Privacy Policy
Which information is collected
To bring you our services, we collect or receive your personal information in a few different ways:
- Automated information
- When accessing our Website, our servers automatically receive and store information from your browser, such as your browser details, your IP address, requested page and referral page. This information is stored in log files for up to 30 days. We use this information only for the purpose of defending our servers against abuse, troubleshooting technical problems and understanding how our platform is used.
- Analytics information
- To improve the Website's functionality and understand its usage, we rely on statistical information gathering services, which collect anonymized information about the Website's visits (for example, pages viewed, length of visits, browser and operating system).
- Cookies
- Like many other websites, our Website makes use of browser cookies. ReggaeLyrics.info has a dedicated Cookie Policy page, which explains in detail what cookies are, how ReggaeLyrics.info uses them and how you can control and/or remove them. The Cookie Policy page is an integral part of this Privacy Policy.
- Contact
- When you contact us by e-mail, we save your message and contact details, in order to be able to help you.
How we use the collected information
When you access or use our services, we collect, use, share, and process information about you as described in this Privacy Policy and only when we have a legal basis to do so.
- Improve our service
- Some of the information you provide is used to analyze, develop and improve the Website. For example, we use third party analytics providers, like Google Analytics, to gain insights into how our Website is used and to help us improve it.
- Keeping our service safe and secure
- ReggaeLyrics.info may use your information to ensure the safety and security of our Website and of our members, for example, by monitoring misuse or suspicious activity, identifying violations of our Terms of Service, protect the community against spam, harassment, and other security risks.
How we share the collected information
With others
We rely on some third party companies and individuals to provide certain services on our behalf, either because they are necessary to bring you our service or because they help us improve it. These third parties may have access to some personal information, but ReggaeLyrics.info ensures that entities that have access to personal information are credible and offer high guarantees of protection, never transmitting more information than that which is necessary to provide the contracted service.
Some of the service providers we use include:
- Analytics
- To understand how our Website is used and to improve it, we use a third party statistical information gathering service called Google Analytics provided by Google. This service collects anonymized information about the Website usage (for example, time of visits, pages viewed and type of operating system used) through the use of cookies. The data collected by Google Analytics about your use of our Website is kept for a period of 26 months. You can find Google's Privacy Policy on its website.
- Advertising
- To be able to support the service we provide to you, we display advertisement banners on our Website using third party advertising networks and platforms such as Google DFP and Google AdSense — you can learn how Google manages data in its ads products on this page. Where required, if the type of ads we show you collect, share and/or use your information for ad personalization, we will request your consent prior to showing them to you, and you can withdraw your consent at any time.
Legal obligations
ReggaeLyrics.info may also share information with third parties regarding investigations, judicial enquiries and legal or administrative procedures, when required to do so by law.
How we store and secure information
Security
We take the security of personal information very seriously, and do our best to safeguard it. Keeping in mind the industry best practices and the technical knowledge available, we use technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information, both during transmission and after it is received, against destruction, accidental or unlawful loss, accidental alteration, disclosure or unauthorized access, within a level of security appropriate to the nature of the information being protected. However, ReggaeLyrics.info cannot guarantee the total security of the information of its users' accounts against all possible situations of unauthorized access, hardware or software failures and other factors that may compromise the security of the information.
Hosting
To provide you access to our Website, we use a hosting provide, and their data centers in the E.U. This company follows the industry best practices, adheres to globally known compliance programs in both security and data privacy, and implements several recognized certifications assessed by independent auditors.
Additionally, we use several technical measures to secure the information stored and ensure strict controlled access to it. Some of the safeguards we use are firewalls, intrusion detection systems, data encryption and access controls.
Backups
In order to ensure continued availability of the Website in case of any technical or physical incidents, we make regular backups of the information so we can restore your access to it in a timely manner. These backups are encrypted and kept for a limited period of time.
How we transfer information we collect internationally
When we transfer any personal information to a third party service provider in a country which is not a member state of the E.U., we will comply with the applicable legislation, in particular, we will make sure there is an adequate level of protection offered to personal information and we will not transfer personal information to services in jurisdictions that do not provide adequate safety and security guarantees.
Other important privacy information
Links to other websites or services
The Website may contain links to third party websites, including in advertisement banners. These third party websites and the way they process collected information are the sole responsibility of their owners, and therefore, ReggaeLyrics.info is not responsible for their privacy policies and/or practices.
Updates to our Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and we will post the changes on this page.
May 25, 2018