Overview
This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") explains 2 Hot Records, Inc.'s ("2 Hot Records")
2 Hot Records takes your privacy rights seriously and has posted this Privacy Policy to let 2 Hot Records users know what information 2 Hot Records collects from you, why 2 Hot Records collects it and what 2 Hot Records does with it. 2 Hot Records's goal is to collect and use only that information that 2 Hot Records thinks is necessary for 2 Hot Records's legitimate business interests, such as to better understand and serve you, the 2 Hot Records community, to provide better service and to improve marketing of the 2 Hot Records network.
Acceptance of These Terms
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the 2 Hot Records Terms of Use of the Site. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use of the Site, please do not provide 2 Hot Records with any information and do not use the 2 Hot Records Site or services. Your continued use of the 2 Hot Records Site after the Privacy Policy has been modified will signify your acceptance of the changes for information gathered after the date of the change.
Does this Privacy Policy apply to you?
This privacy policy covers 2 Hot Records's information collection and use practices for anyone who uses the Site. Except as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy, 2 Hot Records will not share your personally identifiable information with any third parties unless you give 2 Hot Records permission to do so or except as required by law or to cooperate with law enforcement authorities.
This Site, however, contains links to other websites, advertisers and other third parties. By clicking on any of these links, you are leaving the Site. 2 Hot Records has no control over the information collected from or about you by any third party after you have left the Site. This Privacy Policy does not cover the data collection and use practices of any third party linked to 2 Hot Records. 2 Hot Records assumes no liability and is not responsible for any practices of such third party web sites, including their privacy practices or content.
What information, including personally identifiable information, does 2 Hot Records collect from and about you?
Our goal in collecting information from and about you is to provide you with the best web experience possible. In order to provide you with our services, 2 Hot Records collects two types of information from its community: passive technical information; and information you voluntarily provide to 2 Hot Records, including personally identifiable information.
Passive Technical Information. 2 Hot Records automatically collects certain technical information for each visitor, including your IP address, the type of browser you use to surf the Internet, your screen resolution, and your computer's operating system. Your IP address tells 2 Hot Records both your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the general geographic location from which you are connecting. 2 Hot Records may also use your IP address to track the date and time you accessed the Site, how long you stayed on the Site and what pages you visited. This information is used internally by 2 Hot Records to help provide a good web experience to our community, including proper formatting for our web pages. This information is also provided in the aggregate to third parties, including potential business partners and advertisers, to describe basic use patterns for the Site, but this information is not linked to any personally identifiable information before it is disclosed unless 2 Hot Records has obtained your consent. In addition, 2 Hot Records uses cookies on this Site. Cookies are small data text files that are sent from a server computer to your computer during a browsing session so that the web site may track your activities on the web site. Cookies are typically stored on your computer's hard drive and are used by web sites to simulate a continuous connection to that site. Cookies, by themselves, do not necessarily let a web site know any personally identifying information about you, such as your real name, address, etc., unless you previously provided that information at the web site or have set your preferences in your browser to provide that information. 2 Hot Records is not generally interested in any one individual and does not collect personally identifiable information about any one person using cookies. 2 Hot Records does, however, use cookies to save your password so that you don't have to reenter it each time you visit the Site.
-Information You Provide. 2 Hot Records does not require anyone to register and become a 2 Hot Records member for general use of the Site. However, should you choose to register and become a 2 Hot Records member so that you may take advantage of 2 Hot Records's membership benefits (which include access to 2 Hot Records chat rooms, message boards and Filter rating systems), 2 Hot Records requires that you provide the following information: first name, last name, ZIP code, country, e-mail address and date of birth. Additionally, 2 Hot Records may ask for other optional information so that 2 Hot Records can learn more about who our users are and what they want out of our Site. In order to better understand our users and to provide you with a better web experience, 2 Hot Records may analyze the ages of our users in connection with the pages our users tend to visit and the shows they access. 2 Hot Records's use and disclosure of the information you provide us, including personally identifiable information, is set forth below.
