LAST UPDATED: April 2, 2008
Privacy Policy
Warner Music Inc. ("Company," "we,"
"us"), a Warner Music Group company, is concerned about
online privacy issues and wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use and
disclose your Personally Identifiable Information (as defined below). This
Privacy Policy (the "Policy") describes our practices
in connection with Personally Identifiable Information that we collect through our
web site located at www.wmgmusiclicensing.com (the "Site").
This Policy does not govern our collection of information through any web site,
or by any other means, other than through the Site; nor does this Policy govern
the collection of information by any of our affiliates, including without limitation,
Warner Music Group, Atlantic Records, Warner Bros. Records, and Rhino Entertainment
(collectively, "Affiliated Entities") or by third parties.
By using the Site, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy. If
you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy, please do not use the
Site. We reserve the right to change this Policy without prior notice.
You can determine when this Policy was last revised by referring to the "Last
Updated" legend at the top of this page. Any changes to our Policy will
become effective upon our posting of the revised Policy on the Site. Use of
the Site following such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Policy
then in effect.
The Site is controlled and operated by Company from the United States, and is not
intended to subject Company or any Affiliated Entity to the laws or jurisdiction
of any state, country or territory other than that of the United States. Company
does not represent or warrant that the Site, or any part thereof, is appropriate
or available for use in any particular jurisdiction. Those who choose to access
the Site do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible
for complying with all local laws, rules and regulations. You are also subject
to United States export controls in connection with your use of the Site and/or
Site-related services, and are responsible for any violations of such controls,
including without limitation any United States embargoes or other federal rules
and regulations restricting exports. We may limit the Site's availability,
in whole or in part, to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction we choose, at
any time and in our sole discretion. By using the Site and submitting any
Personally Identifiable Information, visitors from outside of the United States
acknowledge that the Site is subject to United States law and consent to the transfer
of Personally Identifiable Information to the United States, which may provide a
different level of data security than in their country of residence, and waive any
claims that may arise under their own national laws.
Note Regarding the Use of the Site by Children: The Site is not
directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and we request that such
individuals do not provide Personally Identifiable Information through the Site.
- What Types of Information Does Company Collect From Me?
Company gathers two basic types of information through the Site: "Personally
Identifiable Information" (or "PII")
and "Non-Personally Identifiable Information" (or "Non-PII").
Personally Identifiable Information is information that identifies you as an individual;
that is, your name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card
number or other payment account number. Non-Personally Identifiable Information
is aggregated information, demographic information, IP addresses and any other information
that does not reveal your specific identity.
- Personally Identifiable Information. You have to provide
PII to use the Site as we set up your account using your PII. Your account
information will not be shared with any third parties. It is viewable by the web
administrator and by the creatives & dealmakers so that we can complete the
business transactions you initiate upon your request through the site.
- Non-Personally Identifiable Information.
When you visit and interact with the Site, Company and third parties with whom
Company has contracted to provide services may collect Non-PII (for example, a catalog
of the Site pages you visit). Non-PII is generally collected through the Site
from five different sources: server log files, environmental variables, cookies,
pixel tags and other similar technologies and information that you voluntarily provide.
- Server Log Files. Your Internet Protocol (IP) address is
a number that is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by your
Internet Service Provider (ISP). This number is identified and logged automatically
in our server log files whenever you visit the Site, along with the time(s) of your
visit(s) and the page(s) that you visited. We use your IP address, and the
IP addresses of all users, for purposes such as calculating Site usage levels, helping
diagnose problems with the Site's servers, and administering the Site. Collecting
IP addresses is standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many
web sites.
- Environmental Variables. We and our service providers may
also collect certain environmental variables, such as your MAC address, computer
type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, OS version, Internet browser, and
Internet browser version. These environmental variables are collected by most
browsers, and can be used to optimize your experience on the Site.
- Cookies. We and our service providers may use “cookies”
on the Site. Cookies are data that a web server transfers to an individual's
computer for recordkeeping purposes. Cookies are an industry standard used
by most web sites, and can facilitate users' ongoing access to and use of a particular
web site; cookies do not cause damage to your computer systems or files. If
you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple
procedure in most browsers that allows you to automatically decline cookies, or
to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of a particular cookie,
or cookies from a particular web site, to your computer.
