Privacy Policy For 15SOF Charity
LAST UPDATED ON MARCH 30, 2020
15 Seconds of Fame Live, LLC d/b/a 15SOF (“15SOF Charity”, “we”, “our”, “us”) collects information about you when you use our mobile application and/or website (the foregoing, together with any other platform through which we may offer our services, the “15SOF Charity Services”) and we may share some or all of that information with one or more third parties in certain circumstances. We created this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain our data collection practices and your options regarding such data. This Privacy Policy applies to your access and use of the 15SOF Charity Services.
You may choose whether or not to provide or disclose information that may be used, either alone or in combination with other information to personally identify an individual (“Personal Data”) in connection with your use of the 15SOF Charity Services. If you choose not to provide the Personal Data we request, you may still visit parts of the 15SOF Charity Services, but may be unable to access or use certain features, options, programs, and services. The 15SOF Charity Services may contain links to third-party websites and services that are not owned or controlled by 15SOF Charity. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of third party websites, services and advertisements, and you visit them at your own risk.
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time and in our sole discretion. We will provide notice of any such changes by posting the modified Privacy Policy on this page and by indicating above the date the Privacy Policy was last updated. Changes will become effective immediately but will not apply retroactively. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy for changes.
(a) Personal Data You Provide To Us Through Our 15SOF Charity Services
Whether you access the 15SOF Charity Services from your computer, smart phone, tablet, or other mobile device, 15SOF Charity and its agents may collect Personal Data, including without limitation:
We may use Personal Data about you for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed to you through the 15SOF Charity Services. For example, we may use Personal Data about you to:
We may send you transactional and relationship communications using various electronic communications, including by email, SMS text messages, push notifications, and/or otherwise. Transactional and relationship communications may include, for example, notices to facilitate a recent transaction you have conducted, messages with information about your existing account, promoting upcoming events and/or other features relating to the 15SOF Charity Services. At any time if you decide you would rather not receive these types of communications from us, you can opt out by following the steps in Section 5, below.
Your privacy is very important to us. Except as otherwise set forth in our Terms, we generally won’t disclose Personal Data about you to anyone outside of 15SOF Charity, except in the following circumstances:
(a) Profile Information and Personal Content
We may share Personal Data about you including any content you post, send, share, or receive through the 15SOF Charity Services, with brand partners, charity partners, talent partners, and/or our other business partners that license content to us or jointly promote our 15SOF Charity Services.
(b) Service Providers
We may disclose Personal Data about you to third-party service providers to provide us with services such as website hosting, professional services, including information technology services and related infrastructure, customer service, e-mail delivery, auditing, and other similar services. To learn more about our service providers and their privacy practices, please click here.
(c) Parent Company/Affiliates
We may disclose Personal Data to those companies that are under common control of 15SOF Charity (“Affiliates”) and to our parent company, 15 Seconds of Fame, Inc., for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including for marketing purposes, and to be consistent with our goal of providing our users, visitors, and customers with a superior product and service experience.
(d) Business Partners
From time to time, we may partner with other companies or non-profit entities to offer prizes, promotional products and/or services. If you purchase or specifically express interest in a prize, promotional product or service from us, we may share Personal Data collected in connection with your purchase or expression of interest with our prize and/or promotion partner(s). We do not control our business partners’ use of Personal Data we collect, and their use of the Personal Data will be in accordance with their own privacy policies.
(e) To Perform Services You Request
We may disclose Personal Data about you to third parties in order to perform services you request or functions you initiate, such as when you post information and materials on message boards and social media forums, including our Facebook page. Please note that when you post information in a public forum it becomes public information.
In addition, we may disclose Personal Data about you in order to identify you to anyone to whom you send communications through the 15SOF Charity Services.
(f) Corporate Changes
We may disclose Personal Data about you to a third party in connection with a potential or actual corporate reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings.
(g) Other Legal Reasons
In addition, we may use or disclose Personal Data about you as we deem necessary or appropriate:
Certain information on our 15SOF Charity Services is collected automatically by means of various software tools. We have a legitimate interest in using such information to assist in log-in, systems administration purposes, information security and abuse prevention, to track user trends, and to analyze the effectiveness of our 15SOF Charity Services. Alone or in combination with other information, such automatically collected information may constitute Personal Data. Some of our service providers (described in Section 3(b), above) may use cookies or other methods to gather information regarding your use of our 15SOF Charity Services. Such third parties may use these cookies or other tracking methods for their own purposes by relating information about your use of our 15SOF Charity Services with any Personal Data about you that they may have. The use of such information by a third party depends on the privacy policy of that third party.
(a) Log Files on our 15SOF Charity Services
The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (“IP”) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, clicked pages and any other information your browser may send to us.
