Privacy Policy

Last modified on: OCTOBER 30, 2018

ShowYourBand.com and it’s operators respect your privacy and take your privacy seriously, as such we have developed this privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) to which our Web Site and services are subject. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to better explain how we collect, use, and share information from or about you in connection with your use of our Web Site (“ShowYourBand.com”) and it’s Services. Some details of this Privacy Policy are incorporated into, and are subject to ShowYourBand.com’s Terms and Conditions.

We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully when using ShowYourBand.com or any of it’s services. By viewing any videos available on ShowYourBand.com or using any of the services therein, whether you are a Viewer, Visitor, or User, (as defined in the our Terms and Conditions), you consent to the collection, processing of your Personal Data, and use of personally identifiable information from or about you as described in this Privacy Policy.

You may choose not to provide certain information to us as further explained herein, but this may limit your ability to take full advantage of the features our Web Site offers. If you do not consent to the collection and use of information from or about you in accordance with this Privacy Policy, then you must not access or use ShowYourBand.com. If you are under the age of 13, you are not eligible to use the Web Site, and we ask you not to submit any personal information to us.

Please note that any video, image, or other content posted at the direction of users onto the Web Site becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Web Site.

ShowYourBand.com or it’s operators reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy for changes. Your use of the Web Site following any amendment of this Privacy Policy will signify your acceptance of its revised terms.

Contact us at if you have any questions or problems regarding the use of your Personal Data and we will gladly assist you.

Data Protection Principles

We promise to follow the following data protection principles:
Processing is lawful, fair, transparent. Our Processing activities have lawful grounds. We always consider your rights before Processing Personal Data. We will provide you information regarding Processing upon request.
Processing is limited to the purpose. Our Processing activities fit the purpose for which Personal Data was gathered.
Processing is done with minimal data. We only gather and Process the minimal amount of Personal Data required for any purpose.
Processing is limited with a time period. We will not store your personal data for longer than needed.
We will do our best to ensure the accuracy of data.
We will do our best to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data.

Data Subject’s rights
The Data Subject has the following rights:

Right to information – meaning you have to right to know whether your Personal Data is being processed; what data is gathered, from where it is obtained and why and by whom it is processed.
Right to access – meaning you have the right to access the data collected from/about you. This includes your right to request and obtain a copy of your Personal Data gathered.
Right to rectification – meaning you have the right to request rectification or erasure of your Personal Data that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to erasure – meaning in certain circumstances you can request for your Personal Data to be erased from our records.
Right to restrict processing – meaning where certain conditions apply, you have the right to restrict the Processing of your Personal Data.
Right to object to processing – meaning in certain cases you have the right to object to Processing of your Personal Data, for example in the case of direct marketing.
Right to object to automated Processing – meaning you have the right to object to automated Processing, including profiling; and not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated Processing. This right you can exercise whenever there is an outcome of the profiling that produces legal effects concerning or significantly affecting you.
Right to data portability – you have the right to obtain your Personal Data in a machine-readable format or if it is feasible, as a direct transfer from one Processor to another.
Right to lodge a complaint – in the event that we refuse your request under the Rights of Access, we will provide you with a reason as to why. If you are not satisfied with the way your request has been handled please contact us.
Right for the help of supervisory authority – meaning you have the right for the help of a supervisory authority and the right for other legal remedies such as claiming damages.
Right to withdraw consent – you have the right withdraw any given consent for Processing of your Personal Data.

Data We Collect

Use of certain features of the Web Site may require submission of certain personal information that can identify you directly, such as your first and/or last name, or email address, and other information that does not identify you directly, such as a nickname (or other user ID) and a password.

When you provide personal information through our website, the information may be sent to servers located in the United States. Most of the information we collect is information that is necessary for delivering you our product/service or to enhance your customer experience with us. We save the information you provide us with in order for you to comment or perform other activities on the website.

We collect information about usage and log data when you use our Web Site. This may include information from or about the computers, phones, tablets, or other devices where you install or access our Web Site, depending on the permissions you’ve granted. Examples of this information may include your IP address, device ID number, browser and software characteristics (such as type and operating system or language settings), activity on our Web Site, including information about the videos you watch, page views, ad data, referral URLs, network state, and carrier information.

Data is also collected in embedded content on sections of our Web Site from third-parties.
Posts to ShowYourBand.com may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, etc.) from Third Party Websites and Applications. (These services include, but are not necessarily limited to: Google, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Vimeo). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. This information is being passed through the use of developer API’s from these third-party services. When using ShowYourBand.com, please be aware that you will be subject to the Privacy Policies and Terms of those third-parties.

