Overview and Consent to the Privacy Policy

KBS America is well aware of the importance of protecting privacy of KBSWORLDi members and visitors to KBSWORLDi.com. This Privacy Policy defines the types of information we collect about you, how that information is used, whether and to whom we disclose it, and the choices you have regarding your personal information. This Privacy Policy is applied to KBSWORLDi website (www.kbsworldi.com) and other websites that KBS America manages directly, but not to the third party websites connected via links or advertising.

You are considered to have agreed to this Privacy Policy by simply visiting KBSWORLDi website and other websites KBS America manages, regardless of your membership status at respective websites. If you do not accept the terms set out in our Privacy Policy, please do not use KBSWORLDi service and other KBS America websites immediately.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

KBS America may update this Privacy Policy at customers’ request or as needed to provide adequate service from time to time. Your visit to or use of KBSWORLDi after the updates constitutes your acceptance of the terms of our Privacy Policy. Therefore, it is important to visit KBSWORLDi.com often and understand any revision.

Collection and Use of Personal Data

KBS America may collect certain aggregated data regarding your use of KBSWORLDi. The purpose of such collection is to provide convenience for users by analyzing collected data. KBSWORLDi might process these data along with data from other partner and 3rd party companies.

We may collect and/or you may choose to post personally identifiable information when you seek access to certain portions of KBSWORLDi, when you view or publish content, and/or register for or participate in our services. This information may include, but is not limited to, your name, e-mail addresses, date of birth, gender, zip code, credit card and/or other payment information. Please be aware that if you disclose personally identifiable information in your profile, the information may become publicly available and you are considered to have agreed to grant KBSWORLDi permission to use its information according to the Privacy Policy.

In addition, we may collect information on your behavior and transaction on KBSWORLDi.com. We may use cookies to collect and store some information about you, such as the name of the domain and host from which you an access to the Internet, the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using, date and time you access our website and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our website.

We may use collected data to analyze users’ behavior, demographic information and their tastes so that we could provide a better service to the users. We might contact you based on such information if you agree to do so.

When it comes to the services on KBSWORLDi.com that are not provided by KBS America, you may be protected by respective services providers’ privacy policy as KBS America does not have control over them.

Disclosure of Information to Third Parties

KBS America will not share your personally identifiable information with any third-parties without your consent, except when we provide bundled services with other partner brands and/or services. You are considered to have agreed to such information sharing by accepting this Privacy Policy, purchasing content, or using co-branded products.

We may share personally identifiable information with third party vendors or individuals when we provide services or improve the website with them. Such occasions include, but are not limited to, fulfilling your requests for services, delivering mails/e-mails, managing customer list, analyzing data, getting support in marketing, enabling transactions and providing other customer service. In such cases, your personal information will be used only to accomplish necessary tasks, not for any other purposes. Generating statistical data that do not reveal personally identifiable information does not constitute such purposes.

KBS America, like other service providers, cooperates with legal authorities for execution of a court order, protection of the copyrights and detection of copyright violation as required by federal or state law. We may be obliged or deem it necessary or appropriate to disclose your information to those legal authorities to resolve any issues if there is enough evidence of illegal or suspicious activities.

Your Choices

This Privacy Policy is a primary public document about when and how the personal information of users is being used. We may decide or be obliged by law to publicize any additional announcement on it or major changes to the policy. You will have a chance to show your opinion on how KBS America can use personally identifiable information in that case.

We reserve the right to send you administrative message, service announcements, and other similar communications regardless of your decision on whether to opt-in to receiving messages. Such messages include, but are not limited to, those on your account information, planned service outages and other non-promotional announcement. KBS America occasionally provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving certain communications and change their account settings. In addition, you have access to My Account page where you can change your privacy preference anytime.

Young Children

We understand the importance of the safety of children who use the internet and the protection of their privacy. We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 without consent of their parents or legal guardians in complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) of 1998. We will do our best to immediately delete information on those children if it has been furnished without prior consent of their parents or legal guardians.

Security

KBS America uses commonly-used secure techniques designed to protect your information. KBS America is committed to taking appropriate measures to protect your privacy against illegal disclosures of and unauthorized accesses to information and data. While we have implemented safeguards, you should be aware that there is no perfect security with the internet and you should do your part in protecting your own privacy.

Contacting KBS America Regarding Your Privacy

If you have concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, including if you believe that KBS America may have incorrect information for you or if you would like your personally identifiable information to be permanently removed from our database, you may email us at info@kbsworldi.com. You may also contact us by mail at:

KBS America, Inc.
Attention: KBSWorldi Privacy Policy
625 South Kingsley Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90005

Effective Date

This Privacy Policy is effective as of April 1, 2009.