NuMuBu Privacy Policy

Introduction:

The mission of NuMuBu is to connect the world's music industry professionals to enable them to be more productive and successful. We work to fulfill this mission by helping you, your connections, and millions of other professionals meet, exchange ideas, exchange feedback, learn, make deals, find opportunities or employees, work, and make decisions in a network of trusted relationships and groups. 

Being part of NuMuBu means sharing information about yourself with other professionals and fans, communicating with them, as well as working privately on your own. By default, your account is set up to share the information that we have found the vast majority of our Users are interested in sharing. But the amount and type of information you decide to share, is up to you. 

Here are the two main types of information on NuMuBu: 

Of course, maintaining your trust is our top concern, so we adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy: 

All information that you provide will be protected with industry standard protocols and technology. 

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page. By continuing to use the NuMuBu service after notice of changes has been sent to you or published on the NuMuBu website, you are consenting to the changes. 

What NuMuBu's Privacy Policy Covers:

How to contact us. 

Personal Information Collected

The mission of NuMuBu is to connect the world's professionals to enable them to be more productive and successful. To achieve this mission, NuMuBu makes services available through our website and mobile applications to enable professionals to develop, maintain and enhance a network of contacts, seek experts and consultants, fill job opportunities, create, share, distribute information and media in collaboration with one another ("Services"). By joining NuMuBu, you voluntarily and willingly provide us certain information, including personally identifiable information, which we collect in order to provide the Services. If you have any hesitation about providing information to us and/or having your information displayed on the NuMuBu website or otherwise used in any manner permitted in this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, you should not become a member of the NuMuBu community; and, if you are already a member, you should close your account. 

We collect your personal information in the following ways: 

Registration

In order to become a User, you must provide us the following information to create an account: name, sex, email address, type of account, years in business, country, state/province, city, and password. Like other passwords, you should choose one that is known only by you. You acknowledge that this information is personal to you, and by creating an account on NuMuBu, you allow others, including NuMuBu, to identify you. 

Profile Information

Once you become a User, you may provide additional information in the profile section describing your skills, bio, music creation credits, status news, gear, professional experiences, background, recommendations from other NuMuBu Users, press recognition, genre affiliations, availability, events, blog, sponsors, likes, and networking objectives. In addition you may provide/upload pictures, music, and video in the profile section. Providing additional information about yourself beyond what is minimally required at registration is entirely up to you, but providing additional information enables you to derive more benefit from NuMuBu and your professional network by helping you build and leverage your professional network and facilitating your search for professional resources, information, and new opportunities. Any information you provide at registration or in the Profile section may be used by NuMuBu as described in the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, including for the purpose of serving advertisements through the service. If you decide not to share certain information, you may not receive the full benefit of being a NuMuBu User. 

Contacts Information

In order to connect with others on NuMuBu, you may use the Services to send invitations either to their NuMuBu profiles or email addresses and/or external social networks if they are not Users. The names and email addresses of people whom you invite will be used to send your invitations and reminders as well as to allow NuMuBu to help expand your network. Please note that when you send an invitation to connect to another User, that User will have access to your email address because it is displayed in the invitation. Your connections will also have access to your email address. You may not invite anyone you do not know and trust to connect with you. 

By providing email addresses or other information of non-Users to NuMuBu, you represent that you have authority to do so. All information that you enter or upload about your friends/suggestions/contacts will be covered by the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy and will enable us to provide customized services such as suggesting people to connect with on NuMuBu. 

Customer Service

We may collect information through the NuMuBu website or through our affiliate initiatives in order to, among other things, accurately categorize and respond to customer inquiries and investigate breaches of our terms. 

Site Usage

We may collect information about the fact that you use certain features and functionality of NuMuBu, interact with third party applications like sharing on and connecting to social networks, click on ads, or participate in research initiatives like polling and surveys on NuMuBu and through email. 