(b) Cookies
"Cookies” are small text files containing pieces of data that are placed in your computer’s web browser to store your preferences. Cookies are not themselves personally identifiable, but may be linked to Personal Data that you provide to us through your interaction with the 15SOF Charity Services. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain (Internet location) from which the Cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the Cookie (its expiration period), and a value (such as a randomly generated unique number).
15SOF Charity and its agents use cookies so that we can improve your online experience – for example, by remembering you when you come back to visit the 15SOF Charity Services, and making the content you see more relevant to you.
We may use cookies that are session-based and persistent-based. Session cookies exist only during one session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your browser or turn off your computer. Please note that if you disable your web browser’s ability to accept cookies, you will be able to navigate the 15SOF Charity Services, but you may not be able to successfully use all of the features of the 15SOF Charity Services.
The following sets out how we may use different categories of cookies and your options for managing cookies’ settings:
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Managing Settings |
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Required cookies |
Required cookies enable you to navigate the 15SOF Charity Services and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the 15SOF Charity Services.
If you have chosen to identify yourself to us, we use cookies containing encrypted information to allow us to uniquely identify you. Each time you log into the 15SOF Charity Services, a cookie containing an encrypted, unique identifier that is tied to your account is placed on your browser. These cookies allow us to uniquely identify you when you are logged into the 15SOF Charity Services and to process your online transactions and requests.
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Because required cookies are essential to operate the 15SOF Charity Services, there is no option to opt out of these cookies. |
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Performance cookies |
These cookies collect information about how you use the 15SOF Charity Services, including which pages you go to most often and if they receive error messages from certain pages. These cookies do not collect information that individually identifies you. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous. It is only used to improve how the 15SOF Charity Services functions and performs.
From time-to-time, we may engage third parties to track and analyze usage and volume statistical information from individuals who visit the 15SOF Charity Services. We may also utilize Flash cookies for these purposes.
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To learn how to opt out of performance cookies using your browser settings click here. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies click here. |
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Functionality cookies |
Functionality cookies allow the 15SOF Charity Services to remember information you have entered or choices you make (such as your username, language, or your region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies also enable you to optimize your use of the 15SOF Charity Services after logging in. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize.
We may use local shared objects, also known as Flash cookies, to store your preferences or display content based upon what you view on the 15SOF Charity Services to personalize your visit.
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To learn how to opt out of functionality cookies using your browser settings click here. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies click here. |
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Targeting or Advertising cookies |
From time-to-time, we may engage third parties to track and analyze usage and volume statistical information from individuals who visit the 15SOF Charity Services. We sometimes use cookies delivered by third parties to track the performance of our advertisements. For example, these cookies remember which browsers have visited the 15SOF Charity Services. The information provided to third parties does not include Personal Data, but this information may be re-associated with Personal Data after we receive it.
By way of example, as you browse the 15SOF Charity Services, advertising cookies may be placed on your computer so that we can understand what you are interested in. Our advertising partners then enable us to present you with retargeted advertising on other sites based on your previous interaction with the 15SOF Charity Services.
We also contract with third-party advertising networks and similar partners that collect IP addresses and other information from web beacons (see below) on the 15SOF Charity Services, from emails, and on third-party sites. Ad networks follow your online activities over time by collecting site navigational information through automated means, including through the use of cookies. They use this information to provide advertisements about products and services tailored to your interests. You may see these advertisements on other websites. This process also helps us manage and track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.
Third parties, with whom we partner to provide certain features on the 15SOF Charity Services or to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity, use Flash cookies to collect and store information. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies because of the amount of, type of, and how data is stored.
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To learn more about these and other advertising networks and their opt out instructions, click here. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies click here. |
(c) Online Advertising
We may also use cookies and other technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons and clear GIF files, to help manage our online advertising program.
15SOF Charity may use these technologies to track the actions of users of the 15SOF Charity Services, to measure statistics of our marketing efforts, and to deliver advertisements on the 15SOF Charity Services that may be more relevant to individual consumers and to otherwise improve the consumer experience on the 15SOF Charity Services. For example, if you have given us your zip code, we may deliver to you advertisements that are specific to promotions in your area.
If you would like to access, amend, erase, export (i.e., data portability), or object to or restrict the processing of Personal Data collected via the 15SOF Charity Service, you may submit a request to Privacy@15SOF.com or write to us at:
15 Seconds of Fame Live, LLC
201 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 480
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Depending on where you live, you may have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority or other regulatory agency if you believe that we have violated any of the rights concerning Personal Data about you. We encourage you to first reach out to us at Privacy@15SOF.com so we have an opportunity to address your concerns directly before you do so.
