Acceptance of these Terms and ConditionsBy using blues.org, you agree to the terms and conditions outlined below. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use this site. We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at any time, whenever we want. If you continue to use the site after we have posted changes to the terms, it means you have accepted those terms. If you need to contact us, please e-mail us at bluesinfo@blues.org.
Privacy Policy
We know that safeguarding your privacy is serious business. Please take a minute to read the following policy so that you understand how we treat your personal information. As we update and expand our services, this policy might change, so please check it out periodically. If you have questions about our privacy policy, please e-mail us at bluesinfo@blues.org. If you sign up to be a Blues Foundation Member or use any Member services, you agree to these terms.
The Blues Foundation has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: www.blues.org.
Site Statistics
In general, blues.org automatically gathers certain usage information like the numbers and frequency of visitors to blues.org and its areas, very much like television ratings that tell the networks how many people tuned in to a program. We only use such data in the aggregate. This collective data helps us determine how much our customers use parts of the site, so we can improve our site to assure that it is as appealing as we can make it for as many of you as possible. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that while we will know how many times a page gets visited, the individual user will be anonymous.
We do not use or disclose information about your individual visits to blues.org or information that you may give us, such as your name, address, email address or telephone number, to any outside companies. We may share with our Web site partners aggregated statistical "ratings" information about the use of blues.org.
Cookies
Blues.org uses a technology nicknamed "cookies" that provides different features on the site. This includes when you enter a contest, order merchandise and/or order tickets. The cookie keeps track of your order information or remembers your browser identity. It tells us how and when pages in blues.org are visited, and by how many people. Blues.org cookies do not collect personally identifiable information and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personally identifiable information to tell us who you are or even what your screen name or e-mail address is.
Membership Form
The blues.org Membership form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address). We use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about The Blues and The Blues Foundation. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.
Links
Blues.org may contain hyperlinks to Web sites operated by parties other than The Blues Foundation. Such hyperlinks are provided for reference and convenience only. We do not control such Web sites, and are not responsible for their contents. Just because we have hyperlinks to such Web sites does not mean The Blues Foundation endorses any of the material on such Web sites or have any association with their operators.
Online Order Forms
Blues.org uses order forms for customers to order tickets or merchandise. We collect visitor's contact information (like their email address) and financial information (like their account or credit card numbers). Contact information from the order form is used to fulfill the orders. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services. The Credit Card information is not stored on the blues.org website.
Online Survey
Our online surveys ask visitors for demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). Demographic and profile data is also collected at blues.org through special surveys. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis.
Contests, Sweepstakes
We run contests on our site in which we ask visitors for demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis.
Public Forums
This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. The site utilizes SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption with a Verisign Secure Site Certificate. This https connection is utilized whenever order information is transferred.
Users under 13
If you are under 13 you should always ask your parents for permission before sending any personal information to us or to anyone else. We will not use information about users under 13 in any individual profiles. As with all of our users, we do not rent nor sell personal information about users under 13 with third parties. In addition, we will not send any e-mail notices about products or promotions to users under 13 without first obtaining their parents' permission.
Copyright Rules
Everything you see or read on blues.org is owned by The Blues Foundation or used with permission. You may not copy, use, or retransmit anything from blues.org without our express written permission. Furthermore, you are not allowed to post or distribute any material you do not own or which you do not have permission to use. Violation of this policy may result in copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights violation and subject you to civil or criminal penalties.
Anytime, with the exception of private e-mail, you upload to, distribute content, or publish through us, you grant The Blues Foundation the right to edit, copy, remove, distribute, create derivative works from and publish such content in any form and medium, whether electronically or in hard copy and whether alone or as part of a collective work. You shall retain, however, whatever other rights you have in pre-owned elements of such content. All areas on blues.org are public and not private communications. Chats, postings, conferences, and other communications by users are not endorsed by The Blues Foundation and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened or approved by The Blues Foundation. We reserve the right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of blues.org received from a user, including without limitation web forum postings.
Rights to Edit or Delete Content
The Blues Foundation can, whenever we want, edit or delete any content displayed, uploaded to, distributed, or otherwise published through the blues.org.
You are entirely responsible and liable for all of your activities on the blues.org website. Listed below are some, but not all, violations that may result in termination of your access to blues.org, in particular the web forum. By using blues.org, you agree not to do any of the following:
1. Post, transmit, promote, or distribute content that is illegal.
2. Harass, threaten, embarrass, or do anything else to another member that is unwanted. This means: do not say bad things about them, don't keep sending them unwanted messages, don't attack their race, heritage, etc.
3. Transmit or facilitate distribution of content that is libelous, harmful, threatening, harassing, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, vulgar, sexually explicit, obscene, defamatory, or objectionable in a reasonable person's view.
4. Disrupt the flow of web forum areas with vulgar language, abusiveness, or other conduct that may disrupt normal activities.
5. Pretend to be anyone whom you are not. You may not impersonate another member, a blues.org staff member, or anyone else.
6. Attempt to get a password, other account information, or other private information from a member, or harvest e-mail addresses or other information.
7. Post any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or any other forms of solicitation. We reserve the right to remove content at any time, including any content that violates these standards. We are not responsible for any objectionable material you may encounter while using blues.org.
Liability and Warranty
The Blues Foundation, 1030 Consulting and anyone who helped us to create, produce, deliver, or maintain the site are not liable for any damages that may result from your use of the site. This includes direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages and attorneys' fees arising from your access to, or use of, the site, including but not limited to challenges or actions for infringement, libel, and slander. Therefore, your use of this site is at your risk only. Further, everything on the site is provided to you "as is," without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, unless such warranties are legally incapable of exclusion. Upon our request, you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from all liabilities, claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, that arise from any breach of these terms of service for which you are responsible, or from the use of this service or the transmission of any content through this service. In other words, if you do something that, according to these terms, warrants your termination from the service or expulsion from the site, you must accept full responsibility for anything that happens afterwards.
Choice/Opt-Out
Blues.org provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the point where we request information about the visitor.
Blues.org gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.
You can send email to bluesinfo@blues.org
You can visit the following URL: http://www.blues.org/registration
You can send mail to the following postal address:
49 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
You can call the following telephone number: (901) 527-2583
Correct/Update
Blues.org gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.
email bluesinfo@blues.org
send mail to the following postal address:
49 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
You can call the following telephone number: (901) 527-2583
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Website, you can contact:
The Blues Foundation
49 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
Phone (901) 527-2583
Fax (901) 529-4030
bluesinfo@blues.org
