Privacy Policy We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to protectand respect your privacy and personal data and help you understand the information we collect, how we use it and the choices you have.
While in its very nature some of this information may be of a technical nature we haveattempted to present this it as clearly and simply possible.
As laws change or are updated or clarified we will always endeavor to do what is necessary tocomply with those laws and so, this policy is subject to change at any time.
You areadvised tocheck back on a regular basis for any further updates and alterations.
For simplicity we will refer to the website, any mobile versions, APIs or services we provide as“the platform” and Graphex.net and its owners or operators as “us”, “our” or “we” By using the platform whether that be as a registered user or simply browsing, you areconsenting to the use of your information as laid out in this privacy policy.
Our use of cookies orsimilar technologies are set out in a separate policy. We ask that you read our privacy policy and ensure that you are happy with our use and sharing of your information. If you are unhappy with or do not agree to any part of the privacy policy you can contact us for any questions or concerns.
Should you already have an account you must request that your account isterminated. You can do this by contacting support. Our privacy policy only applies to Graphex platform.
How do we collect personal information? Information may be collected in a number of ways.
 

We can split this into:

Information supplied / volunteered. To simply browse the platform, you don't need to supply any information but if you wish to doanything more you'll need to create an account.
In order to create and maintain your accountyou need to provide certain information. Some of this is mandatory and some of this isvoluntary.
 

Mandatory profile information:

To create an account, you must provide a valid email Address, your first and last name, a profile picture, your location and a user name (does not have to be your real name).
Profile information: At any time, via your account settings page you may changeor add more information to yourprofile by providing extra publicly available information such as the country and the city where you live, your date of birth, a profile avatar / image (does not have to be an image ofyou), information about you, your portfolio, pictures, videos, links of other websites.
Etc…
 

Information volunteered by posting:

By uploading files, post comments,replies, take part in groups or discussions, contact other users, favorite, play, downloador report files, posts, users you may provide personal data.
Information volunteered by correspondence: You may provide personal informationshould you contact us via email or any other service, either online or offline or use any ofthe web forms on the platform.
 

Information from third parties:

You may provide personal information in the event thatwe allow users to link accounts from third party services such as Facebook or twitter. Thisinformation would be based on their privacy policies and your settings with those servicesso be sure to check what those are too.
 

Information automatically logged:

As with all web sites and services when using the platform some information is created andlogged automatically.
 

That includes but is not limited to:

the IP address (Internet protocol) of the device you are using to access the platformyour browser type, browser version and operating system, the type of device that you are using to access the platform (mac / pc / mobile etc.)
the date and time you accessed the platform or made updates or editsthe search terms of any searches you may have doneinteractions you have performed while using the platform.
For example, uploading,downloading, deleting, editing or playing files, viewing, posting, editing or replying to posts or discussions, searching for content, updating your profile or preferencesthe page that you visited and or refereed you to the platform prior to your visit andsearches you may have performed to find the platforminformation collected by the use of cookies.
Sharing information The information we collect is used in the following ways and is done so based on us having alegitimate interest in doing so in order to provide, maintain and secure the platform.
 

Your interaction with and use of the platform :

  • To provide you with products and services
  • To enable us to develop and improve the platform
  • To help us manage requests and support you when you contact us
  • To notify you about any changes if necessary
  • To send notifications of interactions on your files or responses to conversations withinforums etc.
  • To provide stats and reports to you and other users
  • To send notifications or messages from other users
  • To send notifications to enable you to administer your accounts
  • To enable age restriction
  • To identify you and the content and contributions you submit to the platform
  • To provide you with content relevant to your searches or preferences Maintaining, optimizing, securing the platform
  • To help us to identify you and the accounts you have
  • To better understand, manage and optimize the platform in order to improve and customize it to your needs
  • To detect, prevent or take action on fraud, spam or activities that are or could be in breachof our terms and conditions or guidelines
  • To discover and fix any issues or problems Targeted content, advertising To tailor content to your needs or requests to provide content relevant to your preferences or actionsto show you ads on behalf of any sponsors or advertisers in the case of in house ads.
In some cases, we may need to share information collected.
For example: Other users / visitors: As this is a community driven platform and content posted is inthe public realm any images, audio files, videos, comments, forum posts and any othercontent you provide or post is done so voluntarily in the knowledge that it will be availablepublicly to both registered and none registered users.
We simply process this data onyour behalf as per our terms and conditions.
We do not disclose your email address or IP address to other users and advise that you donot post personal information publicly.
We cannot however prevent you from doing this and so, you do so, against our wishes and at your own risk.
Other users may also see information regarding your interaction with theirs or other userscontent such as downloads, plays, favorites or comments along with your online statusand last seen times.
 

