PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY

At OzHipHop.Com we respect and take steps to protect your privacy. We strive to make our site a safe environment for everyone who visits and uses our website. We are committed to providing you the best possible online service and experience as well as the best news and release info. The purpose of this policy statement is to fully share with you:

How we use your SMS and E-Mail information...
With whom we share the information...
How you can change the information...

This policy addresses our practices with respect to our website, but does not address the practices of any website we link to (including the merchants and content providers we link to). This policy is incorporated into, and subject to the terms of, our User Agreement.

How We Use E-Mails & Mobile Numbers collected

We use information which you provide us to keep track of the OzHipHop.Com services you have signed up to receive. We may also use personally identifiable information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to statistically analyse site usage, to improve our content and product offerings and to customise our site's content and layout. We do this in an attempt to improve our site and better tailor it to meet our users' needs. We may also use personally identifiable information about you to deliver information to you that, in some cases, is targeted to your interests, such as targeted banners and upcoming shows in your area. We use your email address to contact you regarding administrative notices or latest news from time to time. We use information in the file we maintain about you, and other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the site, to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our Terms and Conditions.

Protection of Database Information

Any information sent to OzHipHop.Com for text messaging and or storage purposes will remain the property of the account holder. OzHipHop.Com will at no time collect or redistribute this information without your consent, except where legally required by law to do so. This is with particular reference to any database, numbers and/or recipient details that you may deliver to us, or store on our databases.

Disclosure of Your Information

We do not sell or rent any mobile numbers or emails to any third party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will you send advertising text messages to my cell phone, without my consent ?

No, we will not send you unwanted advertising text messages. We initiate a program whereby we send text messages to cell phones to privided postal codes so you only receive text messages regarding shows or info in your area. However, this will be an opt-in based service. You will decide if, and when you want to receive advertising on your cell phone.

I am getting spammed on my cell phone. What's happening ?

One of the services, provided by OzHipHop.Com, allows visitors and members who signed up on our front page to receive Hip Hop news and information for their state. Information sent to you is by us only and we will never give your mobile number to a third party.

Reviewing/Changing Your SMS Information

If at any time you would like to change any information in your account, send an email to sms@ozhiphop.com . Here we can change or update your information.

Limits on Our Abilities

Although your privacy is very important to us, due to the existing legal and technical environment, we cannot ensure that your personally identifiable information will not be disclosed to third parties in ways not described in this policy. Additionally, we can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to private entities, law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to address or resolve inquiries or problems. This will not be done for commercial purposes or gain from OzHipHop.Com as such.

Forums

OzHipHop.Com is deeply committed to protecting the privacy of Internet users. Below is information outlining our continued support for the responsible management of consumer information.

Consumer Information

During the process of our website, OzHipHop.Com does obtain some types of non-personally identifiable information such as the Internet Service Provider you use to connect to the Internet, your browser type, or the type of computer operating system you use (UNIX or Windows, for example). The information collected by OzHipHop.Com service is used for measuring gateway effectiveness.

OzHipHop.Com, as well as most sites on the Internet, uses "cookies" to enhance your experience on the web. OzHipHop.Com cannot use these cookies to personally identify you in any way. A cookie is a unique sequence number that is provided to you the first time you post in our forums. This unique number, which is stored in a cookie file on your computer, gives you ability to use our forum. You can always turn off "cookies" support in your Web browser. This feature will prevent you from posting.

LEGAL NOTICE

By accessing OzHipHop.Com you agree to the following terms. You must not access our pages if you do not agree to all the following terms.

The contents of OzHipHop.Com pages are copyright c OzHipHop.Com 2002-2003. All rights reserved. Reproduction, transfer, distribution or storage of part or all of the contents in any form without the prior written permission of OzHipHop.Com is prohibited except in accordance with the following permission. OzHipHop.Com consents to you storing on your computer or printing copies of extracts from these pages for your personal use only. Individual documents in our World Wide Web pages may be subject to additional terms indicated in those documents.

The contents of OzHipHop.Com Web pages are provided "as is". Except as required by applicable law no warranty of any kind, either express or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of the pages. OzHipHop.Com reserves the right to revise the pages or withdraw access to them at any time.

OzHipHop.Com assumes no responsibility for material created or published by Visitors or Members that post in our forums or Tag Board.

By submitting material to any of our servers, for example posting on our Forums or Tag Board, you agree to the following terms. You make the material available knowing that we may publish it. You warrant that the material is fit for publication. You agree to indemnify us if any third party takes action against us in relation to the material you submit. You agree not to take action against us in relation to material that you submit. By submitting material you warrant that you believe OzHipHop.Com may publish the material and/or incorporate it or any concepts described in it in our pages without liability.

OzHipHop.Com reserves the right to remove any posting it finds unsuitable.

There will be no excessive use of profanity.
There will be no racial, ethnic, gender based insults or any other personal discriminations.
Pornography, Warez, or any other illegal transactions may not be posted or included in members profiles and Avatars.
Images & attachments may be posted as long as they are not explicive or offensive.
Advertising, commercial-related or competing products or websites is not allowed.
Do not attack any staff or support members, they volunteer their time to help users, and abuse towards them will not be accepted.

If you have a complaint in regards to a staff member contact info@ozhiphop.com

If you have a complaint about another user, or breach of our website copyright, please email forums@ozhiphop.com

If you have further questions about our privacy policy or its implementation, please email info@ozhiphop.com

You acknowledge that acceptance of this privacy policy is a condition to your use of our services and you agree to be bound by all of its terms and conditions.