- Pixel Tags. We and our service providers may also use so-called
"pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs" or similar
means (collectively, "Pixel Tags") in connection with
some Site pages and HTML-formatted e-mail messages to, among other things, compile
aggregate statistics about Site usage and response rates. A Pixel Tag is an
electronic image, often a single pixel (1x1), that is ordinarily not visible to
Site visitors and may be associated with Cookies on the visitors’ hard drives.
Pixel Tags allow us to count users who have visited certain pages of the Site, to
deliver branded services, and to help determine the effectiveness of promotional
or advertising campaigns. When used in HTML-formatted e-mail messages, Pixel
Tags can tell the sender whether and when the e-mail has been opened.
- Information That You Voluntarily Provide. Company also collects
Non-PII (e.g., your interests, your geographic location, etc.) when you voluntarily
provide such information to us. When such information is not combined with
any PII, such information is considered to be Non-PII, as it does not personally
identify you or any other user. Additionally, we may aggregate PII in a manner
such that the end-product does not personally identify you or any other user of
the Site, for example, by using PII to calculate the percentage of our users who
like a particular artist. Such aggregate information is considered Non-PII
for purposes of this Policy.
- How Does Company Use Information Collected From Me?
- Personally Identifiable Information. We may use your PII
in the following ways:
- Fulfillment of Requests. Company may use your PII to fulfill
the purpose for which such PII was provided (e.g., to send newsletters to you or
fulfill your license requests).
- Administrative Communications. From time to time, in our
sole discretion, we may use your PII to send to you important information regarding
the Site, or changes to our terms, conditions, and policies. Because this
information may be important to your use of the Site, you may not opt-out of receiving
such communications.
- Other Communications. If you affirmatively opt-in, Company
and the Affiliated Entities may use your PII to inform you of products, programs,
services and promotions that we believe may be of interest to you. If you
would prefer not to receive marketing-related e-mail messages, please refer to Section
3.e (“Opt-Out”) below.
- Third Party Communications. Only if you affirmatively opt-in,
we may share your PII with third parties to allow them to contact you regarding
products, programs, services and promotions that they believe may be of interest
to you. If you would like to later opt-out of receiving marketing-related
e-mail messages from such third parties, please utilize any opt-out mechanisms set
forth in such third parties’ marketing-related e-mail messages and/or privacy
policies.
- E-mails to Other Users. If you wish to use this feature,
you may provide us with your colleagues’ e-mail addresses so that we can facilitate
your sending of such message to your colleagues. To do so, any PII you provide
in connection with sending your colleagues such messages, such as your name and
your e-mail address, will, of course, be disclosed to your colleagues. We may provide
functionality to permit you to interact with other users on the site (e.g. share
playlists, send email messages). If you copy a non-user on or forward to a non-user
a form or email, such email will not grant such non-user access to the Site, only
to the text you share in your email.
- Internal Business Purposes. We may also use your PII for
our internal business purposes, such as data analysis, audits and so forth.
- Third Party Service Providers. We work with third parties
who provide services including but not limited to data analysis, order fulfillment
and other services of an administrative nature. We reserve the right to share
your PII with such third parties for the purpose of enabling these third parties
to provide such services (for example, if you choose to buy wireless products or
services from us, we may share your personally identifiable information with your
wireless carrier and our third party service providers so that such products and/or
services can be delivered to you and/or your mobile device).
- Assignment. We reserve the right to transfer any and all
information that we collect from Site users to an Affiliated Entity or a third party
in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer
or other disposition of all or any portion of Company's business, assets or stock
(including without limitation in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
- Law enforcement; emergencies; compliance. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Policy to the contrary, we reserve the right to disclose
your PII to others as we believe to be appropriate (a) under applicable law; (b)
to comply with legal process (c) to respond to governmental requests; (d) to enforce
our Terms and Conditions; (e) to protect our operations or those of any Affiliated
Entities or our artists; (f) to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property
of Company, the Affiliated Entities, our artists, you or others; and (g) to permit
us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain. For example,
we may, to the fullest extent the law allows, disclose PII about you to law enforcement
agencies to assist them in identifying individuals who have been or may be engaged
in unlawful activities.
