Privacy Policy

The Privacy Policy describes how Talent Shock and its subsidiaries treat personal information when you use Talent Shock services, including information provided when you use Talent Shock. In addition, the following describes privacy practices specific to Talent Shock.

Personal Information

Browsing Talent Shock You can watch videos on Talent Shock without having a Talent Shock Account Account. You also can contact us through the Talent Shock Help Center or by emailing us directly without having to register for an account.
Your Talent Shock Account. For some activities on Talent Shock, like uploading videos, posting comments, flagging videos, or watching restricted videos, you need a Talent Shock Account. We ask for some personal information when you create an account, including your email address and a password, which is used to protect your account from unauthorized access. A Talent Shock Account, additionally, allows you to access other Talent Shock services that require registration.
Usage Information. When you use Talent Shock, we may record information about your usage of the site, such as the channels, groups and favorites you subscribe to, which other users you communicate with, the videos you watch, the frequency and size of data transfers, and information you display about yourself as well as information you click on in Talent Shock (including UI elements, settings). If you are logged in, we may associate that information with your Talent Shock Account. In order to ensure the quality of our service to you, we may place a tag (also called a "web beacon") in HTML-based customer support emails or other communications with you in order to confirm delivery.
Content Uploaded to Site. Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose online (e.g., video comments, your profile page) may be collected and used by others. If you download the Talent Shock Uploader, your copy includes a unique application number. This number, and information about your installation of the Uploader (version number, language) will be sent to Talent Shock when the Uploader automatically checks for updates and will be used to update your version of the Uploader.

Uses

If you submit personal information to Talent Shock, we may use that information to operate, maintain, and improve the features and functionality of Talent Shock, and to process any flagging activity or other communication you send to us.
We do not use your email address or other personal information to send commercial or marketing messages without your consent. We may use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major Talent Shock changes or for customer service purposes). You also can choose how often Talent Shock sends you email updates in your Talent Shock Account settings page.
We use cookies, web beacons, and log file information to: (a) store information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit Talent Shock; (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 and pages viewed; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.

Information That is Publicly Available

When you create a Talent Shock Account, some information about your Talent Shock Account and your account activity will be provided to other users of Talent Shock. This may include the date you opened your Talent Shock Account, the date you last logged into your Talent Shock Account, your age (if you choose to make it public), the country and the number of videos you have watched.
Your Talent Shock Account name, not your email address, is displayed to other users when you engage in certain activities on Talent Shock, such as when you upload videos or send messages through Talent Shock. Other users can contact you by leaving a message or comment on the site.
Any videos that you submit to Talent Shock may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by other Talent Shock users or the general public.
You may also choose to add personal information which may include your name, gender, profile picture or other details, that will be visible to other users on your Talent Shock Account channel page. If you choose to add certain features to your Talent Shock Account channel page, then these features and your activity associated with these features will be displayed to other users and may be aggregated and shared with your friends or other users. Such shared activity may include your favorite videos, videos you rated and videos that you have uploaded.

Your Choices

If you have a Talent Shock Account, you may update or correct your personal profile information, email preferences and privacy settings at any time by visiting your account profile page.
You may control the information that is available to other users and your confirmed friends at any time by editing your Talent Shock Account and the features that are included on your channel page. If you have enabled Active Sharing, other users may see that you, as identified by your account name, not your email address, are watching the same video.
You may, of course, decline to submit personal information through Talent Shock, in which case you can still view videos and explore Talent Shock, but Talent Shock may not be able to provide certain services to you.

Advertising on Talent Shock

Talent Shock strives to provide you with relevant and useful advertising and we use our own ad server as well as other third party ad serving systems. We may use a range of information including cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, usage data and other non-personal information about your computer or device (such as browser type and operating system) to provide you with relevant advertising. If you are logged into your Talent Shock Account, we may also show you advertising based on the information you have provided to us in your Talent Shock Account.
Advertisers may serve ads based on interests associated with non-personally identifiable online activity, such as videos viewed, frequency of uploading or activity. Advertisers may also serve ads to you based on previous activity on that advertiser's website. This non-personally identifiable information is held separately from your Talent Shock Account data, or other personally identifying information in our possession.
You may view, edit and add to the categories used to provide you with interest-based advertising . Your ads preferences will be respected across Talent Shock, and Talent Shock sites using the cookies to serve such ads.
Other third-party ad serving companies may display ads on Talent Shock, provided they comply with our ad serving requirements. Talent Shock does not provide any personal information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. Talent Shock's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. Any data obtained by third-party ad servers subsequently shared with Talent Shock is maintained and dealt with by Talent Shock in accordance with this privacy policy.