Privacy Policy-Version 1.0
The Entertainment Bureau was created to allow people to communicate about their favorite entertainment sources. It is comprised of a talented team of writers and editors who strive to bring a level of professionalism and discourse to entertainment journalism. We wish for all visitors to the site to feel safe about sharing their opinions. As so we designed and operate with your privacy in mind. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we gather when you use The Entertainment Bureau as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it.
The following principles apply to the personally identifying information we ask for and that you provide. “Personally identifying information” is information that individually identifies you, such as your name, physical address, email address and other information you provide.
Data Collection
The Entertainment Bureau collects a small amount of non-personal identifying information made available by your browser whenever you visit a website. This log information includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your visit, bids and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We use this information to operate, develop and improve our services.
In order to write for The Entertainment Bureau we require that you register for an account. We asks you for some personal information in order to create an account and we will use that information to provide services.
When we require personally identifying information, we will inform you about the types of information we collect and how we use it. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing your personal information with us.
Cookies
Upon your first visit to The Entertainment Bureau, a cookie is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A “cookie” is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service and to better understand how people interact with us. The Entertainment Bureau does this by storing user preferences in cookies and by tracking user trends and patterns. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Entertainment Bureau features or services may not function properly without cookies.
Information Sharing
We do not rent or sell your personally identifying information to other companies or individuals, unless we have your consent. We may share such information in any of the following limited circumstances:
o We have your consent
o We provide such information to trusted businesses or persons for the sole purpose of processing personally identifying information on our behalf. When this is done, it is subject to agreements that oblige those parties to process such information only on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
o We conclude that we are required by law or have a good faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of The Entertainment Bureau, the Site, its users or the public.
If you have an account, we may share the information submitted under your account among all of our services in order to provide you with a seamless experience and to improve the quality of our services. We will not disclose your account information to other people or non-affiliated companies, except in the limited circumstances described in this Policy or with your consent.
We may store and process personal information collected on our site in the United States or any other country in which The Entertainment Bureau or its agents maintain facilities. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your information among these facilities, including those located outside your country. In the event of a transfer of ownership of The Entertainment Bureau, such as acquisition by or merger with another company, we will provide notice before any personally identifying information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
We may share aggregated information with others. Examples of this include the number of users who visited our site.
Information Security.
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.
We restrict access to your personally identifying information to employees who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services.
Updating your information
We provide mechanisms for updating and correcting your personally identifying information for many of our services. For more information, please see the help pages.
Links
The sites linked to by The Entertainment Bureau are developed by people over whom The Entertainment Bureau exercises no control. These other sites may place their own cookies on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information.
The Entertainment Bureau may present links in a format that enables us to understand whether they have been followed. We use this information to understand and improve the quality of The Entertainment Bureau’s technology.
Changes to this Policy
Please note this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice. Each version will be noted at the top of the page. Prior versions of this Privacy Policy will be kept in an archive for you to view.
