PRIVACY POLICY
WHO WE ARE
Planet Event World has created this privacy policy in order to demonstrate our firm’s commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for www.planetbookofworldrecords.com planetbookofworldrecords.com (collectively referred to as “Planet Book of World Records,” “us,” or “we” cares about your privacy and urges you to read this policy (“Privacy Policy”). This Privacy Policy describes how Planet Book of World Records treats the personal information acquired when you (also referred to as the “User” or “your”) use Planet Book of World Record’s services, including a description of what information International Book of Records collects, how it is used, and how you can contact Planet Book of World Records regarding the information that is collected or your questions or concerns. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Planet Book of World Records does not own or control, or to individuals that Planet Book of World Records does not employ or manage, and it is only applicable on the Planet Book of World Records sites. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the Planet Book of World Records Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use, please do not provide Planet Book of World Records with any information and do not use the Planet Book of World Records sites. Planet Book of World Records reserves the right to periodically modify this Privacy Policy in any manner, including, but not limited to, revising, adding, or removing portions or the entirety of this Privacy Policy. If we do exercise this right, we will attempt to notify you that a modification has occurred at the e-mail address that you have provided us; however, Planet Book of World Records is not liable if we are unable to contact you. Any modification is effective upon the posting of the modified Privacy Policy on the Planet Book of World Records sites by Planet Book of World Records Your continued use of the International Book of Records sites indicates that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
WE COLLECT INFORMATION OUR SITE
(A) Personal Information provided by us: Planet Book of World Records collects personally identifiable information you voluntarily submit to us, including information you provide when sending us an e-mail. We also collect personally identifiable information that you upload, post, or otherwise transmit to us for public display online, including, but not limited to, any data, text, information, screen names, graphics, photos, accounts, audio and video clips, links, or any other material (collectively “Content”), regardless of who ultimately uploads, posts, or otherwise transmits the materials for display on the Planet Book of World Records sites. Additionally, when you ask us to verify a record, we collect the following information: identification of the Planet Book of World Records, your e-mail address, the record title, the quantifiable data relating to the record, a description of the record attempt, the name and e-mail addresses of at least two witnesses to the record, the location where the record was set, tags to help categorize the record, and media documenting the record attempt. All information that you provide us to verify a record is considered information uploaded, posted, or otherwise transmitted to us for public display except for your e-mail address and the names and e-mail addresses of your witnesses to the record.
(B) Cookies and General Usage Activity: Browsing user-posted records,
making comments regarding records on the Planet Book of World Records sites,
and contacting us about a particular posting is considered “General Usage
Activity.” Planet Book of World Records may record information about your
General Usage Activity, including, but not limited to, when you use Planet Book of
World Records, the groups and favorites you subscribe to, the contacts you
communicate with, the videos you watch, the frequency and size of data
transfers, your IP address, your browser type and version, and information you
display or click on in Planet Book of World Records. Your General Usage Activity
on Planet Book of World Records may result in the installation of “cookies”
(which are bits of information stored on your hard drive by your browser) and
“clear GIFs” (which are invisible images that are also known as “Web Beacons”)
to:
(a) Store information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit
or the next time you visit Planet Book of World Records;
(b) Provide custom,
personalized content and information;
(c) Monitor the effectiveness of our
marketing campaigns;
(d) Monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of
visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and
(e) Track your entries, submissions, and status in
promotions, sweepstakes, and contests. Although you may disable cookies and
clear GIFs in your browser, doing so may limit your availability to use certain
features on the Planet Book of World Records sites. We may also use cookies and
clear GIFs in some of our HTML-based marketing e-mails or newsletters sent to
our Users to track which emails are opened by the recipients
(C) Third-party Information: In addition to the cookies Planet Book of World Records may install to facilitate your use of the Planet Book of World Records sites, our advertising partners that display third-party advertisements on the Planet Book of World Records sites may also install cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows advertising networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy only covers the collection and use of information by Planet Book of World Records; it does not cover the collection and use of information by any third- parties whose services you may access via the Planet Book of World Records sites. In order to understand what information these third parties gather and how they use it, you must review the relevant third party’s policies. Additionally, some Content on Planet Book of World Records may be hosted on third party sites, including, but not limited to, our content. Some information may be collected by these third party sites in connection with their use. Again, this Privacy Policy only covers the collection and use of information by Planet Book of World Records; it does not cover the collection and use of information by any third-parties whose services you may access via the Planet Book of World Records sites. In order to understand what information these third parties gather and how they use it, you must review the relevant third party’s policies.
