Privacy Policy

We value your privacy, and we want to help make your experience with the BlackBuster Entertainment website as satisfying and safe as possible. We have established this Privacy Policy to explain how BlackBuster Entertainment collects Personal Information (as defined below) on the BlackBuster Entertainment website, and how BlackBuster Entertainment uses and discloses that Personal Information. “Personal Information,” as used in this Privacy Policy, is information that allows a person to directly identify an individual, such as name or email address, and information that we combine directly with such identifying information. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the BlackBuster Entertainment Terms of Service. Any capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the BlackBuster Entertainment Terms of Service. By using the BlackBuster Entertainment website, you expressly consent to the information handling practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. How the BlackBuster Entertainment Operates
BlackBuster Entertainment provides a platform that enables registered users (“BlackBuster Entertainment Members”) to join or browse adult websites featured on the BlackBuster Entertainment website.

In its operation of the BlackBuster Entertainment website, and its provision of its services to Members, BlackBuster Entertainment collects, uses, and retains all information, including Personal Information and Member Data, that you disclose to us. When you sign up to become a member of BlackBuster Entertainment website , you are providing Personal Information to BlackBuster Entertainment. BlackBuster Entertainment’s use and disclosure of Personal Information is described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Collection of Personal Information
Personal Information You Provide
BlackBuster Entertainment Member Data

You must register for a BlackBuster Entertainment username to become a BlackBuster Entertainment Member. When you register for a BlackBuster Entertainment username, you are required to provide certain Personal Information, including your name, email address, age, and a password that you select. You also may create a BlackBuster Entertainment Profile and provide other Personal Information within your BlackBuster Entertainment Profile, such as your gender, city, state, and country, and a photo. You may choose not to display some of this information, causing it not to be displayed to other BlackBuster Entertainment Members. Please note, however, that even if you choose not to display Personal Information in your BlackBuster Entertainment Profile, that information will be accessible by BlackBuster Entertainment. Your BlackBuster Entertainment Profile is separate from any additional profile you may create on any other site.

You also may have other opportunities to voluntarily provide Personal Information to BlackBuster Entertainment. For example, if you contact us to provide feedback or request support we collect your email address and other Personal Information that you provide.

3. Passive Data Collection
Like most web-based services, BlackBuster Entertainment automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser when you use the BlackBuster Entertainment website. BlackBuster Entertainment may use a variety of methods, including clear GIFs (also known as “web beacons”), and “cookies” to collect this information. The information that BlackBuster Entertainment collects with these automated methods may include, for example, your IP address, BlackBuster Entertainment cookie information, a unique device or user ID, browser type, system type, the content and pages that you access on the BlackBuster Entertainment website, and the “referring URL” (i.e., the page from which you navigated to the BlackBuster Entertainment website).

We also use cookies on the BlackBuster Entertainment website to recognize your BlackBuster Entertainment ID, and to store references to your BlackBuster Entertainment ID and session validators on your hard drive. We also include clear GIFs in some of our email messages in order to learn whether the messages are delivered and opened.

We use passively-collected information to administer, operate, and improve the BlackBuster Entertainment website and our other services and systems, and to provide services and content that are tailored to you, this includes providing customized advertisements and monitoring and reporting of the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. If we directly combine any information gathered through passive means with Personal Information, we treat the combined information as Personal Information under this Privacy Policy. Otherwise, we use information collected by passive means in aggregated or other non-personally identifiable forms.

Websites visited before visiting the BlackBuster Entertainment website might place Personal Information within the URL of your browser during a visit to that previous website. BlackBuster Entertainment may unintentionally collect that information as part of referring URL information that it collects.

Also, please be aware that third parties, including advertising servers, advertising networks, Third Party Application Developers, and Network Creators, may set cookies or use other means of passively collecting information about your use of their services. We do not have access to, or control over, these cookies or other means of passive data collection. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these Third Party Application Developers, Network Creators, advertising servers or advertising networks. This Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers, Third Party Application Developers or websites.

