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Apart from advertisements of IndiAds, advertisements of the following companies may appear on our site:
OUR PRIVACY POLICY
All personal information collected us on this site (for example, on contests/sweepstakes entry forms) will be
utilized primarily for internal purposes and/or to enhance visitor enjoyment and experience. We may also use email
addresses or other personally identifiable information to contact visitors who directly communicate with, For
example, to notify visitors that they have won a contest/sweepstakes or to provide a requested email newsletter.
Visitors may voluntarily subscribe to newsletters. We provide visitors with an option to unsubscribe from future
email newsletters. Sometimes, personal information submitted by visitors may be used for marketing and promotional
purposes relating to the Web site or other entertainment properties. We don't share any personally identifiable
information provided by visitors with third parties, unless specified at time of collection. We bear no
responsibility for any action or policies of any third parties who collect any information visitors may disclose on
the bulletin boards, chat areas or other public forums on this Web site. We request that all visitors to the Web
site that are under the age of 18 not disclose or provide any personal information on this Web site unless they
provide written authorization to us from their parent or legal guardian. We reserves the right to modify, alter or
otherwise update this policy at any time so visitors are encouraged to review this policy from time to time.
CHOICE/OPT-OUT
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the
point where we request information about the visitor.
SECURITY
We don't share any personally identifiable
information provided by visitors with third parties, unless specified at time of collection.
All information that is submitted on our site is stored
securely and not shared with third parties. We take necessary and precautionary measures to secure our database.
FORUMS
SmasHits Forum site makes message boards available to its users.
Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
SmasHits reserves the right to remove any message from the message database.
SmasHits reserves the right to contact users if abusive postings are suspected.
SmasHits Forum is intended for a general adult audience. However, it does not prohibit the participation of younger members with consent.
It is highly recommend that users 12 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER refrain from offering any personal information in the message boards themselves. Additionally, SmasHits recommends that parents/guardians should routinely monitor the on-line activity of their children at all times.
Please contact us for more information.
Added on January 1, 2000
SmasHits.com recognizes that its customers, visitors, users, and others who use http://SmasHits.com value their privacy. This Privacy Notice details important information regarding the use and disclosure of User information collected on the SmasHits.com site. SmasHits.com provides this Privacy Notice to help you make an informed decision about whether to use or continue using the SmasHits.com Sites.
This Privacy Notice is incorporated into and is subject to the SmasHits.com Terms of Use. Your use of the SmasHits.com Sites and any personal information you provide on the SmasHits.com Sites remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Notice and our Terms of Use.
Please note that any video, image, or other content posted at the direction of Users onto the SmasHits.com Sites becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Notice.
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Information SmasHits.com Collects
User Provided Information: You provide certain personally identifiable information (such as your name and email address) to SmasHits.com when choosing to participate in various activities on the SmasHits.com Sites such as uploading videos, posting messages in our forums or in the video comments section, entering contests or sweepstakes, taking advantage of promotions, responding to surveys, or subscribing to newsletters or other mailing lists.
Cookies Information: When you visit the SmasHits.com Sites, we may send one or more cookies - a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. SmasHits.com uses both session cookies and persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Your browser may use persistent cookies on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser help file directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the SmasHits.com Sites may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
Log File Information: When you use the SmasHits.com Sites, our servers automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
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The Way SmasHits.com Uses Information
1. If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the SmasHits.com Sites, then we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the SmasHits.com Sites.
2. Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, within your public profile page, etc.) becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Your account name (not your email address) is displayed to other Users when you upload videos or send messages through the SmasHits.com Sites and other Users can contact you through messages and comments. Any videos that you submit to the SmasHits.com Sites may be redistributed through the Internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general public.
3. We do not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send commercial or marketing messages without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. We may, however, use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major SmasHits.com Site changes or for customer service purposes).
4. We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the SmasHits.com Sites and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
5. We use cookies, and log file information to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the SmasHits.com Sites; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.
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When SmasHits.com discloses Information
SmasHits.com reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that SmasHits.com believes, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend itself against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of our web site, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of SmasHits.com, our Users or others.
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Changes and updates to this Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. In general, we only use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Notice in effect when we received the personal information you provided. Your continued use of the SmasHits.com Sites constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of the personal information you have already provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.
