Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. That’s why we work to be as transparent as possible about our privacy practices, including how we handle your personal information.

Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. That’s why we work to be as transparent as possible about our privacy practices, including how we handle your personal information.

1. Introduction


Since launching in 2013, Reverb.com, LLC and its affiliated companies (“Reverb” or “we” or “us”) has created a community for musicians, collectors, enthusiasts, dealers and the just-plain-curious to gather in a marketplace fully dedicated to buying and selling musical instruments, music gear, and equipment.The privacy of our community is something we take extremely seriously.

This Policy (or this “Privacy Policy”) explains our privacy practices for reverb.com or any affiliated websites (collectively, “Website” or “Site”), Reverb’s mobile and desktop applications ("Apps"), as well as Reverb’s application programming interface (“API”). We’ll refer to the Website, the Apps, the API, and other services depending on your location as the “Services.” This Policy applies to our registered buyers (“Buyers”), sellers (“Sellers,” and together with Buyers our “Members,”), those buyers who purchase items without an account, and anyone else who visits or uses the Services, whether an individual or an entity (together with “Members,” “you,” “your,” “User” and “Users.”) Users include vendors, merchants, contributors of content, information, and other materials or services on the Site.

This Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties (including other Members, API integrators, fulfillment or shipping services, advertising, or others) who you may choose to share information with when you use the Services. Please note that the collection and use of your information by these third parties is subject to their own privacy policies and terms. You should understand the privacy and security practices of any third party before you share information with them. To the extent permitted by law, this Policy does not apply to information collected by us offline.

Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your personal information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using our Services, you expressly agree to this Policy. Some key points include:

  • We connect Buyers with Sellers that offer new, used, and vintage musical instruments and other gear. By accepting our Terms and Policies including this Policy, or by using any of our Services, you confirm that you have read and understand this Policy, including how and why we use your information.
  • We collect and use your personal information to provide and improve our Services, to protect the security and integrity of our Services and to comply with our legal obligations. To learn more about what information we collect and how we use it, see Sections 3-6 below.
  • We share your information with other affiliates, trusted partners and service providers to provide and improve our Services, for security purposes, to understand how you use and interact with our Services, and to meet our legal obligations. To learn more, see Section 7.
  • The data controller responsible for your personal information is Reverb.com, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company. The contact details are set out in Section 15.
  • If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or wish to exercise your rights, see Sections 8 and 15 for further information about how to contact us.

2. Children Under the Age of 18


Reverb is intended for a general audience, and requires all account owners to be at least 18 years of age. Reverb's Terms of Use prohibits the use of the Services by users under the age of 18. Reverb does not knowingly gather personal information (as defined by the U.S. Children’s Privacy Protection Act, or “COPPA”) in a manner not permitted by COPPA or other similar children’s privacy laws or regulations. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe we have collected personal information from your child in a manner not permitted by law, please contact customer service here. We will remove the data to the extent required by applicable laws.

3. Information You Provide to Us


In the course of providing the Services, we receive several types of information that directly or indirectly relates to you (which we call your “personal information”) in different ways from you. You may provide information to us when you set up an account, make a purchase, chat with our customer support bot or agents, message Members, participate in promotions, or respond to research, or otherwise use the Services. The capitalized terms in this Section 3 are definitions of information categories and description of information collected that we use throughout this Policy, so please refer back to this list as necessary.