4. Content and Use of Networks
When you send messages, make postings, or otherwise post or transmit any Content within the BlackBuster Entertainment website, others who visit or use the website may access any Personal Information within such Content.

Some of this information, such as your latest activity on the BlackBuster Entertainment website, and the most active members,  may also be made available to other members of, and visitors to, the BlackBuster Entertainment website.

Because you may voluntarily disclose Personal Information when you post or otherwise transmit Content, please be careful with the information that you choose to disclose.

5. Third Party Advertisers
BlackBuster Entertainment allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks to serve advertisements on the BlackBuster Entertainment website.  These third-party ad servers or ad networks may use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements that appear on the Blackbuster Entertainment website and they automatically receive your IP Address and other log file information when this happens.  Such third-party ad servers may also use other technologies (such as cookies, javascript, or web beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize their advertising content.

BlackBuster Entertainment does not provide your Personal Information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent.  However, please note that if an advertiser asks BlackBuster Entertainment to show an advertisement to a certain audience or audience segment and you respond to that advertisement, the advertiser or ad-server may conclude that you fit the description of the audience that they were trying to reach.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks.  This Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.  BlackBuster Entertainment reserves the right to add or remove third-party ad networks or ad servers in its discretion and BlackBuster Entertainment may not at all times list such updated ad network or ad server partners in this Privacy Policy.

6. Information Received From Third-Party Sources
We may also obtain information, including Personal Information, from third-party sources. This includes certain Personal Information that may be provided to us through the installation and use of Applications on third party web sites. If we directly combine information from other third parties with Personal Information that we collect on the BlackBuster Entertainment website, we will treat the combined information as “Personal Information” and handle it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

7. How BlackBuster Entertainment Uses Personal Information
We may use Personal Information to operate, provide, improve, and maintain the BlackBuster Entertainment website, and our other services and systems, and to develop new products and services; to prevent abusive and fraudulent use of the BlackBuster Entertainment website and our other services and systems; to personalize and display advertisements (via our own advertising engine or server) and other content on the Blackbuster Entertainment website; to send you administrative messages, and information about updates, content, offers and BlackBuster Entertainment services in which we believe you may be interested; and for other administrative and internal business purposes.

8. When BlackBuster Entertainment Discloses Personal Information
BlackBuster Entertainment is not in the business of renting or selling email addresses and other information, and does not share Personal Information with third parties except in the limited circumstances described in this Privacy Policy. Please be aware, however, that any information that you voluntarily choose to display on any publicly available portion of the BlackBuster Entertainment website, becomes publicly available and may be collected and used by BlackBuster Entertainment or others without restriction.

BlackBuster Entertainment Service Providers

BlackBuster Entertainment may provide Personal Information to third parties for their use in performing internal business functions (e.g., payment processing, maintenance, security, data analysis, or data hosting) on our behalf.

BlackBuster Entertainment Affiliates

Although BlackBuster Entertainment currently does not have a parent company or any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that it controls or is under common control with (collectively, “affiliates”), it may in the future. BlackBuster Entertainment may share some of all or your Personal Information with its affiliates, in which case we will seek to require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.

Legal Requirements

BlackBuster Entertainment may disclose Personal Information if we have a good-faith belief that doing so is required by a subpoena or other judicial or administrative order or otherwise required by law. Additionally, BlackBuster Entertainment may disclose Personal Information where we, in good faith, deem it appropriate or necessary to prevent violation of the BlackBuster Entertainment Terms of Service, or our other agreements; take precautions against liability; protect the rights, property, or safety of BlackBuster Entertainment, any individual, or the general public; maintain and protect the security and integrity of our services or infrastructure; protect ourselves and our services from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses; investigate and defend ourselves against third-party claims or allegations; or assist government enforcement agencies.

9. Change of Ownership
In the event of a change in ownership, or a merger with, acquisition by, or sale of assets to, another entity, we reserve the right to transfer all of your Personal Information, including email addresses, to that entity. BlackBuster Entertainment will use reasonable efforts to notify registered users of such a transfer (by a posting on our home page, or by email to a BlackBuster Entertainment Member’s email address that was provided to us, as chosen by us in our discretion).

