Privacy
At NY Clips LLC ("NY Clips," "us," "we," or "our"), we recognize that many visitors to our site are concerned about how we treat any information that they may provide to us. Since we respect the privacy of our customers, we have established this Privacy Policy. We are providing you with this policy statement to inform you of the kinds of information we may gather during your visit to the NY Clips site (the "Website"), why we gather customer information, what we use the information for, under what circumstances we may disclose such information, and how you can instruct us to limit the use of that information. We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time, so you should review it periodically.
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to our Terms of Use. In addition, should you choose to become a Contributor or a Licensee, or are acting as a Representative of the same, you must agree to the terms of the Contributor Agreement or the License Agreement (hereinafter, the "Agreements"), as applicable. Regardless of whether you choose to become a Contributor and/or a Licensee, please review the Agreements carefully, as certain terms which are defined within the Agreements are also applicable to this Privacy Policy, and said Agreements are contained herein by reference. Your use of the Website and any personal information you provide on the Website remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.
What Information We Gather
To use certain features on the Website, you may be required to register as a user of the Website. During the registration process you are asked to voluntarily provide us with information that personally identifies you, such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and an account password. This information is collectively referred to as "personal information". In the interests of clarity, this personal information does not include Content submitted to the Website by Contributors, or any payment information associated with your use of the Website. We receive and store any personal information you enter anywhere on the Website, as well as any communications you send to us.
Additionally, we automatically receive and record information on our server logs certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website, including your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type and language, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. This information is helpful for marketing purposes and for improving your experience on the Website.
We may retain e-mail or other communications you send to NY Clips in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
When you use the Website, we may employ "clear GIFs" (a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to track the online usage patterns of our Users anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable manner). In addition, we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients.
How We Use The Information We Gather
NY Clips uses the personal information you provide for the following purposes:
- providing you with our services, including the display of customized content
- responding to your requests and inquiries, informing you of special offers and otherwise communicating with you
- research and analysis (including trend analysis and pattern detection) to maintain protect and improve our services
- remembering information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Website
- providing custom, personalized content and information
- site and system administration to ensure that the Website and the services function as intended
- improving the quality and design of the Website and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing user preferences and trends.
We may also share your personal information as described below. Except as provided herein, we will not release your personal information to a third party unless you have granted us permission to do so.
NY Clips processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We review our data collection, storage and processing practices to ensure that we only collect, store and process the personal information needed to provide or improve our services.
How We Use "Cookies"
A "cookie" is a small text file stored on your hard drive containing a string of alphanumeric characters that uniquely identifies your browser and information about you. NY Clips, like many other companies, uses cookies to collect information.
We use cookies to uniquely identify your browser, store your preferences and "remember" you. Cookies can also help NY Clips see which areas of the Website are popular and which are not, allowing NY Clips to improve and update the Website based on data such as total number of visitors and pages viewed.
We do not store any personal information in cookies.
NY Clips may use either or both session cookies and persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Website. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser’s directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but allow you to instruct your browser to prevent the use of cookies. (The "Help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether). If you disable cookies, you may still use our Website, but certain aspects of the experience may be impacted.
We may associate information we collect via cookies with the personal information we collect online. We may use the combined information, for example, to personalize your experience on the Website or to personalize marketing communications we may send to you.
Sharing Of Personal Information
We may work with third parties to bring you our services and may share personal information and/or other information you provide when another company is involved so that company can perform its functions. Examples include sending postal mail and e-mail. These third parties have access to information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
We do not share your personally identifiable information (such as name or email address) with other, third-party companies for their commercial or marketing use without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
We reserve the right to share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with interested third-parties to assist them in understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the Website.
NY Clips restricts access to personal information to its employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information to operate, develop or improve our services. These parties are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet those obligations.
Links To Other Sites
Our Website may contain links to other websites. We try to make sure that these links are to other, helpful websites, but you should be aware that when you click on links and/or ad banners that take you to third-party websites, you will be subject to the third parties' privacy policies, not ours. While we support the protection of privacy on the internet, we are not responsible for the actions and privacy policies of third parties and other websites. We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement and user terms and conditions whenever interacting with, and prior to providing any personal information to, any other website. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by NY Clips on this Website.
