A-Plus MEDIA respects and values your privacy. That's why A-Plus MEDIA has established this Privacy Policy (referred to as the "Privacy Policy" herein) - so that A-Plus MEDIA can disclose what information A-Plus MEDIA collects about you and how A-Plus MEDIA use, store and disclose such information. A-Plus MEDIA want to help you make an informed decision about whether or not to share your information with A-Plus MEDIA.
A-Plus MEDIA reserves the right to revise, modify, add or remove provisions to this Privacy Policy at any time. In the event that A-Plus MEDIA do so, A-Plus MEDIA will notify you in accordance with the notice provisions of A-Plus MEDIA Terms of Service. Take note of the 'Last Updated' date listed at the foot of this Privacy Policy. If A-Plus MEDIA make changes to this Privacy Policy, A-Plus MEDIA will update that date to notify you of the date of such changes. By continuing to use www.A-Plus MEDIA.org ("the Website") after receiving notice of the updated Privacy Policy, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the revised Privacy Policy.
Capitalized terms in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given to such terms in A-Plus MEDIA Terms of Service.
What information does A-Plus MEDIA collect?
Personal information means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person ("Personal Information").
If you communicate with A-Plus MEDIA, A-Plus MEDIA may collect information relating to that communication whether it takes the form of e-mail, letter, forum posting, testimonials or any other form of communication between you and A-Plus MEDIA or submitted by you to the Website (collectively, "User Communications").
Non-Personal Information.
A-Plus MEDIA also collect data in a form that does not, on its own, permit direct association with any specific individual. A-Plus MEDIA may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose.
What information does A-Plus MEDIA collect if you're under the age of 13?
A-Plus MEDIA does not knowingly collect Personal Information about children under the age of 13. If A-Plus MEDIA becomes aware that it has inadvertently collected Personal Information about children under the age of 13, it will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible, except where A-Plus MEDIA is required by applicable law to keep it.
Where A-Plus MEDIA knows a child is above the age of 13, but considered a minor under applicable law, A-Plus MEDIA will obtain parental/guardian consent prior to using that child's Personal Information.
How does A-Plus MEDIA use and store the information it collects?
As a general matter, A-Plus MEDIA may use the Personal Information you disclose to A-Plus MEDIA to improve and provide the Website, the Services and A-Plus MEDIA other products and services, and for the specific purpose that you gave A-Plus MEDIA your Personal Information. More specific details on how A-Plus MEDIA use your information follows below.
A-Plus MEDIA may use Personal Information to create and authenticate your account, to process transactions you request such as shares in order to perform any contract you have entered into with A-Plus MEDIA, to provide you with customer and technical support and to communicate with you about your account and A-Plus MEDIA products and services.
The Personal Information you provide to A-Plus MEDIA allows A-Plus MEDIA to provide you with the newsletters and mailing lists that you have signed up for with A-Plus MEDIA. If you do not want to be on A-Plus MEDIA mailing list, you can opt out at any time by changing your settings in your 'profile' page within your account.
A-Plus MEDIA may also use Personal Information to offer, market or advertise to you A-Plus MEDIA products and services. While such A-Plus MEDIA products and services may reference, incorporate or include third-party products and services, A-Plus MEDIA will not use your Personal Information to independently offer, market or advertise third-party products and services unless A-Plus MEDIA first obtain your consent to do so.
From time to time, A-Plus MEDIA may use your Personal Information to send important notices, such as important product updates and communications about purchases as well as changes to A-Plus MEDIA terms, conditions, and policies. Because this information is important for your interaction with A-Plus MEDIA you may not opt out of receiving these communications.
A-Plus MEDIA may also use your Personal Information for any other legal purpose stated in this Privacy Policy, and any other purpose for which you have given A-Plus MEDIA express consent.
Where you consent to A-Plus MEDIA doing so, A-Plus MEDIA may use your Personal Information to send you direct marketing communications. Should you ever choose to 'opt out' of receiving such communications A-Plus MEDIA may retain your Personal Information on file to ensure that A-Plus MEDIA do not continue to target you with communications of the type that you have asked A-Plus MEDIA to cease sending to you.
A-Plus MEDIA limits the use of Personal Information to the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy and for which you have provided explicit consent. In accordance with established policies and procedures, A-Plus MEDIA retains Personal Information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the stated purposes, unless it is required by law for a different period or A-Plus MEDIA has the consent of the individual.
In accordance with established policies and procedures, A-Plus MEDIA will periodically destroy or erase any Personal Information that is no longer needed.
A-Plus MEDIA may use User Communications in the same way as A-Plus MEDIA uses Personal Information. If you communicate with A-Plus MEDIA for a particular purpose, A-Plus MEDIA may use your User Communications for that purpose. For example, if you contact A-Plus MEDIA for technical support, A-Plus MEDIA may use your communications to provide technical support to you.