Service providers:

We may need to pass your personal data to certain reputablethird parties in order to provide services on our behalf such as processing payments orhosting. Where possible these service providers should have put in placemeasures to ensure the security of your data.
With consent: We may share your information with your consent.
For legal reasons / to protect ours or others interests:
We may pass your personal datawhere we are under obligation to do so for legal reasons or to protect the safety, securityor rights of ourselves or that of others.
Aggregated data: We may aggregate data in order to create statistical reports andinformation.
This information would not include any information that could be used toidentity an individual and may be shared with third parties or publicly. For example, to showvisitor numbers or trends.
Advertisers or sponsors may use techniques to track the effectiveness of ads or campaigns andto ensure that ads are delivered effectively.
See our terms and conditions. Retention Periods Your personal data is retained for the duration or your account.
In some cases, we may keepinformation longer and, in these cases,, it may be in an anonymized form or in a way that nolonger links it to an individual. Your rights, choices and control of your information Dependent on your location you have certain rights regards your personal information and canchoose how we collect and use it.
Information supplied / volunteered Should you choose to create an account you can manage the information you provide in anumber of waysvia your account settings page you can:
• Manage your email address, user name, location and date of birth
• Manage your avatar
• Manage your profile description, items where you give information about the hardware/software you use, your musical tastes etc.and any outbound links
• Manage your preferences for being contacted by other users
• Manage your preferences for being notified of comments or replies to your uploads, forumposts etc.
• Request your account be terminated via the admin / delete pages for your uploads you can upload, edit or delete pictures, videos,
loops, tracks or documents associated information Terminating your account You may request your account be terminated at any time either via your account settings pageor by contacting support.
To prove your ownership of an account you would need to log in andcontact us directly. Should you no longer have access to your account you may contact us byother methods and we will endeavor to resolve the situation.
Should you request that your account is terminated your data will be deleted and may never berecoverable.
You should remember to backup any information you prefer to keep. Account deletion may not be instant but will be done within a reasonable time frame. We may need toretain some data either for legal reasons or where we have a legitimate reason for doing so.
Even in the case that your account is terminated there is every chance that your information willstill appear on search engines and external sites.
This is out of our control. Your account information may still be kept in the form or backups or server logs until such a time that those backups or server logs become obsoleteor replaced. Dependent on your location you may contact us in order to:
• Ask to have your information updated or corrected if for some reason you are unable to doit yourself via your account settings page
• Request that we provide your information in a commonly used electronic formatrequest that we erase or restrict our use of your information
• Object to our use of your information in certain circumstances.
 

Note:

some choices or changes you make could prevent us from providing the platform to you.
External Links Our site contains links to other sites.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or thecontent of such web sites.
Age Restrictions / Children Unfortunately for legal reasons anyone below the age of 13 is not allowed to use the platformand we kindly ask that anyone below that age refrains from attempting to create an account or passing any personal information to us.
We don’t knowingly process any personal information ofanyone below the age of 13 and should it be bought to our attention that this is or has beendone we will remove or anonymize this information as swiftly as possible.
Liability We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against theloss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from users of the platform.
Data breaches Should there be an instance where data security is breached we will, where necessary, takesteps to inform users in a timely fashion. Contact us if you are still looking for more When using the platform, you may find links of other sites, apps or services etc.
We are not responsible for those services, their practices ortheir policies and we encourage you to review them accordingly.
How do we collect personal information? Information may be collected in a number of ways. We can split this into: Information supplied / volunteered.
To simply browse the platform, you don't need to supply any information but if you wish to doanything more you'll need to create an account.
In order to create and maintain your accountyou need to provide certain information.
Some of this is mandatory and some of this isvoluntary.
 

Mandatory profile information:

To create an account, you must provide a valid email Address, your first and last name, a profile picture, your location and a user name (does not have to be your real name).
 

Profile information:

At any time, via your account settings page you may changeor add more information to yourprofile by providing extra publicly available information such as the country and the city where you live, your date of birth, a profile avatar / image (does not have to be an image ofyou),
information about you, your portfolio, pictures, videos, links of other websites. Etc…
Information volunteered by posting: By uploading files, post comments,replies, take part in groups or discussions, contact other users, favorite, play, downloador report files, posts, users you may provide personal data.
 

Information volunteered by correspondence:

You may provide personal informationshould you contact us via email or any other service, either online or offline or use any ofthe web forms on the platform.
 

Information from third parties:

You may provide personal information in the event thatwe allow users to link accounts from third party services such as Facebook or twitter.
Thisinformation would be based on their privacy policies and your settings with those servicesso be sure to check what those are too.
 

