Yodio is committed to protecting the privacy of its users. This privacy policy statement details our privacy practices and is incorporated into, and subject to the terms of, Yodio's Terms of Use. Because we gather information about the members of www.yodio.com, we feel you should be informed of the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. Yodio respects and protects the privacy of the individuals that participate in our website. Personal identifiable information (PII) about you will never be willfully disclosed to any third party without first receiving your permission, as explained in this privacy policy statement ("Privacy Policy").
Our web site located at www.yodio.com (the "website") is owned and operated by Audio Publishing Enterprises, Inc., a Washington corporation ("Yodio"). We are focused on building an online community of persons with a passion for information and shared experiences communicated through the offering and downloading of photographic and audio information. The content of the community site will be provided by site members wishing to share their unique expertise, knowledge, enthusiasm, and experience. Our Privacy Policy describes our commitment to protecting your privacy. In order to fully understand your rights related to privacy issues, we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy and to consult our Terms of Use page. As our services evolve, we may from time to time amend this Privacy Policy. Please revisit this Privacy Policy periodically and, if you have questions regarding either this Privacy Policy or our Terms and Conditions, contact us
here.
Section 1. Collecting and Retaining Personal Information
We gather information from members (content contributors, authors, etc.) and visitors primarily through the following ways:
- voluntary member registration
- member submitted content
- cookie technology
- IP addresses
Voluntary Member Registration
When you register as a member, we collect your basic demographic information via your telephone area code, your categories of interest, and your information preferences. From this information we create a member profile that helps us identify the type of Yodio content that is most relevant to you. With this information, we can customize the presentation of the site content and improve and accelerate the matching of your interests. At the initial member registration screen we ask for a friendly name, password, e-mail address, and telephone number. Occasionally, we may also collect additional personal information if you choose to enter a contest or complete a survey form. Once you are a contributing member, we will use the information we receive from you to determine which of our members would most likely be inclined to listen to your submissions.
Member-Submitted Content
When submitting content to the Yodio website, you may choose to include personal information like member name, title of recording, caption, and other information that will become public when you disclose it to us on the Website. This may include, but is not limited to:
- when you submit audio content
- when you post questions and answers to the Feedback and consumer comments.
- when you participate in contests and member surveys.
Cookie Technology
We use cookie technology to for managing user authentication state; we do not store any PII in the cookie. A cookie is a small data file that is sent to your browser and is stored on your computer's hard drive when you visit the Website. A cookie assigns a random, unique number to your computer. Cookies allow us to recognize members when they come to our Website after previously registering. For example, if you choose "Remember Me" during sign in, we will store a scrambled version of your member ID in a permanent cookie file on your hard drive so that we can track your personalized services and preferences from one visit to the next. We do not allow anyone else to access your cookie. A cookie cannot read data off of your hard drive or read cookie files created by other web sites. You can reject cookies by turning them off in your browser. This will, however, prevent you from using our customized services, may limit system performance and may cause certain features of the website to malfunction or not work at all. You may also have to repeatedly enter personal information in order to access..
IP Addresses
An IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer automatically when you access the Internet. When you visit a particular page on our website, our servers record your IP address. We may record IP addresses in order to facilitate systems administration or to report aggregate information to our advertisers (e.g., how many visitors logged onto our website).
Section 2. Children's Personal Information
We do not intend to collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected individually identifying information from a child under the age of 13, such as full name, e-mail address, telephone number or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the child, we will promptly delete that data from our systems.
Section 3. Use of Personal Information
Yodio uses your personal information in the following three ways:
- To customize our services and your experience
- To serve targeted advertising
- To send you optional e-mail messages
Customized Services and Experiences
We gather information from members and authors in order to provide them with personalized content. Every time you visit our website, we provide you with what we believe will be your preferred topics, the topic content believed to be most relevant for you, and services that will be of the most interest to you. To accelerate the micro-matching process, Yodio uses profiles of members, profiles of audio content, and profiles of content creators/authors.
