Privacy Policy

Welcome to Bossa, the next generation music networking site where members can stay in touch with their friends, meet new people and hang out. The founders and employees of Bossa take your privacy very seriously. To make it easier for you to read and understand our privacy policy we made is short and simple.

We are committed to your privacy. Your privacy remains strictly under your control

• The entry of personal data on this site is completely optional and will require you to setup an account with a password. Please choose a password that is not easy for someone else to guess, such as birthday, national identification number and phone number.
• You can end your membership at any time
• An email address is required during signup. We will always provide a clear and easy way for you to opt out receiving specific emails. We won't pass your email address on to anyone.
• Buy downloading and using the Bossa Transponder your listening data will be available to other Bossa users for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license.
• We reserve the right to sell or license listening data for commercial use, however we will never sell your personal data that can be traced back to a specific user. We may, for example, license our weekly charts for commercial use. This would not compromise any personal information.
• Bossa does not spam

 

What information does Bossalive.com collect and how do we use this information?

1. Personal Information

In order to listen to Bossalive.com you will need to create a profile. When creating the profile you will be asked to provide an email address and create a username and password. If you choose to purchase music or other goods or service by clicking on a third party link (i.e. Amazon) provided on the website, we will not collect any personal information related to the transaction (i.e. credit card number, address, etc.). The only information that we will collect with respect to such third party links is (a) the number of generic Bossalive.com users who utilized such links and (b) the number of purchases made by these generic users.

2. Record Collection

From the moment you create your profile and begin listening to music using the Bossa Transponder, our software will begin to create and maintain your record collection. This is accomplished by monitoring your activity on the website (i.e. which songs you listen to). In addition, your record collection will be affected by other actions you take on the website, such as sending a song recommendation to another user or manually selecting certain songs, albums or artists to be included in your record collection. All of the information that is generated by your activity on the website is fed back into Profile Navigation in order to fine tune your profile.

Bossalive.com does not process any personally identifiable information related to your record collection and/or profile in any manner other than as described in the preceding paragraph. We do not, for example, provide third parties with your name, location (if we know it), the contents of your record collection and a historical record of your song skipping activity. However, please note that your record collection (including your skipping history) may be viewed by all other users of Bossalive.com (who may include other organizations or representatives of other organizations who have registered as Bossalive.com users) and that they may easily associate this information with your Bossalive.com username. Please see the Statistical Information section below to learn more on this subject and to learn how we log and use information related to your record collection and/or profile in the aggregate.

3. Location-based Information

We keep track of the domains from which people visit Bossalive.com, but we cannot see a user's zip code, post code, city or country unless the user chooses to explicitly provide this information to us.

4. Browser Information

We collect data regarding the anonymous users of Bossalive.com, including: 1. The Internet Protocol (IP) address of the user's computer. This may or may not be associated with a particular Internet Service Provider (ISP). 2. The referring URL, if any. 3. The browser software identification (i.e. the brand and version of your browser software).

5. Statistical Information

As discussed above, we log (but do not use) personally identifiable information with respect to the listening, skipping and music-sharing activities of users while they are on Bossalive.com. For example, it is possible for us to know which records you listen to, which you recommend to other users and which you add to your record collection. We do not use this information in any manner in conjunction with your personal information. Please note, however, the fact that information related to your listening and music-sharing activities may be viewed by all other users (who may include other organizations or representatives of other organizations who have registered as Bossalive.com users) in conjunction with your Bossalive.com username. Thus, with respect to other users, we don't view this information as personally identifiable because of the veil of anonymity afforded by your username. If you take any action which destroys the anonymity of your username, we cannot be held responsible for the fact that others may as a result be able to personally identify you with your username (and therefore with your record collection and Bossalive.com profile). If you realize that you have taken action which has destroyed or may destroy the anonymity of your username, please notify us and we will issue you either a new username and/or password.

