Privacy Policy

SoundGate has established this privacy policy to explain to you how your information is protected, collected and used, which may be updated by SoundGate from time to time. SoundGate will provide notice of materially significant changes to this privacy policy by posting notice on the SoundGate site.

1. Protecting your privacy
   • We don't run banner ads, pop ups, pop unders, or any other kind of commercial ads.
   • We don't share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
   • We don't engage in cross-marketing or link-referral programs with other sites.
   • We don't employ tracking devices for marketing purposes ("cookies", "web beacons," single-pixel gifs).
   • We don't send you unsolicited communications for marketing purposes.
2. Data we collect
   • We sometimes collect your email address, for purposes such as sending self-publishing and confirmation emails, authenticating user accounts, providing subscription email services, etc.
   • SoundGate does not store credit card information. Credit card transactions are transmitted to a financial gateway, and we endeavor to protect the security of your payment information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.
   • Our web logs collect standard web log entries for each page served, including your IP address, page URL, and timestamp. Web logs help us to diagnose problems with our server, to administer the SoundGate site, and to otherwise provide our service to you.
3. Data we store
   • Our web logs and other records are stored indefinitely.
   • Although we make good faith efforts to store the information in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee complete security.
4. Circumstances in which SoundGate may release information
   • SoundGate may disclose information about its users if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process.
   • SoundGate may also disclose information about its users to law enforcement officers or others, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms of Use; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of SoundGate, its users or the general public.
5. International Users
   • By visiting our web site and providing us with data, you acknowledge and agree that due to the international dimension of SoundGate we may use the data collected in the course of our relationship for the purposes identified in this policy or in our other communications with you, including the transmission of information outside your resident jurisdiction. In addition, please understand that such data may be stored on servers located in the United States. By providing us with your data, you consent to the transfer of such data.