Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

 

The ArtsKCGo.com web site is provided as a public service for dissemination of information about the arts and entertainment in greater Kansas City region (State of Kansas counties: Wyandotte and Johnson; State of Missouri counties: Platte, Clay and Jackson). In general, ArtsKCGo.com may receive personal information about users, and posting information which is information other than personal information and provided for dissemination on or through the ArtsKCgo.com web site or organization services. References to personal information mean a person’s name, address, telephone number, email address. ArtsKCGo.com will not accept social security number or credit card information. Such financial information may be requested by linked sites, and is subject to the privacy policies of the linked site. Posting information is provided voluntarily for use by ArtsKCGo.com in any manner it deems appropriate, in its sole discretion. Receipt by ArtsKCGo.com of any information or material from a user does not constitute a commitment by ArtsKCGo.com to use or maintain the information in any fashion. Users are responsible for the accuracy of information provided to ArtsKCGo.com.

All information which is submitted to ArtsKCGo.com will be subject to the following privacy policies.

Registration

ArtsKCGo.com currently requires registration for use of the following services:

  • Event Submissions
  • Artist Profiles
  • Organization Submissions
  • Business Listings
  • Classified Submissions

ArtsKCGo.com registration forms require users to submit certain personal contact information (such as name and email address). Such personal information is used (a) to distribute to the registrant information he or she has requested, and (b) to contact a user in relation to his or her account or submission. Reasons for contacting users include problems with the account or submission, changes to our site which require action on the user’s part, or informing a user of additional services specifically related to the services for which the user has already registered. If you do not wish to provide us with any personal information, you may still access and use much of the site; however you will not be able to access and use those portions of the site that require you to provide your contact information.

Users may, at any time, unsubscribe from our mailing list, delete an account, or request that an event, job, or audition they have submitted be removed from the site.

Information Collected

Statistical information regarding user traffic is collected by our web host and provided to ArtsKCGo.com. The statistical information is both used for internal purposes and reported to advertisers and other strategic and potential affiliates. Advertisers receive only information on an aggregate, rather than an individual basis. A user’s individual email address will never be disclosed to any third-party, unless we have received the user’s explicit permission to do so. ArtsKCGo.com may, at any time, delete information received from users from the ArtsKCGo.com site without notice.

Third-Party Advertising and Content

ArtsKCGo.com provides numerous links to web sites for arts organizations, performance venues, and ticket sellers, among others. In addition, ArtsKCGo.com is affiliated with, and has links to the web sites of, other companies and organizations. If you choose to use the services provided by one of the linked sites, you may be asked by that site to provide certain personal information. Some of this information may, on an individual or aggregated basis, be shared with us. Any personal information will be kept under our Privacy Policy. Please be aware that ArtsKCGo.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other web sites, even if our name or logo appears on those sites. We encourage you to be aware of when you leave our site and to read the Privacy Policy statements of each and every web site you visit, especially before submitting private information, as the Privacy Policy of those sites may differ substantially from our own. Our Privacy Policy applies solely to ArtsKCGo.com.

Credit Card Information

At this time ArtsKCGo.com does not directly collect credit card information. However, our affiliates and other third-party vendors often do. Online merchandise and ticket purchases for items and/or events featured on ArtsKCGo.com are fulfilled by an independent third-party vendor. ArtsKCGo.com will have no access to the user’s financial information. Please review each third-party vendor’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service related to the services they provide. ArtsKCGo.com is not responsible for the content and/or fulfillment of purchases made on any third-party web site.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies in connection with certain of our services, for example, our Artist Profile and Bookmark services. Cookies may store a user’s name and password, sparing the user from having to re-enter that information each time he or she visits. Additionally, our advertisers may use cookies to help target advertisements based on user behavior. Users may choose to set their web browser to block cookies.

Note: ArtsKCGo.com provides numerous links to third-party web sites that may also use cookies. Please review the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service statements for each linked site for further information about cookies they may use. ArtsKCGo.com assumes no responsibility for the Privacy Policy and/or Terms of Service of any third-party web site, or the technologies they may use to track user behavior.

Feedback and Testimonials

Any comments, feedback, or testimonials provided to ArtsKCGo.com regarding its services may be used by ArtsKCGo.com to improve its services, for promotional use, and/or to establish or maintain relationships with strategic affiliates and/or advertisers, and becomes the property of ArtsKCGo.com. If you have any comments, feedback, or testimonials you wish to provide to ArtsKCGo.com, please contact us.

Tell-A-Friend Email Form

ArtsKCGo.com offers users the ability to email page links and personal messages from our site to friends or family. This function is provided solely to allow users to recommend content they have found on this web site to their friends. Email addresses entered into this form, whether as sender or recipient, are not captured or stored in any way, and are not added to our mailing list or provided to any third-party. This function is not intended to allow a user to “spam” or otherwise send email to any individual with whom he or she does not have a pre-existing personal relationship. If you discover that such an abuse is taking place, please contact us immediately.

Surveys and Polls

ArtsKCGo.com may occasionally ask both registered and non-registered users to participate in online surveys. These surveys are strictly voluntary, and are not a condition to use of any portion of our web site. Our online surveys may ask users their opinions or for demographic information (such as zip code, age, or income level). This information will be used for ArtsKCGo.com’s internal purposes and may be shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis only. We may ask for contact information if we are providing an incentive to users for completing our surveys. The contact information is kept private and only used to contact you if necessary. For example, contact information is used to contact a user if he or she is a winner in one of our contests. Survey respondents’ individual contact information will not be shared with any third-party advertiser, content provider, or merchandiser.

Graphics and Photos

ArtsKCGo.com provides users the opportunity to upload or email images to ArtsKCGo.com for posting in connection with an event; listings for organizations, venues, or schools; or an Artist Profile. Users are strictly prohibited from uploading any image in violation of any domestic or international copyright law. By uploading, or otherwise emailing, an image to ArtsKCGo.com for posting on ArtsKCGo.com, user represents that the material does not infringe any proprietary or intellectual property rights of any third-party, and that user has the authority to grant, and does hereby grant, to ArtsKCGo.com a paid-up, royalty-free, nonterminable license to use, display, copy and transfer the image for and in connection with the ArtsKCGo.com site, and the promotion of the event, organization, venue, school listing, or Artist Profile described by user in the submission form or email. ArtsKCGo.com reserves the right to exclude information, images, or graphical content that it determines, in its discretion, to be inappropriate for posting or use for any reason.

Public Forums

This web site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to our users. Some of these forums require registration, but are not monitored on a regular basis by ArtsKCGo.com. Please remember that these are public areas, and any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. You should use caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in these public forums. If a participant in any of these forums communicates inappropriately or offensively toward you and/or any other participant, please contact us immediately.

Children/Minors

While ArtsKCGo.com does post event and class/workshop information in which participants may be under the age of 18, ArtsKCGo.com does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from or about children under 18 except as permitted by law.

Security

This web site has basic security and data backup measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Contacting Us

Please see our Contact Page.

Changes to this Policy

ArtsKCGo.com reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your use of this site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and policies that applied at the time the information was collected.

Disclaimer

ArtsKCGo.com assumes no responsibility for, and expressly disclaims, any loss, expense, claim, or liability to users arising from any error in the information posted on its web site, the loss of any information transmitted to ArtsKCGo.com for any reason, or for any failure or malfunction of the web site.

Transfer of Information

Except for personal information, users consent to transfers to third parties of any information they submit to, at the discretion of parties without prior notification to the user and the opportunity for users to consent to or opt-out from any such disclosure or transfer. Notice is provided to a user once email notification is sent to the last email address listed with ArtsKCGo.com by that user.