, or to notify you if you have won a prize or contest.
- We use good faith efforts to make it clear why the information is being collected and what it will be used for. In the event that this information is being shared with a third party affiliate, sponsor or advertiser, we will use good faith efforts to post a notice on the Site clearly stating that the information is being shared and/or give the user the opportunity to opt-in to authorize the sharing of such information.
- Unless specified otherwise on this Site, users must be 18 years or older before registering in any of our sweepstakes or contests. When sweepstakes or contest are open to users 13-17 years old, we will state it otherwise on the Site. If a sweepstakes or contest winner is under 18 years old, we will require a consent form signed by the winner’s parent or guardian in order to award the prize.
- We use industry-standard efforts to safeguard any personal information. However, we may be required to release personal information about you as a result of a law suit or subpoena or as immediately necessary to protect our rights and safety of others. Additionally, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.
- We may share your personally identifiable information with companies that help us operate the site, such as our hosting company and the company that ships our merchandise or prizes for delivery to you. We might also share it with prize providers of sweepstakes and contests. We may share your personal information with other companies that provide products or services we think will be of interest to you.
- In addition, you agree that NP may assign, sell, license, or otherwise transfer to a third party, your name, address, e-mail address, member name and any other personal information in connection with an assignment, sale, joint venture, or other transfer or disposition of a portion or all of the assets of NP or its affiliated entities.
- Some online activities necessarily lead to disclosure of your personally identifiable information to third parties, such as when you include your name and email address in an email to a third party or post a message on a message forum. Importantly, information you provide as part of your User Profile is not confidential, and is accessible by the public. Similarly, any information you provide in chat rooms, message boards, or other public forums is not confidential. For such activities, a separate warning may not be provided. Your choice to disclose personally identifiable information in these cases is voluntary.
- We are committed to protecting the safety and privacy of all our users, including those who are 13 or under. We do not collect or display personally identifiably information about users who are under the age of 13.
- We encourage users to be smart about choosing when, and to whom to release information online. You may choose not to submit your personal information and still have use of most of the services on the Site. In addition, if you have submitted your information but at a later time decide to "opt out" of being included in the NP databases you may do so. We will use good faith efforts to provide at various places where appropriate throughout the Site ways in which you can "opt out" of being included in the collection of your personal information for the aforementioned marketing efforts while submitting your information for a particular feature. In addition, you may "opt out" at any time by following the following instructions. We will allow users or their parents to opt out of the NP databases in the following manners: (1) To remove your name or your child’s name from the database of a specific sweepstakes or contest or other similar activity: Send an e-mail to
[email protected] with the following information in the body of the e-mail form: Name, Email address used to register, Name of the sweepstakes or contest or activity entered, Username (if applicable); (2) To remove your name or your child’s name from the NP databases entirely including, but not limited to, registration for all of NP’s websites: Send an e-email to [email protected] with the following information in the body of the e-mail form: Name, Email address used to register, Username (if applicable).