Data is collected from comments. When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Data is also being collected from Third Party Websites and Applications that we use on ShowYOurBand.com. (These services include, but are not necessarily limited to: Google, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Vimeo). This data may include both personally identifiable information, through account sign-ins, and general information about user interaction. This information is being passed through the use of developer API’s from these third-party services. When using ShowYourBand.com, please be aware that you will be subject to the Privacy Policies and Terms of those third-parties. If you choose to log-in, access or otherwise connect to services offered on our Web Site, which use third-party API’s, (e.g., YouTube), we may collect your user ID and user name associated with that third-party service as well as any other information you make public using that service.

We collect personal information you provide to us when you interact with our Web Site, including when you sign up for an account, or upload Content. For instance, when you register to use ShowYourBand.com, we may collect your name, email address, and other similar information.

We may combine the information we collect from or about you and use it in the manner described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise permitted by law.

How we use your Personal Data

We may use your Personal Data in order to provide our service to you. This includes for example registering your account; providing you with other products and services that you have requested; for communicating and interacting with you; and notifying you of changes to any services, in order to enhance your customer experience, or to fulfill an obligation under law.

We may use your personal data to identify you; to provide you a service; to communicate when performing account management task upon your request.

We use your Personal Data on legitimate grounds and/or only with your Consent.

On the ground of legitimate interest, we Process your Personal Data to administer and analyse our client base (video viewing behavior).

We Process your Personal Data in order to fulfill obligation rising from law and/or use your Personal Data for options provided by law. We reserve the right to anonymise Personal Data gathered and to use any such data. We will use data outside the scope of this Policy only when it is anonymised. We save your billing information and other information gathered about you for as long as needed for accounting purposes or other obligations deriving from law, but not longer than needed.

We might process your Personal Data for additional purposes that are not mentioned here, but are compatible with the original purpose for which the data was gathered. If changes are made to how we process your personal data we will make an attempt to notify you of those changes. You can refer back to this document at any time it is updated, be visiting our Web Site, to be notified of any changes.

We DO NOT share or sell your Personal Data with strangers. Personal Data about you is only shared, in some cases, via the third-party API’s designated above (e.g. Google, YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo), and only with your consent.

Data Security and Account Access

We do our best to keep your Personal Data safe. We use safe protocols for communication and transferring data (such as HTTPS). We monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks.

Even though we try our best we can not guarantee the security of information. In today’s world there is always a possibility that a breach in data transmission or storage may occur. We want you to feel confident in our security when using the services at ShowYourBand.com, but we cannot guarantee the security of any information from or about you 100% of the time. We do promise, however, to notify suitable authorities of data breaches. We will also notify you if there is a threat to your rights or interests. We will do everything we reasonably can to prevent security breaches and to assist authorities should any breaches occur.

If you have an online account with us, you have the ability to review and update your personal information online by logging into your account. You can also review and update your personal information either by accessing your account or by contacting us. More information about how to contact us is provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.

If you have an account with us, note that it is your responsibility to keep your username and password private.

Please note that if you allow others to use your account (including others you permit to set up profiles under your account), they may be able to view information about your account or any of the profiles under your account, including information about the videos you view and your email address. You should take care of how you handle and disclose your personal information and should avoid sending personal information through insecure email. Please refer to the Federal Trade Commission’s website at https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/privacy-identity-online-security for further information on how to protect yourself from identity theft.

Our Privacy Policy Regarding Children

We do not intend to collect or knowingly collect information from children. We do not target children with our services. If you are under the age of 13, you are not eligible to use ShowYourBand.com, and we ask you not to submit any personal information to us.

How the Data Is Collected

We use cookies and/or similar technologies to analyse customer behavior, administer the website, track users’ movements, and to collect information about users. This is done in order to personalize and enhance your experience with us.

A cookie is a tiny text file stored on your computer. Cookies store information that is used to help make sites work. Only we can access the cookies created by our website. You can control your cookies at the browser level. Choosing to disable cookies may hinder your use of certain functions.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Necessary cookies – these cookies are required for you to be able to use some important features on our website, such as logging in. These cookies don’t collect any personal information.
Functionality cookies – these cookies provide functionality that makes using our service more convenient and makes providing more personalized features possible. For example, they might remember your name and e-mail in comment forms so you don’t have to re-enter this information next time when commenting.
Analytics cookies – these cookies are used to track the use and performance of our website and services
Third-Party Advertising cookies – these cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and to your interests. In addition, they are used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement. They are usually placed to the website by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. These cookies remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.
You can remove cookies stored in your computer via your browser settings. Alternatively, you can control some 3rd party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

We use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has their own Privacy Policy which you can review here. If you’d like to opt out of tracking by Google Analytics, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.

