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YNGB.com
User Privacy Policy
This user information privacy
policy describes how the Web sites maintained by YNGB.com
collect and utilize users' personally identifiable
information.
YNGB.com
will not disclose a user's
personally identifiable information to any third party without the user's
express permission.
Information
Not Collected:
A user can access our Web sites and utilize many of our services without
providing any information at all, nor do we follow a user's browsing path
outside of our Web sites.
We do develop summary - not individual -
reports in order to better serve our visitors.
In accordance with the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), YNGB.com
does not collect or store any
personal information, even in aggregate, about children under the age of 13.
Information YNGB.com
Collects:
Optional sign ups:
If users wish to utilize certain services located on any of our sites, they
must sign up. Services that require some form of sign up currently include:
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On-line
purchase of goods.
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Membership
in the My Band Club
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Participation
in contests
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E-mail
newsletters (e-mail address only)
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E-mail
special offers
The information collected when a user signs
up for a service can include an e-mail address (which also functions as an
account ID in some instances), name, a credit card number for e-commerce
transactions and, in the case of hard goods purchases, a billing/shipping
address. This transaction information is encrypted and retained in a
database, independently of other Web site information. When signing up for a
service, a user may also "opt out" of various e-mail notifications
or offers (see Opt Out Procedures below).
Polling:
YNGB.com
offers interactive polls so users can easily share their opinions with
others and see what other YNGB.com
users think about important issues. YNGB.com
uses a cookie (see more on cookies below)
to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once
on a particular question. No personal identifiable information is required
to do this "tagging," and the cookie that is set relates only to
that specific poll.
"Pass it on" service:
A user can electronically forward a news story to someone else by clicking
the link at the top and/or bottom of a story. The user must provide a valid
e-mail address for both the sender and the recipient in order to ensure that
the service functions properly and to inform the recipient who sent the
story. There is also an option to include a name which is only used for the
e-mail salutation. None of this information is used for any other purpose.
Surveys:
Occasionally YNGB.com
conducts user surveys to better understand our
fans and user community. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic
information in these surveys with our partners. When we conduct surveys, we
may ask for personally identifiable information such as name and specific
address.
Contests and sweepstakes:
YNGB.com
offers contests and sweepstakes in which we request certain personal
information. At a minimum, the required information includes name and e-mail
address; in some cases, the user must answer mandatory survey questions
about a range of other personal data. The information gathered in the entry
form may be used to verify the entrant's identity and to contact winners
and/or prize recipients. YNGB.com
will divulge this
information to:
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a
contest sponsor, if a user expressly asks to receive additional
information from the contest sponsor.
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the contest administrator,
if not YNGB.com
, and if the user expressly
consents.
Because the rules and terms of each contest
can vary, all information about each contest is clearly posted during the
event.
Usage tracking:
YNGB.com does track usage patterns on our sites and breaks down
overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type,
and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string
(information contained in every user's browser). However, we do not match
this information with users' personally identifiable information.
Cookies:
A cookie is a small data file that a Web site transfers to a user's hard
drive when a user visits the Web site. A cookie file can contain information
such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages visited. The only
personal information a cookie can contain is that which a user supplies. A
cookie can't read data off a hard disk or read cookie files created by other
sites.YNGB.com
does not use cookies to store passwords or any other
personal information about a user.
Opt
Out Procedures For E-mail:
If a user chooses to sign up for a YNGB.com
service, the user can
choose not to receive communications from:
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YNGB.com -
services such as e-mail newsletters announcing contests, new features
and/or added value services
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Third
parties who offer a product or service that we think would be of value
to the user.
Contests and sweepstakes:
YNGB.com
offers contests and sweepstakes in which we request certain personal
information. At a minimum, the required information includes name and e-mail
address; in some cases, the user must answer mandatory survey questions
about a range of other personal data. The information gathered in the entry
form may be used to verify the entrant's identity and to contact winners
and/or prize recipients. YNGB.com
will divulge this
information to:
- a contest sponsor, if a user expressly asks to
receive additional information from the contest sponsor.
- the contest administrator, if not
YNGB.com
, and if the user expressly consents.
Correcting And Updating:
YNGB.com
offers users the ability to change certain personal
identifiable information (e-mail address, credit card information and
mailing address) collected during the sign up process. Users who wish to
change this information, or who have any questions about how our services
work can contact us at
info@YNGB.com
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Please note that other questions cannot be delivered to or forwarded
to any intended parties from this address.
Please note, also, that our sites do not
offer users the means to delete personal identifiable information associated
with past use of the Web sites' services.
How
To Contact Us:
For any questions or comments specifically regarding our privacy and
security practices, you may contact us:
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By
E-mail:
info@YNGB.com
Please note that other
questions cannot be delivered to or forwarded to any intended parties
from this address.
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By Mail: YNGB.com
Dan
Daniels and Your No Good Buddies , Attention YNGB.com, PO Box
1931, Westfield, MA 01086
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