Cookies

Like most websites, we use cookies and web log files to track site usage and trends, to improve the quality of our service, to customize your experience on NuMuBu, as well as to deliver third-party advertising to Users both on and off the NuMuBu site. A cookie is a tiny data file that resides on your computer, mobile phone, or other device, and allows us to recognize you as a User when you return to the NuMuBu website using the same computer and web browser. You can remove or block cookies using the settings in your browser, but in some cases that may impact your ability to use NuMuBu. One type of cookie, known as a "persistent" cookie, is set once you've logged in to your NuMuBu account. The next time you visit the NuMuBu website, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing User so you will not need to log in before using the Services. In order to access or change any of your private information (like a credit card number) or to send a message to another User, however, you must log in securely again with your password even if your computer contains your persistent cookie. Another type of cookie, called a "session" cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to the NuMuBu website. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser. 

In the course of serving advertisements or optimizing the Services to our Users, we may allow authorized third parties to place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. Any information provided to third parties through cookies will not be personally identifiable but may provide general segment information (e.g., your industry or geography, career field, or information about your professional or educational background) for greater customization of your user experience. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. NuMuBu does not store unencrypted personally identifiable information in the cookies. 

Advertising and Web Beacons

To support the Services we provide at no cost to our Users, as well as provide a more relevant and useful experience for our Users, we serve our own ads and also allow third party advertisements on the site. These advertisements are targeted and served to Users, by both NuMuBu, specific companies and other companies, called ad networks. Ad networks include third party ad servers, ad agencies, ad technology vendors and research firms. 

Advertisements on NuMuBu may be targeted to Users who fit a certain general profile category (e.g., "guitar players in New York") or may be based on anonymized information inferred from a User's profile (e.g., genre, compensation bracket, gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, religion, or other aspects of your life) in addition to a User's use of the NuMuBu site. NuMuBu does not provide personally identifiable information to any third party ad network. 

To increase the effectiveness of ad delivery, we may include a file, called a web beacon, from an ad network within pages served by NuMuBu. The web beacon allows the ad network to provide anonymized, aggregated auditing, research and reporting for advertisers. Web beacons also enable the ad networks to serve ads to you when you visit other websites. Because your web browser must request these advertisements and web beacons from the ad network's servers, these companies can view, edit or set their own cookies, just as if you had requested a web page from their site. 

Log files, IP addresses and information about your computer and mobile device

Due to the communications standards on the internet, when you visit the NuMuBu website we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave NuMuBu. NuMuBu also receives the internet protocol ("IP") address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the World Wide Web), your computer operating system and type of web browser you are using, email patterns, mobile device operating system (if you are accessing NuMuBu using a mobile device), as well as the name of your ISP or your mobile carrier. We use this information to analyze overall trends to help improve the service. The linkage between your IP address and your personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties without your permission, except as described in the section below titled: "Compliance with Legal Process." 

Linked Accounts

If you link your NuMuBu account to another account or service, or use other, third-party sites or services in conjunction with your NuMuBu account, we may collect information related to your use of third party sites and services accessed through NuMuBu or when you access NuMuBu through a third-party site or service. 

Rights to Access, Correct and Eliminate Information About You

You have a right to access, modify, correct and eliminate the data you supplied to NuMuBu. If you update any of your information, we may keep a copy of the information that you originally provided to us in our archives for uses documented in this policy. You may request deletion of your information at any time by email at   support@numubu.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days. 

Uses of personal information

Consent to NuMuBu Processing Information About You

The information you provide to NuMuBu may reveal, or allow others to identify, your nationality, ethnic origin, religion, gender, age, geography, or other aspects of your private life. By providing information to us for the purposes of creating your User account or adding any additional details to your NuMuBu profile, you are expressly and voluntarily accepting the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and NuMuBu's Terms of Use that allow NuMuBu to process information about you. Supplying information to NuMuBu, including any information deemed "sensitive" by applicable law, is entirely voluntary on your part. You have the right to withdraw your consent to NuMuBu's collection and processing of your information at any time, in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, by changing closing your account, but please note that your withdrawal of consent will not be retroactive. 