10. Security
We use industry standard security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of Personal Information under our control. Although we make good faith efforts to maintain the security of such Personal Information, we cannot guarantee that it will remain free from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, or alteration. Further, while we work hard to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent “hackers” or other unauthorized persons from illegally accessing or obtaining this information. We do not assume any liability to third parties whose information you include in your Address Book, or which you post or transmit in any Content. To help maintain the security of your BlackBuster Entertainment username, please keep your password secure.

If we learn of a security breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using the BlackBuster Entertainment or providing Personal Information to us, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of the BlackBuster Entertainment website. If a security systems breach occurs, BlackBuster Entertainment may post a notice on the BlackBuster Entertainment homepage (www.blackbusterentertainment.com), or elsewhere on the BlackBuster Entertainment website and may send email to you at the email address you have provided to us.

11. Children
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) protects the online privacy of children. BlackBuster Entertainment does not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from anyone under the age of 18. Any person who provides Personal Information through the BlackBuster Entertainment website represents to us that he or she is 18 years of age or older. If BlackBuster Entertainment learns that Personal Information has been collected from a user under 18 years of age on or through the BlackBuster Entertainment website, then BlackBuster Entertainment will take the appropriate steps to cause this information to be deleted.

If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child under 18 who has become a BlackBuster Entertainment Member, please contact BlackBuster Entertainment at admin@blackbusterentertainment.com to have that child’s account terminated and information deleted.

12. Your Choices
You may, at any time, update, correct, or delete certain categories of Personal Information that you have provided to BlackBuster Entertainment by logging in to the BlackBuster Entertainment website and updating the Personal Information by following the directions here. Additionally, you may update, correct, or delete certain categories of Personal Information within your Profile Page by following the directions here.

You may also, at any time, elect to deactivate your membership on the Blackbuster Entertainment website by visiting the Your Profile page while logged in to the site. If you leave a website that is governed by a separate privacy policy, the website creator may still maintain and use Personal Information that you have provided to that website creator in accordance with the website creator’s privacy policies. Additionally, you may terminate your BlackBuster Entertainment account and end your use of the Blackbuster Entertainment website at any time and for no reason by following the directions here or contacting us at cs@blackbusterentertainment.com or at the address set forth below in the “Contacting BlackBuster Entertanment” Section.

Additionally, even if you update or remove Personal Information that you have provided to BlackBuster Entertainment or any website creator, your Personal Information may be retained in our backup files and archives for a reasonable period of time for legal purposes.

13. Email Communications and Unsolicited Commercial Email
We may send you administrative messages, and updates regarding your BlackBuster Entertainment account, the Blackbuster Entertainment website, and BlackBuster Entertainment’s services, by email.

The BlackBuster Entertainment Terms of Service prohibit other Members from engaging in any activity involving the sending of email in violation of applicable law, including CAN-SPAM and other laws regulating unsolicited commercial email. Violations of these policies may result in immediate termination of service and legal action against any senders or initiators of such messages.

14. Third-Party Service
The BlackBuster Entertainment website, may contain links to websites and services provided by third parties. Any Personal Information you provide on third-party sites or services is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party’s policies governing privacy and security. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of third-party sites or services to which links are displayed on the BlackBuster Entertainment website. We encourage you to learn about third parties’ privacy and security policies before providing them with Personal Information.

15. International Users
The BlackBuster Entertainment website is hosted in the United States. If you use the BlackBuster Entertainment website from the European Union, or any other region with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States. The United States does not have the same data protection laws as the European Union and other regions. By providing Personal Information under this Privacy Policy, you consent to the use of Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the transfer of your Personal Information to the United States.

16. Changes and Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. If we do, we will update the “effective date” at the top of the Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about our collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information on the BlackBuster Entertainment website. Your continued use of the BlackBuster Entertainment website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.

17. Contacting Social Parody
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at cs@blackbusterentertainment.com.