A-Plus MEDIA may use Server Information to provide you with technical support services and to maintain, evaluate, improve and provide A-Plus MEDIA products and services. A-Plus MEDIA may also use such information to investigate unlicensed (and therefore unauthorized) uses of A-Plus MEDIA products.
How does A-Plus MEDIA disclose the Personal Information it collects?
Except as disclosed in this Privacy Policy, A-Plus MEDIA does not share your Personal Information with unaffiliated third parties other than as set out in this Privacy Policy. A-Plus MEDIA will never disclose your Personal Information to an unaffiliated third party for the purposes of e-mail or other marketing unless A-Plus MEDIA first obtain your consent to do so.
A-Plus MEDIA cannot be responsible for protecting your Personal Information if you share such information in publicly available sections of the Website such as the user forums or testimonials section. You should use your own judgment in disclosing this information on the Website.
In the event that A-Plus MEDIA is purchased by another company, merges with another company or has a substantial portion of its assets purchased by another company, A-Plus MEDIA may share your Personal Information with that company. In such an event, A-Plus MEDIA will notify you in accordance with the notice provisions of the Terms of Use.
A-Plus MEDIA may share your Personal Information with third parties as required by applicable law, by a court order or by another judicial or governmental request. A-Plus MEDIA may also disclose your Personal Information if A-Plus MEDIA determine that such disclosure is necessary to protect A-Plus MEDIA rights and remedies or is necessary for national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance. Such disclosures could take place in the context of an investigation or to prevent or take action against illegal activity, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of A-Plus MEDIA 's Terms of Service, applicable EULAs or other A-Plus MEDIA agreements, or as otherwise required by applicable law. Where this is the case A-Plus MEDIA will endeavor to give you notice of such disclosures, to the extent that A-Plus MEDIA are lawfully permitted to do so.
A-Plus MEDIA may disclose your Personal Information to affiliated third parties that assist A-Plus MEDIA in providing maintaining, evaluating, improving and providing the Website, the Services and any other A-Plus MEDIA products and services. A-Plus MEDIA may disclose your Personal Information to affiliated third parties for the purposes of offering, marketing or advertising A-Plus MEDIA products and services to you (such A-Plus MEDIA products and services may reference, incorporate or include third-party products and services). In such an event, A-Plus MEDIA will take reasonable measures to prevent such affiliated third parties from using your Personal Information for other purposes.
Information
A-Plus MEDIA respects and values your privacy. That's why A-Plus MEDIA has established this Privacy Policy (referred to as the "Privacy Policy" herein) - so that A-Plus MEDIA can disclose what information A-Plus MEDIA collects about you and how A-Plus MEDIA use, store and disclose such information. A-Plus MEDIA want to help you make an informed decision about whether or not to share your information with A-Plus MEDIA.
A-Plus MEDIA reserves the right to revise, modify, add or remove provisions to this Privacy Policy at any time. In the event that A-Plus MEDIA do so, A-Plus MEDIA will notify you in accordance with the notice provisions of A-Plus MEDIA Terms of Service. Take note of the 'Last Updated' date listed at the foot of this Privacy Policy. If A-Plus MEDIA make changes to this Privacy Policy, A-Plus MEDIA will update that date to notify you of the date of such changes. By continuing to use www.A-Plus MEDIA.org ("the Website") after receiving notice of the updated Privacy Policy, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the revised Privacy Policy.
Capitalized terms in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given to such terms in A-Plus MEDIA Terms of Service.
User Communications.
If you communicate with A-Plus MEDIA, A-Plus MEDIA may collect information relating to that communication whether it takes the form of e-mail, letter, forum posting, testimonials or any other form of communication between you and A-Plus MEDIA or submitted by you to the Website (collectively, "User Communications").
Non-Personal Information.
A-Plus MEDIA also collect data in a form that does not, on its own, permit direct association with any specific individual. A-Plus MEDIA may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose.
What information does A-Plus MEDIA collect if you're under the age of 13?
A-Plus MEDIA does not knowingly collect Personal Information about children under the age of 13. If A-Plus MEDIA becomes aware that it has inadvertently collected Personal Information about children under the age of 13, it will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible, except where A-Plus MEDIA is required by applicable law to keep it.
Where A-Plus MEDIA knows a child is above the age of 13, but considered a minor under applicable law, A-Plus MEDIA will obtain parental/guardian consent prior to using that child's Personal Information.
How does A-Plus MEDIA use and store the information it collects?
As a general matter, A-Plus MEDIA may use the Personal Information you disclose to A-Plus MEDIA to improve and provide the Website, the Services and A-Plus MEDIA other products and services, and for the specific purpose that you gave A-Plus MEDIA your Personal Information. More specific details on how A-Plus MEDIA use your information follows below.
