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PRIVACY POLICY
TheNashvilleGroup.com, ThinkBigUSA.com,
NashvilleSpeakersBureau.com, NashvilleAgency.com, and
EmergentEntertainment.com ("Site," "us," or
"we") are maintained by The Nashville Group,
PO Box 110909
,
Nashville
,
TN
,
37222
. We can be reached by
e-mail at info@thenashvillegroup.com.
Your privacy is very important to us. Because we gather certain types of
personally identifiable information ("Personal Information")
from users of our Site and for various activities, operational and
business purposes, we feel you should know how we collect, use,
disclose, manage, and store the Personal Information that you may
provide to us. This Privacy Policy is binding on all Site users. This
Policy applies only to the Personal Information collected by The
Nashville Group or its subsidiaries and does not cover any such
information collected by its corporate parent(s), affiliates, or any
other company, unless specifically stated.
If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not participate
in The Nashville Group's online or off-line activities and services that
require you to provide your Personal Information. (The type of Personal
Information collected is listed below. See Section entitled WEBSITE
COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION) This Policy
provides information regarding your choices to Opt-out when your
Personal Information is used for various promotional and marketing
purposes by The Nashville Group, the Site, its corporate affiliates,
and/or unaffiliated third party. For example, for The Nashville Group,
the Site or our corporate affiliates' use of your Personal Information
for marketing and promotional purposes, we provide you with the right to
Opt-out. You may opt-out by following the opt-out instructions in the
footer of any e-mail you receive or if applicable by clicking the
Opt-Out boxes that may be included on the registration area for the
particular activity at issue. Alternatively, you may opt-out by
notifying the Site's Administrator at info@thenashvillegroup.com.
GENERAL PRIVACY GUIDELINES
This Site is operated in the United States and is designed and targeted
to both U.S. and international audiences and is governed by and operated
in accordance with the laws of the United States. We make no
representation that this Site is operated in accordance with the laws or
governed by other nations. By your participation in our Site activities,
you certify that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable
local laws. Please be aware that any Personal Information you transfer
to us will be transferred to the U.S and subject to
U.S.
law. By using this Site, participating in any Site activities, and/or
providing us with your Personal Information, you consent to this
transfer of Personal Information to the
U.S.
, and waive any claims that may arise under your own national laws. All
users of the Site are required to provide true, current, complete and
accurate Personal Information when prompted and we will reject and
delete any entry that we believe in good faith to be false, fraudulent,
or inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
Your continued participation on this Site indicates your acceptance of
this Privacy Policy and of the collection, use, disclosure, management
and storage of your Personal Information as described herein.
We may from time to time, transfer or merge any Personal Information
collected off-line to our online databases or store off-line information
in an electronic format. We may also combine Personal Information we
collect online with information available from other sources, including
information received from marketing companies. This Privacy Policy
covers all such Personal Information and will remain in full force and
effect as long as you are a user of the Site or a participant in The
Nashville Group activities.
WEBSITE COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Nashville Group recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy
of visitors to our Site. As you interact with our Site, we may collect
certain types of Personal Information about you, for example, when you
provide shipping and billing information for an online purchase, when
you provide an e-mail address or mailing address to receive additional
news, offers, or prizes from The Nashville Group, or when you post a
message to a discussion board or to the comments area.
We consider the following to be Personal Information: your name, company
name (if applicable), mailing address, street address, phone number, fax
number (if applicable), credit card information and e-mail address.
Personal Information is used by The Nashville Group to process your
online purchases, to inform you about our products and services, to
fulfill promotional offers and rebate offers, to improve the products
and services we offer, and otherwise to better meet the needs and
preferences of The Nashville Group customers and clients. We share your
Personal Information with our operational service providers, the
specialists that provide internal support to The Nashville Group's and
the Site's operations including maintenance, management, storage,
disposal of Personal Information and/or fulfillment of various
promotional offers, rebate offers, services and your online purchases.
Operational Service Providers who have access to your Personal
Information are required to protect it in a manner that is consistent
with this Privacy Policy by for example, not using the information for
any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for
us.
We may disclose your Personal Information to comply with court orders or
subpoenas or when required to do so by law. We may also disclose such
data in cooperation with a law enforcement or government request or
where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action
regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving
potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of
our terms of use, or to comply with legal or regulatory obligations. In
addition, we may transfer information to a third party in the event of
corporate restructuring (e.g., a sale, merger or other transfer of
assets). Finally, we may share Personal Information with unrelated third
parties (for example, our promotional partners) for their own direct
marketing purposes. In such instances, you will have the opportunity to
opt-out as described in the Section entitled: Data Sharing With Third
Parties.
