Backroads of American Music (“Backroads”) operates the website BackroadsOfAmericanMusic.com. It is Backroads’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Backroads collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Backroads’ purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Backroads’ visitors use its website. From time to time, Backroads may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Backroads also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Backroads does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Backroads’ websites choose to interact with Backroads in ways that require Backroads to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Backroads gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up as a Contributor at BackroadsOfAmericanMusic.com to provide a username and email address. In all such cases, Backroads collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Backroads. Backroads does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Backroads may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Backroads may monitor the most popular blogs on the BackroadsOfAmericanMusic.com site. Backroads may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Backroads does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Backroads discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Backroads’ behalf or to provide services available at Backroads’ websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. By using Backroads’ websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Backroads will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Backroads discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Backroads believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Backroads, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Backroads website and have supplied your email address, Backroads may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Backroads and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Backroads takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Backroads uses cookies to help Backroads identify and track visitors, their usage of Backroads website, and their website access preferences. Backroads visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Backroads’ websites, with the drawback that certain features of Backroads’ websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Backroads may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Backroads’ sole discretion. Backroads encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a BackroadsOfAmericanMusic.com account, you should also check your blog’s dashboard for alerts to these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.