Your Security
NY Clips uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to NY Clips and you do so at your own risk since no transmission of data over the internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Once we receive your transmission of information, NY Clips makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
If NY Clips learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. NY Clips may post a notice on the Website if a security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive a free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) you should notify us using this CONTACT FORM.
How To Limit The Use Of Your Information
We give users the opportunity to "opt out" of having their personal information used for purposes not directly related to the operation of the service at the point where we ask for the information. If you prefer to "opt out" and not have us send you material we think may be of interest to you, such as promotional mailings/e-mails from us and websites and companies we own or work with, then you can notify us by writing to us at: support@nyclips.com. Your instructions to limit the use of your information will be processed as soon as reasonably practicable.
Updating Or Correcting Information
We rely on our users to update or correct their personal information or payment information whenever necessary. You may access and update your information on our Website. Alternatively, if any of your personal information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, we will correct, update, or remove (unless we are required by law to retain such information) that personal data provided to us. This can be done by using NY Clips’ support CONTACT FORM. The e-mail must identify yourself and the information you are requesting be corrected, updated or removed. We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (such as requests concerning information on back-up tapes).
Disclosure Required By Law
We may disclose personal information and/or non-personally identifiable information when required by law or when we believe in good faith that such action is necessary in order to comply with state and federal laws, or to comply with a court order, search warrant, subpoena or legal process served upon NY Clips or any of its officers or principals. When asked, NY Clips will provide support to law enforcement by acknowledging the existence of information and providing language that particularly describes the information being sought. NY Clips will not divulge any details regarding a criminal investigation to any non-law enforcement party.
We further reserve the right to disclose such information when NY Clips reasonably believes that it is needed to identify, contact, or bring legal action against a party who may be violating NY Clips' Terms of Use, the Agreements, or may be causing injury to or interference with NY Clips' rights or property, registered users or potential users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
Our Commitment to Children's' Privacy
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason, NY Clips does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information or non-personally-identifiable information on the Website from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of our Website is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access the Website at any time or in any manner. If NY Clips learns that personally identifiable information of persons less than 13 years of age has been collected on the Website without verified parental consent, then NY Clips will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.
Compliance With Maine Predatory Marketing Law
NY Clips does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information on the Website from persons under the age of 18 whose IP address shows that person is located in Maine. If you are under 18 and are located in Maine, then please do not use or access the Website at any time or in any manner.
Your California Privacy Rights
Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, residents of California have the right to request from a business, with whom the California resident has an established business relationship, certain information with respect to the types of personal information the business shares with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes and the identities of the third parties with whom the business has shared such information during the immediately preceding calendar year. To exercise your rights, you may make one request each year by contacting us using this CONTACT FORM.
Special Note to International Users
The Website is hosted in the United States and is intended for and directed to Users in the United States. If you are a User accessing the Website from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Website, which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Policy, and our Terms of Use, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.
In the Event of Merger, Sale, or Bankruptcy
In the event that NY Clips is acquired by or merged with a third party entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected from our Users as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors' rights generally, we may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.
Changes and Updates to this Privacy Policy
By using our Website, you consent to the collection and use of information by us in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by the "last modified date" below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. In general, we only use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Policy in effect when we received the personal information you provided. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Policy that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of the personal information you have already provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.
Enforcement
NY Clips regularly reviews its compliance with this Privacy Policy. Please direct any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or NY Clips’ treatment of personal information and/or payment information by contacting us using NY Clips’ support CONTACT FORM or by writing to us at:
NY Clips LLC
1732 1st Ave #8883
New York, NY 10128
When we receive formal written complaints at this address, it is NY Clips’ policy to contact the complaining user regarding his or her concerns.
In case of disputes, individuals can seek resolution of their questions or complaints regarding use and disclosure of their personal data in accordance with the principles contained in this policy. If you feel that NY Clips is not abiding by this policy, you should first contact NY Clips using the contact information provided above.
Date Last Modified:
This Privacy Policy was last modified May 8, 2015.
