Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Last Updated: Jan 25, 2009 Introduction This Policy will address how Music For Busy People (referring to Music For Busy People and all its services and products; also refers to 'us,' 'we,' and 'Company' in this Policy, as to which this document is henceforth referred) uses and stores the data gathered when you (the 'User') register for and use its Services. The Policy does not apply to or bind third parties that Music For Busy People does not control or to individuals that have special permission from Music For Busy People to break it. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact Dan Englander at dan@musicforbusypeople.com. We limit the collection and use of personal information Collecting personal information allows Music For Busy People to offer a more customized, secure, and efficient service to users. To that end, we only collect personal information that is relevant to the purposes of Music For Busy People. We collect the following information from our users: * Registration information (first and last name, password, email address, year of birth, gender) * All other user-generated content entered in the normal course of using the Services, including but not limited to forum posts, profiles, comments, suggestions, forwarded messages, etc. * Feedback information * Passive information * Traffic data Your Music For Busy People account Music For Busy People may use the information listed above to: enforce our Terms of Service, customize and improve Music For Busy People's software and website, provide customer service, resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems, inform users of targeted marketing, service updates and promotional offers unless you opt out and verify your identity. You can opt out of these messages by clicking to unsubscribe at the bottom of your emails received from Music For Busy People. Your data may be shared with other users if you choose to allow it if and only if you choose to share it. Registration is required if you want to use many of the services of Music For Busy People. As part of this registration, Music For Busy People will require that you submit certain information, such as your e-mail address. Any and all information submitted to Music For Busy People as feedback may be gathered and processed by Music For Busy People to improve its software and website. Music For Busy People may use anonymous information gathered through feedback for marketing purposes. Music For Busy People will not use feedback information that identifies you specifically without your permission. In certain cases, we gather and store certain types of information when you use Music For Busy People products or services. Music For Busy People records traffic data from your browser, including your IP address, cookie information, and the pages you are visiting within the site. Traffic data is helpful in identifying and fixing problems with the site. Programs are available that can help you visit websites anonymously, but using such a program may make Music For Busy People unable to provide a personalized experience for you when you use its services. Music For Busy People uses cookies to enable the site to recognize your browser and relay traffic data back to our servers. Music For Busy People cookies do not collect personal information, and information from cookies is not combined with other personal information to identify specific users' browsing frequency or actions. You are strongly encouraged to keep your cookie settings enabled, because they allow you to fully experience many of Music For Busy People's features. Some of Music For Busy People partners, especially site analyzers, use cookies on our website, but we do not use, access or control those cookies or their uses. The information users provide to Music For Busy People is integral to the functioning of the website. We will not rent or sell your personal information to anyone. We share such data only in certain circumstances, as listed below: * Music For Busy People employees, consultants and contracted workers may use or come into contact with user information during the course of their normal working duties for Music For Busy People. * Music For Busy People will release personal user information if it is required under the law or the Terms of Service, or is otherwise necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of Music For Busy People, its employees, users or others. We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our site. * If Music For Busy People ever tries to share your personal information except as set forth above, it will contact you and you may prevent Music For Busy People from sharing this data by opting out. How your information is secured Your personal data on Music For Busy People is protected by an email address and password login. You are responsible for keeping your user name and password secret, and should be careful to log out of your account after you have finished any given session, especially if you are using a public computer. Only employees that need to access personal information (such as customer service representatives) will have access to personal information. Music For Busy People keeps all employees informed and reminded of privacy and security practices. Your choices about your privacy You may always opt not to disclose certain personal information, but that may mean that you will not be able to access certain services. For example, your name and e-mail address are necessary to complete the registration process. You will receive an automatic welcome e-mail necessary to complete your registration process. You may also receive strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions, for example, if our service is temporarily suspended. If you do not wish to receive these announcements, you have the option of deactivating your account by clicking to unsubscribe at the bottom of any Music For Busy People email. If you choose to use our feature that allows you to invite your email contacts, we will ask you for your contacts' e-mail address. We will automatically send your contact emails inviting him or her to visit the site and register with a unique registration code. Your contact may request that we remove this information from our database by unsubscribing from the email via an unsubscribe link at the bottom of the invitation. Music For Busy People does not post any user information along with testimonials unless we have been given permission to do so by the user. We get in touch with our users to verify that they are aware of their personally identifiable information being posted on our public site before anything is posted. The user may submit or revoke a testimonial by contacting us at max@musicforbusypeople.com. If you have a complaint about Music For Busy People's privacy policy, please send it via email to dan@musicforbusypeople.com or mail it to 614 W. Main Street, #104, Durham, NC 27701. If required, you will receive a response to your message as soon as possible. Changes to this Privacy Policy Music For Busy People may amend or change this Policy at its sole discretion at any time. The use of the information we collect at any given point is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of collection. You should periodically check the Privacy Policy to make sure you understand the current policy. Music For Busy People will notify you through e-mail contact or a prominent notice on the site before we implement any material changes regarding our privacy practices.