  • Buyer Account Information: We collect certain information from you when you set up a Reverb Buyer account and use the Services.
  • Buyer Details: Your name, email address, and phone number
  • Buyer Payment Information: Your billing address and payment information (e.g., credit or debit card details or other payment credentials, like PayPal)
  • Delivery Information: Your delivery address, contact name, and phone number
  • Regional Information: Your country, default language, and currency
  • Seller Account Information: We collect certain information from you when you set up a Reverb Seller account and use the Services.
  • Seller Details: Your name, valid identification, email address, country of residence, phone number, date of birth, taxpayer address, and Reverb shop name
  • Seller Payment Information: Your bank country, bank account details, billing address and other payment information (e.g., credit or debit card details or PayPal credentials)
  • Shop Preferences: Your preferred language, country, and currency
  • Business/Tax Information: Your tax and government-issued identification numbers, tax address, business registration number; copies of related documentation
  • Regional Information: Your country, preferred language, and currency
  • Member Public Profile Information: As a Member on Reverb, you can choose to provide your name and other personal information in connection with your account and activity. Other people will be able to see your profile information. You can edit, remove or limit this information through your account settings.
  • Name
  • Location and/or business address (if applicable)
  • Your shop name, shop banner, shop description, shop location, shop links
  • Your favorite items and favorite stores
  • Linked third-party accounts (e.g., social media, “sign-in with”)
  • Product reviews
  • Registry information (e.g., name, partner name, wedding or special event date, shipping information)
  • Vacation mode announcements
  • Linked third-party accounts (e.g., social, “sign-in with”)
  • Shop policies (e.g., returns)
  • Guest Checkout Information: You can purchase goods on Reverb without an account through our ‘Guest Checkout’ feature. We need certain information about you to facilitate your purchase.
  • Your name
  • Email address
  • Billing name and address
  • Credit or debit card information or other payment method
  • Shipping name and address
  • Transaction Information: When you buy or sell goods on Reverb, we collect information about the order as part of your transaction history.
  • Information about the transactions made on our Services, such as the shop name, items purchased, Buyer’s name, purchase price, and date of the transaction
  • Photographs and Videos: You may upload photos and videos to your profile or shop.
  • Photos and videos you upload to your profile, as part of product reviews or through Reverb’s other products and features
  • Messages Information: You can contact another Member using Reverb Messages for a variety of reasons, such as customer support, personalizing products, or product and order questions.
  • Message Content: Content you share with, or receive from, other Members through our Messages function
  • Message Metadata: Metadata about content (such as the location where a photo was taken) and Messages (such as the date and time of the message)
  • Promotion Information: From time to time, Reverb runs promotional offers, contests and sweepstakes. The types of information we collect will be governed by the terms of the relevant promotion. However, in general, we will collect the email address and/or social handle (if social promotion) for the entrants.
  • Customer Support Information: We collect certain information when you engage with our customer support and marketplace integrity teams.
  • Your communications with our chatbot and support agents, including chat, messages, email, and phone
  • Any additional information you provide, including transaction information (e.g., order or transaction number or ID), and/or device and technical information (e.g., IP address for troubleshooting)
  • Survey Responses and Market Research: You may choose to provide certain information in connection with surveys, research and other feedback mechanisms.
  • Business and selling information
  • Any additional information you may provide
  • We may, but generally do not, request demographic information, which may include your age, gender, work status, region and neighborhood type (e.g., rural, suburban, or urban) and, if you are located in the US, your income, education and race/ethnicity

4. Information We Collect About You


In the course of providing the Services, we collect several types of personal information in different ways and from different sources.

  • Information from our Payment Processors: We receive certain information about Buyers from our third-party payment processors, such as Paypal, who help us to process transactions, provide our Services and prevent fraudulent or illegal activity.
  • Your first and last name
  • Your billing address
  • Your email address
  • Your phone number
  • Information from Advertising and Marketing Partners: We receive certain information about you from our advertising and marketing partners, including in some instances what marketing content you viewed or clicked the actions you take on our Sites and Apps. This information helps us determine how our marketing campaigns and other customer interactions may contribute to sales, conversions, or other goals.
  • We may receive from our third-party partners (or may collect directly), for example, attribution information via cookies and UTM tags in URLs to help us determine the source of the traffic to Reverb or track the performance of a specific campaign
  • We may also receive responses to marketing emails and advertisements, responses to offers, and audience information from partners who you have given consent to share that information with us
  • Analytics Information: We use data analytics software to ensure Site and App functionality and to improve the Services. For more information, see Reverb's Cookies Policy.
  • We use third-party software to record information such as how often you use the Site and/or Apps, what happens within the Apps or on our Site (e.g., how you interact with our Services), aggregated usage, performance data, app errors and debugging information
  • Third-Party Application Information: We receive certain information when you engage with third-party applications or platform integrations on other sites and apps.
  • When you link our Services with third-party applications or integrations (e.g., linked third-party accounts), we receive your contact information, including your name and email address, and any additional information you authorize the third party to share with us (for example, social media accounts and/or sign-in functionality)
  • Non-Member Information: Reverb receives or obtains information about a person who is not yet a registered Reverb Member in connection with certain Reverb features, such as when a Member invites a Non-Member to visit the Site, a Member uploads Non-Member information to send a gift, when a Member sends a gift card code to a Non-Member, and when a friend enters a Non-Member into a sweepstakes.
  • Non-Member email address
  • Non-Member IP address
  • Non-Member physical postal address
  • Non-Member social media username

5. Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies


When you use our Services (even if you do not have a Reverb account), we may use automatic data collection technologies, including cookies, to help us improve our Services and to deliver a better and more personalized experience. Some of the information described in this Section does not alone constitute personal information, but we may link this information to your personal information that we collect from other sources or you provide to us for use of the Services. These technologies include non-technically necessary cookies and similar technologies. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Services may then be inaccessible or not function properly. See more about automatic data collection, including cookies and opt-ing out, in our Cookies Policy.

Information Category Description of Information Collected
Browser and Device Information
Reverb automatically receives and records information from your browser or your mobile device when you visit the Site, use the Apps, or otherwise install, access or use certain features of the Services.
  • Browser and device information, including your IP address, device type, hardware model, operating system information, unique device identifier, and your detected language
  • App information, including app version, app usage and debugging information, and app ID
Service Usage Information
We collect certain information about your use of the Services, such as how often you use the Apps, how you interact with the Services, and actions you take when interacting with the Site and Apps, in order to help us ensure the Services are functioning correctly, tailor your experience, and improve our offerings. We may collect this information from a subset of users when testing new products or features.
  • Usage Information: Information about your interaction with our Sites and Apps, including how often you use the Sites and/or Apps, what happens within the Sites and/or Apps, what listings you view and interact with, or other actions you take (such as clicking on particular parts of the Site or Apps)
  • Diagnostic and Troubleshooting Information: Information about how our Services are performing when you use them, like service-related diagnostic and performance information, including timestamps, crash data, website performance logs and error messages or reports
General Location Information
We use your general location information for things like tailoring our Services to your location and to estimate shipping costs. See Section 2 for further details on how we use this information.
  • IP addresses and other information like your zip or postal code, to estimate your general location (e.g., country, state, or city)
  • The general location you set in your regional preferences on the Site or Apps
Cookie Information
  • For more information about these online tools and how we use them, see our Cookies Policy.

6. How We Use Your Information


When you access, use or interact with the Services, we collect, use, share, and otherwise process your personal information for the purposes described in this Policy. To the extent required by applicable law, we rely on a number of legal bases to use your information in these ways. If you reside outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”), Switzerland or the United Kingdom (“UK”) (together referred to as the “European Region”), the legal bases on which we rely may differ from those listed below.

  • Where necessary to perform our contract with you: We use certain information that is necessary for us to provide you with the Services and perform our Terms of Use or other relevant contract(s) with you. We will need to close your account if we cannot process your personal information for such purposes.
  • Where necessary for our legitimate interest: We rely on our legitimate interests or those of third parties (like other Buyers and Sellers, and in some cases, the general public) where they are not outweighed by your rights and freedoms. In the EEA and UK, you have the right to object to, and seek the restriction of, this processing. These may include:
  • To understand how our Services are being used, and to explore and unlock ways to develop and grow our business.
  • To improve the efficiency of our Services, troubleshoot errors with our Services, increase interest in our Services, and obtain insights into usage patterns of our Services.
  • To provide and customize our Services, including identifying products that our Buyers would be most interested in, to notify you about changes to our features, policies, and Services.
  • To help Sellers reach the most appropriate audience for their goods.
  • To ensure the security of our Services, to verify accounts and activity, to combat harmful or inappropriate conduct or content and to detect, prevent and address spam.
  • To enforce our Terms of Use and associated policies, including to prevent or address fraud and other illegal activities.
  • To share information with third parties, including as part of investigations or regulatory inquiries, to detect, investigate and prosecute illegal activity or to prevent death or imminent bodily harm.
  • To enable business transactions that may be necessary and in our legitimate interests, particularly our interest in making decisions that enable our business to develop over the long term.
  • Where necessary to comply with our legal obligation: Our Services are subject to laws and regulations that require us to collect, use, and store your personal information in certain ways. Where applicable, if you do not provide the personal information required by law, we will have to close your account.
  • Where you provide your consent: When we use your information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time on a go-forward basis (meaning our prior use of your data will not be affected). You may change your device-based or in-app settings anytime.

