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1.1 Information You Provide

We collect information you give us directly when you create an account, submit materials, or communicate with us:

We also retain any messages, inquiries, or feedback you send to us directly.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Archive website, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain technical information, including:

• IP address and approximate location derived from it;
• Browser type and version;
• Operating system;
• Pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring URLs; and
• Device identifiers.

We may use cookies, pixel tags, and similar tracking technologies to collect this information and to remember your preferences. You can control cookies through your browser settings; disabling cookies may affect certain features of the Services.

1.3 Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third parties, such as payment processors confirming a transaction or social media platforms if you connect a social account to the Services.

Providing the Services

• Operating and maintaining the Archive, including hosting and displaying submitted recordings;
• Processing your submissions and account registrations; and
• Processing payments for submission fees and sending receipts.

Running Our Programs

• Administering the CARAs, AVAs, and sing! Compilation, including eligibility verification and judging;
• Communicating with you about your submissions, nominations, and awards; and
• Producing and distributing the sing! Compilation, including attributing recordings to their creators.

Communications

• Sending administrative emails (account confirmations, submission receipts, program updates);
• Responding to your questions and support requests; and
• Sending promotional communications about CASA programs and events, with your consent where required by law.

Improving the Services

• Analyzing usage trends and improving the functionality and content of the Archive; and
• Troubleshooting technical issues.

Legal and Safety Purposes

• Enforcing our Terms of Service and other policies;
• Complying with applicable laws and legal process; and
• Protecting the rights, safety, and property of CASA, our users, and the public.

With Program Judges and Panelists

Submissions entered in the CARAs or AVAs, along with associated artist and group information necessary for judging, are shared with CASA-selected judges and panelists who are bound by confidentiality obligations.

For the sing! Compilation

Recordings selected for the sing! Compilation, along with artist and group credits and biographical information, are shared with CASA's distribution partners and made publicly available as part of the Compilation release.

With Service Providers

We share information with third-party vendors who assist us in operating the Services, including web hosting providers, payment processors, and email delivery services. These providers are authorized to use your information only as necessary to perform services on our behalf.

For Public Recognition

With your submission, you consent to CASA publicly identifying your name, group name, school or organizational affiliation, and Submission in connection with award nominations, winners' announcements, Archive listings, and CASA promotional materials.

For Legal Reasons

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, enforce our Terms, or protect the rights, safety, or property of CASA, our users, or the public.

Business Transfers

In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of CASA's assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to standard confidentiality arrangements.

7.1 Access and Correction

You may access and update the personal information in your account by logging in and visiting your account settings. To request access to or correction of other personal information we hold about you, please contact us at support(at)casa.org.

7.2 Deletion

You may request deletion of your account and associated personal information by contacting us at support(at)casa.org. Please note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes (such as records of completed transactions), and that media files you have submitted to the Archive may be retained in accordance with the license you granted under the Terms of Service.

7.3 Marketing Communications

If you no longer wish to receive promotional emails from CASA, you may opt out by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any such email or by contacting us at support(at)casa.org. We will still send you transactional and administrative messages related to your account and submissions.

7.4 California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

• Right to Know. You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources from which it was collected, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
• Right to Delete. You have the right to request deletion of personal information we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions.
• Right to Correct. You have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
• Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing. We do not sell or share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
• Right to Non-Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

To exercise your California privacy rights, please submit a verifiable request by contacting us at support(at)casa.org. We will respond to verified requests within 45 days as required by law.