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Updated – November 2, 2007

Tickets.com, Inc. Privacy Policy
Tickets.com, Inc. (the “Company”) is committed to complying with all laws intended to protect your right of privacy. This Privacy Policy describes (i) the type of information about you that we collect; and (ii) the Company’s practices with respect to gathering and disseminating information about you. This Privacy Policy was established within the context of our Tickets.com Website and the potential for gathering personal information within electronic media; however, this Policy is not limited to the Tickets.com Website. Our Privacy Policy applies whenever you and the Company interact and there is a possibility that during such interaction, we may acquire certain information about you.
The Company may, but is not obligated to, update this Privacy Policy from time to time. You should review this Privacy Policy periodically to familiarise yourself with the most current version. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective upon the “Updated” date above. Your purchase of tickets or other merchandise from us constitutes your acceptance of the Privacy Policy then in effect.
1. How And When Does the Company Collect Non-Public Personal Information?

In the course of selling tickets or other merchandise, we may collect and maintain certain nonpublic personal information that will help us to efficiently perform various transactions. In addition, we may be required to share your personal information with certain entertainment organisations and venues (an “Event Host”) as part of our contractual relationship with them. Of course, if you wish to purchase tickets to an event and remain anonymous, you can purchase your tickets in person, directly through the Event Host’s box office.
We do not collect personal information (such as names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses or credit card numbers) about you except when you specifically provide your information on a voluntary basis. Your personal information may be collected as you:

2. How And When Does the Company Use Non-Public Personal Information?

The Company may utilize your personal information in several discrete ways.

3. How Long Is Your Personal Information Retained?

If you are a registered user of our Website, we may retain your information as long as you maintain your registered status. If you purchase tickets or other merchandise using a credit card, we will retain your credit card information for a length of time reasonably necessary to process any future transactions related to your purchases, including refunds and charge backs. We occasionally purge our computer system of information relating to visitors of our Website and their past transactions.
4. What Is “Aggregate Information” And What Does the Company Do With It?

Typically, as visitors browse our Website, our computers automatically collect information related to how certain features of our Website are used, what general region our visitors are contacting us from and how many people visit our Website at any given time. We only use this information in the aggregate, which means that we only derive meaning from the sum of all such information gathered for a period of time and accordingly, we refer to this information as “Aggregate Information”. Aggregate Information includes, but is not limited to your computer’s (i) Internet browser type (e.g., Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5), (ii) IP address, (iii) resolution settings, (iv) platform type, and (v) originating URLs of referring web pages. We use Aggregate Information to (a) help diagnose problems with our computers, (b) administer our Website, (c) share certain generalized demographic information with Event Hosts and our advertising partners about visitors of our Website, and (d) provide our advertising partners with information regarding which visitors saw and clicked on certain advertisements on our Website. Aggregate Information does not contain any personal information of any of our Website visitors.
5. What Are “Cookies” And How Does the Company Use Them?

The term “Cookie” is a nickname for files that a website’s computer system can deposit onto a visitor’s computer hard drive when the visitor is logged on to the website. Cookies are used to recognize a visitor’s repeat visits to the website and what pages are accessed and what functionalities are used while he or she is there. The use of cookies is commonplace on the Internet and they take up minimal room on your computer hard drive. Cookies work by assigning a number to your computer that has a specific meaning to the assigning website. Cookies, by themselves, cannot be used to find out the identity of any visitor. Unless you choose to provide us with information about you, we will never know who you are, even though our computer has previously deposited a cookie on your computer’s hard drive. Other companies that advertise on our Website also have the ability to deposit a different cookie on your computer’s hard drive in a process that we do not control. Since cookies aren't useable for identifying individuals (i.e., we will not store non-public personal information in a cookie), these advertisers will never know who you are. In addition, you may modify your Internet browser’s settings to notify you whenever any website is going to deposit a cookie on your computer’s hard drive. This notification option generally gives you the opportunity to decide whether to accept or refuse a cookie before it is deposited. There may be some features on our Website, however, that require a cookie to operate correctly. For example, to become a registered user of our Website, you must allow us to deposit a cookie on your computer’s hard drive.
6. Consent/Choice Statement
Non-Vermont Computer Users.  We do not sell or rent personal information about our online customers to any third parties at this time. If we engage in such commerce in the future, our online customers will be notified in advance by email and will have an opportunity to remove themselves from such lists prior to being included therein by return email or by emailing us separately at webfeedback@tickets.com.
Vermont Computer Users.  Vermont places additional restrictions on sharing a user’s personal information while such user resides in Vermont. We will not rent or sell non-public personal information we collect from a user residing in Vermont except (1) as permitted by law or (2) with the express authorization or consent of the Vermont User
7. Data Quality and Security Statement

