Girth Music Inc. ("Girth Music") is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. As part of this commitment, we have prepared this Privacy Policy to set out the manner in which we collect, use, disclose and otherwise manage the personal information of our customers. This Privacy Policy applies to our privacy practices on our website located at www.girthmusic.com (the "Website") as well as other interactions with our customers.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
We may collect your personal information when you:
• Visit or register on our Website;
• Purchase, return or exchange a product online;
• Apply for a license;
• Sign-up to receive e-mail communications; and
• Contact us with a music submission, enquiry, comment or suggestion.
Online Registration: You do not have to register to visit our Website. However, in order to browse and demo the music on our site, you need to register and create an account. If you choose to register, you will be asked to provide personal information such as your name, e-mail address and a password that you select. We collect this information to identify who you are, administer your use of the Website and provide you with the products or services you request.
Product Purchases: When you purchase products offered through our Website, we may ask you to provide your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and payment information. We use this information to process your order, to assist you when you contact us in the future, and to improve our product offerings. When you return merchandise purchased on our Website or request a refund or exchange, you may be asked to provide certain information, including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number and payment information. We collect and use this information for fraud prevention purposes.
Apply for a License: When you apply for a license, we may collect your name, phone number and e-mail address as well as optional information about the proposed use of the license. We use this information to fulfil and respond to your request for a license quote and we may retain this information to assist you with your license in the future.
E-Mail Communications: From time to time, we may seek to obtain your consent to send you e-mail communications about products, services, promotions or events relating to Girth Music that may be of interest to you. You can opt-out of receiving promotional e-mail from us by contacting <b>admin@girthmusic.com</b>.
Customer Service: When you contact us with a music submission, question, feedback or other comment, you may be asked for information that identifies you (such as your name, address and telephone number) along with additional information we need to help us promptly answer your question or respond to your music submission, comment or complaint. We may retain this information to assist you in the future. We also may use your feedback, suggestions and comments to monitor and/or improve our products or Website.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Girth Music will not disclose, trade, rent, sell or otherwise transfer your personal information, without your prior consent, except as otherwise set out herein or as required or permitted by law.
Service Provider Arrangements: We may transfer (or otherwise make available) your personal information to our Girth Music affiliates and other third parties who provide services on our behalf. For example, we may use service providers to host our website or to operate certain of its features, serve advertisements on our Website(s), send e-mails and process online payments. Your personal information may be stored and processed in the United States by our third party service providers. Our service providers are not authorized to use or disclose personal information for any purpose other than providing the services on our behalf or as otherwise required by applicable law. For more information on the manner in which we or our service providers manage and use your personal information, e-mail or write us at the contact information set out below.
Sale of Business: Girth Music may transfer any information we have about you as an asset in connection with a merger or sale (including transfers made as part of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings) involving all or a portion of our business or as part of a corporate reorganization or stock sale or other change in corporate control.
Legal: Girth Music and our service providers must provide your personal information in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry or order, or to an investigative body in the case of a breach of an agreement or contravention of law, or as otherwise required by applicable law. We may also disclose personal information to assist us in collecting a debt owed by you, or otherwise where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Additional Information about our Website
Visiting our Website: Generally, you can visit our Website without telling us who you are or submitting any personal information. We collect the IP (Internet Protocol) addresses of all visitors to our Website and other related information such as page requests, browser type, operating system, and the average time spent on our Website. We use this information to help us understand our Website activity and to monitor and improve our Website.
Cookies: Our Website uses a technology called "cookies". A cookie is a tiny element of data that our Website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive so we can recognize you when you return. We use cookies on the pages on our Website where you are prompted to log in or that are customizable. If you have registered with our Website, these cookies help us identify you and may be necessary to provide you with products or services you request. Cookies may also provide us and our service providers with information that we will use to personalize our Website in accordance with your preferences. You may set your Web browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. However, if you decide not to accept cookies from our Website, you may not be able to take advantage of all of the features of our Website.
Third Party Links: Our Website may include links to third party websites, or advertisements for products and services that may be of interest to you. Except as provided herein, we will not provide any of your personal information to these third parties without your prior consent. Girth Music provides links to third party websites as a convenience to the user. The inclusion of any link does not imply our endorsement of any other company, its websites, or its products and/or services. These linked websites have separate and independent privacy policies, which we recommend you read carefully. We have no control over such websites and therefore have no responsibility or liability for the manner in which the organizations that operate such linked websites may collect, use, disclose or otherwise treat your personal information.
Security of Personal Information
We have implemented measures in an effort to protect all personal information in our custody and control. We maintain reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards in an effort to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure of personal information in our custody and control. Unfortunately, no collection or transmission of information over the Internet or other publicly accessible communications networks can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and therefore, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any such information.
To provide you with an increased level of security, your online access to certain of your personal information may be protected with a password you select. We strongly recommend that you do not disclose your password to anyone. We will never ask you for your password in any unsolicited communication.
We have personal information retention processes designed to retain personal information of our customers for no longer than necessary for the purposes stated above or to otherwise meet legal requirements.
Accessing and Correcting your Personal Information
You have the right to access, update, and correct inaccuracies in your personal information in our custody and control, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law.
To request access to the personal information we have about you, or to correct factual errors in our records, please contact us as set out in the "Contact Us" section below. To protect your privacy, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Statement may be updated periodically to reflect changes to our personal information practices. The revised Privacy Policy will be posted on this Website. We strongly encourage you to please refer to this Privacy Policy often for the latest information about our personal information practices.
Contact Us
Feel free to contact us at any time if:
• you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy;
• you have questions about our service providers;
• you wish to access and/or correct your personal information; or
• you have a complaint about the manner in which we treat your personal information.
Click here to contact us by e-mail, or send us correspondence at the following address
Girth Music Inc.
236 King Street East
Toronto, ON, Canada
M5A 1K1
Last updated on November 4, 2010.