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The use of this version of the SmasHits.com website(s) and/or SmasHits.com software and any other related software, upgrades or updates and all related services and special offers (the "Service") provided by SmasHits.com inc. ("SmasHits.com") are subject to the hereunder provisions of this Privacy Policy.
General SmasHits.com takes your privacy seriously. We gather certain types of information about our users and we want to help you understand the terms related to the collection and use of the information, which we collect. This Privacy Policy discloses the types of information we gather, how we use it, and what choices you have regarding the collection of such information.
BY USING OR ACCESSING ANY SmasHits.com WEBSITE OR DOWNLOADING AND USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO THE COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION (AS HEREUNDER DESCRIBED), ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET HEREUNDER. SmasHits.com MAY AMEND THIS POLICY FROM TIME TO TIME.
If you are under the age of 13, you are not eligible to use the Service, and we ask you not to submit any personal information to us.
Collection of Information
Personal Information: Use of certain features of the Service may require submission of certain personal information, including your first and last name, email address, a nick name (or other user ID) and a password.
Non personally identifiable Information: SmasHits.com may also collect or receive additional non personally identifiable usage information specifically related to the use of a particular feature or offering on the SmasHits.com Service or website(s), and responses to the offerings and advertisements presented on SmasHits.com''s Service and/or website(s).
SmasHits.com may also collect or receive (in some cases as part of the internet communication protocol) certain non personally identifiable technical information, when the SmasHits.com website(s) and pages are visited or when the SmasHits.com Service is used.
How is the information being used?
The information is used to operate and improve the features, offerings and content presented to you by SmasHits.com, to personalize the content and advertisements provided to you ; to fulfill your requests for Services, programs, and services; to communicate with you and respond to your inquiries; to conduct research about your use of the Service and/or website(s), offerings and advertisements presented on SmasHits.com Service, email communication, website(s) and pages; and to help offer you other Services, programs, or services that may be of interest.
Any personally identifiable information of yours will not be shared with third parties unless you have consented to the sharing of this information. SmasHits.com may use this information to present offers to you on behalf of business partners and advertisers. These business partners and advertisers may receive aggregate data about various groups of SmasHits.com users, but do not receive information that personally identifies you.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, your information may be accessed and disclosed if and as required by legal procedures.
Cookies
SmasHits.com may use cookies or similar technologies to enhance and personalize your experience of the Service and/or of SmasHits.com''s web sites, including to operate and improve offerings through the Service and/or web sites; to help authenticate your identity when you visit and transact with the Service, and/or web sites; to remember your preferences and registration information; to present and help measure and research the effectiveness of the various offerings, advertisements, and e-mail communications (by determining which e-mails you open and act upon); and to customize the content and advertisements provided to you.
Additionally, SmasHits.com or its advertisers may use other companies known as third party ad servers to help present advertisements online in connection with the Service, and/or web sites. These third party ad servers may use cookies or similar technologies to help present such advertisements, and to help measure and research the advertisements'' effectiveness. The use of these technologies by these third party ad servers is subject to their own privacy policies, not SmasHits.com''s.
SmasHits.com does not require that you accept cookies, and you may disable cookies at any time. However, some functionality of our Services and/or web sites may be impaired if you decline to accept cookies.
Special Note for Parents
SmasHits.com''s Service and websites are intended for a general audience, and children under the age of thirteen (13) are not permitted to register with SmasHits.com''s Service and websites.
Modification and Deletion of Personally Identifiable Information
Deletion (Opt-Out). In order to delete the personally identifiable information you submitted, notify us, to the following email address: support(-at-)SmasHits.com.com that you wish to delete your personally identifiable information or any part thereof contained at our databases.
Modification. If you wish to modify or update your personally identifiable information, use the web-site or application interface. If you need help, please contact us at the following email address: support(-at-)SmasHits.com.com
Please note that deletion of your personally identifiable information from SmasHits.com''s database will not prevent SmasHits.com from using gathered anonymous information.
Third Parties'' Practices.
This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices exercised by other provides of products or services, advertisers or other web sites, or companies/people that SmasHits.com does not own or control, or does not employ or manage.
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