Users should be reminded that any Personal Information that is
voluntarily posted by a user to a public area of this Site (for example,
a posting to a discussion board or to the Reader Comments area) may
always be collected and used by others. We cannot prevent such uses.
We will not sell, exchange, rent, lease or otherwise disclose your
Personal Information to any persons that are not associated or
affiliated with The Nashville Group unless it is necessary to: 1)
conform to regulatory and legal requirements or to comply with legal
process; 2) to protect the safety and security of our users, employees,
or property; or 3) to defend the rights of the Site or The Nashville
Group.
COOKIES
To enhance your experience with our Site, many of our Web pages use
"cookies." Cookies are text files we place in your computer's
browser to store your preferences. We use cookies to understand Site
usage and to improve the content and offerings on our Site. For example,
we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our Web pages. This
Site also uses cookies to facilitate the checkout process at
ThinkBigUSA.com. If you choose to change your browser preferences to
disable cookies, you will still be able to make a purchase at
ThinkBigUSA. However, you will have to re-enter your purchasing
information each time you return to the store to make a purchase.
YOUR CHOICES
As noted above, we may contact you to provide you with information about
programs and services that may be of interest to you. If you prefer not
to receive these promotional communications from us, just let us know by
following the Opt-out instructions in the footer of any e-mail you
receive.
For any The Nashville Group division or feature, if you choose to
opt-out of receiving promotional communications, we will continue to
send you important service-related communications, including follow-up
messages regarding your purchases, events or appearances, or other
transactions you have undertaken, such as order confirmation.
REVIEWING YOUR INFORMATION/CHANGING ALERT ME OR NEWSLETTER
OPTIONS
ThinkBigUSA.com Accounts
If you would like to review the Personal Information that we have
collected from you online in connection with your purchases from
thinkbigusa.com, if you have created an account you may log back into
your user account. Click on "View Account" to review or make
changes to your Personal Information at any time. If you are not signed
in, you will be prompted to do so. If you do not remember your password,
click on the "Forgot password? Click here" link and we will
send you your password via e-mail. You must use this method to notify us
of changes in your account options, as we cannot guarantee that other
methods of notification will be effective.
If you have purchased through a store at thinkbigusa.com that
does not allow for accounts, you may email us at info@thinkbigusa.com
to confirm the personal information that has been obtained.
SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
In connection with your purchases at ThinkBigUSA.com or services at
TheNashvilleGroup.com, NashvilleSpeakersBureau.com, NashvilleAgency.com,
and/or EmergentEntertainment.com, we use a third party operational
service provider to collect your credit card [or debit card] number. The
third party operational service provider conducts the financial
transaction in a secured manner by collecting your payment information
through a secured Internet connection via SSL. The third party payment
mechanism will be accessible via a hyperlink from the Site and the third
party operational service provider will be solely responsible for all
financial transactions and the collection, use, and storage of your
credit card [or debit card] information. In connection with your
purchases, the Site may request additional Personal Information such as
full name, billing and shipping address, e-mail address and telephone
number and any such information that is required to fulfill your order
and to communicate with you regarding your order. We may use your
Personal Information, (but not your credit card or debit card number) to
contact you about future products, services and discounts from The
Nashville Group or to provide such information indirectly from third
parties such as promotional partners, unless you tell us otherwise
("Opt-out"). We will only use your credit card [and debit
card] number to complete the specific transaction you requested.
Please remember that no data transmission over the Internet, or by other
means, can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Thus, while we strive to
protect your personal data, The Nashville Group cannot ensure or warrant
the security of any information you transmit to us. As noted above, our
third party operational service provider uses a secured connection for
the collection of payment information, but we do not use a secured
connection for other types of activities. Therefore, you understand,
acknowledge, and agree that you transmit certain Personal Information
over this Site at your own risk.
Once we receive your data, we use reasonable efforts to ensure the
information you provide is secure and not readily available to
unauthorized individuals or third parties.
LINKS
We are not responsible for the data collection practices of any sites
linked to TheNashvilleGroup.com, ThinkBigUSA.com,
NashvilleSpeakersBureau.com, NashvilleAgency.com, and/or
EmergentEntertainment.com nor does our linking to third party websites
or services constitute sponsorship or endorsement of the content or
business practices on these sites. When visiting linked sites, you
should refer to each such site's individual privacy policy. By use of
this Site, you have agreed that you will use the hyperlinks to third
party sites at your own risk.
CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Visitors to this Site may participate in many activities without
providing any Personal Information. However, certain activities or
features may require the submission of Personal Information from
children and in these circumstances, we will follow the requirements of
the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). We
will use Personal Information that children provide to respond to their
requests, e.g., to provide them with our newsletters, to participate in
a game, promotional offers or contest, or to respond to their requests
about our books or products. We will not condition children's
participation in an online activity on the disclosure of more
information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity.
