theMode.com

Who we are and our Privacy Policy

TheMode.com is a Musician's Free Classified - Musicians can place listings to meet other people to jam with, buy and sell equipment, etc. It is the responsibility of the user to be safe when meeting people through this website. If you have the slightest unease about meeting and jamming with musicians unknown to you bring along a friend. This website is operated by Bruce Schiller, brew@theMode.com, a musician just like you.

TheMode.com gathers no user information, other than info you enter when you post a listing. We save your email address, but will not sell it or use it for other nefarious purposes. Remember, though, that whatever info you post, is able to be viewed and harvested by spammers on the web. We recommend using a temporary throwaway address from Hotmail or Yahoo. In addition, we have a stealth feature on the website which hides your email address and relays email to you via theMode.com, if you use it your email address is not available to spammers. When we place a cookie on your browser, it is placed only to remember you from one database query to the next and lasts only until the end of your session. When you close your browser, the cookie is automatically deleted.

Burst!, our advertising banner provider, does not acquire or collect any personal information about you, either. Your name, address, phone number, and email address all remain your private properties. Burst! does, however, collect information which is specific to how you use the Internet. Their servers note non-personally identifying details such as, but not limited to, the server you are logged onto, the geographic location of the ISP you use, the type of browser you use, and your IP address. This information is obtained solely for the purpose of targeting ads and measuring a given ad's effectiveness on behalf of their clients and customers.

As always, use common sense when meeting musicians unkown to you.