A-Plus MEDIA may use Personal Information to create and authenticate your account, to process transactions you request such as shares in order to perform any contract you have entered into with A-Plus MEDIA, to provide you with customer and technical support and to communicate with you about your account and A-Plus MEDIA products and services.
The Personal Information you provide to A-Plus MEDIA allows A-Plus MEDIA to provide you with the newsletters and mailing lists that you have signed up for with A-Plus MEDIA. If you do not want to be on A-Plus MEDIA mailing list, you can opt out at any time by changing your settings in your 'profile' page within your account.
A-Plus MEDIA may also use Personal Information to offer, market or advertise to you A-Plus MEDIA products and services. While such A-Plus MEDIA products and services may reference, incorporate or include third-party products and services, A-Plus MEDIA will not use your Personal Information to independently offer, market or advertise third-party products and services unless A-Plus MEDIA first obtain your consent to do so.
From time to time, A-Plus MEDIA may use your Personal Information to send important notices, such as important product updates and communications about purchases as well as changes to A-Plus MEDIA terms, conditions, and policies. Because this information is important for your interaction with A-Plus MEDIA you may not opt out of receiving these communications.
A-Plus MEDIA may also use your Personal Information for any other legal purpose stated in this Privacy Policy, and any other purpose for which you have given A-Plus MEDIA express consent.
Where you consent to A-Plus MEDIA doing so, A-Plus MEDIA may use your Personal Information to send you direct marketing communications. Should you ever choose to 'opt out' of receiving such communications A-Plus MEDIA may retain your Personal Information on file to ensure that A-Plus MEDIA do not continue to target you with communications of the type that you have asked A-Plus MEDIA to cease sending to you.
A-Plus MEDIA limits the use of Personal Information to the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy and for which you have provided explicit consent. In accordance with established policies and procedures, A-Plus MEDIA retains Personal Information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the stated purposes, unless it is required by law for a different period or A-Plus MEDIA has the consent of the individual.
In accordance with established policies and procedures, A-Plus MEDIA will periodically destroy or erase any Personal Information that is no longer needed.
A-Plus MEDIA may use User Communications in the same way as A-Plus MEDIA uses Personal Information. If you communicate with A-Plus MEDIA for a particular purpose, A-Plus MEDIA may use your User Communications for that purpose. For example, if you contact A-Plus MEDIA for technical support, A-Plus MEDIA may use your communications to provide technical support to you.
A-Plus MEDIA may use Server Information to provide you with technical support services and to maintain, evaluate, improve and provide A-Plus MEDIA products and services. A-Plus MEDIA may also use such information to investigate unlicensed (and therefore unauthorized) uses of A-Plus MEDIA products.
How does A-Plus MEDIA disclose the Personal Information it collects?
Except as disclosed in this Privacy Policy, A-Plus MEDIA does not share your Personal Information with unaffiliated third parties other than as set out in this Privacy Policy. A-Plus MEDIA will never disclose your Personal Information to an unaffiliated third party for the purposes of e-mail or other marketing unless A-Plus MEDIA first obtain your consent to do so.
A-Plus MEDIA cannot be responsible for protecting your Personal Information if you share such information in publicly available sections of the Website such as the user forums or testimonials section. You should use your own judgment in disclosing this information on the Website.
In the event that A-Plus MEDIA is purchased by another company, merges with another company or has a substantial portion of its assets purchased by another company, A-Plus MEDIA may share your Personal Information with that company. In such an event, A-Plus MEDIA will notify you in accordance with the notice provisions of the Terms of Use.
A-Plus MEDIA may share your Personal Information with third parties as required by applicable law, by a court order or by another judicial or governmental request. A-Plus MEDIA may also disclose your Personal Information if A-Plus MEDIA determine that such disclosure is necessary to protect A-Plus MEDIA rights and remedies or is necessary for national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance. Such disclosures could take place in the context of an investigation or to prevent or take action against illegal activity, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of A-Plus MEDIA 's Terms of Service, applicable EULAs or other A-Plus MEDIA agreements, or as otherwise required by applicable law. Where this is the case A-Plus MEDIA will endeavor to give you notice of such disclosures, to the extent that A-Plus MEDIA are lawfully permitted to do so.
A-Plus MEDIA may disclose your Personal Information to affiliated third parties that assist A-Plus MEDIA in providing maintaining, evaluating, improving and providing the Website, the Services and any other A-Plus MEDIA products and services. A-Plus MEDIA may disclose your Personal Information to affiliated third parties for the purposes of offering, marketing or advertising A-Plus MEDIA products and services to you (such A-Plus MEDIA products and services may reference, incorporate or include third-party products and services). In such an event, A-Plus MEDIA will take reasonable measures to prevent such affiliated third parties from using your Personal Information for other purposes.