Why and How We Use Your Information Information Categories Used
To create and maintain your Reverb account and provide our Services
We collect certain information in order to set up your Reverb account.
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account Information
  • Member Public Profile Information
  • Browser and Device Information
  • Third-Party Application Information (where relevant)
To facilitate buying and selling on Reverb
We use certain information to facilitate buying and selling on Reverb. This can also involve us sharing your information with some of our third-party partners – such as our shipping and payment partners – to enable us to provide the Services to you pursuant to our Terms of Use. Such partners will process your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account Information
  • General Location Information
  • Information from our Payment Processors
  • Guest Checkout Information
  • Transaction Information
  • Photographs and Videos, including where you use certain features to search for products
  • Customer Support Information
To provide our Reverb Payments service
As a Reverb Seller, you may use our payment service, Reverb Payments, to accept various forms of payments on the Services. You will need to provide certain information to set up an account. For more information, see the Payouts, Reverb Credits and Gift Cards Policy.
  • Seller Account Information
To provide Guest Checkout
We allow Guests to purchase items from Reverb without an account through Guest Checkout.
  • Guest Checkout Information
  • Browser and Device Information
  • Transaction Information
To promote the safety, security and integrity of our Services
We use certain information to verify accounts and related activity, to find and address violations of our Terms of Use, investigate suspicious activity, detect, prevent and combat fraudulent or other unlawful behavior (including by automated means) and to maintain the integrity of our Service.
  • Buyer Public Profile Information
  • Seller Public Profile Information
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account Information
  • Browser and Device Information
  • Customer Support Information
  • Information from our Payment Processors
  • Messages Information, subject to applicable law
To send Service communications
We use certain information to send you administrative or account-related communications about our Services, including to verify your email address, welcome you to the Services, confirm a transaction, or notify you about an order, service availability, changes to the Services, or updates to this Policy, our Terms of Use, or other policies. You may not opt out of receiving service communications, such as emails or mobile notifications sent for legal, security, or other transactional purposes.
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account Information
  • Transaction Information
To run promotions and sweepstakes
We use certain information about entrants to our promotions and sweepstakes to manage the relevant promotion and, where applicable, identify the relevant winner(s).
  • Promotion Information
To provide customer support
We use your information to respond to requests for support (via the Apps, Site, or email) and to respond to customer care and other inquiries, including providing telephone-based customer support to Members or Guests (who provide their telephone numbers).
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account Information
  • Guest Checkout Information
  • Transaction Information
  • Service Usage Information
  • General Location Information
  • Customer Support Information, subject to applicable law
  • Messages Information, subject to applicable law
To comply with local laws on selling goods
For example, in certain countries, we are required to display certain information about our Sellers on Reverb.
  • Member Public Profile Information
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account information
To verify your identity
To become a Reverb Seller, we need to verify your identity to comply with our obligations under a variety of laws, such as the INFORM Act, Digital Services Act and anti-money laundering laws.
  • Seller Details
  • Seller Account Information
To comply with legal and regulatory obligations
Reverb may also use, preserve, or release your personal information to a third party to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, including in response to lawful requests by public authorities (including tax authorities) and to meet legitimate national security or law enforcement requirements.
For example, we may be required to collect, use or disclose your information in connection with:
Civil, commercial, criminal or consumer protection matters or litigation: where we are in receipt of a court order to disclose information or receive regulatory inquiries.
Corporate and taxation matters: to comply with our corporation and taxation obligations.
Regulatory matters: to comply with our regulatory obligations and to engage with regulators.
  • Member Public Profile Information
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account Information
  • Information from our Payment Processors
  • General Location Information
  • Browser and Device Information
  • Messages Information, subject to applicable law
To understand how you use our Services and improve your experience on Reverb