- Non-Personally Identifiable Information. Because Non-PII
does not personally identify you, we may use such information for any purpose.
In addition, we reserve the right to share such Non-PII, which does not personally
identify you, with Affiliated Entities and other third parties, for any purpose.
In some instances, we may combine Non-PII with PII (such as embedding e-mail addresses
in cookies). If we do combine any Non-PII with PII, the combined information
will be treated by us as PII hereunder as long as it is so combined (see Section
2.a above).
- Other Important Notices Regarding Our Privacy Practices.
- Profiles. We may provide functionality on the Site that allows
you to create a “profile page” (your “Profile”)
and post certain information and materials on your Profile. Please note that
your Profile, including all PII available in your Profile, may be accessible to
other users. We urge you to exercise discretion and caution when deciding
to disclose your PII, or any other information, in your Profile. WE ARE NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE BY OTHERS OF ANY PII YOU DISCLOSE IN YOUR PROFILE.
- Information Posted by Visitors. Company may make available
through the Site services (for example, message boards, chat functionality and blogs,
among other services) to which you are able to post information and materials.
Please note that any information you disclose through such services or otherwise
on the Site becomes public information, and may be available to visitors to the
Site and to the general public. In addition, when you choose to make a posting
on such services, certain PII (for example, a link to your Profile that contains
PII), will be available for other users to view. We urge you to exercise discretion
and caution when deciding to disclose your PII, or any other information, on the
Site. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF ANY PII YOU VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSE
THROUGH THE SITE.
- Third Party Sites. The Site may contain links to third party
web sites. These linked sites (including without limitation the web sites
of Affiliated Entities) are not under Company's control and we are not responsible
for the privacy practices or the contents of any such linked site, or any link contained
in any linked site. We provide such links only as a convenience, and the inclusion
of a link on the Site does not imply endorsement of the linked site by Company,
Artist(s) or any Affiliated Entities. If you provide any PII through any such
third party web site, your transaction will occur on such third party's web site
(not the Site) and the PII you provide will be collected by, and controlled by the
privacy policy of, that third party. We recommend that you familiarize yourself
with the privacy policies and practices of any such third parties. PLEASE
NOTE THAT THIS POLICY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE PRIVACY OR INFORMATION PRACTICES OF ANY
THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE AFFILIATED ENTITIES.
- Security. We use reasonable organizational, technical and
administrative measures to protect PII under our control. Security measures
and tools, such as firewalls, are in place to help protect against the loss, misuse
and alteration of the information under our control. Unfortunately, no data
transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100%
secure. As a result, although we strive to protect your PII, we cannot ensure
or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us through or in connection
with the Site or that is stored by us. We also seek to strike a balance between
the security of your data and your convenience. We do this because we believe
that our customers attach value to both. As a result, we will often use a
method of communication that is less secure than other, less convenient alternatives.
For example, certain data you send us, including PII, may be sent to us in unencrypted
form. You acknowledge and agree that any information you transmit through
the Site is so transmitted at your own risk. If you are concerned that your
PII may be transmitted over the Internet in unencrypted form, please do not provide
us with any PII. If you have reason to believe that your
interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security
of any account you might have with us has been compromised), you must immediately
notify us of the problem by contacting us in accordance with Section 3.f ("Contacting
Us,") below (note that if you choose to notify us via physical mail, this will
delay the time it takes for us to respond to the problem).
- Opt-Out. If you would prefer not to receive marketing-related
e-mail messages from Company or any particular Affiliated Entity, you may opt-out
of receiving such messages by following the “unsubscribe” instructions
in the latest such message you have received from Company or such Affiliated Entity,
respectively. Please note that following such “unsubscribe” instructions
will opt you out of receiving marketing-related e-mail messages from the sender
of the particular message from which you initiated the opt-out process, but will
not opt you out of receiving such messages from other senders (including, as applicable,
Company, or other Affiliated Entities).
- Contacting Us. If you have any questions regarding this Policy,
please contact us by e-mail at privacypolicy@wmg.com,
or please write to the following address:
Warner Music Group
Legal Department
75 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Privacy Coordinator
Please note that e-mail communications will not necessarily be secure; accordingly
you should not include credit card information or other sensitive information in
your e-mail correspondence with us.
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