Entertainment Partners Online Privacy Statement
Entertainment Partners (“EP”) respects your privacy and is committed to protect the
personal information that you share with us. Generally, you can browse through our website
without giving us any information about yourself. When we do need your personal information
to provide services that you request or when you choose to provide us with your personal
information, this policy describes how we collect and use your personal information.
Information Collection
Personal information means any information that may be used to identify an individual,
including, but not limited to, a first and last name, email address, a home, postal or other
physical address, other contact information, title, birth date, gender, occupation, industry,
personal interests, other information when needed to provide a service you requested. When you
browse our website, you do so anonymously, unless you have previously indicated that you wish
EP to remember your login and password. We don't automatically collect personal information,
including your email address. We do log your IP address (the Internet address of your computer)
to give us an idea of which part of our website you visit and how long you spend there. But we
do not link your IP address to any personal information unless you have logged in to our
website. Like many other commercial websites, the EP website may use a standard technology
called a "cookie" to collect information about how you use the site. Please go to
“Cookies and Tracking Information” below for more information.
EP collects personal information when you register with EP for a EP account, when you use
certain EP products or services, when you register to attend a seminar or participate in an
online survey, when you ask to be included in an email or other mailing list, or you submit an
entry for a sweepstakes or other promotions, or when you submit your personal information to
EP for any other reason. From time to time, EP receives personal information from business
partners and vendors. EP only uses such information if it has been collected in accordance with
acceptable privacy practices consistent with this Policy and applicable laws.
Access to certain EP web pages require a login and a password. The use of those web pages,
and the information or programs downloadable from those sites, may be governed by a written
agreement between your employer and EP. Unless you request deletion of your personal information
as specified below, your personal information may be retained by EP to verify compliance with the
agreement, log software licenses granted, to track software downloaded from those pages, or track
usage of other applications available on those pages.
Notice
When personal information is collected, we will inform you at the point of collection the
purpose for the collection. EP will not transfer your personal information to third parties
without your consent, except under the limited conditions described under the discussion
entitled “Information Sharing and Disclosure” below. If you choose to provide us with your
personal information, we may only transfer that information, within EP or to EP's third party
service providers with your permission. Upon receiving your permission, we may transfer your
information across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or
jurisdictions around the world.
We will always give you the opportunity to "opt out" of receiving direct
marketing or market research information. This means we assume you have given us your consent
to collect and use your information in accordance with this Policy unless you take affirmative
action to indicate that you do not consent, for instance by clicking or checking the appropriate
option or box at the point of collection. In some cases, when applicable, we will provide you
with the opportunity to "opt in." This means we will require your affirmative action
to indicate your consent before we use your information for purposes other than the purpose for
which it was submitted.
Cookies and Tracking Technology
A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit
them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the
pages you've visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you
supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by
other sites. Some parts of EP's website use cookies to track user traffic patterns. We do this
in order to determine the usefulness of our website information to our users and to see how
effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information. If you prefer
not to receive cookies while browsing our website, you can set your browser to warn you before
accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can
also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser, although you may not be able to
take full advantage of EP's website if you do so. In particular, you may be required to accept
cookies in order to complete certain actions on our website. You do not need to have cookies
turned on, however, to use/navigate through many parts of our website, except access to certain
of EP's web pages may require a login and password.
How We Use Information Collected
EP uses information for several general purposes: to fulfill your requests for certain
products and services, to personalize your experience on our website, to keep you up to date on
the latest product announcements, software updates, special offers or other information we think
you'd like to hear about either from us or from our business partners, and to better understand
your needs and provide you with better services. We may also use your information to send you,
or to have our business partners send you, direct marketing information or contact you for market
research.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Because EP is a global company, your personal information may be shared with EP Affiliates
around the world. All such entities are governed by this Privacy Policy or are bound by the
appropriate confidentiality and data transfer agreements.
Your personal information is never shared outside EP without your permission, except under
conditions explained below. Inside EP, data is stored in controlled servers with limited access.
Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country where EP,
its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents are located.
EP may send your personal information to other companies or people under any of the following
circumstances: when we have your consent to share the information; we need to share your
information to provide the product or service you have requested; we need to send the information
to companies who work on behalf of EP to provide a product or service to you (we will only provide
those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from
using that information for any other purpose); or we want to keep you up to date on the latest
product announcements, software updates, special offers or other information we think you'd like
to hear about either from us or from our business partners (unless you have opted out of these
types of communications). We will also disclose your personal information if required to do so by
law, to enforce our Terms of Use, or in urgent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the
public or our websites.
Data Security
Your EP account information is password-protected for your privacy and security. EP safeguards
the security of the data you send us with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. In
certain areas of our websites, EP uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to enhance the security
of data transmissions. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure the
security of the information you transmit to us, and so we urge you to take every precaution to
protect your personal data when you are on the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a
combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser.
Children and Privacy
Our websites do not target and are not intended to attract children under the age of 13.
EP does not knowingly solicit personal information from children under the age of 13 or send
them requests for personal information.
Third Party Sites
EP's website contains links to other sites. EP does not share your personal information with
those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn
about the privacy policies of those companies.
Our website may contain links to websites operated by other companies. Some of these
third-party sites may be co-branded with a EP logo, even though they are not operated or
maintained by EP. Although we choose our business partners carefully, EP is not responsible for
the privacy practices of web sites operated by third parties that are linked to our site. Once
you have left our website, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party
website to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
EP will amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in our privacy policy or in
the way we use your personal information we will make that information available by posting a notice on
this site.
This document has been effective since March 5, 2003.
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