NuMuBu Communications

As described in the Terms of Use, we will communicate with you through email and notices posted on the NuMuBu website, messages to your NuMuBu inbox, or through other means available through the service, including mobile text messages. We may send you a series of emails that help inform new Users about the features of the Services, and we will also send you service messages relating to the functioning of the Services. We may also send you messages with promotional information directly or on behalf of our partners, unless you have opted out of receiving promotional information. 

You can change your profile information at any time by logging into your NuMuBu profile.

Please be aware that you cannot opt-out of receiving service messages from NuMuBu. Also, if we send communications to you via the carrier service with which you have a mobile communications subscription or otherwise have access, you understand you will pay any service fees associated with your receipt of messages on your mobile device (including text messaging charges). 

User Communications

Many communications you initiate through NuMuBu (e.g., an invitation sent to a non-User) will list your primary email address and name in the header of the message. Messages you initiate may also provide aggregate information about your network (for instance how many people are in your network), but will not list the people to whom you're directly connected. Your contact information will only be shared with another User if both of you have indicated that you would like to establish contact with each other. 

Customized Content

We use information provided to us (or to third parties with whom it offers combined services) to customize your experience on our website. For example, when you login to your account, we will display the names of new Users who have recently joined your network or recent status updates from your connections. 

Sharing Information with Third Parties

NuMuBu takes the privacy of our Users very seriously, and we do not sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes. Further, we will only share your personally identifiable information with third parties to carry out your instructions or to provide the Services or information unless compelled by law, or as necessary to enforce our Terms of Use or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of NuMuBu, its Users, and the public. For example, we use a credit card processing company to bill Users for subscription fees. These third parties do not retain, share, or store any personally identifiable information except to provide these services, and they are bound by confidentiality agreements limiting the use of your information. 

We may provide aggregated anonymous data about the usage of the Services to third parties for purposes that we deem, in our sole discretion, to be appropriate, including to prospective advertisers on NuMuBu. 

Polls and Surveys

Polls and Surveys may be conducted by NuMuBu, NuMuBu Users or third parties. As a User, you may be invited to participate in polls and surveys from the NuMuBu website. Your selection may be random, or it may be based on your non-personally identifiable information, such as type of account, geography, genre, etc.. Whether or not you decide to participate in a poll or survey is completely up to you. 

After you complete a poll, you will sometimes be given access to the aggregate responses of the poll on a results page. Some third parties may target advertisements to you on the results page based on your answers in the poll. Further, NuMuBu or third parties may follow up with you via NuMuBu mail regarding your participation.

We may use third parties to deliver incentives to you to participate in surveys or polls. If the delivery of incentives requires your contact information, you may be asked to provide personally identifiable information to the third party fulfilling the incentive offer, which will only be used for the purpose of delivering incentives and/or verifying your contact information. It is up to you whether you provide this information, or whether you desire to take advantage of an incentive. 

We will not disclose any personally identifiable information to any third parties in connection with the conduct of any polls or surveys. Your consent to use any personally identifiable information for the purposes set forth in the poll or survey will be explicitly requested by the party conducting it.

Search

We offer search services to help find information and learn more about other Users (for example, you can search for Users with particular expertise or knowledge, or that you may know from your prior experiences), as well as employment opportunities. NuMuBu search also allows Users to find all public information available in community NuMuBu Services that will help Users more effectively use NuMuBu and expand their network. We use information from User profiles and contributions to inform and refine our search service. 

Testimonials and Advertisements Placed through NuMuBu DirectAds Service

If you provide any testimonials about the NuMuBu Services or place advertisements through the NuMuBu display ads, we may post those testimonials and examples of advertisements in connection with our promotion of these services to third parties. Testimonials and advertisements may include your name and other personal information that you have provided.

Compliance with Legal Process

It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information, profile information and/or information about your activities as a NuMuBu User when required by subpoena or other legal process, or if NuMuBu has a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to (a) investigate, prevent or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; (b) to enforce the Terms of Use, to investigate and defend ourselves against any third party claims or allegations, or to protect the security or integrity of our site; and/or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property or personal safety of NuMuBu, our Users, employees, or others. 

