Privacy Policy
Institute of Professional Sound Privacy Policy
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, the Institute of Professional Sound (IPS) collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Institute of Professional Sound’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use the website. From time to time, the IPS may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
The Institute of Professional Sound also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The Institute does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to The Institute of Professional Sound’s websites choose to interact with the Institute in ways that require the IPS to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that the Institute gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask members of the Institute for a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with The Institute of Professional Sound – by purchasing books, for example – are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, the IPS collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with the Institute. The IPS does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. Visitors may refuse to supply personally-identifying information, but it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
The Institute of Professional Sound may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website, and may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, the IPS does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
The Institute of Professional Sound discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on the IPS’s behalf or to provide services available at the Institute’s website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using The Institute of Professional Sound’s website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Institute of Professional Sound will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, The Institute of Professional Sound discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when the IPS believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of the Institute, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of the Institute of Professional Sound website and have supplied your email address, the IPS may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with the Institute of Professional Sound and our activities. We expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. The Institute of Professional Sound takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Institute of Professional Sound uses cookies to help us to identify and track visitors, their usage of our website, and their website access preferences. IPS visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the website, with the drawback that certain features of the IPS’s website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Advertisements
Advertisements appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by The Institute of Professional Sound and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Institute of Professional Sound may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at the Institute’s sole discretion. The IPS encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
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