This privacy policy pertains to the use of all services related to Background Station, LLC and www.backgroundstation.com. Children under 13 are not permitted to use any Background Station services, and so this privacy policy makes no provision for children's use of the site.
Information Collection: Background Station uses information for the following general purposes: products and services provision, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, research, and anonymous reporting.
IP Addresses: IP Addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page. Your IP address is stored in our user registration databases when you register with Background Station. IP addresses may be used for various purposes, including:
Cookies: A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. If you reject all cookies,you will not be able to use Background Station products or services that require you to"sign in," and you may not be able to take full advantage of the Background Station service. Background Station uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to:
Ad Servers: To try and bring you offers that are of interest to you, we have relationships with other companies that we allow to place ads on our website. As a result of your visit to our site, ad server companies may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address and clickstream information.
Information Sharing and Disclosure: When you create a clip, post a message, vote or comment on any search results, your ID or alias that you are posting under is visible to other users as well as any information that you are posting.
Background Station may share demographic information with business partners. No personally identifiable information will ever be used without your permission (i.e. we will ask you for a quote or testimonial). Background Station does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested or when we have your permission.
Background Station may be required to disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas or when your actions violate the Background Station Terms of Service. It may be necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Background Station's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
We will transfer information about you if Background Station is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Background Station will notify you by putting a prominent notice on the Background Station web site before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
We may send you certain communications relating to the Background Station service, such as service announcements and administrative messages that are considered part of your Background Station account. If you do not wish to receive email from us in the future, or do not wish for us to keep you information any longer, please send an email to the email address below.
Background Station may update this policy at any time.
Questions
If you have questions or suggestions you can contact us at:
admin@backgroundstation.com