You may choose not to receive future promotional, transactional, or advertising communications from us by following the “opt-out” or “unsubscribe” or “STOP” instructions in the relevant communication or you can send your opt out request to 15SOF Charity, by email to Privacy@15SOF.com and requesting removal if such a link is not available. Additionally, you may send a request specifying your communications preferences to Privacy@15SOF.com. Customers cannot opt out of receiving transactional emails related to their account with us or our services. Please note that even if you opt out of receiving the foregoing emails, we may still send you a response to any "Contact Us" request as well as administrative, maintenance and operational emails (for example, in connection with a password reset request).
15SOF Charity does not track users over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising. Accordingly, we do not currently respond or take any action with respect to web browser "do not track" signals or other mechanisms that provide consumers the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of Personal Data about an individual consumer's online activities over time and across third-party web sites or online services.
We have implemented reasonable safeguards designed to prevent loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure or modification of Personal Data provided or collected through the 15SOF Charity Services. With respect to Personal Data collected through the 15SOF Charity Services, we use Secure Socket Layer Technology or SSL to encrypt or scramble that information during transmission.
Unfortunately, no system or online transmission of data can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and you should always take appropriate security measures to protect Personal Data about you, including ensuring that you have up-to-date antivirus software. If you believe that your account at 15SOF Charity or any information you provided to us is no longer secure, please notify us immediately through the Contact Us information provided below.
We reserve the right to retain any Personal Data as long as the Personal Data are needed to: (i) fulfill the purposes that are described in above (how we use Personal Data we Collect), and (ii) comply with applicable law.
We may work with certain third-party social media providers to offer you their social networking services through our 15SOF Charity Services. For example, you may be able to use third-party social networking services, such as Facebook, to share information about your experience on our 15SOF Charity Services with your friends and followers on those social networking services. These social networking services may be able to collect information about you, including your activity on our 15SOF Charity Services. These third-party social networking services also may notify your friends, both on our 15SOF Charity Services and on the social networking services themselves, that you are a user of our 15SOF Charity Services or about your use of our 15SOF Charity Services, in accordance with applicable law and their own privacy policies. If you choose to access or make use of third-party social networking services, we may receive information about you that you have made available to those social networking services, including information about your contacts on those social networking services.
You also may be able to link an account from a social networking service such as Facebook to an account through our 15SOF Charity Services. This may allow you to use your credentials from the other site or service to sign in to certain features on our 15SOF Charity Services. If you link your account from a third-party site or service, we may collect information from those third-party accounts, and any information that we collect will be governed by this Privacy Policy.
Our 15SOF Charity Services may contain links to other websites or online services that are operated and maintained by third parties and that are not under the control of or maintained by us. Such links do not constitute an endorsement by us of those other websites, the content displayed therein, or the persons or entities associated therewith. This Privacy Policy does not apply to this third-party content. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party websites or services.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits users that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Data to third parties for such third parties’ direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, contact us by email at Privacy@15SOF.com.
We do not target children and do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen (13). When a user discloses Personal Data on the 15SOF Charity Services, the user is representing to us that he or she is at least thirteen (13) years of age.
If you are the parent or guardian of a child under the age of thirteen (13), who you believe has provided 15SOF Charity with personally identifiable information through the 15SOF Charity Services without your consent, please e-mail us at Privacy@15SOF.com so that we can delete the child’s information from our records.
This English-language Privacy Policy is 15SOF Charity’s official statement of our privacy practices. In case of any inconsistency between this English-language Privacy Policy and its translation into any other language, this English-language document will take precedence over such translation.
15SOF Charity, as a covered entity of 15 Seconds of Fame, Inc., complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework (collectively, “Privacy Shield”) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of Personal Data from European Union (the “EU”) member countries and Switzerland. 15SOF Charity has certified to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity, Purpose Limitation, Access, Recourse, Enforcement, and Liability. A violation of our commitment to Privacy Shield may be investigated by the Federal Trade Commission and/or the United States Department of Commerce. If there is any conflict between the policies in this Privacy Policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification page, to the extent available, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov.
In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, 15SOF Charity commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of Personal Data about you. Persons from the EU or Switzerland who have inquiries or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy should first contact us via email at: Privacy@15SOF.com.
15SOF Charity has committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the Privacy Shield Principles to JAMS, an alternative dispute resolution provider located in the United States. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit https://www.jamsadr.com/eu-us-privacy-shield for more information and to file a complaint.
These recourse mechanisms are available at no cost to you. Damages may be awarded in accordance with applicable law. Please note that if your complaint is not resolved through these channels, under limited circumstances, a binding arbitration option may be available before a Privacy Shield Panel. In cases of onward transfer to third parties of data of EU or Swiss individuals received pursuant to the Privacy Shield, 15SOF Charity is potentially liable.
If you have any questions regarding our privacy practices, please do not hesitate to contact us by email (Privacy@15SOF.com).
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