The Record Ranch

General Information:

• The Record Ranch will not sell or disclose your name or e-mail address to third parties without your explicit consent, except as specified in this privacy policy.
• The Record Ranch collects personal information when you register to use The Record Ranch services or to post content on The Record Ranch. At registration you are asked for your email address and certain other optional information.
• The Record Ranch automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookies, and the pages you request.
• The Record Ranch uses information for the following general purposes: products and services provisioning, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, research, and anonymous reporting. IP addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page. Your IP address is stored in The Record Ranch's user registration databases when you register with The Record Ranch. IP addresses may be used for various research purposes.

Service-related Announcements

The Record Ranch will send you a welcome/confirmation email when you sign up for The Record Ranch's services. Receipt of this email is required for using The Record Ranch's services.

The Record Ranch will send you service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so.

You may not opt-out of service-related communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to deactivate your account by emailing account@therecordranch.com from the email address you signed up with.

Administrative Messages

The Record Ranch may periodically email you with administrative messages. The Record Ranch will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. Your information may be combined with information The Record Ranch collects from other companies and used to improve and personalize services, content and advertising. If you don't wish to receive administrative messages or participate in these programs, simply opt-out by emailing account@therecordranch.

Choice/Opt-out

If you no longer wish to receive administrative messages, you may opt-out by emailing account@therecordranch.com .

Cookies

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 The Record Ranch products or services that require you to "sign in," and you may not be able to take full advantage of the The Record Ranch service. The Record Ranch uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to: Access your information when you "sign in"; keep track of preferences you specify while you are using The Record Ranch's services; display the most appropriate advertising banners, based on your interests and activity on The Record Ranch; estimate and report The Record Ranch's total audience size and traffic; conduct research to improve The Record Ranch's content and services.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

When you post a message, your The Record Ranch ID or alias is visible to other users. If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. The Record Ranch may be required to disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas or when your actions violate the The Record Ranch Terms of Use. The Record Ranch may disclose personally identifiable information to parties in compliance with The Record Ranch's Copyright Policy, as The Record Ranch in The Record Ranch's sole discretion believes necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy, or other unlawful activity. In such events, The Record Ranch may disclose name, street address, city, state, zip code, country, phone number, email address and company name. The Record Ranch may share aggregated demographic information with business partners.

The Record Ranch will not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with nonaffiliated parties except as specified in this Privacy Policy to provide products or services you have requested or when The Record Ranch has your permission. It may be necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of The Record Ranch's Terms of Use, as specified in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise required by law. The Record Ranch will transfer information about you if The Record Ranch is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, The Record Ranch will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice on the The Record Ranch web site before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

As part of the buying and selling process, you may obtain another The Record Ranch user's email address, shipping address and/or other information. Pursuant to The Record Ranch's Terms of Use, you have a limited license to use this information. This information should only be used for The Record Ranch-related communications or for The Record Ranch-facilitated transactions. The Record Ranch has not granted you a license to use the information for unsolicited commercial messages. Without limiting the foregoing, without express consent from the user, you are not licensed to add any The Record Ranch user to your email or physical mail list.

Without limiting the above, in an effort to respect your privacy and The Record Ranch's ability to keep the community free from bad seeds, The Record Ranch will not otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement, other government officials, or other third parties without a subpoena, court order, legal process, or substantially similar legal procedure, except when The Record Ranch believes in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to protect The Record Ranch's rights, prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss, or to report suspected illegal activity.

Forums

If you use a form on this site, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by others could be used to send you unsolicited messages. The Record Ranch is not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these forums.

Third Parties

Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information The Record Ranch collects from you. If you disclose your information to others, whether they are buyers or sellers on The Record Ranch or throughout the internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. The Record Ranch does not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable. The Record Ranch encourages you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

Editing and Deleting Account Information

You can change your The Record Ranch Account Information (except your username), at any time. The Record Ranch may send you certain communications relating to the The Record Ranch service, such as service-related announcements and administrative messages that are considered part of your The Record Ranch account. You can delete your The Record Ranch account by emailing account@therecordranch.com. Please note that your identification, billing and contact information may remain in The Record Ranch's records for some period.

The Record Ranch limits access to personal information about you to employees who The Record Ranch believes reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs. Your The Record Ranch Account Information is password-protected.

If your personally identifiable information changes you may correct or update it by making the change on Your The Record Ranch Page. You may delete or deactivate your account by emailing Customer Support at account@therecordranch.com or by postal mail at the contact information listed below. The Record Ranch will respond to your request within 10-20 business days.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information for registration The Record Ranch encrypts that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). The Record Ranch follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once The Record Ranch receives it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while The Record Ranch strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, The Record Ranch cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on The Record Ranch's Web site, you can email The Record Ranch at account@therecordranch.com .

Changes to this Privacy Policy

If the privacy policy is changed, The Record Ranch will post changes so that you are aware of those changes. The Record Ranch reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If The Record Ranch makes material changes to this policy you will be notified here, by email, or other places The Record Ranch deems appropriate.

Questions
If you have questions or suggestions you can contact help@therecordranch.com or at The Record Ranch, 847 NE Holland St, Portland, OR 97211.