We use data security systems to encrypt your personal and financial information to reduce the risk that your information will be obtained by unauthorized persons. Our electronic security measures are complemented by the physical security of our facilities and limited access to certain critical areas, such as our computer locations. However, because of the increasing sophistication of computer hackers and others who would seek to invade our computer systems for the purpose of stealing information, damaging our systems or denying our systems’ ability to operate effectively to safeguard personal and financial information as intended, we make no promises as to the security of personal or financial information in our possession or the impenetrability of our computer systems under unusual circumstances or our computer system’s resilience to future sophisticated attacks.
8. When Might Information Be Disclosed As A Matter Of Law?   We may disclose non-public personal information to unrelated parties in special cases when we have reason to believe that that disclosure is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against a person or persons who may be causing injury to, or interference with, the rights or property of the Company (including our Website), computer users accessing our Website, or any third party. In addition, we may disclose information about individuals who access our Website to law enforcement agencies, judicial or government authorities, or to other individuals or entities in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes.
9. Links To / From Other Sites   Our Website contains links to other Internet websites which we do not operate and, conversely, other Internet websites may contain links to our Website. We are not aware of and are not responsible for the privacy policies, practices, or content of such other websites. We encourage visitors to read and become familiar with the privacy policies maintained by such other websites.
10. Information of Minors & Children.   We do not target our Website or our products or merchandise for sale on our Website to children, and our Website does not seek to collect contact information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not email us, contact our Website, attempt to use our Website, submit information to our Website, or ask us to email you. If you are under the age of 18, you should get permission from a parent or guardian before you email our Website, contact our Website, attempt to use our Website, submit information to our Website, or ask us to email you.

ticket privacySM
Tickets.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in California (the "Company"), created ticket·privacySM in order to demonstrate the Company's firm commitment to your privacy and privacy-related concerns. The following sets forth the Company's information gathering, use, and dissemination practices.
It is the Companies policy to allow our customers to control what personal information you provide to us. As a customer of the Company you:

  1. Control what personally identifiable information is collected
  2. Control what the Company can do with the information
  3. Have our commitment to your right of privacy

Information Collection - Notice and Disclosure Statement
From time to time, Tickets.com may ask customers to provide personal information that will help the Company efficiently perform various transactions. That information may be sought as you:

  1. Register for general information
  2. Register for a free trial or demonstration of certain products and services
  3. Sign up or subscribe to products and services
  4. Participate in a special offer or contest

The Company does not collect personal information -- names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses or credit card numbers -- about you except when you specifically provide such information on a voluntary basis; like, for instance, purchase sports or entertainment tickets, or make inquiries about ticket or reservation availability.
The Company may utilize your personal information in several discrete ways.

