Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 12, 2017
Welcome to www.yaasastudios.com (the “Website”). Yaasa Studios Inc. (“we” or “us”), either directly or through one of our affiliated companies, operates the Website. This Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect and use the information you provide us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using the Website. Please be sure to read this entire Privacy Policy before using or submitting information to the Website. The protection of your information is important to us, and we want to be clear about how and when we might share your information with anyone else.
The Privacy Policy is a part of, and subject to, the Website’s Terms and Conditions. The Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions are legally binding on all users of the Website. Please be sure to read this entire Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions carefully before using or submitting information to the Website or otherwise providing us with your personal information.
By accessing or using the Website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions. If you do not consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, do not use our services, access the Website, or provide us with any information.
Unless otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, any reference to “we” or “us” in this Privacy Policy refers to Yaasa Studios Inc., its parent, and all of its affiliated companies.
Collection of Your Information
In order to enhance users’ experiences when visiting the Website, we collect the following types of information as users browse the Website:
- Personal Information. We collect personally identifiable information you provide to us (“Personal Information”). For example, we may collect your name, mailing address, and email address when you make a product inquiry, sign up for a mailing list, or submit a job application, whether through the Site, by telephone, or through other channels. Some of this Personal Information is necessary for us to be able to respond to your inquiry; other information is optional.
- Anonymous Information. As you navigate through the Website, we may collect and store anonymous information (“Anonymous Information”) about you using various technologies such as cookies, Internet tags, and navigational data. Your browser automatically transmits some of this information to us, such as the URL of the website you just visited, the browser version your computer is operating, the date and time you visited, the pages you visited on the Website, and your IP address, and we may store that information. “Cookies” are tiny alphanumeric identifiers that are stored on your computer and allow us to adjust the Website to meet your personal browsing preferences. If your browser is set to refuse cookies, you may not have access to all areas or features of the Site. We also use Google Analytics to collect information about the Website, such as how often users visit the Website, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Website. To learn more about how Google collects and uses data when you visit the Website, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
Use of Your Information
Anonymous Information. We may aggregate, evaluate, and use Anonymous Information to improve the Website and our business, and we may provide it to third parties. We may use cookies, IP addresses, or other Anonymous Information to analyze trends, administer the Website, track customer site navigation, gather broad demographic information, and make the Website better for you.
Personal Information. Gathering Personal Information about our users allows us to serve you better. We will never use your Personal Information in a way that is prohibited by applicable law. Here are some ways in which we might use your Personal Information:
- Our Business Purposes. We may use your Personal Information for our everyday business purposes, such as to provide services to you, to communicate information and updates to you, and to update our profile about you. Additionally, we may share your Personal Information with companies related to us by common ownership or control, and they may use your Personal Information for their everyday business purposes.
- Service Providers. From time to time, we may employ companies and individuals to perform certain services on our behalf (such as conducting audits, performing legal services, processing credit card payments, or providing customer service). These third-party service providers may have access to Personal Information, but only to the extent required to perform their assigned roles, and they may not use your Personal Information for any other reason.
- Ownership Transfer. We may transfer any information, including your Personal Information, in the event of a transfer of ownership, assets, securities, or bankruptcy involving us and in connection with business transactions such as buying or selling subsidiaries or engaging in joint ventures with third parties; provided, however, that we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use any transferred information, including your Personal Information, in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.
- Compliance with Law. We may release Personal Information about you if we believe such a release is necessary to comply with the law or in response to a subpoena or other legal process.
Protection of Your Information
To prevent unauthorized access to, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place commercially reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. However, no security system is perfect, and we cannot guarantee that information you provide to us over the Internet will remain private. We also cannot guarantee that information you transmit to us over the Internet will not be intercepted.
Use of Website by Children
The Website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information via the Website from visitors in this age group and will take prompt steps to delete any such personally identifiable information.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
The Internet is constantly changing, as is the nature of our Internet business operations, so we will likely need to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. You should check this Privacy Policy frequently to review the latest version of the Privacy Policy. Our posting an amended version of the Privacy Policy on the Website will serve as notice to you of that amendment.
Tracking
At this time, the Website does not respond to web browser “do not track” signals. We may add this functionality in the future, and if we do, we will update this Privacy Policy to let you know. For now, third parties may collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our Website.
For California Users Only
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 requires certain businesses to disclose, upon a written request, (i) a list of the kinds of personal information that the business has disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year, and (ii) the names and addresses of all of the third parties that received personal information from the business for direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. Businesses must respond to such requests within 30 days, but they are only obligated to respond to one request from a customer in a calendar year.
If you live in California, you may request this disclosure by sending an e-mail request to [email protected] listing your name, address, and e-mail address. You must also specifically indicate the nature of your request by including the following language or language substantially similar to it: “I request that you send me your third-party information sharing disclosures as required by California Civil Code Section 1798.83.” Alternatively, you may mail your request to the following address: Yaasa Studios Inc., 511 Olive Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, requests, or concerns related to this Privacy Policy, please email us at [email protected].
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