Privacy Policy
We are MUSIC ALLIGATOR LTD, registered office address: 7 Bell Yard, London, England, WC2A 2JR;
The privacy of our customers is very important to us. This privacy policy is intended to inform you of MusicAlligator’s use of the personal data (as defined below) that MusicAlligator may collect about you. This privacy policy applies in addition to the terms of use or contract, if any, applicable to the services provided to you by MusicAlligator.
Please make sure you understand and agree to this Privacy Policy before using MusicAlligator’s services. By using any service (as defined below) provided by MusicAlligator, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data by MusicAlligator in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. DEFINITIONS
“You” means any end user of the service provided by MusicAlligator or any individual whose personal data is collected by MusicAlligator.
“Personal data” means any personal data relating to you (i.e. information by which you are individually identified or associated with you) collected by MusicAlligator.
“Service” means any product or service used by you in accordance with MusicAlligator (including websites).
2. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
2.1 Why does MusicAlligator collect personal information?
MusicAlligator needs your personal data to provide services (for example: paying you, distributing your music, answering your questions, keeping track of your account, providing new features, contacting you for updates, optimizing the use of our website, delivering new products and high-quality user experience).
2.2 What personal data does MusicAlligator collect?
Personal data collected by MusicAlligator directly from you:
We believe that basic personal data will be required, which may in particular consist of all or part of the following:
– The name of the end user or account holder;
– Postal address and geographic location;
– Email addresses and phone numbers;
– Spoken language;
– Technical information as stated in section 5 below (cookies, IP address, etc.)
– Credit / payment card information to collect various commissions and service fees from you;
– Bank account and / or account details for payment of funds due to you as part of the services;
– Your social security number and/or tax identification number (if you subscribe to services that require the collection of such information);
– Any personal information that will help remind you of your MusicAlligator account login and/or password.
MusicAlligator may also collect the following data from you:
– any other personal data, as you may inform, to believe from time to time at your own choice.
– non-personal data, including: the names of your songs and albums and the artists associated with them; the year your recordings were made/released; the name of the individuals or entities that own and control the rights to the songs, albums and/or artwork delivered to MusicAlligator. Such information may be used, in particular, to track how albums and/or songs are being sold for rating charts.
MusicAlligator may also set up a system that allows you to purchase and/or send gift certificates or links to any content or services to other MusicAlligator users, family members, friends or contacts. To this end, MusicAlligator may require personal information about the recipient, only for the purposes for which it was collected.
Personal data collected by MusicAlligator from third parties:
MusicAlligator may also be provided with personal data by third parties to whom you have transferred personal data in accordance with the privacy policy of such third parties, to which you have expressly agreed (for example, “social media platforms” such as Twitter, Facebook, SoundCloud, Instagram, etc. In particular, MusicAlligator may obtain permissions to access the end pages of such third parties and data related to your pages (including but not limited to “pages access token”, “manage pages”, “show lists of pages”, “publish pages”, “user IDs” and any publicly available information published on user pages (including images). If you use our services to connect to third party services (including “social media platforms” as defined above), MusicAlligator may also archive certain information about you and your activities, including but not limited to: user generated content (messages, messages, comments, pages, profiles, images, channels or messages through social media platforms, etc.), additional information about the client profile (age, gender, employer, profession, geographic location, educational information, financial status, habits and preferences, etc.).
3. USE OF PERSONAL DATA
3.1 Use of MusicAlligator personal data
Your personal data is collected and processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy, based on the terms of use of the services, as modified from time to time, and / or the contract concluded between you and MusicAlligator (if any).
Please note that as a data controller, your personal data is processed primarily for:
– manage your MusicAlligator account;
– provide services to you and other customers (including settings for delivering content to third parties, content identification, offering a website or any web tool, etc.);
– maintain, protect and improve its services and operating system;
– make sure that the service and your use of the service complies with applicable law;
From time to time MusicAlligator may also provide you with a voluntary survey or questionnaire about our current or possible future services or products.
3.2 Does MusicAlligator disclose personal information to anyone?
MusicAlligator takes your privacy very seriously. In order to serve you, it is possible that people working for MusicAlligator may view your personal information to ensure we provide the best service, but such access will only be on a need-to-know basis and our people will be required to keep your personal information confidential and use only in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
By using the MusicAlligator service, you agree that MusicAlligator has the right to provide information related to the sale of your recordings to third parties, aggregate such information in the form of diagrams and other comparative information materials, and distribute it in any way.
Your personal data may be transferred to any company providing technical services (including but not limited to) that are used to provide the services. It is also possible that with improvements or additions to the services, it may be in your interest for MusicAlligator to make some personal data available to companies that believe they have a strategic relationship or that do work for MusicAlligator so they can provide products and services to you on behalf of MusicAlligator. These companies may help us process information, provide credit, fulfill customer orders, provide services to you, manage and improve customer data, measure your interest in our services, or conduct customer surveys or satisfaction surveys.
