Collaboarator Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Principles

Collaboarator is committed to putting users first and believes you should know what data we collect about you, why we collect it, and how we use and share it. That’s why we’ve designed this Privacy Policy to give you simple, clear, and actionable information about our privacy and data protection practices.

We believe users should also have meaningful choices over the data we collect, use and share as described in this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to take full advantage of these tools so you can make the best decisions about the data you share.

Information We Collect

All the personal information we collect is related to providing the Platform and its features and falls into three general categories:

• Information you provide to us
• Information collected automatically
• Information we obtain from third parties

Information You Provide

We ask for and collect the below personal information when you use the Platform. This information is necessary for the adequate performance of the contract between you and us and to allow us to comply with our legal obligations.

We process this information in light of our legitimate interest in improving the Platform and giving our users the best experience, and where it is necessary for the adequate performance of the contract between us and you. Without it, we may not be able to provide you with all the requested services and features of the Platform.

You don’t need to register for a Collaboarator account in order to visit our Platform. However, certain Services require that you register for an account and, by doing so, you will need to provide us with certain information. This information will be publicly accessible and may be viewed by anyone accessing the Website, or using our API or other Services. Please bear this in mind when considering whether to provide any additional information about yourself:

• Profile Information - you may choose, at your discretion, to provide additional information for your public profile on Collaboarator – for example: description, search distance, and email preference.
• Communications - When you communicate with Collaboarator by email or through the Platform, or use the Platform to communicate with other users, we collect information about your communication and any information you choose to provide.
• Survey Information - If you participate in any survey, you may provide certain personal data as part of your response, unless you respond anonymously.
• Information You Post - You may provide personal data when you upload Content to the Platform, or when you post comments, or contribute to community discussions.

Information we Collect Automatically

There is certain information that we collect automatically as the result of your use of the Platform, or through the use of cookies and other web analytics services as described in our Cookie Policy. This information generally includes:

• Usage Information - We collect information about your interactions with the Platform, including the pages that you visit and links you click on, streaming, offline listening or downloading tracks, uploading or recording tracks, connecting your Facebook, Google, or Spotify account, sharing Content with another user, following or unfollowing another user, posting a comment, performing a search, the time, frequency and duration of your visits to the Platform, and whether you interact with email messages, for example, if you opened, clicked on, or forwarded the email message.
• Log Data – We automatically collect log information when you use the Platform, even if you have not registered for an account or logged in. That information includes, among other things: details about how you’ve used the Platform (including links to third party sites or services), Internet Protocol (IP) address, access times, your browser type and operating system, device information, device event information (e.g., crashes, browser type), and the page you’ve viewed or engaged with before or after using the Platform.
• Cookies – We use cookies and other similar technologies, such as pixels, local storage, and mobile device identifiers and may also allow our business partners to use these tracking technologies on the Platform, or engage others to track your behavior on our behalf. For more information on our use of these technologies, see our Cookie Policy.
• Location Data – When you use certain features of the Platform, we may collect data about your general location (e.g. IP address). We use this data to provide you with location-based services (such as advertising and personalized content). Most mobile devices allow you to control or disable the use of location services for applications in the device’s settings.
• Device Information – We collect information from and about the devices you use, including how you interact with the Platform and information about device itself, such as the hardware model, operating system, IP addresses, cookie information, device settings, mobile device and advertising identifiers, apps installed, browser type, language, battery level and time zone. Apple’s iOS Advertising Identifier (IDFA) and Google’s Android Advertising ID are examples of device identifiers. This information allows us to recognize and associate your activity, and provide personalized content and advertising, consistently across all of your devices
• Software Development Kits – We may use third parties including our business partners and service providers who use mobile SDKs to collect information and information related to how mobile devices interact with the Platform. An SDK is computer code that app developers can include in their apps to enable ads to be shown, data to be collected and related services and functionality to be implemented. A mobile SDK is in effect the mobile app version of a pixel tag or beacon. We may use this technology, for instance, to analyze how you interact with content and advertisements and to enable analytics or other features through mobile devices.
• Collaboarator Widget – Other websites may integrate Collaboarator widgets; when you visit a website with a Collaboarator widget embedded, we may receive certain information, including information about the website you visited. Collaboarator and the widget may be able to recognize you, and in some cases the widget may be used to show personalized content. We know when you interact with a widget, and websites containing the widgets may receive this information as well.

