MusicLessons.com values the privacy of our users. Please familiarize yourself with the following terms regarding the collection, use and dissemination of your personal information on our site. Please note that capitalized terms are defined in our Terms of Use.

Personal Information

We collect information from you when you register to become a member on our site. The data collected by MusicLessons.com for your membership is not shared with any other party except for the information you choose to make public to members in your membership profile or the general public when you create content in our Directories, Teaching Pages, Forums, or any other area of our site where you can post information.

When registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information (or the credit information for a parent or guardian) or third-party payment information (e.g. PayPal Account Name). You may visit our site anonymously but registration is required for full functionality.

MusicLessons.com may from time to time send informational and promotional materials to your email address. You may opt out of these emails at any time.

Please note that personal information may be shared if a violation of the MusicLessons.com's terms or other website's terms (e.g. YouTube) have been violated in MusicLessons.com' sole discretion in order to enforce MusicLessons.com's legal rights.

Aggregated Data

Aggregated information, such as which page users access or visit our site and information volunteered by users, is collected through various methods. For example, MusicLessons.com collects IP addresses. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web. Web servers (the computers that "serve up" Web pages) automatically identify your computer by its IP address, and when you request a page from MusicLessons.com, our servers log your IP address. MusicLessons.com only uses IP addresses for the purposes of web traffic analysis and trends and to handle security threats.

Use of Cookies and Other Forms of Client Storage

MusicLessons.com may also use "cookies" and "client storage" to store information on any computer that is used to access our site. Cookies and other forms of client storage are methods provided by web browsers so that web sites (like MusicLessons.com) can store information that is submitted by a user. We use this information to enhance your user experience (by storing some preferences, search settings, session information, and encrypted usernames & passwords to keep you logged in) while you are using our site, and when you come back. This information is considered temporary, and can be deleted by a user by deleting cookies and client storage through the web browser that was used to access the site.

Children and Privacy

MusicLessons.com encourages parents and guardians to supervise their children's use of the internet, and to be fully familiar with the sites visited by their children as well as the applicable policies and guidelines governing those sites.

Individuals under 13

In accordance with the requirements of COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age without their parent or guardian's consent. No information should be submitted to, or posted on, MusicLessons.com by users under the age of 13 years without the consent of their parent or guardian.

Individuals 13 through 17

MusicLessons.com requests that children under the age of 18 do not submit or post information to the site without a parent or guardian's consent.

Links to Other Sites

It is important to note that MusicLessons.com contains links to sites other than MusicLessons.com and that those sites may not follow the same privacy policies as MusicLessons.com.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

• To personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
• To improve our website (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
• To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
• To process transactions

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you user our services or enter, submit, or access your personal information.

Financial information is secured through our third-party payment processors which are, to the best or our knowledge, certified to PCI Service Provider Level 1. We do not store financial information on our servers, except as necessary for back-up and payment history information.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Terms and Conditions

Please also visit our Terms of Use establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at www.musiclessons.com/agreements/terms/

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our website's privacy policy. Upon registration, you will consent to our Terms of Use which include this Privacy Policy by reference. It is your responsibility to review these terms from time to time.

USE OF THIS SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR CONSENT TO THIS ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE POLICIES, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE MUSICLESSONS.COM WEBSITE OR CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT VIA MUSICLESSONS.COM.