What personally identifiable information is collected from me? VIP Talent Connect collects information in several ways from different parts of our web site, currently www.viptalentconnect.com. Some personal information is gathered at the time you register or are registered. During registration, VIP Talent Connect may require a unique username, private password, and a valid email address. We may also ask you to voluntarily provide us with information regarding your personal or professional interests, demographics, and experience with the services we provide, and contact preferences. Wherever VIP Talent Connect collects personal information, we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page. What are cookies and how are they used by VIP Talent Connect?
VIP Talent Connect may place Internet cookies on your hard drive. Internet cookies are small files that may be placed on your hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies are used to (a) remind us of who you are in order to deliver you better service; (b) estimate our audience size by determining repeat usage of the website to help target advertisements based on user interests and behavior; (c) track your progress and entries in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests; and (d) measure certain traffic patterns for use as a research tool to understand how our users' habits are similar or different from one another. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. By not accepting cookies, some web pages may not display properly or you may not be permitted to access certain information.
VIP Talent Connect also collects IP addresses (the internet address of a computer) to track a user's session while the user remains anonymous. We analyze this data for certain trends in statistics, such as which parts of our site users are visiting and how long they spend there. We do not link your IP addresses to anything personally identifiable to you. Advertising networks that place ads onto VIP website may also use their own cookies. The content of such cookies and the use of the information they contain is controlled by the third party advertising network placing them, not by VIP Talent Connect. If you would like a list of the advertising networks with which VIP Talent Connect does business, send an email to privacy@viptalentconnect.com
How is my information used? VIP Talent Connect does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, or to have information that we believe might be of interest provided to you, or when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances: We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with VIP Talent Connect under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help VIP Talent Connect communicate with you about offers from VIP Talent Connect and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information. VIP Talent Connect is committed to protecting the safety and privacy of all our users. Therefore, we comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (16 CFR Part 312). If you would like to learn more about the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, please visit the Federal Trade Commission's website at www.ftc.gov We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. We believe it is 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 VIP Talent Connect's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law. We will transfer information about you if VIP Talent Connect is acquired by or merged with another company. VIP Talent Connect displays targeted advertisements based on personal information. Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who interact with, view, or click on targeted ads meet the targeting criteria - for example, women ages 18-24 from a particular geographic area. VIP Talent Connect does not provide any personal information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted ad. However, by interacting with or viewing an ad you are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad. VIP Talent Connect advertisers may include financial service providers (such as banks, insurance agents, stock brokers and mortgage lenders) and non-financial companies (such as stores, airlines, and software companies).
Who is collecting my information? When you are on the VIP Talent Connect web site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with VIP Talent Connect alone, unless specifically stated otherwise. If data is being collected and/or maintained by any company other than VIP Talent Connect, you will be notified prior to the time of the data collection or transfer. If you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular service or purchasing those particular goods. Promotions or contests that run on VIP Talent Connect may be sponsored by companies other than VIP Talent Connect or may be co-sponsored by VIP Talent Connect and another company. Some or all data collected during a promotion or contest may be shared with the sponsor. If data will be shared, you will be notified prior to the time of data collection or transfer. You can decide not to participate in the promotion or contest if you don't want your data to be shared. Please also be aware that VIP Talent Connect advertisers or web sites that have links on our site may collect personally identifiable information about you. The information practices of those web sites linked to VIP Talent Connect either through advertisements or other hyperlinks is not covered by this privacy statement.
With whom does VIP Talent Connect share my information? Unless we have your permission or are required by law, we will only share the personal data you provide with other VIP Talent Connect agents, contractors, our business partners or entertainment industry professionals registered with VIP Talent Connect for the purposes of performing services for VIP Talent Connect and our clients. VIP Talent Connect may share aggregated data with others. Aggregated data does not include personally identifiable information.
VIP Talent Connect may also disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating VIP Talent Connect's Terms of Use or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) VIP Talent Connect's rights or property, other VIP Talent Connect users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. VIP Talent Connect may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services. In addition, if VIP Talent Connect acquires, is acquired by, organizes or merges with another company, we may transfer your information to such a company.
How do I access, update or delete my information? You can request the individual information that VIP Talent Connect has collected about you, correct factual inaccuracies in your information, remove personal information from VIP Talent Connect's databases, and/or update your personal information by contacting our customer service department at the telephone number that appears on our web site.
What about my children and their use of your Web site? VIP Talent Connect is committed to protecting the safety and privacy of all our users, especially children. Therefore, we comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (16 CFR Part 312). If you would like to learn more about the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, please visit the Federal Trade Commission's website at www.ftc.gov
What else should I know about my privacy? Third party internet sites and services accessible through VIP Talent Connect have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of us. VIP Talent Connect has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions. Please be careful and responsible online. If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. While we strive to protect your information, VIP Talent Connect cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information through the transmission process and you do so at your own risk.
How can this policy be changed? VIP Talent Connect may modify this Privacy Policy at any time. As always, if you do not agree with any changes to our Privacy Policy, you have the option of requesting that we delete your personally identifiable information from the site.
Additional Questions: Questions regarding this privacy statement should be directed to privacy@viptalentconnect.com