Targeted Advertising
In order to bring you offers that may be of interest to you, and to help finance the cost of making our website available to you, we may place advertisements on our website. Gathering information from members and guides allows us to target advertisements and sponsorships. We believe this makes information on our website more relevant to you and is more productive for our advertisers. For example, if you have indicated that you enjoy running, we can target an advertisement to you about a special deal on running shoes. It is important to note that we do not share your personal information with advertisers, but we may share it with ad servers acting on our behalf who place advertisements on our website for us. We, and any third-party ad servers acting on our behalf, act as the middlemen between you and the advertisers who want to reach you. Our third-party ad servers are also bound by the terms of this Privacy Statement. You should also refer to our Terms and Conditions regarding our disclaimer on endorsements of any such advertising.
Optional E-mail Messages
When you register with our site and indicate you would like to receive e-mails related to your favorite topics; occasionally we may send you e-mail messages with information and special offers related to our services, or third-party products that you may find interesting. If you elect to receive such e-mails when you register, you may update your profile at any time afterwards to discontinue such mailings. You can update your member profile and/or opt out of receiving e-mails.
Section 4. Sharing of Personal Information
As a general rule, we will not disclose your personal information to third parties, except to the extent necessary to provide you with a requested service or under circumstances required by law. We will disclose your personal information when we believe in good faith that any applicable law, regulation, or legal process requires it, or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect or enforce our rights or the rights of another member or guide. We will use, or supply to others, aggregated data (independent of any personal identifiers) for research and commercial purposes, such as describing our services, members and authors to prospective partners, advertisers and other third parties. These data are pooled and stripped of personal identifying information and cannot be traced to you specifically.
Specific uses of personal information that vary from this Privacy Policy (if any) may be found in the privacy statement applicable to a specific service provided by our website (e.g., a contest or survey). When you are notified that your personal information will be used in a manner that varies from those described in this Privacy Policy, the use of your personal information will be subject to the notification for that particular service, such as with sweepstakes, contests or promotions. Please look for privacy statements and terms and conditions that apply to the services in which you participate. It is important to note that we do not control the privacy policies of our advertisers and other third-party web sites for which we provide advertisements and links. If you click through an advertisement or link to and submit your information to an advertiser or to another website, you will be subject to that advertiser's or website's privacy policies, if any. We do not assume responsibility or liability for such third-parties' policies or actions.
Section 5. Controlling the Use of Your Personal Information
You can reject cookies by disabling them in your browser or you can configure your browser to alert you when cookies are sent. If you register with our website and provide us with personal information, you will always have the option at any time to cancel your registration or to request that your personal information be removed from our systems by contacting us
here. We will send to you an e-mail message confirming your request. You must acknowledge to us by e-mail your receipt of such confirmation. After you respond to our confirmation, we will remove your information from our database. Residual information may remain in our archives and/or records. Such information will not be used for commercial purposes, however, we may notify you of major changes to our service from time to time. We reserve the right to maintain information about registered members who violate our Terms and Conditions or whose access to the website has been denied, in order to detect repeat offenders.
Section 6. More About Your Privacy
You should be aware that personal information you voluntarily disclose online in a public area might be collected and used by others. We do not control the actions of visitors and members. Your disclosure of personal information on our website is done so at your own risk. You should understand that your personal information might be collected and used by others to send you advertisements or unsolicited messages or for other purposes. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and should be careful when disclosing your personal information online.
While we will take appropriate security measures to protect the privacy of your personal information, no protection is foolproof, and transmissions made over the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure. We do not assume any liability for disclosure of data resulting from errors in transmission or made by unauthorized third parties. We use industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identifiable information, such as firewalls and Secure Socket Layers where appropriate. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.
Section 7. Acceptance of Privacy Statement
By using the Yodio website and services, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree or are not comfortable with any part of this Privacy Policy, you should no longer use our website. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Your continued use of any portion of our website following notification or posting of such changes will constitute your acceptance of those changes.
Section 8. Contacting Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement,
please contact us
here.