The Company uses your Internet Protocol (IP) address to help diagnose problems with our computer server, and to administer our web site. Your IP address is used to help identify you, and to gather broad demographic data. Your IP address contains no personal information about you.
The Company does, however, perform statistical analysis of customer usage in order to measure interest in, and use of, the various parts of the Company's web site, and the Company shares that information with current and prospective advertisers, and other interested third parties. But, this information is aggregated data only (statistics, etc.), and contains no personally identifiable information whatsoever.
Tickets.com users should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by virtue of the standard operation of the Company computer servers or through the use of "cookies". Cookies are files a web site can use to recognize repeat users, and allow a web site to track web usage behaviour. Cookies take up minimal room on your computer and cannot damage your computer's files. Cookies work by assigning a number to the user that has a specific meaning to the assigning web site. Cookies, by themselves, cannot be used to find out the identity of any user. Unless you choose to provide us with information about you, the Company will never know who you are, even though we assign your computer a cookie. Other companies that place advertising on our site also have the ability to assign a different cookie to you in a process that the Company does not control. But since cookies aren't useable for identifying individuals, these advertisers will never know who you are - and the Company will never tell them! If you do not want information to be collected through the use of cookies, your browser allows you to deny or accept the use of cookies. There may, however, be some features on the Company's web site that require the use of cookies in order to customize the delivery of information to you.
Consent/Choice Statement
The Company does not sell or rent personal information about its customers to any third parties at this time. In the event the Company does engage in such commerce in the future, you will have an opportunity to remove yourself from any such lists prior to your inclusion therein by emailing us at webfeedback@tickets.com.
Data Quality and Security Statement
The Company maintains strict data security systems that ensure specific individual information will not be made available to any unauthorized person. We use a multi-level security system to control access to information stored for our customers. This is complemented with physical security of our facilities and limited access to certain critical areas.
The Company is committed to educate our employees about the issues and laws surrounding individual rights to privacy. We provide information to all employees on the importance of consumer privacy. We provide ongoing education to our employees on the laws and accepted practices under which the Company operates. All new employees agree, as a condition of employment with us, to safeguard the personal data that is under our control. We ensure that all employees understand the provisions of our Privacy Policy.
The Company is committed to work with recognized trade associations and organisations that support consumer privacy.
In each country where we operate, we actively participate in the Direct Marketing Association's efforts to maintain and develop appropriate industry guidelines that safeguard the individual's right to privacy. We recognize and actively support sectoral codes of practice and relevant legislation which covers other industry-specific guidelines on privacy such as the European Union Data Protection Act, the recommendations of the Office of Telecommunications in the UK, and the National Health and Medical Research guidelines in Australia.
Data Protection and Privacy legislation was originally developed in Europe and now exists in many countries worldwide. Wherever the Company operates, we are committed to adhering to the relevant data protection legislation and/or industry codes of practices.
Privacy in Australia
The Commonwealth Privacy Act 1998 implements strict privacy protection which Commonwealth and government agencies must observe when collecting, storing, using and disclosing personal information. Other Commonwealth laws contain privacy provisions relating to information about health insurance claims, data matching, information about old criminal convictions and personal information disclosed by telecommunications companies. The Privacy Act applies to the private sector only with respect to tax file numbers and consumer credit information. The Federal Privacy Commissioner has encouraged Australian businesses to develop voluntary industry codes of conduct to meet privacy standards. In February 1998, the Commissioner issued a document entitled "National Principles for the Fair Handling of Personal Information." The National Principles are based on the OECD Guidelines. These Principles address the collection, use, and disclosure of data; data quality and security; openness, access and correction; identifiers, anonymity, trans-border data flows and sensitive information. In December 1998, the Federal Government announced that it intends to enact legislation to strengthen self-regulatory privacy protection in the private sector. They also announced that the legislation that will be introduced would be based on the National Principles. The Company is committed to adherence to industry codes of conduct and/or legislation that will be required to process data in Australia and respects the privacy rights of the citizens of Australia.
For more information on our privacy practices or the privacy regulations in your country, you may contact:
webfeedback@tickets.com
or the Privacy Commissioner's Office at:
Privacy Commissioner's Office
GPO
Box 5218
Sydney, NSW, Australia 1042
Phone: 1-300 363 992
Fax: 02 9284 9666
E-mail: privacy@hreoc.gov.au
URL: www.privacy.gov.au


 
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