We use certain information to improve our Services, including to ensure the Services are functioning correctly, to help Sellers find the best ways to market and sell their products on Reverb, to identify and support high-performing Sellers, and for general research and aggregate reporting.
  • Service Usage Information
  • Browser and Device Information
  • Cookie Information
  • Customer Support Information
  • Survey Responses and Market Research
  • Information from Advertising and Marketing Partners
  • Analytics Information
  • General Location Information
To rank your search results
We use certain information to rank your search results. When a Member or Guest searches for an item on Reverb, Reverb’s search engine works to return the most relevant matches based on the search query and the Information Categories listed here. For more information on how Reverb Search works, see our Search & Ad Ranking Disclosures.
  • Service Usage Information
  • Browser and Device Information
  • Shop Preferences
To provide on-platform advertising on our Sites and Apps
Sellers can purchase paid advertising on Reverb (“Reverb Bump”). Reverb Bump display a Seller's listings or shops prominently on the Sites and/or Apps (and are marked as ads). Reverb Bump are displayed in one or more locations, such as Members’ and Guests’ search results.
  • Service Usage Information
  • Browser and Device Information
  • General Location Information
  • Buyer Public Profile Information
  • Guest Checkout Information
  • Transaction Information
To keep our Services safe and secure
We collect and store your information and, in some cases, apply automated processing and manual review to maintain the security and integrity of our Services. This involves taking steps to detect, investigate and otherwise protect our community against spam, abuse, harassment, intellectual property infringement, crime, suspected fraud, harm, suspected violations of Reverb’s Terms of Use and safety and security risks of all kinds.
  • Buyer Public Profile Information
  • Seller Public Profile Information
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account Information
  • Transaction Information
  • Messages Information, (subject to applicable law)
  • Service Usage Information
To protect our legal rights
Reverb may also retain, preserve or review your personal information to protect, establish, or exercise our legal rights or defend against impending or asserted legal claims, including to collect a debt or address a violation of our Terms of Useand policies (including our Intellectual Property Policy).
For example, in accordance with our existing case resolution process, we may use information you provide to resolve disputes with Reverb or other Users.
  • Member Public Profile Information
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account Information
  • Reverb Payments Information
  • Transaction Information
  • Service Usage Information
  • Messages Information, subject to applicable law
To share information with law enforcement and respond to legal requests
We may share your information with a third party, including law enforcement authorities, where not compelled by law when we believe in good faith that such use and/or disclosure is reasonably necessary to detect, prevent or prosecute illegal activity or to prevent imminent death or imminent bodily harm.
The categories of information that we access, preserve, use and share for these purposes will depend on the specific circumstances.
  • Member Public Profile Information
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account Information
  • Reverb Payments Information
  • Transaction Information
  • Messages Information, subject to applicable law
  • Service Usage Information
In the event of a business reorganization
In some cases, Reverb may choose to reorganize its business. In these types of transactions (such as a sale, merger, liquidation, receivership, reorganization, or transfer of all or substantially all of Reverb’s assets), Member information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred.
  • Member Public Profile Information
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account Information
To send you email marketing
In certain countries (such as those in the EU), we may need your consent to send you email marketing messages. You will be given the opportunity to opt out of each marketing communication that we send.
  • Buyer Account Information
  • Seller Account Information
  • Browser and Device Information
  • Transaction Information
  • Information from Advertising and Marketing Partners
  • Service Usage Information
To personalize the ads you see on third-party platforms and sites
We rely on your consent to personalize the ads you see for Reverb listings on third-party platforms and sites.
  • Buyer Details
  • Service Usage Information
  • Cookie Information
To collect your information through the device-based settings that you have enabled
We rely on your consent to:
  • collect your device-based Precise Location Information for: (a) local content, to personalize and tailor the Services, including search results and recommendations; and (b) delivery, and shipping services; and
  • access your photo gallery if you choose to share photos or media on our Services.
  • Precise Location Information
  • Photographs and Videos

