PRIVACY POLICY
DATE LAST MODIFIED: JUNE 30, 2014
Importance of Your Privacy
At Sound World Solutions, your privacy is of great importance to us. We understand that you entrust us with certain private information to help us provide various products and services. In exchange for your trust, you expect and deserve our commitment to treat your information with respect and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Rest assured that we will protect your privacy. Under no circumstances will Sound World Solutions sell or share any personal information about you to or with any person or organization except (i) as authorized by you, (ii) as described in the relevant portion of Sound World Solutions’ Website (the “Website”), (iii) in connection with providing various products and/or services to you (the “Services”), (iv) as may be required by law or court order, or (v) as otherwise set forth herein. The Privacy Policy below describes the standards we adhere to in handling information about you and any personal information you submit through the Website.
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE SUBMITTING ANY INFORMATION TO SOUND WORLD SOLUTIONS. BY SUBMITTING ANY INFORMATION YOU ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS POLICY AND THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, SIMPLY EXIT THIS PAGE WITHOUT ACCESSING OR USING ANY OF OUR SERVICES.
A Special Note About Children
Children are not eligible to use our Services and we ask that minors (under the age of 13) do not submit any personal information to us or use the Services. Sound World Solutions does not collect or maintain information from those actually known to be under the age of 13, and no part of Sound World Solutions’ website or services is structured to attract anyone under the age of 13.
1. Who We Are
Sound World Solutions operates a website located at www.soundworldsolutions.com (the “Website”) and sells certain products to its customers through the Website and via other channels.
2. Information We Collect
There are several areas on the Website or in connection with purchasing products or submitting information where you may be asked to enter both personal and non-personal information. We DO NOT sell or share any personal information about you to or with any person or organization except (i) as authorized by you, (ii) as set forth in the relevant portion of the Website, (iii) in connection with providing various products or Services to you, (iv) as may be required by law or court order, or (v) as otherwise set forth herein. In particular, and not in limitation of the foregoing, information you enter at the Website will be shared with the vendor(s) or third party services providers with which Sound World Solutions has entered into a business relationship in order to offer access to the Website, provide credit card services and/or fulfill orders placed through the Website.
(a)Information we receive from you. To use certain of Sound World Solutions’ Services and/or to purchase products through the Website, you’ll need to provide certain personal information which may include, without limitation, your name, shipping address, phone number, credit card information and/or e-mail address, as well as other information.
(b)Technical information we collect. In order for Sound World Solutions to ensure that we are providing the best possible consumer experience on the Website, we collect and track certain user information. When you visit the Website, our Web server sends a cookie to your computer. This cookie stores a limited amount of information about your site visit. The cookie tracks aggregate information on how our site is being used, including session counts, navigation patterns, pages visited, etc. These cookies, however, do not store any personally identifiable information such as your name, email address or phone number as you browse the site. When you submit a question, we store your cookie identification in our system. This cookie allows our site to recognize you when you return. Sound World Solutions may also utilize Web Logs to track aggregate information about how our site is being used. Web Logs track anonymous user information, including the number of visitors to the Website, operating systems, Internet Provider addresses (if publicly available), and browser type. Unlike cookies, Web Logs are maintained only on Sound World Solutions servers and do not store or place anything on the user’s computer.
If you come to the Sound World Solutions Website from an online banner ad, an anonymous identification number may be passed to the Website. This information cannot be used to gather any personally identifiable information about you. It will only allow us to track the overall effectiveness of our online advertising, marketing and banner advertisement campaigns.
(c)Information from surveys. You may have the option of completing an online survey at the Website from time to time. Participation in surveys is completely voluntary and it is your choice whether or not you wish to disclose your personal information to us in connection with any such survey.
(d)Information from the “Contact Us” section of the Website. You may contact Sound World Solutions through the “Contact Us” feature. Participation in this area is completely voluntary and it is your choice whether or not you wish to disclose your personal information to us.
(e)Information collected from other sections of the Website. Sound World Solutions may, from time to time, make various resources available to you at the Website. At times we may collect personal information in connection with providing such services.
3. How your information is used
We use the information you provide to provide the applicable Services to you or to complete orders for products you purchase at the Website or otherwise. Sound World Solutions may also share certain aggregated data with other third parties for general marketing and demographic purposes; however, this data does not include any of your personal identifying information. Some of our Services may be offered in conjunction with partner companies, affiliates or other companies or websites with which we work. In order for us to provide these Services to you, it may be necessary for us to share your personal information with one of such entities. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these Services. If you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular Service.
In addition, Sound World Solutions may disclose account or other personal information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with Sound World Solutions’ rights or property, other Website users or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
4. Altering Information You Submit
a) Deleting your information. Federal and state regulations may require that we store questions or submissions for various periods of time. In order to comply with these regulations, we may be unable to delete information from our databases.
(b) Request to stop receiving emails from us. Periodically, Sound World Solutions may send you emails to alert you to various opportunities or offers available at the Website. If you do not wish to receive any of these offers, please send an e-mail to info@soundworldsolutions.com to remove yourself from our mailing list.
Security
Sound World Solutions uses extensive and sophisticated secure technology to protect your data and transmissions between you and Sound World Solutions. Transmission between browsers and our web server is implemented using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. This technology requires an SSL-capable browser. Although Sound World Solutions has taken these reasonable and appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information is delivered and disclosed only in accordance with your instructions, Sound World Solutions cannot and does not guarantee that the personal information you provide will not be intercepted by others and decrypted.
Changes to Privacy Policy
If we make a change to our Privacy Policy in the future that will affect how we treat your information, we will post such change at the Website, and such change will be deemed to be effective 2 days from the date of such posting. In that case, your ability to opt out of the new policy will be determined by applicable laws.
Business Transfer
We may, in the future, sell or otherwise transfer some or all of our assets or equity to a third party. Your personally identifiable information and other information we obtain from you via the Website may be disclosed to any potential or actual third party purchasers of such assets or equity and may be among the assets transferred.
Acceptance
If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not provide us with any information and do not use the Website. By using the Website and voluntarily providing information to us, you consent to our collection and use of the information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Links
The Website may contain links to other websites that are owned and operated by third parties that are not affiliated with us. When you use those links, you leave the Website and we are unable to control how the owners of the websites you link to handle any information they gather about you, including their privacy practices and use of cookies. This Privacy Policy applies only to the Website and does not govern activities on linked websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any other website you visit to understand its owner’s practices on how it collects, uses and discloses your information.
Google Remarketing
We use Remarketing with Google Analytics to advertise online and make ads more relevant (“Remarketing”). Remarketing cookies will be used by third parties (including Google) to show our ads on websites other than our own. Both us and third parties (including Google) will also use Remarketing cookies – both first party (such as Google Analytics) and third party (such as DoubleClick) – to serve more relevant ads to users based on such users’ past visits to our Website, whether those users are on our Website or on other websites. To opt out of Remarketing or to control your ad preferences, please click here. Remarketing cookies will expire 90 days from the time that the cookie is set or updated (whichever is the later).
PLEASE PRINT AND RETAIN A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR YOUR RECORDS.