We do not share children's information with outside third parties not
bound by this Privacy Policy, or otherwise inconsistent with the
requirements of COPPA. If you are a Parent or Legal Guardian and would
like to review any Personal Information that we have collected online
from your child, have this information deleted, and/or request that
there be no further collection or use of your child's information or if
you have questions about these information practices, you may contact us
at:
The Nashville Group
PO Box 110909
Nashville
,
TN
37222
ATTN: Administrator
(615) 263-4143
or via email: info@thenashvillegroup.com
For activities or features that are not targeted to children and have
specific age eligibility requirements, we will automatically reject or
delete the registration or entry of any person we believe in good faith
to be underage and ineligible for an activity reserved for users 13 or
older. Any false or fraudulent registration or entry from an ineligible
person will be deemed to be ineligible and will disqualify the minor
from the receipt of a prize, benefit, or other participation.
OPT-OUT OPTIONS THE NASHVILLE GROUP ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL
E-MAILS
You can "opt-out" of receiving advertising and promotional
e-mail from us in compliance with federal law by following the opt-out
instructions in our e-mail messages. To ensure that your opt-out request
is honored, you must use the designated method in the e-mail message to
notify us of your opt-out request, as we cannot guarantee that other
methods of notification will be effective or timely. We will continue to
send you important service-related communications (e.g., order
confirmation or product safety information). Please note that even if
you chose to opt-out of The Nashville Group's marketing, we will
continue to send you important service related communications, including
follow-up messages regarding events or appearances you have sponsored or
other transactions you have undertaken (e.g., order confirmation).
DATA SHARING WITH THIRD PARTIES
We do not currently share Personal Information with unaffiliated third
parties. Please be informed
that unaffiliated third parties may not have the same privacy policies
that we do. Therefore, you will need to tell us if you do not want to
receive marketing information directly from third parties. You will need
to check the "Opt-out" click boxes that may be included on the
registration area for the particular event, in an e-mail, or
alternatively, notify the Site's Administrator at info@thenashvillegroup.com.
CHANGES TO OUR POLICY
We may revise this policy at any time by updating this posting without
advance notice to you. Such revisions shall be effective to you
immediately upon posting. Therefore, we encourage you to visit our
website to review this Privacy Policy often. When we make material
changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post a notice on the webpage
highlighting that a revised Privacy Policy has been posted.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have questions or comments about our privacy policy or our
practices, you may contact us by e-mail at Administrator at info@thenashvillegroup.com.
CHAT ROOMS, MESSAGE BOARDS AND PUBLIC AREAS
For your enjoyment and entertainment, this Site offers user interactive
activities such as chat rooms and message boards ("Public
Areas"). We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to save and
archive any content of any nature posted to the Site and that we may,
without liability to any user: 1) disclose such content if required to
do so by law or to comply with legal processes; 2) to respond to claims
that any of the content violates the property, privacy, publicity or
other rights of others; or 3) to protect the rights, property or safety
of the Site, The Nashville Group, its employees, users and members of
the public.
MONITORING AND USE OF AGGREGATE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We reserve the right to monitor and edit any Personal Information about
our users, including information about the use of Site activities and
services, the contents of users' e-mail and messages for internal
purposes, and when necessary, to disclose to law enforcement personnel,
and/or the employer and/or Internet Service Provider of a user that is
not in compliance with our terms of service or Privacy Policy. We will
take such measures if we believe it is necessary to protect the
security, integrity, and operations of this Site or The Nashville Group.
Without disclosure of Personal Information about individual users, we
may provide aggregate statistics about our users, traffic patterns and
related Site information to reputable third party vendors or marketing
companies.
OFF-LINE COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Nashville Group also collects and uses Personal Information by
other means, via telephone, direct mail, and direct from members of the
public. The various uses of such Personal Information include, but are
not limited to, contests & promotional offers, rebate offers, job
applications, customer complaints, and operational and business
purposes.
Except for contests & promotional offers entries, rebate request
forms or other special features/events registrations, we do not
ordinarily use your Personal Information collected off-line for
promotional and marketing purposes, nor do we share it with unaffiliated
or unassociated third parties for promotional or marketing purposes. If
Personal Information collected off-line will be used by The Nashville
Group, its parent company, corporate affiliates, or for promotional and
marketing purposes, in most cases you will have the opportunity to
Opt-out of such use. For certain promotions and activities, you may have
an opportunity to Opt-in to our use of your Personal Information for
promotional purposes; such rights will be provided to you in writing at
that time.
Last updated: June 8, 2006 and effective immediately.
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