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Bandcamp states that no security measures are 100% secure, and factors such as unauthorized entry or hardware/software failure may compromise the security of your Personal Data. Your personal data may be transferred during business acquisitions or bankruptcy. The service also shares data widely; your information might be shared with affiliates, agents, and bands, and user profile information can be displayed to others and emails may be revealed to connected users. Furthermore, your continued use of the service means you are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy.
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No 100% Security Guarantee
Bandcamp states that no security measures are 100% secure, and factors like unauthorized entry, hardware/software failure, or other factors may compromise the security of your Personal Data.
Why it matters: Your personal data could be compromised by security breaches, hardware or software failures, or unauthorized access, despite Bandcamp's security efforts, potentially leading to identity theft or other harms.
However, no measures are 100% secure and unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors, may compromise the security of your Personal Data.
Personal Data Transferred in Business Acquisitions
If Bandcamp or substantially all of its assets are acquired, or if it goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, customer information, including personal data, would be transferred to the acquiring third party.
Why it matters: Your personal data may be transferred to another company if Bandcamp is acquired or goes out of business, meaning a new entity would control your data and potentially use it under different terms.
Moreover, if Bandcamp, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Bandcamp goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, customer information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Bandcamp may continue to use your Personal Data as set forth in this policy.
Your information may be transferred to or stored in countries like the United States or others where Bandcamp or its service providers operate, and data protection laws in these countries may differ from where you live.
Why it matters: Your personal data may be stored or processed in countries with different data protection laws, which could affect the privacy and security of your information.
When you use the Service, your information may be transferred to or stored in the United States or other countries where we or our service providers operate. The data protection laws and rules in these countries may be different than those where you live.
Data Transfers, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Data Use and Sharing
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Broad Data Sharing with Affiliates and Agents
Bandcamp may share your Personal Data with its group members (affiliates, employees, subsidiaries, branch offices) and affiliated businesses, as well as with other companies and people (agents) performing tasks on its behalf.
Why it matters: Your personal data might be shared with Bandcamp's corporate affiliates and various third-party agents, which could expose your information to a wider range of entities potentially outside your direct control.
We may share your Personal Data with any members of our group, which includes our affiliates, employees, subsidiaries and branch offices, to which it is reasonably necessary or desirable for us to disclose your data in order to carry out the above-mentioned data processing purposes. * **Affiliated Businesses We Do Not Control:** We are affiliated with a variety of businesses and work closely with them. In certain situations, these businesses sell items to you through Bandcamp’s Service.
When certain functionality or services are used, Bandcamp may provide Personal Data, such as email address, country of residence, and zip/postal code ('Fan Information'), to bands, and users can opt-in to a band's mailing list.
Why it matters: Your email address and location data may be shared with bands when you use certain services, and you can opt-in to their mailing lists, which could lead to direct communication from those bands.
When you use certain functionality or services, we may provide certain Personal Data to bands, such as your email address, country of residence and zip/postal code (“Fan Information”), and you can opt-in to be added to the relevant band’s mailing list.
User profile information, including name, email address, purchase history, and other submitted information ("User Submissions"), may be displayed to other users to facilitate interaction within the Service.
Why it matters: Portions of your user profile, such as your name, email, and purchase history, may be visible to other users, which could expose personal details to people you don't know.
User profile information including users’ name, email address, purchase history and other information you enter (“User Submissions”) may be displayed to other users in certain cases to facilitate user interaction within the Service.
Email Addresses Directly Revealed to Connected Users
Users’ email addresses will not be directly revealed to other users by Bandcamp, except when a user is "connected" to another user via shared group membership or an invitation, or if the user has chosen to include their email address in their User Profile.
Why it matters: Your email address may become visible to other users if you are connected through shared groups or invitations, or if you choose to include it in your profile, potentially increasing unwanted direct contact.
Users’ email addresses will not be directly revealed to other users by us, except, when the user is “connected” to another user via a shared group membership, or an invitation, or if the user has chosen to include their email address in their User Profile.
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Emails Related to User Submissions
By posting User Submissions, you acknowledge and agree that Bandcamp may send you email and other communications that it determines in its sole discretion relate to your User Submissions.
Why it matters: Posting content may subject you to emails and other communications from the company, which it deems related to your content, reducing your control over receiving such messages.
You acknowledge and agree that by posting such User Submissions, Company may send you email and other communication that it determines in its sole discretion relate to your User Submissions.
Users are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when they use the Service after such changes have been first posted.
Why it matters: If Bandcamp changes its Privacy Policy, you will be automatically bound by those changes simply by continuing to use the service, even if you did not explicitly agree to them.
Users are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when they use the Service after such changes have been first posted.
Changes to this Privacy Policy, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Functionality May Be Limited Without Cookies
Bandcamp strongly recommends leaving cookies activated because they enable some of its most attractive features, and if you disable them, some parts of the Service may not work properly.
Why it matters: Disabling cookies might prevent you from using some of the service's features, limiting your experience or access to certain functionality.
We strongly recommend that you leave the cookies activated, however, because cookies enable you to take advantage of some of Bandcamp’s most attractive features. If you choose to disable cookies or similar technologies, some parts of our Service may not work properly.
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Do Not Rent or Sell Personal Data
Bandcamp states it neither rents nor sells your Personal Data to anyone.
Why it helps: This commitment ensures that your personal information will not be directly monetized by Bandcamp through renting or selling it to third parties.
We neither rent nor sell your Personal Data to anyone.
Bandcamp states it does not knowingly collect, maintain, or use Personal Data from children under 16 years of age, and no part of the Service is directed to children under 16.
Why it helps: This protection helps prevent the collection of personal data from children under 16, safeguarding their privacy online. If such data is inadvertently collected, it will be deleted.
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use Personal Data from children under 16 years of age, and no part of the Service is directed to children under the age of 16.
If Bandcamp learns that they have collected Personal Data from children under 16, they will promptly take steps to delete such information and terminate the child’s account.
Why it helps: If children's data is accidentally collected, this policy ensures prompt deletion and account termination, further protecting minors' privacy by correcting any unintended collection.
If we learn that we have collected any Personal Data from children under 16, we will promptly take steps to delete such information and terminate the child’s account.