FOR INTERNAL INFORMATION USE
(A) E-Mail address: Planet Book of World Records may use your e-mail address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes, such as notifying you of major changes to the Planet Book of World Records site or for customer service purposes. Planet Book of World Records will not use your e- mail address or other personally identifiable information to send commercial or marketing messages without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
(B) Other Personal Information Provided: If you voluntarily provide us with personally identifiable information, Planet Book of World Records will use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the general and personalized features and functionality of Planet Book of World Records, and to process any correspondence you send to us. Additionally, any personal information that you upload, post, or otherwise transmit to us for public display online becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Indeed, your record documentation may be redistributed through the Internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general public. However, the personal information you provide us for your witnesses to the record is only used by Planet Book of World Records to contact the witnesses to verify the record and to obtain information if Planet Book of World Records has questions regarding the record, and it is not shared with any third parties. Similarly, we will only use your provided e-mail address in a request to verify a record or to contact you about that record. Note, however, that if you have also provided that e-mail address in your Member Profile, you are choosing to make it publicly available and additional uses may be made as described above.
(C) Cookies and General Usage Activity: Only Planet Book of World Records has access to any cookies or clear GIFs Planet Book of World Records installs on your computer. Planet Book of World Records uses the data we collect about General Usage Activity in conjunction with the information provided in your Member Profile to improve the quality and design of Planet Book of World Records and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, analyzing, and processing User preferences and trends, as well as User activity and communications. As noted above, this Privacy Policy only covers the collection and use of information by Planet Book of World Records; it does not cover the collection and use of information by any third-parties whose services you may access via the Planet Book of World Records sites. In order to understand what information these third parties gather and how they use it, you must review the relevant third party’s policies.
THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION USE:
Planet Book of World Records will not sell your personally identifiable
information to third parties for marketing purposes. Planet Book of World
Records may share or sell to third parties aggregate information in a form that
does not include anything that could be used to identify you or to discover
individual information about you. This includes, but is not limited to, the sharing
and selling of aggregate General Usage Data or demographic information about
our users and their use of the Planet Book of World Records sites. Planet Book of
World Records also reserves the right to distribute User records to third parties
for public or private display, with or without monetary gain, from the time of
posting into perpetuity. By posting a record to Planet Book of World Records,
you acknowledge and assent to this right. Unlike aggregate information, the
records may include information that could be used to identify you, such as the
name you provide as the record holder as well as your personal likeness or
image in any documentation of the record. If Planet Book of World Records
undergoes a sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial
assets, reorganization or liquidation, all of Planet Book of World Record’s
accumulated information, including, but not limited to, personally identifiable
information will be treated as an asset. Like other business assets, this
information will be subject to transfer to or acquisition by a third party. The
acquiring party will assume the rights and obligations regarding this information
as described in this Privacy Policy. Planet Book of World Records may also
disclose your personally identifiable information if we are required to do so by
law or we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to
(1) Comply with
the law or with legal process;
(2) Protect and defend Planet Book of World
Record’s rights and property;
(3) Protect against misuse or unauthorized use of
Planet Book of World Records; or
(4) Protect the personal safety or property of
our Users, including you, or the public. This includes, but is not limited to, the
disclosure of personally identifiable information to law enforcement officials if
you provide false information or attempt to pose as someone else as part of any
investigation into your actions.
SECURITY SECTION
Planet Book of World Records takes many precautions to keep your personal information secure from unauthorized access, misuse, or alteration. This includes internal corporate policies to limit access to systems that store your personal information. This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and/or alteration of information under our control. The data resides behind a firewall, with access restricted to authorized Planet Book of World Records personnel. However, the Internet is an open system and technology and human operators are not infallible. Accordingly, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us over the Internet, and we accept no liability for any unintentional disclosure.
A SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING CHILDREN
If the Applicant(s) is/are below 18 (eighteen) years of age (“Minor”), then in such an event, the registration herein, should be done with the prior consent and knowledge of such Participant’s parents/legal guardians and all obligations, responsibility and undertakings (as contained here under) should be complied by such applicant’s parent/legal guardian. PBW Records shall have the authority and right to disqualify any Applicant (s), at any point of time, if it comes to PBW Record’s knowledge that such Applicant(s) had attempted without the due consent, knowledge and awareness of his/her/their parent or legal guardian and/or the Applicants (s) is in breach of any conditions or undertakings herein stated.
CONTACTING US ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us at enquiry@planetbookofworldrecords.com
CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER
Your Personal Information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or service providers, and by using our Sites you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, which may provide for different data protection rules than in your country.
SENSITIVE INFORMATION
we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health or medical condition, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Sites or otherwise to us.