We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to protect and respect your privacy and personal data and help you understand the information we collect, how we use it and the choices you have.
For those users within the European Economic Area (EEA) we also note your rights under the Data Protection laws that came into force on 25th May 2018.
As laws change or are updated or clarified we will always endeavour to do what is necessary to comply with those laws and so, this policy is subject to change at any time. You are advised to check back on a regular basis for any further updates and alterations.
For simplicity we will refer to the website, any mobile versions, APIs or services we provide as “the platform” and Acapellas4u and its owners or operators as “us”, “our” or “we”.
By using the platform whether that be as a registered user or simply browsing, you are consenting to the use of your information as laid out in this privacy policy. Our use of cookies or similar technologies is set out in a separate cookies policy.
We ask that you read our privacy policy, including everything set out in the cookies policy and ensure that you are happy with our use and sharing of your information.
How do we collect personal information.
Information supplied / volunteered;
To simply browse the platform you don’t need to supply any information but if you wish to do anything more you’ll need to create an account. In order to create and maintain your account, you need to provide certain information. Some of this is mandatory and some of this is voluntary.
- Mandatory profile information: To create an account you must provide a valid email address and a user name (does not have to be your real name)
- Profile information: At any time, via your account settings page you may enhance your profile by providing extra publicly available information such as the country and the city where you live, your date of birth, a profile avatar / image (does not have to be an image of you), information about you, links to profiles on other sites
- Information volunteered by posting: If you choose to upload files, post comments, replies, take part in groups or discussions, contact other users, favourite, play, download or report files, posts, users you may provide personal data.
- Information volunteered by correspondence: You may provide personal information should you contact us via email or any other service, either online or offline or use any of the web forms on the platform.
- Information from third parties: You may provide personal information in the event that we allow users to link accounts from third party services such as Facebook or Google or Twitter. This information would be based on their privacy policies and your settings with those services so be sure to check what those are too.
Information automatically logged;
As with all websites and services when using the platform some information is created and logged automatically. The includes but is not limited to.
- the IP address (Internet protocol) of the device you are using to access the platform
- your browser type, browser version and operating system (user agent)
- the type of device that you are using to access the platform
- the date and time you accessed the platform or made updates or edits
- the search terms of any searches you may have done
- interactions you have performed whilst using the platform. For example, uploading, downloading, deleting, editing or playing files, viewing, posting, editing or replying to posts or discussions, searching for content, updating your profile or preferences
- the page that you visited and or referred you to the platform prior to your visit and searches you may have performed to find the platform<
- information collected by the use of cookies.
Who has access to your information.
- Other users/visitors: As this is a community-driven platform and content posted is in the public realm any images, audio files, videos, comments, forum posts and any other content you provide or post is done so voluntarily in the knowledge that it will be available publicly to both registered users. Posting content and information is your own responsibility and is done so at your own risk. We simply process this data on your behalf as per our terms and conditions.We do not disclose your email address or ip address to other users and advise that you do not post personal information publicly. We can not however prevent you from doing this and so, you do so, against our wishes and at your own risk.Other users may also see information regarding your interaction with theirs or other users content such as downloads, plays, favourites or comments along with your online status and last seen times.
- Service providers: We may need to pass your personal data to certain reputable third parties in order to provide services on our behalf such as processing payments or hosting. These service providers may be located and operate outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). Where possible these service providers should have put in place measures to ensure the security of your data.
- For legal reasons / to protect our or others interests: We may pass your personal data where we are under obligation to do so for legal reasons or to protect the safety, security or rights of ourselves or that of others.
- Aggregated data: We may aggregate data in order to create statistical reports and information. This information would not include any information that could be used to identify an individual and may be shared with third parties or publicly. For example to show visitor numbers or trends.
Advertisers or sponsors may use techniques to track the effectiveness of ads or campaigns and to ensure that ads are delivered effectively.
Your rights, choices and control of your information.
Depending on your location you have certain rights regards your personal information and can choose how we collect and use it.
Information supplied / volunteered
Should you choose to create an account you can manage the information you provide in a number of ways;
- manage your email address, user name, location and date of birth
- manage your avatar
- manage your profile description, items where you give information about the hardware/software you use, your musical tastes etc and any outbound links
- manage your preferences for being contacted by other users
- manage your preferences for being notified of comments or replies to your uploads, forum posts etc
- request your account be terminated
via the admin/delete pages for your uploads, you can upload, edit or delete acapellas and associated information.
Delete your account
You may request your account be terminated at any time either via your account settings page or by contacting support. Check this link here on how to do it https://acapellas4u.zendesk.com/hc/en-us
Age Restrictions / Children
Unfortunately for legal reasons, anyone below the age of 13 is not allowed to use the platform and we kindly ask that anyone below that age refrains from attempting to create an account or passing any personal information to us. We don’t knowingly process any personal information of anyone below the age of 13 and should it be bought to our attention that this is or has been done we will remove or anonymise this information as swiftly as possible.
Liability
We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from users of the platform.
Data breaches
Should there be an instance where data security is breached we will, where necessary, take steps to inform users in a timely fashion.
Contact us
if you are still looking for more information regards privacy then you can contact us via this form here.
