MYMUSIC PRIVACY POLICY

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MyMusic, Inc. (“we”/”us”) provides the website located at www.mymusic.com (the “Website”).  This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, store, use and distribute information when you use the Website to: (i) browse music by artist/song, (ii) sample tracks; (iii) watch music videos; (iii) view aggregated data from a variety of sources on the artist/song you searched for from one location; (iii) get notified of news, gigs and other information about musicians; and/or (iii) access any other features we make available through the Website from time to time (the “Services”). 

This Privacy Policy may be updated by us from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by making the new Privacy Policy available on the homepage of the Website or via our Services. You are advised to consult this policy regularly for any changes.  Use of the Website and Services is also governed by our Terms of Use which you should read carefully.

Consent: By using the Website and/or the Services, you consent to the use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.   Your Personal Information will not be used for any other purpose or disclosed further without your consent.  You can withdraw your consent at any time but withdrawing consent may result in your inability to continue using certain features of the Website and/or the Services (for example – customized recommendations for you based on your particular musical preferences).  

What Personal Information does MyMusic Collect?

During the course of your use of the Website and Services, we may request certain Personal Information to enhance your use of the Website and Services.  “Personal Information” is any information which identifies an individual.  For example, your name, email address and other contact information are Personal Information and will be required if you want to create a profile on the site and/or use our chat forum to discuss artists, songs and music generally.  This information will also be used to customize your user experience, provide you with customer support, send you communications such as special offers, promotions, and email updates based on your previous searches.  If you send us feedback we will also collect your name and email address in order to respond to you.

Customized Features

If you login to MyMusic through your Facebook account, Twitter account or give us access to your iTunes account, we can use your music preferences from these sources to take some of the guesswork out of your searches on MyMusic.   In other words, we can use your preferences to prioritize content and how it is displayed to you on the Website and also suggest music and musicians that you might like based on who you already rate.  

Automatic Collection of Information: Cookies

Our website uses cookies for a variety of purposes including site personalization. You can reject cookies and still browse the Website, however, it will disable the ability for the Website to recognize you and any personalization efforts.  We may also use web beacons to gather anonymous, aggregated statistical information (for example, unique hits, page views, etc) about our website traffic.  Cookies placed on your device or computer may remain stored on your device or computer until you remove them.

Non-personal information & Aggregated Data

We may combine your Personal Information with Non-Personal Information and aggregate it with information collected from other users (“Aggregated Data”).  We collect Aggregated Data to enhance your user experience, to improve our Services generally and to analyze and understand how our Website and Services are used. We may also use the combined information without aggregating it to serve you specifically, for instance, to deliver results to you according to your preferences or restrictions, for advertising purposes. 

We may share Aggregated Data with third parties for industry analysis and to deliver targeted advertising about other products and services. Any aggregated information shared in these contexts will not contain your Personal Information.

Use of Information

We use the information we collect to provide our services to you, to measure and improve those services and features, and to provide customer support. We may also use the information to detect and prevent unlawful activities.  When you send email or other communications to us, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.

Disclosures & Transfers

We do not sell customer lists and we will not disclose or transfer your Personal Information to third parties without your permission, however, please see the Important Exceptions section below.

Important Exceptions

We may disclose your Personal Information to third parties without your consent if we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone.  We may also disclose Personal Information when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is required by and in accordance with the law.

We may also disclose your Personal Information in connection with a corporate re-organization, a merger or amalgamation with another entity, a sale of all or a substantial portion of our assets or shares, including any due diligence exercise carried out in relation to the same, provided that the information disclosed continues to be used for the purposes permitted by this Privacy Policy by the entity acquiring the information.

External Parties and Sites.  Through our Services and Website, you may be introduced to a variety of third party websites and can interact with some third party sites (eg. you may be able to post your searches to your friends on Facebook or Twitter).  The privacy policies and terms of use of these third parties are not under our control and may differ from ours.  The use of any information that you may provide to any third party, or the use of cookie or web beacon technology by any third party, will be governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the website you are visiting.  If you have any doubts about the privacy of the information you are providing on another website, we recommend that you contact that website directly for more information and review its privacy policy.

Surveys and Promotions.  From time to time, we may provide you the opportunity to participate in surveys, contests or sweepstakes through our Website or Services. If you choose to participate in a survey, contest or sweepstake we may require certain Personal Information from you in order to administer your participation. Participation is never mandatory so it is always your choice whether to provide this personal information or not.   

Protecting Your Security.  We take technical, contractual and administrative steps designed to protect your Personal Information.  Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.  You are also responsible for helping to protect the security of your Personal Information.  For instance, never give out your password, remember to log out of your account (if you have created one) and close your browser window when you have finished using the Website.

Retention.  Any Personal Information which we keep will be kept only for as long as it remains necessary for the identified purpose or as required by law, which may extend beyond the termination of our relationship with you.  We may retain certain data as necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally-identifiable data, account recovery, or if required by law. All retained personal information will remain subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Access and Accuracy.  You have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you in order to verify what we have collected in respect to you and to have a general account of our uses of that information.  Upon receipt of your written request, we will provide you with a copy of your Personal Information.  We provide mechanisms to update, correct, delete or add to your Personal Information as appropriate.  Having accurate Personal Information about you enables us to give you the best possible service.

Contact Us.  If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us at cathy@mymusic.com.

MyMusic, Inc. © Last Updated: February 23 2012

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