Privacy Policy

Website Visitors
Like most websites, Ben Smith Music Company collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Ben Smith Music Company’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Ben Smith Music Company’s visitors use its website.

Ben Smith Music Company also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users. Ben Smith Music Company only discloses logged in user IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Ben Smith Music Company’s websites choose to interact with Ben Smith Music Company in ways that require Ben Smith Music Company to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Ben Smith Music Company gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. Those who engage in transactions with Ben Smith Music Company are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Ben Smith Music Company collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Ben Smith Music Company. Ben Smith Music Company does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics
Ben Smith Music Company may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Ben Smith Music Company may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Ben Smith Music Company does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Ben Smith Music Company discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Ben Smith Music Company’s behalf or to provide services available at Ben Smith Music Company’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Ben Smith Music Company’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Ben Smith Music Company will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Ben Smith Music Company discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Ben Smith Music Company believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Ben Smith Music Company, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Ben Smith Music Company website and have supplied your email address, Ben Smith Music Company may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Ben Smith Music Company and our products. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Ben Smith Music Company takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Ben Smith Music Company uses cookies to help Ben Smith Music Company identify and track visitors, their usage of Ben Smith Music Company website, and their website access preferences. Ben Smith Music Company visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Ben Smith Music Company’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Ben Smith Music Company’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers
If Ben Smith Music Company, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Ben Smith Music Company goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Ben Smith Music Company may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Ben Smith Music Company may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Ben Smith Music Company’s sole discretion. Ben Smith Music Company encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Questions?
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at [email protected].