Disclosures to others

We may also disclose your personal information and other information you provide to another third party as part of a reorganization or a sale of the assets of NuMuBu Corporation, Inc., a subsidiary or division. Any third party to which NuMuBu transfers or sells NuMubu assets will have the right to continue to use the personal and other information that you provide to us. 

Your Information Choices

Accessing and Changing Your Account Information

You can review the personal information you provided to us and make any desired changes to the information you publish, or to the settings for your NuMuBu account at any time by logging in to your profile on the NuMuBu website. Please be aware that even after your request for a change is processed, NuMuBu may, for a time, retain residual information about you in its backup and/or archival copies of its database. 

Default Settings

Because the mission of NuMuBu is to connect the world's music industry professionals to enable them to become more productive and successful, we have established what we believe to be reasonable default settings that we have found most professionals desire. Because Users may use and interact with NuMuBu in a variety of ways, and because those uses may change over time, we designed our settings to provide our users granular control over the information they share. We encourage our Users to review their profile information and adjust them in accordance with their preferences. 

NuMuBu accounts are also defaulted to allow Users to be contacted to participate in polls, surveys and partner advertising.

Closing Your Account

You can close your account by emailing support@numubu.com. If you close your NuMuBu account, we will remove your name and other personally identifiable information from our publicly viewable database. If you close your account, we have no obligation to retain your information, and may delete any or all of your account information without liability. However, we may retain certain data contributed by you if NuMuBu believes it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally identifiable data, account recovery, or if required by law. NuMuBu may also retain and use your information if necessary to provide the Services to other Users. For example, just as an email you may send to another person through an email service provider resides in that person's inbox even after you delete it from your sent files or close your account, emails or mail you send on NuMuBu to other Users, as well as your contributions to NuMuBu Services, may remain visible to others after you have closed your account. Similarly, other information you have shared with others, or that other Users have copied, may also remain visible. NuMuBu disclaims any liability in relation to the deletion or retention (subject to the terms herein) of information or any obligation not to delete the information. NuMuBu does not control when search engines update their cache, which may contain certain public profile information that has since been removed from NuMuBu's publicly viewable database. 

Memorializing Accounts

If we learn that a User is deceased, we may memorialize the User's account. In these cases we may restrict profile access, remove messaging functionality, and close an account if we receive a formal request from the User's next of kin or other proper legal request to do so. 

Your Obligations

As a User, you have certain obligations to other Users. Some of these obligations are imposed by applicable law and regulations, and others have become commonplace in user-friendly communities of like-minded members such as NuMuBu: 

4. You must keep your username and password confidential and not share it with others. 

Any violation of these guidelines may lead to the restriction, suspension or termination of your account at the sole discretion of NuMuBu. 

Important Information

Children and Minors

Children are not eligible to use our service and we ask that minors (under the age of 18) do not submit any personal information to us or use the service.  

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time, with or without advance notice. In the event there are significant changes in the way we treat your personally identifiable information, or in the Privacy Policy document itself, we will display a notice on the NuMuBu website or send you an email, as provided for above. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that NuMuBu has about you and your account. 

Using the NuMuBu Services after a notice of changes has been sent to you or published on our site shall constitute consent to the changed terms or practices. 

Security

In order to help secure your personal information, access to your data on NuMuBu is password-protected, and sensitive data (such as credit card information) is protected by SSL encryption when it is exchanged between your web browser and the NuMuBu website. To protect any data you store on our servers, NuMuBu also regularly audits its system for possible vulnerabilities and attacks, and we use a tier-one secured-access data center. However, since the internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to NuMuBu. There is no guarantee that information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. Please note that emails, instant messaging, and similar means of communication with other Users of NuMuBu are not encrypted, and we strongly advise you not to communicate any confidential information through these means. 

Please note that by becoming a User, you have given us your express and informed consent to transfer the data that you provide to us to Canada and to process it in Canada. 

If Users have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, you should first contact NuMuBu by email at  support@numubu.com.

How to contact us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please email us at  support@numubu.com or contact us at: