Privacy Policy Effective Date: December 26, 2023
Thank you for visiting ToledoBuzz! This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website and use our services. By using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
1. Ownership of Uploaded Content
By uploading your content to ToledoBuzz, you, the user, retain full legal ownership of the content you upload, including music, videos, photos, written content, and more.
2. Non-Exclusive Rights and Monetization
By uploading your content to ToledoBuzz, you grant ToledoBuzz the non-exclusive right to monetize your content. This includes sharing your content on social media, live streams, and using your content and likeness in full-length series or films.
3. Limitation of Liability
By agreeing to these terms and conditions, you acknowledge that you will not hold ToledoBuzz legally responsible for any issues arising from the use of our services or the content uploaded by users.
4. Information Collection and Use
When you visit our website, we collect certain data, including the information provided in comments, IP address, and browser user agent string for spam detection purposes.
5. Media and Cookies
If you upload images to our website, please avoid including embedded location data. Visitors may download and extract location data from images on the website. We may use cookies to enhance your experience on our site. These cookies may store your name, email address, and website for convenience purposes. You can choose to opt-out of saving this information.
6. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Our articles may include embedded content from other websites. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content. Please refer to the privacy policies of these websites for more information.
7. Data Sharing
In the event that you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
8. Data Retention
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate automatic approval of follow-up comments. For registered users, we store personal information provided in user profiles. You can access, edit, or delete your personal information, except for the username, at any time. Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
9. Your Rights
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request the erasure of your personal data, excluding data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
10. Data Security
We take appropriate measures to protect your personal information and ensure its confidentiality. However, please note that no security measure is completely foolproof, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.
11. Marketing Communications
We may use your email or phone number for marketing purposes related to ToledoBuzz. However, we will never sell your private information to third parties.
12. Automated Spam Detection
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
For any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at editor@toledobuzz.com.
This Privacy Policy is subject to change. Please review this page periodically for any updates.