We will only provide these companies with the personal information they need to perform the tasks for which they were hired. These companies are also required to protect your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Without providing such information, it may be difficult to sell your music, download your songs and album art, use or access our services, have products delivered to you, receive customer service, provide us with feedback to improve our services.
Your personal information may also be disclosed to third parties if required by law. In addition, if MusicAlligator receives notice that content you have posted online using the Service infringes the rights of a third party, MusicAlligator may, at its sole discretion, disclose your contact information to such third party.
3.3 Where is personal data stored or transferred?
Your personal data is primarily stored in the European Union by MusicAlligator or its hosting providers. It may also be hosted in other countries, at any time in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please note that, without prejudice to the governing law of the Terms of Service and/or the contract between you and MusicAlligator, the processing of your personal data is subject to French law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the law applicable to your personal data requires it to be stored in your own country, it may be stored as such.
MusicAlligator operates worldwide and has teams located in many countries to ensure the best possible service. Therefore, your personal data may be transferred to a country other than your own country and where employees or suppliers are believed to be employed who may have access to your personal data on a need-to-know basis. Whenever your personal data is transferred outside the European Union, we ensure that your personal data is protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
3.4 How long does MusicAlligator keep your personal data?
MusicAlligator will retain your personal data until your MusicAlligator account is terminated, provided that you have not requested deletion in accordance with section 6 below.
Please note that some of your data may remain in our records even after your account is closed (for example, to confirm the use of the services, to process third party claims within the applicable statute of limitations, etc.
4. PROTECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
MusicAlligator will take appropriate administrative, technical and physical measures to protect your personal data from theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure and alteration. MusicAlligator has used and will continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to protect your personal information.
While there will always be people trying to steal information, we follow industry-accepted security standards designed to protect and prevent unauthorized access, disclosure and use of your personal information. We use Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) encryption for credit cards and other banking transactions. Because of this level of security, you must use an SSL-enabled browser such as Safari, Netscape Navigator 3.0 (or later), or Internet Explorer.
In addition, MusicAlligator will restrict employees’ access to databases containing personal data and impose confidentiality requirements on employees who need to know such information.
You will be given the freedom to create a username and password that only you know to protect access to your MusicAlligator account. To further protect your information, you should change your password frequently and only use a browser that supports SSL encryption.
5. TECHNICAL INFORMATION (IP addresses, cookies and others)
As with many websites, MusicAlligator websites and apps register your IP address and use a standard technology called cookies (or similar client-side data storage technologies), which are small data files that are downloaded to your computer or device when you visit MusicAlligator properties. Cookies identify your browser to the MusicAlligator server whenever you interact with them so that we can identify you and provide you with access to your user account. We use cookies to improve our services and the quality of your experience while visiting MusicAlligator facilities.
By using MusicAlligator features, you signify your consent to our use of cookies as described in this Privacy Policy.
The MusicAlligator properties use the following types of cookies:
– Technical Cookies: necessary for efficient operation and navigation;
– Analytical Cookies: for performance monitoring of MusicAlligator properties and traffic analysis;
– Profiling cookies: for creating user profiles
MusicAlligator may use third party service providers to analyze certain online activities (for example, to measure the effectiveness of our online campaigns or to analyze visitor activity in MusicAlligator properties). These service providers may use cookies and other technologies in this framework.
Many websites collect non-personal information and store it in log files (for example, IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, operating system, Date/Time, etc.). None of this information directly identifies you. We believe that this technology can be used in accordance with generally accepted industry practice.
You can set your browser to notify you when a cookie is enabled, allowing you to decline or disable it (refer to your browser’s “help” function). However, please note that some parts or features of MusicAlligator’s properties or its partner websites may not work as well or at all if you disable cookies.
6. WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER
6.1. You warrant that you will communicate only your true data and that of third parties which you are duly authorized to communicate. If you use the MusicAlligator service from an account, you warrant that this account is your personal account or an account to which you have authorized access and you are authorized to manage and administer.
6.2. You defend and hold harmless MusicAlligator from any and all claims or actions arising from a breach of section 6.1 above.
6.3. If MusicAlligator runs community-based services (such as message boards, blogs, instant messaging, etc.), please note that any information you share through one of these services is visible to other users and may be seen, collected and used by other members. MusicAlligator is not responsible for the personal information you choose to submit, and you are solely responsible for any content you post there.
7. MISCELLANEOUS
7.1. MusicAlligator may change, modify or otherwise update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so we encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently. We may also attempt to notify you of any such changes to our Privacy Policy by email or by posting a notice on our homepage but are under no obligation to do so.