Behavioral Targeting via Third Party Advertising

ShowYourBand.com or its advertisers may use third party ad networks and ad serving companies to help sell and present advertisements online in connection with the Web Site. These third party ad companies may use cookies, web beacons or similar technologies to help present such advertisements, to help measure and research the advertisements’ effectiveness, compile anonymous statistics about Web Site users, to serve you advertisements tailored to interests you have shown by browsing on this and other sites you have visited, to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before and to avoid sending you duplicate advertisements. In so doing, these vendors may collect non-personal data such as your browser type, your operating system, Web pages visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream data. The use of these technologies by these third party ad companies is subject to their own privacy policies, not ShowYourBand.com’s and this Web Site and it’s operators disclaims all liability in connection therewith. These third party ad companies may also monitor the Web Site for the purpose of reporting Web Site traffic, statistics, advertisements, “click-throughs” and/or other activities. ShowYourBand.com works with the Google ads network, whose privacy policies are available on it’s website. You may opt out of having the advertising that you see on our site targeted specifically to you by clicking on the Privacy Manager or going to the respective sites’ privacy policy(ies) and following the directions. To opt out of Google’s “interest-based ads” and to learn more about Google’s collection of your personal information to serve ads in connection with the Web Site, click here.

You can also disable cookies, including those used by ad networks, by following the instructions in your web browser. ShowYourBand.com does not provide advertisers access to any personally identifiable information that you have provided to us (keeping in mind that anything you have elected to share publicly on the site is available to everyone to see).

Purpose For Collecting Data

We collect limited data because we use it when creating customized experiences on our Web Site for our users. The way we use the data we collect from or about you depends on how you use the ShowYourBand.com Web Site or services.

Our purposes for the collection of the Data may include the following uses:

To provide, improve and develop our Web Site. We are able to deliver personalized options, and evaluate how well the Content is performing, based on this information. For example, we collect your authentication data to allow you to connect to your account, and we may collect information on your language setting preferences to provide you with our Web Site in the language of your choice. We may also use your data collected to conduct audits and troubleshooting activities.

To communicate with You. We may use your information to communicate with you about our Web Site services and update you about our policies and terms. We also may use your information to respond to you when you contact us, or for any other purpose that is disclosed to you at the time we collect the Data or that is related to a request made by you. To learn about opting out of promotional communications, please see the information we have provided below (“Your Rights & Opting-Out”).

Your Rights & Opting-Out

Please understand that no one is under a statutory or contractual obligation to provide us any Data. However, certain Data is collected automatically and, if some Data, such as account setup details, is not provided, we may be unable to provide you with certain features on our Web Site. You are entitled to access, correct and/or delete the Data you have provided to Us, by requesting to do so through the setting of your account, or by reaching out us via e-mail at syb[at]showyourband[dot]com.

Additional Choices for Residents in the European Economic Area.

Individuals located in the European Economic Area, have certain statutory rights in relation to their Data. Subject to any exemptions provided by law, you may have the right to request access to your personal information, as well as to seek to update, delete, correct or transfer this information. You can usually do this using the settings and tools provided in your ShowYourBand.com account. If you cannot use the settings and tools, contact us. ShowYourBand.com’s processing of your Data is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and any consent you might have granted or contract you might have concluded with us.

Additional Choices for California Residents.

If you are a California resident, you may be entitled to request certain information regarding our disclosure, if any, of personal information (such as your name and contact information) to third parties who wish to contact you directly (as compared to when the third-party is acting on our behalf). If you are a California resident under the age of 18 and a registered user of ShowYourBand.com, you may request and obtain removal of Content or information you have publicly posted on our Web Site or services. To make this request, please contact us and include a detailed description of the specific content or information you would like to remove. Please note that this removal does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the Content or information posted on our Web Site by you as there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal.

Deleting Your Account

If you have an account on ShowYourBand.com you may choose to delete your account, in accordance with our Terms of Use, via the user account settings of your account when signed in. Please note that, after you delete your account, you will not be able to sign in to our website or access any of your personal information, however, you can open a new account at any time. If you delete your account, we may still retain some information from or about you in accordance with applicable law, including for various legal, operational, analytical, accounting, and auditing purposes. In addition, if certain information has already been provided to third parties as described in this Privacy Policy, retention of that information will be subject to those third parties’ policies.

Data Retention

Data is stored electronically in ShowYourBand.com servers and is kept only as long as necessary to provide our products and services, including for the purposes set out above. Information associated with your account may be kept for a period of one year following the deletion of your account, or earlier if we no longer need the data to provide our products and services. After that point, data is kept only for statistical purposes (or as otherwise legally permitted) and shall not be used for any other reason. Please note that you may always exercise your right to erase your personal data stored in our system.

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Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy for changes.

Last modified on: OCTOBER 30, 2018