Information From Third Parties

• Single-Sign Ons and Account Information - When you register any kind of Collaboarator account, you will need to provide your email address, name, and profile picture through authentication with Facebook, Google, or Spotify.
• Service Providers and Business Partners - We may also receive information about you from our service providers and business partners, including companies that assist with payment processing, analytics, data processing and management (e.g. to measure ad quality and responses to ads, and to display ads that are more likely to be relevant to you, including for Collaboarator products) account management, hosting, customer and technical support, and other services which we use to personalize your Collaboarator experience. We explain in more detail why and how we use this information below.

How We Use Your Information

1. Provide, Improve, and Develop the Platform
   • To operate and maintain your Collaboarator account, and to provide you with access to and use of the Platform. Your email address is used to identify you when you log into the Platform. Your device-IDs are used to ensure that you are in control of the devices that have access to your Subscription
   • To identify you as the creator of the Content that you upload, the comments that you post and/or the other contributions that you make to the Platform.
   • If you make a purchase, your name, address and payment verification information will be used to process your account subscription and renewals and to collect your payment. All payment verification information is transmitted using industry standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. Collaboarator also complies with the Payment Card Industry Security Standards.
   • Your email will be used to send you service updates and notifications about your account.
   • To respond to you about any comment or enquiry you have submitted.
2. We process this information in light of our legitimate interest in improving the Platform and giving our users the best experience, and where it is necessary for the adequate performance of the contract with you (e.g. Terms of Use).
3. Maintain a Safe and Secure Environment
   • Detect and prevent fraud, spam, abuse, security incidents, and other suspicious activity.
   • Verify and authenticate your identity and prevent unauthorized or illegal activity.
   • Enhance the safety and security of our products and services.
   • Conduct security investigations and risk assessments.
   • To prevent or take action against activities that are, or may be, in breach of our Terms of Use, Community Guidelines or applicable law.
   • To provide you with customer and technical support
4. We may use your data for other purposes, provided we disclose the purposes and use to you at the relevant time, and provided that you consent to the proposed use of your personal data.

Sharing of Your Information

This section describes how the information collected or generated through your use of the Platform may be shared by you or by us.

• Through Your Profile – Any information in your public profile (other than your email address) will be accessible by other users of the Platform, who may view your profile information, listen to and comment on any of your public Content, add themselves to your list of followers, and send you messages. Similarly, if you comment on any Content on the Platform, your comments will be available to all users of the Platform.
• With Your Consent – We will disclose your information if you have agreed that we may do so. We will make this clear to you at the point at which we collect your information, including the purpose(s) for which we will use the data.Aggregated Data – We may also share aggregated information (information about our users that we render in such a way that it no longer identifies or references an individual user) and other pseudononimized information for regulatory compliance, industry and market analysis, demographic profiling, marketing and advertising, and other business purposes
• API Integrations – Collaboarator has an open application-programming interface (API), which enables application developers to integrate elements of the Platform into other apps. Some of these developers may be located outside of the US. Any information you choose to make public on the Platform, including your public profile information and any public Content, may be accessible to these developers, subject to our Terms of Use. Please bear this in mind when deciding what information to publish on your profile. For information on how to limit the information that is available through the API, please see the Your Choices and Controls section below.
• Compliance with Laws – We may disclose your information to courts, law enforcement agencies, and governmental authorities (i) to comply with our legal obligations, (ii) to comply with legal process and to respond to claims asserted against Collaboarator, (iii) to respond to verified requests relating to a criminal investigation or alleged or suspected illegal activity or any other activity that may expose us, you, or any other of our users to legal liability, (iv) to enforce and administer our Terms of Use and other agreements with users, or (v) to protect the rights, property or personal safety of Collaboarator, its employees, and members of the public.
• Protecting our Rights – We may disclose your information if we feel this is necessary in order to protect or defend our legitimate rights and interests, or those of our users, employees, directors, officers, or shareholders, and/or to ensure the safety and security of the Platform and/or the Collaboarator community.
• Change of Control – We may also share your personal data as part of a sale, merger or change in control of Collaboarator, or in preparation for any of these events. Any other entity that buys us or part of our business will have the right to continue to use your data, but only in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy unless you agree otherwise.

