Privacy Policy
Last updated 20 February 2015
This statement describes our privacy policy. loadshed.org reserves the right to revise this policy at any time without notification to you, so please re-read it often in connection with your use of the loadshed.org website.
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Our Promises to You
Thank you for visiting Loadshed. We know that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust. Spam e-mail is the bane of the internet and we won't have anything to do with it.
Personally Identifiable Information
We collect the personally identifiable information that you submit on the registration and user profile forms to permit you access to our site and to enable credit card verification, where applicable.
Generally, the information Loadshed collects helps us to communicate with you regarding media licensed from or to you. For instance, we use your email address to provide you with an email confirmation of your registration and to notify you of information concerning your media on our site. In addition, users on the site will be able to communicate with you via a confidential form on the site, but they will not know your e-mail address or other personal identification information aside from your username (and therefore will not be able to add you to spam lists, etc).
We will not share, rent or sell your personally-identifiable information with any entity, subject to the provisions below. We may share your information with our vendors in connection with system maintenance and other services that these individuals or entities perform for us. In some cases, we may run a joint marketing effort with third parties.
We will only release personal information without your authorization in the following situations:
- To the authorities when necessary to comply with the law (i.e. answering subpoenas).
- To enforce or to apply our Terms of Use and other agreements.
- To protect the rights, property, or safety of loadshed.org, our users or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Username & Password Recommendations
As we live in a world where digital theft is increasingly rampant, we must advise you to choose a password that is not easily guessed by others and a username that does not identify you personally (i.e. don't use your real name as your username). Please make sure that your password is 6 or more characters and is composed of both letters and numbers. In addition, it is recommended that you use a separate password for every website to which you are a member. This is a form of damage control, in case the security of one website is compromised, your other accounts are still protected. Should you forget your loadshed.org password, it will be emailed to you or reset at your request.
Use of Automatic Information and Cookies
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features that recognize your account as logged on and other site features. Further, to help us tailor our site to the needs and interests of our visitors, or for other purposes, we may gather aggregate, non-personally identifiable information via cookies. Examples include the type of Internet browser our visitors are using, the frequency of visits to our site and which pages our visitors viewed. We may share these aggregate statistics with others. The use of cookies is standard on the Internet and many major web sites use them. Cookies stored on your computer that are designated for loadshed.org use, can not be retrieved by other websites.
In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertisers may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser, separate from the one placed by loadshed.org. We do not have any control or knowledge on the contents or purposes of these cookies.
Security
We understand that many consumers are concerned about security on the Internet. The security of the information that you provide to us is also very important to us. To prevent unauthorized disclosure, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, we have in place reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure any information we collect online. Our payment systems vendor uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), an advanced encryption protocol, to scramble credit card information that you enter so that it cannot be read as it is transmitted across the Internet. SSL is the recognized industry standard worldwide for such sensitive transactions, enhancing safety when you shop with a credit card on the web. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer.
When using a shared computer, be sure to sign off and do not opt to stay logged in to loadshed.org. Should you realize that you accidentally allowed a third party to access your account, you must let us know immediately, as you may be held liable for their actions in your name. Contact us here.
In the event that our security system is breached, we will attempt to notify you as soon as possible.
Links, Hosted Sites & Advertisers
We do not have any control over the privacy practices of any external websites linked from the main www.loadshed.org domain (or any of the websites that are hosted on our server and aren't affiliated with Loadshed). Therefore you should review their privacy policies separately from ours and know that we in no way have any control over their practices.
Third party advertisers may collect certain information that is available to them through your interaction with their advertisements. Loadshed has no control or knowledge as to their practices and it is suggested that you read their privacy policy separately before clicking on any advertisements.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Statement, the practices of loadshed.org, or your dealings on our web site, please contact us at [email protected].