Statement of Privacy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to http://www.hardstoprecords.com, and Hardstop Records and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Hardstop Records include http://www.hardstoprecords.com and Hardstop Records. The Hardstop Records website is a News and Information site. By using the Hardstop Records website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered, Hardstop Records may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
- First and Last Name
- Mailing Address
- E-mail Address
- Phone Number
If you purchase Hardstop Records’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
Hardstop Records collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.
Hardstop Records may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Hardstop Records and its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Hardstop Records does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Hardstop Records may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. Hardstop Records may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Hardstop Records, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Hardstop Records may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Hardstop Records or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Hardstop Records; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Hardstop Records, or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
Hardstop Records may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Hardstop Records, in order to determine what Hardstop Records services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Hardstop Records to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Hardstop Records. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Hardstop Records website.
Use of Cookies
The Hardstop Records website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Hardstop Records pages, or register with Hardstop Records site or services, a cookie helps Hardstop Records to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Hardstop Records website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Hardstop Records features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Hardstop Records services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Hardstop Records secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Hardstop Records uses the following methods for this purpose:
- SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
- Delete your personal information from our records; and
- Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
- Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
- Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
Hardstop Records does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parents or guardian for permission to use this website.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, Hardstop Records may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Hardstop Records, you may opt out of such communications by Unsubscribe@hardstoprecords.com.
Changes to this Statement
Hardstop Records reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Hardstop Records welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Hardstop Records has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Hardstop Records at:
Hardstop Records
_________________
Chicago, Illinois 60625
Email Address:
info@hardstoprecords.com
Telephone number:
312-391-6521
Cookie Policy:
Hardstop Records Cookie Website Policy
Effective Date: July 14, 2023
The Hardstop Records website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. We may use both session cookies (which expire when you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our Site.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Hardstop Records pages or register with Hardstop Records site or services, a cookie helps Hardstop Records to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Hardstop Records website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Hardstop Records features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Hardstop Records services or websites you visit.
Types of Cookies We Use
We may use the following types of cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies. Our website requires the use of these cookies to properly operate or provide necessary functions relating to the services you request. They include cookies that do the following:
- use a shopping cart
- purchase products
These are session cookies. The purpose is for proper website functions.
Third-party cookies. Our website may contain helpful but non-essential features or plug-ins enabling third party services that use cookies, such as social network connectors, maps, advertising networks, or web traffic analysis services. These cookies may enable visitor identification across websites and over time. These third-party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies, performance cookies or targeting cookies. We do not control the third party’s use of those cookies, their duration, or their ability to share information with other third parties. Please review each party’s cookie disclosure before consenting to this use category. The purpose is for proper website functions.
Reviewing Our Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy can be located here: http://www.hardstoprecords.com
Our Privacy Policy describes our practices for any personal data that our first-party cookies collect, store, or use, including our legal basis for processing personal data. We rely on the following legal basis to process personal data collected through our first-party cookies: Hardstop Records may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Hardstop Records or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Hardstop Records; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Hardstop Records, or the public.
Your Cookie Choices
You may withdraw your consent for our use of any cookies that are not strictly necessary. You may do so at any time by contacting us.
Most web browsers allow you to directly block all cookies, or just third-party cookies, through your browser settings. Using your browser settings to block all cookies, including strictly necessary ones, may interfere with proper site operation.
Changes to Our Cookie Uses
We reserve the right to change this cookie policy as we may deem necessary or as may be required by law. We will post any changes to the way we use cookies on this page and/or indicate on our website that we updated this cookie policy. Your continued use of this website after we make a change is deemed to be an acceptance of those changes.
Contact Information
Hardstop Records welcomes your questions or comments regarding this policy. If you believe that Hardstop Records has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Hardstop Records at:
Hardstop Records
2247 W Lawrence Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60625
Email Address:
info@hardstoprecords.com
Telephone number:
3123916521