A review-aggregation website for heavy metal and hard rock albums

Types of Information We Collect
We may receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. We may collect additional data relating to user login in connection with our subscription services, including but not limited to personally identifiable information (PII) such as name, alias and e-mail address provided at sign-up or sign-in, as well as the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect to our website and the IP region.

We may use software tools to measure and collect session information after sign-in, including but not limited to, page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. In addition, we may also collect and examine written comments (in the form of album reviews), ratings and feedback when initiated by the user.

When you conduct an action or transaction on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, alias and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.


Reasons Why We Collect The Information
We collect such non-personal and PII for the following purposes:
  • To provide and operate the Services;
  • To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;
  • To be able to contact our visitors and users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;
  • To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services;
  • To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.


Monitoring and Fraud Prevention
We may monitor use of the Sites and we use the information we collect, including personal information, to identify potential fraudulent activities and transactions; prevent abuse of and investigate and/or seek prosecution for any potential threats to or misuse of the Sites; ensure compliance with the applicable terms of service and this Privacy Policy; investigate violations of or enforce these agreements. Monitoring may result in the collection, recording, and analysis of online activity or communications through the Sites, and you consent to this monitoring by using the Sites. If you do not consent to these conditions, you must discontinue your use of the Sites.


Retention of Information
HMB is hosted on the Google-Firebase platform. Firebase provides us with the on-line platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Firebase data storage, databases and the general Firebase applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. No non-personal or PII data is maintained or stored outside Firebase servers and databases, and the HMB team does not share or transact the information with unauthorized third-parties without consent of users.

All direct payment gateways offered by Stripe and used by HMB adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.


Child Privacy
Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction) as per requirements set forth by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the United States. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose Personal Data from children under 13. If you believe that we have collected, used or disclosed Personal Data of a child under the age of 13 (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction), please contact us using the contact information below so that we can take appropriate action.


Customer Care and General Communications
We may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via e-mail address provided at sign-up.


Privacy Policy Updates
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.


Contact Information
If you would like to access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, as well as if you do not want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at [email protected] Some of these operations may take a few days to complete.