PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE
This site is owned and operated by 9X MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED ("9X "). For clarity, Spotboye is a channel belonging to 9X Media. This Privacy Statement is applicable to the Spotboye Web site and all services provided thereon, including all Spotboye Forums (collectively, unless noted otherwise, the "Services"). Spotboye respects the privacy concerns of all users of the Services. Spotboye also recognizes the valuable potential of technology to help people communicate with the companies whose Web sites they visit, particularly through customer databases. Responsible use of the information you share with Spotboye is paramount. In order to help you understand how the information you provide to Spotboye will be used, the following guidelines have been created.
Personally Identifiable
Information:
In order to use certain portions of the Services
(i.e., Spotboye Forums), you may be required to
register and create an account with Spotboye
("Spotboye Account"). There is no cost to create a
Spotboye Account but you will be asked to choose a
member name (please select a name other than your
real name; also, please do not select the name of
a real person), password, and provide certain
personal information about yourself, such as your
real name, age, address, telephone number,
occupation and e-mail address. If you do provide
Spotboye with personally identifiable information,
we will take all reasonable and appropriate steps
to protect this information. Spotboye will not
disclose, share, sell or rent personally
identifiable information to any third party
without your prior consent. Please note that your
member name will be available to other members of
the Spotboye community while you participate in
certain Spotboye Forums. At your discretion, you
may also choose to create a public profile for
yourself which will be available to the public
(other members of the Spotboye community). Public
profiles are managed entirely by you and you are
solely responsible for the profile's content and
its "public" or "private" status on the Spotboye
Site. You may access, edit or delete your public
profile.
Other than registration information, you may be asked to provide certain personal information in connection with your use of or participation in certain promotions such as entering sweepstakes, contests, surveys, newsletters, etc, ("Special Promotions"). In these instances, you will be informed of the intended use(s) of the requested information.
Non-Personally Identifiable
Information:
As part of the registration process to create a
Spotboye Account or to participate in a Special
Promotion, Competitions, Online polls, download of
our audio and video content, you may be asked to
provide certain information about yourself which
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. Spotboye 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
in which you may be interested.
In general, you can use the Services (except Spotboye Forums) while remaining anonymous. However, in some cases, Spotboye may still be able to collect certain non-personally identifiable information about your use of the Services. For example, Spotboye might collect information concerning the type of Internet browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using, the domain name of your Internet service provider and/or the Web site or advertisement from which you linked to the Spotboye site.
When you visit one of the Spotboye Sites or
advertisements appearing thereon, or use one or
more of the Services, we may use an industry-wide
technology called "cookies" which stores certain
information on your computer and which will allow
us to customize your experience to better match
your interests and preferences or simply
facilitate your signing in to use the Services.
Most 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 refer to your browser instructions
or help screen to learn more about these
functions. By accessing an Spotboye Site, you
agree to the use and storage of cookies on your
computer for subsequent access and use by
Spotboye.
In general, Spotboye may use non-personally
identifiable information to improve and enhance
the Services. However, from time to time, Spotboye
may share this information with other entities in
aggregate, non-personal form to show general
demographic and preference information among users
of the Spotboye Site.
Other
sensitive information:
Whenever you give Spotboye sensitive information
(e.g., credit card numbers), Spotboye will take
all commercially reasonable steps to protect such
information by establishing a secure connection
with your Web browser. Spotboye employs an
industry-wide technology known as a
secure-socket-layer ("SSL") to protect the
transmission of payment information to the Site.
Unless otherwise specified herein, credit card
numbers are used only for payment processing and
are not retained for marketing or any other
purposes.
Postings to Forums:
All postings, whether in a chat room, on message
boards or other method of communication within the
Forums will generally be available to and freely
accessible by other users of the Spotboye Forums.
Therefore, users should not expect that any
information they post will be kept private or
confidential and are encouraged to exercise
discretion when using the Spotboye Forums.
Additionally, your member name will always be
posted in conjunction with your post in the
Spotboye Forums. Users will be able to register,
subscribe, unsubscribe to SMS
notifications/newsletters. Users shall also be
able to upload their own content, images, avatar,
lyrics, jokes, characters, games, widgets,
screensavers, wallpapers, etc. Users can download
ringtones subject to payment for these. All
uploads by users shall be original uploads
uploaded at the users free will and such user will
be responsible for ensuring that they are original
works. 9X shall not be responsible in the event of
any upload not being original. Any upload shown on
the site will have details of the person. 9X shall
not be responsible for verifying the details of
the person and or content of the uploads. In the
event of any user identifying any information and
or upload on the site not to be true and or
original, the user shall notify 9X of the same and
9X shall at its sole discretion remove such
information and/or upload from the site.
Hyperlinks:
The Spotboye Sites may contain links to or
advertisements concerning other Web sites. Other
sites may also reference, advertise, or link to
Spotboye Site. Spotboye is not responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of such other
sites and expressly disclaims all liability
associated with your use of and the content on
such other sites. The site may include 3rd
party/user content uploaded and shared for
everybody.
How to review, update or delete you or your
child's personal account information:
As part of your use of the Services, you are
responsible for maintaining and updating, as
applicable, your Registration Information with
current and complete information. You may edit and
delete portions of your Spotboye Account
information or delete the Spotboye Account
entirely. Spotboye is dedicated to protecting your
personal information and welcomes comments and
questions on this policy. Spotboye reserves the
right to change this policy at any time by
notifying guests of the existence of a new privacy
policy.