Pixsy welcomes comments and questions on
this Privacy Policy. You may e-mail your questions or comments
to: info[at]Pixsy.com
1. Personally Identifiable Information
Collected at this Site. You can visit portions of the
Site at any time without providing any information about yourself.
However, in order to use certain portions of the Site, you
will need to provide some personally identifiable information.
2. E-mail Newsletter. To subscribe
to our e-mail newsletters, you will need to provide your e-mail
address and date of birth. You can opt-out of receiving future
mailings by following the directions contained in each newsletter
(e.g., to "unsubscribe").
3. Accounts. To use Pixsy services,
such as video uploading, file storage, portfolio features,
etc., you will need to register and create an account with
Pixsy ("account"). To create such an account, you will
need to choose a member name and password. You will also be
asked to provide certain personally identifiable information,
such as your age, address, telephone number, e-mail address,
etc. If you do provide Pixsy with personally identifiable
information, we will take reasonable steps to protect this
information. We also urge you to keep your password confidential
and refrain from sharing it with others. You agree that information
in Your Content will be available to the general public accessing
the Site.
4. Other Services, Special Promotions,
and Purchases. To participate in some services offered
at the Site (e.g., sweepstakes, contests and surveys ("Special
Promotions")) or to make online purchases ("Purchases"),
you will need to provide personally identifiable information
as requested on the applicable web form. This information
may be collected directly by Pixsy or indirectly by a third
party, such as a co-sponsor or a vendor involved in or providing
services in connection with a Special Promotion, or an e-commerce
partner in the case of a Purchase. In most cases, the names
of such third parties will be disclosed on the Site (and/or
in the rules for a Special Promotion), and you may be given
the option of providing your information to them. Pixsy may
offer Special Promotions that ask you to submit information
about others. If so, you represent and warrant that you have
consent of such people to .
5. Customer Service. The Site may
offer support and technical assistance through telephone operators
and by email. Whenever you speak with a customer service operator
or contact them by email, you do so with the understanding
that he or she may view and make changes to your account in
order to provide the assistance that you need.
6. Special Notice regarding Children Under
13 Years of Age. Although this Site is not directed towards
young children, Pixsy is intent on complying with applicable
laws and regulations regarding children, including the United
States ' Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Pixsy will
not knowingly collect or maintain any personally identifiable
information from children under 13. Parents are hereby put
on notice that Pixsy does not provide a mechanism to obtain
parental consent. If you are a parent or guardian who has
discovered that your child has submitted his or her personal
information, Pixsy will make reasonable efforts to remove
the information from its database, at your request. To request
the removal of your child's information, please send an email
to info[at]Pixsy.com and
be sure to include in your message the same member name and
password that your child submitted.
7. Non-personally Identifiable Information
Collected. As part of the registration process to create
an account or to participate in Special Promotions, you may
be asked to provide certain information that does not personally
identify you. For example, you may be asked to provide information
concerning your music or other entertainment preferences,
purchasing habits, and the like. Pixsy requests this information
in order to enhance your online experience by understanding
you better and to also make you aware of new services, programs
or offers which may be of interest to you. In many cases,
Pixsy will automatically collect certain non-personally identifiable
information about your use of the Site and services provided
by Pixsy through it. For example, Pixsy might collect information
concerning the type of Internet browser or computer operating
system you are using, the domain name of your Internet service
provider, your "click path" through the Site, or
advertisement that was linked to or from the Site when you
visited, and your IP address. To do this, Pixsy may use cookies
and other technology (see below). Your visits to the Site,
and information provided through these technologies, will
be anonymous unless you provide us with personally identifiable
information or have provided such information in the past.
8. Cookies. The Site and advertisements
contained on it may contain "cookies." A cookie is a piece
of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may
then store the cookie on your computer if your browser is
enabled to accept cookies. Transparent gifs or web beacons
assist in the delivery of cookies. Pixsy uses cookies, transparent
gifs, frames, server log analysis and other technologies as
they are developed to customize your experience with the Site.
Personally identifiable information (and other information
that may be associated with your personally identifiable information)
collected through the use of these technologies will be handled
in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Most Internet browsers
will allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive,
block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a
cookie is stored. Please note, however, that if you block
cookies, many portions of the Site will not function properly.
You should refer to your browser instructions or help screen
to learn more about how to manage cookies.
9. Use of Personal Information Collected
at the Site. Pixsy uses information about you to operate
the Site and any services available through it that you request,
to inform you of other services or offers in which you might
be interested, and to improve and enhance the Site.
10. Purchases of Third Party Services.
Pixsy may work with other companies to provide portions of
the Site (e.g., to provide fulfillment for prizes won in a
sweepstakes, or to provide other support for a Service or
Special Promotion). By participating in such services, you
are deemed to consent to the disclosure of your personally
identifiable information to these third parties. Third parties
who provide prize fulfillment and/or sweepstakes administration
will be given your information to carry out their responsibilities
in connection with any Special Promotion in which you participate.
You should always review the privacy policy of any third party
mentioned in a Special Promotion or in connection with your
Purchase to determine how your information will be used by
that entity.
11. Sharing & Disclosing Information.
Pixsy may disclose your personally identifiable information
to third parties under the following circumstances: (a)
we have been given your consent to disclose; (b) we
have previously informed you of the disclosure; (c)
we are required by law or court order to disclose or to comply
with any legal or regulatory requirement, including without
limitation in connection with a search warrant or demand for
documents; (d) disclosure is necessary to identify,
contact, or bring legal action against, someone who may cause
or be causing harm to, or interference with, Pixsy's rights
or property, other Site users, or anyone else. Pixsy may also
use IP addresses in cooperation with your Internet service
provider to identify users if Pixsy deems it necessary to
enforce compliance with this Privacy Policy or to protect
our Site, Pixsy customers or others. You consent to the disclosure
to, and use by, a subsequent owner or operator of the Site,
of any and all information about you contained in the applicable
Site database, if Pixsy assigns its rights and obligations
in connection with the Site or is otherwise acquired via merger,
acquisition, or sale of all or substantially all of Pixsy's
assets to a subsequent owner or operator. In any such event,
you acknowledge that the use and storage or your personal
information will be governed by the Privacy Policy
of the Site's subsequent owner or operator. In addition to
the other disclosures permitted under this Privacy Policy
(including personally identifiable information) from time
to time, Pixsy may share with third parties aggregate, non-personally
identifiable user information to show general demographic
and preference information among users of the Site.
12. Data Security. While Pixsy takes
precautions against possible security breaches of the Site,
no web site or Internet transmission or connection is completely
secure. Consequently, Pixsy cannot guarantee that unauthorized
access, hacking, data loss, or other breaches will never occur,
and your use of the Site is at your own risk. Pixsy urges
you to keep your personally identifiable information safe
by memorizing your password or keeping it in a safe place,
separate from your account information, logging out of your
User Account, and closing your Web browser. Unless otherwise
specified herein or on the Site, credit card numbers are used
only for payment processing and are not retained for marketing
or any other purposes. Pixsy uses good faith efforts to employ
a security technology known as a secure-socket-layer to protect
the transmission of payment information to the Site.
13. Processing Data in the United States.
By providing any personal information to the Site, all users,
including, without limitation, users in the member states
of the European Union, fully understand and unambiguously
consent to this Privacy Policy and to the collection, storage,
and processing of such information in the United States of
America.
(7.10.05 revision)