This Privacy Policy describes Startcut’s current policies and practices with regard to Personal Data collected through startcut.com (the “Web Site”).
By accessing the Web Site as a visitor, creating a user account with Startcut, or by submitting information to the Web Site you are agreeing to this Privacy Policy. YOU MAY NOT USE THE WEB SITE OR SUBMIT ANY INFORMATION TO STARTCUT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF THE TERMS HEREIN.
Collection of Personal Data Including E-Mail Addresses
Startcut takes your privacy seriously! We respect and protect the privacy of our users and visitors, and take appropriate steps to safeguard your personal information. We never, under any circumstances, rent, sell or otherwise disclose email addresses of our Registered Users to any other company or individual.
We collect the information you give us when you visit our Web Site and use it when you request to be contacted. You may, through the Web Site, register to receive additional information (e.g. newsletters) from us, or to use one of our services now or in the future (e.g. uploading content and using our services). When you register, we may ask you to provide “Personal Data”. The term “Personal Data” refers to personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, birth date, cell phone number, e-mail address or mailing address. We sometimes supplement the information that you provide with information that is received from third parties. For instance, if inaccurate postal or zip codes are received, we will use third party software to fix them
Information Security
We take appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.
Startcut Email Marketing Communication Policy
Startcut sends promotional email only to:
Registered Users;
People who have given consent to Startcut to receive promotional email;
People on rented email lists who have given permission to the list owner to receive third-party promotional email;
All of the abovementioned who have not opted out after having received promotional email from us.
We always disclose our identity in mass email communications, including the address of our headquarters location. We never use deceiving header information or subject lines, and we identify our messages as advertisements. We never send mass, promotional email to email addresses “harvested” from websites. In each promotional email, we include an easy and clear way to opt out of future Startcut marketing emails. Opt-out requests may also be submitted through info@Startcut.com, and such Opt-out requests are processed within 10 business days. When sending email to rented email lists, we suppress addresses of those people who have opted out of Startcut email in the past.
Ad Targeting
As part of the services provided to Registered Users of Startcut, subject to the “Terms of Service” http://startcut.com/pages/terms, data relating to the content of the Registered Users uploaded videos is collected and analyzed. We may use information about you that we collect through the viewing of videos uploaded via Startcut or via our partner’s sites to deliver targeted video ads / or any new technology on the websites of third parties, however, we do not share this information with third parties.
We use cookies (small text files stored in a user’s browser) to facilitate the use of this information while you are online. In order to appropriately safeguard the information in them, as described above, these cookies are encrypted.
Use of Personal Data
We process your Personal Data to try to provide a safe, efficient, and customized experience, and only for specific and limited purposes. We ask only for data that is adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes. Such purposes may include the following:
We may contact you occasionally to inform you of new services we will be providing, or special offers, events or articles we think will be of interest to you.
We may send you regular updates by e-mail on Startcut organized or related events.
We may send you requested product information and promotional material.
We may use your Personal Data for marketing purposes and market research.
We may use your Personal Data internally to help us improve our products and services and to help resolve any problems.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
We do not share, sell or distribute your Personal Data with unrelated third parties, except under these limited circumstances:
Personal Data may be shared with certain third parties we use to perform functions such as billing and web-based services, or a third party handing our marketing activities. We cannot assure that these third parties will treat your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We may share or transfer the information in our databases to comply with a legal requirement, for the administration of justice, to protect your vital interests, to protect the security or integrity of our databases or this Web Site, to take precautions against legal liability, or in the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event.
Anonymous Data Collected Through This Web Site
We collect only anonymous, non-personally identifiable information, such as browser type (e.g., Firefox or Chrome), operating system (e.g., Mac OS or Windows), internet service provider, IP address, and whether you respond to an ad. Cookies are employed to track stream and viewership data and to improve user experience by providing information such as buffering events per user back to our video site partners. We also use the data collected to report on effectiveness and impact of uploaded videos for our users and to optimize upload preferences.
We also use this anonymous information to improve the content and functionality of this Web Site, the services and our e-mail updates, to better understand our customers and markets, and to improve our products and services.
Links to Other Web Sites
This Privacy Policy applies only to Startcut.com and to other Startcut URLs through or from which you have reached this Web Site. This Web Site may contain hyperlinks to web sites that are not operated by Startcut. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the activities of these third-party web sites or any association with their operators. We do not control these web sites and are not responsible for their data collection or privacy practices. We urge you to review any privacy policy posted on any site you visit before using the site or providing any Personal Data about yourself.
Transfer of Data Abroad
Of course, the Internet is made up of a large number of international connections. We may, from time to time, transfer your Personal Data to one of our databases from one country to another.
Special Note for Guardians and Minors
The site you are visiting is a general audience site. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that a minor under their supervision has provided us with personal information without their consent, he or she should contact us. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from minors. We recommend that minors over the age of 13 ask their parents or guardian for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the internet.
Changes to This Policy
This Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice. You are encouraged to check for the latest Policy as often as you wish.
Questions
We welcome and encourage you to share your thoughts on this policy. If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or concerns about the way we process your Personal Data, please contact us at info@Startcut.com
* Last Updated on November 16, 2011
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