Does A-Plus MEDIA use cookies and web beacons?
Yes, A-Plus MEDIA uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the Website and to improve your overall experience. When you use the Website, certain information may be stored locally on your device using 'cookies' or similar technologies such as objects stored in the device's local storage. A cookie is a small text file used to store limited information about the user of the device. They help A-Plus MEDIA to identify how A-Plus MEDIA users use the Website, and so that A-Plus MEDIA can continue to develop and improve it.
Cookies do this by storing information about your preferences on your device, including the device model, manufacturer, screen resolution, device capabilities, service provider, country and city location data. A-Plus MEDIA uses the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary: These cookies enable A-Plus MEDIA Website to function correctly and deliver the services and products you have requested.
- Performance & Functionality: These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of A-Plus MEDIA Website but are non-essential to their use (for example, A-Plus MEDIA uses cookies to remember your preferences on the Website). However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.
- Analytical: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help A-Plus MEDIA understand how the Website is being used or to help A-Plus MEDIA customize the Website for you. In particular A-Plus MEDIA use the Google analytics cookies. For more information about Google's privacy policy, please visit http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/. If you do not wish to allow the use of Google Analytics cookies at all, Google provides an opt-out plug-in for most common website browsers http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
By using the Service, you accept the use of cookies in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Your cookie choices
You have the right to choose whether to accept or refuse cookies and similar technologies. You can exercise this choice by not accepting the Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, however, please note that if you choose to do so, you will not be able to use the Service.
For more information about what cookies are and your rights to control cookies, please visit the third party educational resource www.allaboutcookies.org.
Web beacons
A-Plus MEDIA does not use web beacons.
How does A-Plus MEDIA protect Personal Information and other information about you?
A-Plus MEDIA takes reasonable steps to protect any Personal Information A-Plus MEDIA collects about you. Additionally, A-Plus MEDIA may supply you with tools to evaluate the strength of the password you select for the Website. No security measures are foolproof, and A-Plus MEDIA cannot guarantee the security of your information other than to take reasonable steps to protect it. In the event that A-Plus MEDIA becomes aware of a security breach, unauthorized disclosure or inadvertent disclosure concerning your information, you agree that A-Plus MEDIA may notify you of such an event using the notice provisions of the Terms of Use.
You are responsible for maintaining your account's security (as more specifically explained in the Terms of Service).
Information and access to your Personal Information
Based on what you have told A-Plus MEDIA, A-Plus MEDIA try to ensure that your contact information and preferences are accurate, complete, and up to date. You have the right to request access to and rectification or erasure of Personal Information or restriction of processing concerning your Personal Information or to object to processing as well as the right to data portability. A-Plus MEDIA will comply with erasure requests as long as A-Plus MEDIA is not required to retain the Personal Information by law and does not need to retain it for its legitimate business purposes. A-Plus MEDIA may decline to process requests that are frivolous/vexatious, jeopardize the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required by local law.
Your Rights
As a Data Subject you have a number of rights in relation to your Personal Information. These include your rights:
- To ask A-Plus MEDIA to confirm what (if any) Personal Information A-Plus MEDIA hold relating to you and how that data is processed and used by A-Plus MEDIA (often referred to as a 'Subject Access Request');
- To have A-Plus MEDIA rectify Personal Information which A-Plus MEDIA hold about you that is inaccurate;
- To have A-Plus MEDIA erase Personal Information which relates to you if it is no longer necessary for A-Plus MEDIA to continue to process it, or if A-Plus MEDIA have no lawful basis to store, process or retain it (though A-Plus MEDIA do have rights to refuse these requests in certain situations);
- To object to A-Plus MEDIA processing your Personal Information;
- To be informed about the existence of any automated decision making and profiling of your Personal Information, and where appropriate, be provided with meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing that affects you;
- To have A-Plus MEDIA provide you with a copy of your Personal Information for transfer to an alternative provider of similar services.
Third party websites
A-Plus MEDIA Website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of A-Plus MEDIA partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that A-Plus MEDIA do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any Personal Information to these websites.
What if you have questions, comments or complaints about this Privacy Policy?
Please feel free to direct any questions, comments or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy using the contact information listed in the Notices section of the A-Plus MEDIA Terms of Use. It is A-Plus MEDIA policy to investigate and attempt to resolve all formal written complaints A-Plus MEDIA receive concerning this Privacy Policy. A-Plus MEDIA will cooperate with appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between A-Plus MEDIA and an individual.
With effect from 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enters force. Your rights under that new regulation are explained at https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-reform/overview-of-the-gdpr/. Details of how you can exercise those rights are set out in 'Your Rights'. A-Plus MEDIA have largely factored GDPR into this Privacy Policy but if you think A-Plus MEDIA has failed to do so in any way please notify us immediately.
