Privacy Policy | Drumtable.com

This privacy policy pertains to Drumtables use of the data obtained through your use of the Drumtable web site at drumtable.com. It covers how Drumtable treats personal information it collects. Drumtable is concerned about your privacy. If you have any questions about its policy or its use of personal information, contact us at privacy@drumtable.com.

Personal information is defined as personally identifiable information such as your name, age or email address. It also includes billing information and profile data collected by Drumtable including but not limited to personal interests, gender, age, education, occupation.

When you register, Drumtable asks for your email address and certain optional information.
If you subscribe to a premium service, Drumtable will ask for your billing address, phone number, and credit card information.
Drumtable automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookie, and the page you request.

Drumtable uses information for the following general purposes: billing, identification and authentication, security, website management, service improvement, contact, research, and anonymous reporting.
Drumtable may share non-personally identifiable information (both unique and aggregate) and with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to its users.
Drumtable does not rent or sell your personal identifiable information without your prior consent, except when compelled by subpoenas, warrants, court orders or legal process.
If Drumtable is acquired or merged with another company, Drumtable will transfer all personal information to such other company. Drumtable will notify you of any transfer or merger by sending you an email or prominently posting a notice on the website.

When you post a story, your Drumtable ID or alias that you are posting under is visible to other users. This may include pictures and other identifiable information that you choose to post on drumtable.com.
If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. This posting is your option, not required by Drumtable.

E-Mail addresses are not displayed on Drumtables website. Drumtable may use e-mail addresses to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service. Users may choose not to receive email of this type by so indicating on their registration. This permission may be updated by updating your profile information.

IP Addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page. Your IP address is stored in Drumtables user registration databases when you register with Drumtable. IP addresses may be used for various purposes, including:

To diagnose or service technology problems reported by our users or engineers that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by a specific web company or ISP.
To estimate the total number of users visiting Drumtable from specific geographical regions.
To make sure that users are not abusing the voting or submission systems.

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive.

You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use Drumtable products or services that require you to "sign in" and you may not be able to take full advantage of the Drumtable service.
Drumtable uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including but not limited to:

Access your information when you "sign in".
Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using Drumtable's services.
Display the most appropriate advertising banners, based on your interests and activity on Drumtable.
Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic.
Conduct research to improve Drumtable's content and services.

Drumtable lets other companies that show advertisements on some of our pages set and access their cookies on your computer. Other entities' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other entities do not have access to Drumtable's cookies.

Drumtables website contains links to other websites. Drumtable is not responsible for the privacy policy and/or practices of other websites.

You can change your Drumtable profile information at any time, except your Username which is fixed when created.
We may send you certain communications relating to the Drumtable service, such as service announcements and administrative messages that are considered part of your Drumtable account.
Your Drumtable profile information is password-protected.
You can delete your Drumtable account at any time by contacting us at drumtable@drumtable.com; however, please note that your identification, billing and contact information may remain in Drumtable's records for some period.
We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
In certain areas, Drumtable uses SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions.
Drumtable uses its best efforts to protect your secure data. However, Drumtable cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time.

Drumtable may update this policy at any time for any reason. If there are any significant changes to how we handle personal information we will send a notice to the primary email address specified in your Drumtable account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.