PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy ("Policy") discloses the practices of Music Academy Online, Inc. ("Music Academy Online" or “we” or “our”) concerning personal information we obtain about you. By using www.musicacademyonline.com (this “Site”), in any way accessing this Site, or purchasing products or using services of Music Academy Online, you are accepting the practices described in this Policy. This Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Music Academy Online does not own or control, or to people that we do not employ or manage.

 

What personal information about customers does musicacademyonline.com gather?

Information you give us:
We receive and store most information you enter on this Site. We do not store credit card numbers. Information collected by Music Academy Online from this Site is stored in a single, secure database, accessible only by Music Academy Online.

 

How does Music Academy Online use the information?

Information we collect is generally used for the following purposes:

  1. To build features that will make the services available on our Site easier to use. This includes faster search requests, better member support and timely notice of new services and special offers.
  2. To improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, improve our content and product offerings, and customize our Site’s content, layout, and services. These uses improve our services and better tailor them to meet your needs.  
  3. To resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our Terms of Use. At times, we may look across multiple members or users to identify problems or resolve disputes, and in particular we may examine your information to identify members using multiple Member Ids or aliases.
  4. Except as otherwise provided herein, the information we collect from you may be shared with our marketing partners or other third parties. We may use the personal information that you supply to us and we may work with other third parties to bring selected retail opportunities to you via direct mail, email and telemarketing. Music Academy Online may sell or rent aggregated statistical information and user, member or former member specific information, including name, address, telephone number and payment information, to our marketing partners or other third-parties. If you want Music Academy Online to stop sharing information it has about you in the future, you may notify us of this fact by contacting Music Academy Online at the address set forth in the Terms of Use.
    We further reserve the right to disclose personal information, including sensitive information, when we believe that such disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law or a request by a government official, to protect the rights or property of Music Academy Online, or to enforce our Terms of Use. In the event that Music Academy Online or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, member information and sensitive information may be some of the transferred assets.

 

How secure is the information?

We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.

We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing.

It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.