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About
TheConcertGoer.com
TheConcertGoer.com is an
online service that allows our members to set up unique personal profiles that
can be linked together through networks of friends. The Concert Goer members
can share, express, and review their concert experiences, view each others'
profiles, communicate with old friends and meet new friends on the service,
share photos, post journals and comments, and describe their interests. To
enrich our members' experience, we request and display some personal information
to other members and visitors, which allows our users to identify each other
and expand their network of friends. The Concert Goer members can change their
profile information at any time and can control how other members and the service
communicates with them.
TheConcertGoer.com cares deeply about online privacy If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@TheConcertGoer.com.
Information
Collection and Use by TheConcertGoer.com
TheConcertGoer.com collects user submitted information such as name, email
address, and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to
the TheConcertGoer.com service. TheConcertGoer.com also collects other profile
data including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education
and occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each
other.
TheConcertGoer.com
also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile
information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors
to the site This data is used to manage the website,
track usage and improve the website services. This non-personally-identifiable
information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services
and advertisements to members. User IP addresses are recorded for security
and monitoring purposes
User Profile information
including members' pictures and first names are displayed to people in order
to facilitate user interaction in the TheConcertGoer.com social networking
community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends
to join The Concert Goer, to add users to members' friends' networks, and
to send notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting
friends, adding friends, and notifications, a user's email address is not
shared or displayed to people within a user's personal network Users within
a personal network communicate on TheConcertGoer.com with each other through
the TheConcertGoer.com service, without disclosing their email addresses.
Users' full names are never directly revealed to other members. To facilitate
searching and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, TheConcertGoer.com
allows users to search for other members using first and last name, email
address, and schools and/or companies where users may have attended or worked.
We may also use a user's
email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service.
Users may choose not to receive email of this type by changing their "notification" setting
to "Do not send me notification emails" in the user "Account
Settings"
From time to time, TheConcertGoer.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on TheConcertGoer.com. Users may be asked to provide personal information including name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to participate. We may transfer personal information to certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested to receive information from. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the personal information and whose privacy statement will apply.
Invitations
and Other Communications to Non-members
The Concert Goer members can invite friends to join the service by sending
invitation emails via our automated invitation system. TheConcertGoer.com stores
the email addresses that members provide so that the respondents may be added
to the friend's list of the member sending the invitations, and also to send
reminders of the invitations TheConcertGoer.com does not sell these email addresses
or use them to send any other communication besides invitations, invitation
reminders (up to three (3) per email address). Recipients of invitations from
TheConcertGoer.com may contact TheConcertGoer.com to request the removal of
their information from our database.
The Concert Goer members may also store email addresses of people they know in their internal The Concert Goer address book and may also choose to send invitations and other communications to those addresses.
You may
prevent TheConcertGoer.com email invitations and other messages from being
sent to any email address you control by sending a single email with the
subject "BLOCK" to privacy@TheConcertGoer.com Please
note that the email must come from the account you wish to block.
Use of
Cookies
TheConcertGoer.com uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record
session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not
repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising,
and Web page content based on browser type and user profile information. We
do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable
information you submit while on our site. You may be able to configure your
browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie
is set -- each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of
your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences -- however, you
must enable cookies from TheConcertGoer.com in order to use most functions
on the site Please note that The Concert Goer allows 3rd party advertisers
that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their
cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own
privacy policies, not the The Concert Goer Privacy
Policy.
Links
TheConcertGoer.com contains links to sites. TheConcertGoer.com is not responsible
for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking
to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site.
Our privacy policy only governs information collected on TheConcertGoer.com.
Chat Rooms,
Journals and WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds
and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever
you voluntarily post public information to Journals, WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds or any other Public
Forums that that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn
be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.
Correcting/Updating
or Removing Information
TheConcertGoer.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information
at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such as Edit
Profile and Account Info.
Email
Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose not
to by selecting 'Do not send me notification emails' in the user profile 'Account
Settings'. Users who do not wish to receive TheConcertGoer.com newsletters
may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me The Concert Goer newsletters'
in the user profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails and TheConcertGoer.com
newsletters also include the above instructions for opting-out of those communications
in the future.
Third
Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web
site may be delivered to users by TheConcertGoer.com or one of our Web advertising
partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow
the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online
advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where
you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine
which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver
targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by TheConcertGoer.com and
does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
TheConcertGoer.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords
TheConcertGoer.com takes precautions to insure that member account information
is kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect member information
that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information
to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such
as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that
we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized
entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise
the security of member information at any time For any additional information
about the security measures we use on TheConcertGoer.com, please contact
us a privacy@TheConcertGoer.com
Sharing
and Disclosure of Information TheConcertGoer.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, The Concert Goer will
not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that
disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond
to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by TheConcertGoer.com,
whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the
TheConcertGoer.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3)
to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service. The
Concert Goer reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor
in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale
of The Concert Goer or substantially all of its assets to that successor in
interest For more information see the "Changes
in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
Changes
in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy If we make changes,
we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so
users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and
when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the policy
when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted If, however,
we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner
materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify
by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.