Information automatically logged:

As with all web sites and services when using the platform some information is created andlogged automatically.
That includes but is not limited to: the IP address (Internet protocol) of the device you are using to access the platformyour browser type, browser version and operating system, the type of device that you are using to access the platform (mac / pc / mobile etc.)
the date and time you accessed the platform or made updates or editsthe search terms of any searches you may have doneinteractions you have performed while using the platform. For example, uploading,downloading, deleting, editing or playing files, viewing, posting, editing or replying to posts or discussions, searching for content, updating your profile or preferencesthe page that you visited and or refereed you to the platform prior to your visit andsearches you may have performed to find the platforminformation collected by the use of cookies.
Sharing information The information we collect is used in the following ways and is done so based on us having alegitimate interest in doing so in order to provide, maintain and secure the platform.
Your interaction with and use of the platform
• To provide you with products and services
• To enable us to develop and improve the platform
• To help us manage requests and support you when you contact us
• To notify you about any changes if necessary
• To send notifications of interactions on your files or responses to conversations withinforums etc.
• To provide stats and reports to you and other users
• To send notifications or messages from other users
• To send notifications to enable you to administer your accounts
• To enable age restriction
• To identify you and the content and contributions you submit to the platform
• To provide you with content relevant to your searches or preferences Maintaining, optimizing, securing the platform
• To help us to identify you and the accounts you have
• To better understand, manage and optimize the platform in order to improve and customize it to your needs
• To detect, prevent or take action on fraud, spam or activities that are or could be in breachof our terms and conditions or guidelines
• To discover and fix any issues or problems Targeted content, advertising To tailor content to your needs or requests to provide content relevant
to your preferences or actionsto show you ads on behalf of any sponsors or advertisers in the case of in house ads.
In some cases, we may need to share information collected.
 

For example:

Other users / visitors: As this is a community driven platform and content posted is inthe public realm any images, audio files, videos, comments, forum posts and any othercontent you provide or post is done so voluntarily in the knowledge that it will be availablepublicly to both registered and none registered users.We simply process this data onyour behalf as per our terms and conditions.
We do not disclose your email address or IP address to other users and advise that you donot post personal information publicly.
We cannot however prevent you from doing this and so, you do so, against our wishes and at your own risk.Other users may also see information regarding your interaction with theirs or other userscontent such as downloads, plays, favorites or comments along with your online statusand last seen times.
 

Service providers:

We may need to pass your personal data to certain reputablethird parties in order to provide services on our behalf such as processing payments orhosting.
Where possible these service providers should have put in placemeasures to ensure the security of your data.
With consent: We may share your information with your consent.
For legal reasons / to protect ours or others interests: We may pass your personal datawhere we are under obligation to do so for legal reasons or to protect the safety, securityor rights of ourselves or that of others.
 

Aggregated data:

We may aggregate data in order to create statistical reports andinformation.
This information would not include any information that could be used toidentity an individual and may be shared with third parties or publicly.
For example, to showvisitor numbers or trends.
Advertisers or sponsors may use techniques to track the effectiveness of ads or campaigns andto ensure that ads are delivered effectively. See our terms and conditions. Retention Periods Your personal data is retained for the duration or your account.
In some cases, we may keepinformation longer and, in these cases,, it may be in an anonymized form or in a way that nolonger links it to an individual.
Your rights, choices and control of your information Dependent on your location you have certain rights regards your personal information and canchoose how we collect and use it.
Information supplied / volunteered Should you choose to create an account you can manage the information you provide in anumber of waysvia your account settings page you can:
• Manage your email address, user name, location and date of birth
• Manage your avatar
• Manage your profile description, items where you give information about the hardware/software you use, your musical tastes etc. and any outbound links
• Manage your preferences for being contacted by other users
• Manage your preferences for being notified of comments or replies to your uploads, forumposts etc.
• Request your account be terminated via the admin / delete pages for your uploads you can upload, edit or delete pictures, videos, loops, tracks or documents associated information Terminating your account You may request your account be terminated at any time either via your account settings pageor by contacting support.
To prove your ownership of an account you would need to log in andcontact us directly.
Should you no longer have access to your account you may contact us byother methods and we will endeavor to resolve the situation.
Should you request that your account is terminated your data will be deleted and may never berecoverable.
You should remember to backup any information you prefer to keep. Account deletion may not be instant but will be done within a reasonable time frame. We may need toretain some data either for legal reasons or where we have a legitimate reasonfor doing so.
Even in the case that your account is terminated there is every chance that your information willstill appear on search engines and external sites. This is out of our control. Your account information may still be kept in the form or backups or server logs until such a time that those backups or server logs become obsoleteor replaced.
Dependent on your location you may contact us in order to:
• Ask to have your information updated or corrected if for some reason you are unable to doit yourself via your account settings page
• Request that we provide your information in a commonly used electronic formatrequest that we erase or restrict our use of your information
• Object to our use of your information in certain circumstances.
 

Note:

some choices or changes you make could prevent us from providing the platform to you.
External Links Our site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or thecontent of such web sites.
Age Restrictions / Children Unfortunately for legal reasons anyone below the age of 13 is not allowed to use the platformand we kindly ask that anyone below that age refrains from attempting to create an account or passing any personal information to us.
We don’t knowingly process any personal information ofanyone below the age of 13 and should it be bought to our attention that this is or has beendone we will remove or anonymize this information as swiftly as possible.
Liability We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against theloss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from users of the platform.
Data breaches Should there be an instance where data security is breached we will, where necessary, takesteps to inform users in a timely fashion. Contact us if you are still looking for more .