6. PA / Chat / Communications with Other Users

We currently offer message board functionality in the form of the Bossa PA and in the future we may offer other interactive features such as instant messaging and chat. Please note that all personal information you display or communicate using such functionality becomes public information and we are not responsible for any information you choose to make public. We may monitor such traffic via electronic software or otherwise in order to check for obscenity, defamation or abusive language, which we reserve the right to remove at any time. In addition, if you choose to personally communicate or meet with any other Bossalive.com user by exchanging postal/email addresses, telephone numbers or otherwise via the interactive functionality of Bossalive.com, you do so at your own risk. Bossalive.com cannot be held responsible for any consequences which flow from your decision to communicate or interact with other Bossalive.com users in places or under circumstances which we do not control. We advise you to use extreme caution whenever you socialize or interact with people whom you have met via the internet.

7. Software Updates

In order to ensure that Bossalive.com is functioning at its best, from time to time we may ask you to upgrade to a newer version of our software. In addition, we may find it necessary to send you automatic fixes or support files. If we make a modification that materially affects your privacy, we will try to notify you of such modification and we will update the Policy accordingly.

8. Links

We may display links to third party sites, however we cannot control and cannot be held responsible for those other sites, their privacy policies or how they treat information about their users. We advise you to check their privacy policies to find out how they are treating your personal information.

10. Bossa Software

If you choose to download the Bossalive.com software, it will monitor all the music you listen to on your computer. It will then send this information to Bossalive.com via the Bossa Transponder. This information will then be integrated into Bossalive.com to enhance the depth of your record collection and the accuracy of your profile. The Bossalive.com software cannot and will not collect and transfer any other information from your computer other than as described above. For the avoidance of doubt, however, please be advised that Bossalive.com can’t be held liable for any damage which may occur to your computer as a result of downloading the Bossalive.com, nor shall it be liable for any invasion of privacy related to the same.

11. Does Bossalive.com use cookies?

We use cookies to help you use Bossalive.com but do not use cookies to capture personally identifiable information. We use these cookies to identify you as a valid user, to ensure that no one else can simultaneously log in and use your profile and to help personalize your Bossalive.com experience in conjunction with your profile.

Most browsers have cookies turned on as a default, but you can always disable cookies via your browser preferences. If you choose to disable cookies, however, you won't be able enjoy a significant proportion of Bossalive.com’s functionality. Please remember that cookies cannot read your hard drive or give any information collected to any third party. A cookie can only be read by the organization that sets it.

12. Security

Bossalive.com strives to protect the security of your information as much as we strive to protect our own information and network. We employ firewalls and store all of our files and information on secure terminals. In addition, all user passwords are protected by encryption technology.

13. Bossalive.com Policy for people under 13

We realize and understand that many young people love music and will therefore visit Bossalive.com, however we encourage all persons under 13 to consult with their parents before submitting any information to Bossalive.com. Having said this, we believe that ultimately it is the responsibility of parents to supervise children when online and we therefore recommend that parental control tools be put in place.

14. Disclaimer

We believe in privacy and therefore will take all reasonable measures to ensure that your personally identifiable information remains private. However, in the event that we are forced to disclose personally identifiable information by law (i.e. by court order), we will make such a disclosure without being in violation of this Policy.

15. Business Transitions

If Bossalive.com is acquired by another company or sells a portion of its assets to another company, it is likely that user information will be a part of the assets transferred. If as a result of such a business transition information is to be collected, used or disclosed in a manner or for a purpose different from that stated above, Bossalive.com will strive to notify all users of such changes.

16. Consent

By disclosing any information to Bossalive.com through the website you consent to the collection, storage and use of such information by Last.fm as set out in this Policy and the Terms and Conditions. If Bossalive.com makes any changes to this Policy these changes will be detailed on this page in order to ensure that you are fully aware of what information is collected, how it is used and under what circumstances it will be disclosed. If you are concerned about how your information is collected, used or disclosed, you should periodically check back at this page. If you have any specific concerns not addressed in the Policy, please contact us using the feedback page on the website.