What other organizations besides 2 Hot Records may be collecting information from you on the Site?
2 Hot Records may use outside advertising companies to display banner advertisements on the Site. Banner advertisements may also contain cookies, and appear to be coming from 2 Hot Records; but, in reality, they are coming from third parties who are serving advertisements on the Site. 2 Hot Records has no control over the privacy practices of any third party, and the manner in which any third party uses your information is not protected by the terms of this Privacy Policy. Further, once you leave the Site, 2 Hot Records does not control the privacy policies or the privacy practices of any third parties.
What happens to my information after 2 Hot Records collects it?
When 2 Hot Records collects information from you, 2 Hot Records does not share any information with third parties outside of 2 Hot Records without your consent. You will give this consent by "opting-in" to having your information shared with third parties when you register. These third parties may include 2 Hot Records's marketing partners, who may want specific information to better shape their marketing efforts. Additionally, 2 Hot Records provides the community the opportunity to be sent newsletters and information about promotional events, publications, and marketing events. Again, 2 Hot Records will not send this information to you unless you "opt in" for these services and publications.
In addition, 2 Hot Records will not sell, dispose, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to third parties without your consent except as specifically set forth in this paragraph and in the preceding paragraph. When you choose to supply 2 Hot Records with your personally identifying information, 2 Hot Records compiles this information in a database with other 2 Hot Records community members' information and 2 Hot Records reserves the right to transfer this information to a successor, related entity or to a third party purchasing or succeeding to 2 Hot Records's assets. Further, 2 Hot Records shares the postal ZIP codes of our users in the aggregate to cable and satellite companies and their affiliates for use in distributing and marketing of the 2 Hot Records television network.
How can you review and correct information you submitted to the Site, unsubscribe, or opt out?
You may review, change, or delete any information you submitted to 2 Hot Records by going to the "Edit Profile" screen. Additionally, it is optional to supply personally identifying information to use the Site. However, if you do provide 2 Hot Records with personally identifying information, there are several ways you may unsubscribe from our chat rooms and message boards, and remove your information from our databases. You can send an email to webmaster@2HotRecords.com. In this email, you must include your user name and password, and a description of the information you would like to change. Alternatively, you can send mail to the following postal address:
2 Hot Records, Inc.
Additionally, if you choose to receive 2 Hot Records newsletters, you may unsubscribe from this service in the manner indicated in each newsletter.
What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under 2 Hot Records's control?
2 Hot Records uses industry standard security measures to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under 2 Hot Records's control, including firewalls and other security measures. Nonetheless, due to the inherent dangers of the Internet, 2 Hot Records cannot guarantee the protection of such information against loss, misuse, or alteration.
Additionally, 2 Hot Records provides an opportunity for the 2 Hot Records community to communicate and interact through 2 Hot Records's message boards and chat rooms, and through private messaging in the forums and chat rooms. 2 Hot Records monitors the message boards with 2 Hot Records employees and select community members known as moderators to ensure that these communications run smoothly.
A special notice to parents of children under the age of 13.
The Site is an Explict Lyrics web site and is intended to be used by adults and teens (17 and above) interested in the world of rap music. It is not intended for children under the age of 13 and 2 Hot Records does not want to collect any personal identifiable information for such children.
Modifications to this privacy policy.
2 Hot Records reserves the right, at 2 Hot Records's discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time to comply with any applicable state or federal regulations, to utilize new technologies or to improve your 2 Hot Records experience, so please check back periodically to review our Privacy Policy. If 2 Hot Records changes any portion of this Privacy Policy, the change will be posted in this document so that you will always know what information 2 Hot Records gathers, how 2 Hot Records might use that information, and to whom 2 Hot Records will disclose such information. 2 Hot Records will not change the use and dissemination practices related to information obtained under a prior version of this Privacy Policy without your prior consent. This Privacy Policy was last changed and posted on our Site on October 29, 2006.