Cookies and Similar Technology

As further described in our Cookie Policy we use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., pixels, local storage, and device identifiers) to recognize you and/or your device(s) on and off the Platform, and across devices and devices. To the extent allowed by your settings or your device, we also allow third parties to use cookies as described in our Cookie Policy in order to track user behavior on and off the Platform in order to show you ads based on your interests and preferences. You can control cookies through your browser and other tools as described in the Cookie Policy.

Information Security

Collaboarator maintains technical, administrative, and physical safeguards that are designed to prevent unauthorized access, use or disclosure of personal information we collect or store. We regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. However, it is not possible to guarantee the security of information transmitted over the Internet. You use the Platform and provide us with information at your own discretion and risk.

International Data Transfers

Collaboarator operates globally and may share your information internally and with third parties for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Information collected within the US may, for example, be transferred to countries outside of the US for the purposes as described in this Privacy Policy.

International Data Transfers

Collaboarator operates globally and may share your information internally and with third parties for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Information collected within the US may, for example, be transferred to countries outside of the US for the purposes as described in this Privacy Policy.

Children

Collaboarator is not intended for use by children. Anyone under the age of 16 in the EEA, or 13 in the United States and the rest of the world, is not permitted to use the Platform and must not attempt to register an account or submit any personal information to us. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from any person who is under the age of 16 or 13, as the case may be, or allow them to register an account. If it comes to our attention that we have collected personal data from a person under the age of 16 or 13, as applicable, we will delete this information as quickly as possible. If you have reason to believe that we may have collected any such personal data, please notify us immediately at seth [at] collaboarator.com.

Your Choices and Controls

We do our best to give you as much choice as possible regarding the amount of information you provide to us, and the control you have over that information.

1. Managing Collaboarator Settings. If you register an account, you may manage the content and information you share when you use Collaboarator through your account Settings, including for the features explained below. You are solely responsible for keeping your Settings up-to-date
   • Email Preferences – You can adjust your Settings in the Notification tab to disable email notifications (other than important service updates and essential notifications about the Platform or your account). All commercial emails and newsletters also allow you to unsubscribe at any time.
   • Content Sharing – It’s not possible to make your account entirely private. However, by purchasing a subscription, you do have the option to make your tracks and albums private. This means that no one will be able to access and listen to your Content without your explicit permission.
2. Managing Browser Settings - To control cookies, you can modify your settings in most web browsers to accept or deny cookies or to request your permission each time a site attempts to set a cookie. You can also manually delete previously stored cookies at any time. Please note that if you choose to block cookies, doing so may impair the Platform or prevent certain elements of it from functioning.
3. Distance and Location - You may change how far away you search for tracks in a range from 0 kilometers to 100 kilometers. If you purchase a subscription you may search globally. The location attached to Content you publish will be the location set at the moment of publish. It will not change when you change your settings.
4. Description - You may choose to add a description, biography, links, and other text content to your profile under the description header.

If you have questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy or our practices, please contact our Data Protection Officer by email at seth [at] collaboarator.com or write to us at Collaboarator LLC, 405 N. Jefferson Ave. Springfield, MO 65806 Attention: Data Protection Officer.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in our sole discretion. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Platform and update the “Last Amended” date below. Please be sure to periodically check this page to ensure that you are aware of any changes to this Privacy Policy. Any material changes to this Privacy Policy will be communicated to registered users by a notification to their account and/or by posting a notice of the change on the Website. Your continued access to or use of the Platform after the effective date of such changes will be subject to the revised Privacy Policy.