7. Disclosure of Your Information


We share your data with third parties where necessary to perform the Services, comply with our legal obligations, or for purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, including:

  • Publicly Displayed Information: By using the Services, certain information about you will be publicly displayed on the Site and Apps, such as Member Public Profile Information. Buyers and Sellers can choose to make certain information and activities private through their account or Public Profile settings. Your reviews of shops or items you’ve purchased may also be shared on the Site and with other platforms and search engines, including Google. For Sellers, some additional information will be publicly displayed. For example, your shop name or or business name associated with your account (which you may modify and update in your account settings) is publicly displayed.
  • Reverb Group Companies: We may share some of the information that we collect, such as Buyer Account Information, Seller Account Information, Service Usage Information, Device and Browser Information, and Cookie Information, with our corporate affiliates, including Etsy, Inc. and its subsidiaries. The information shared among Reverb affiliates may be used for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and generally to operate our business, including for ID verification purposes, transaction monitoring and payment processing or to provide customer support, facilitate business development, administer user accounts or provide IT, technical and engineering support.
  • Sellers: We may share aggregated information about your use of the Services to Sellers, so they can provide you with better service and so we can improve our Site and Apps.
  • Linked Third-Party Websites or Services: Some Members may choose to connect to Reverb or register a Reverb account using an external third-party application, such as Apple, Facebook, or Google. Connecting your Reverb account to third-party applications or services is optional. If you choose to connect your account to a third-party application, the providers of those services or products may receive information about you that Reverb, you, or others share with them. Please be aware that when you use third-party sites or services, their own terms and privacy policies will govern your use of those sites or services. You may also link your bank account or payment method to pay for purchases (or receive payment, in the case of Sellers in select markets) through a third-party service available through the Site or Reverb App. When you register with these third-party partners, we will tell you what information is collected and what information the third-party will share with Reverb.
  • Business Partners: Reverb works closely with a number of business partners, such as our shipping, and payment partners, that assist us with providing the Services in accordance with our Terms of Use. When one of these companies assists us in facilitating your transaction, we, or they, may need to share information related to the transaction in order to complete your order.
  • Professional Advisors, Industry Partners, Authorities and Regulators: We share your information described in Section 3 with our advisors and consultants, regulators and tax authorities, law enforcement, government agencies, civil litigants, and industry partners (for example, trade groups) to:
  • comply with applicable law or regulations, court orders, subpoenas, legal process or government requests;
  • detect, investigate, prevent, or address actual or suspected fraud, violations of Reverb’s Terms of Use, and other illegal activity or security and technical issues; and/or
  • protect the rights, property and safety of our Members, Reverb and the Reverb Group Companies, or others, including to prevent death or imminent bodily harm.
  • Business Reorganization: In some cases, Reverb may choose to reorganize its business. In these types of transactions (such as a sale, merger, liquidation, receivership, or transfer of all or substantially all of Reverb’s assets), Member information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. If Reverb intends to transfer information about you, Reverb will notify you by email or by putting a notice on the Site and the Apps.
  • Service Providers: Reverb also engages third-party companies and individuals (such as research companies, analytics services, and security providers) to help us operate, provide, and advertise the Services. These third parties have limited access to your information, may use your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf, and are prohibited from disclosing or using your information for other purposes. The types of third-party service providers that we work with include research companies, analytics providers, security providers, software service providers, infrastructure and technical service providers, professional service providers, and customer or other outsourced service providers. The information we share may include Member Public Profile Information, Buyer Account Information, Seller Account Information, Guest Checkout Information, Transaction Information, General Location Information, Photos and Videos, Customer Support Information, Messages Information, Browser and Device Information, Service Usage Information, Survey Responses and Market Research, and Analytics Information.

This Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties (e.g. Members, API users and integrators, fulfillment and shipping services, advertisers, other websites or applications, or other third party providers), that Reverb does not own or control. If you provide your information to such third parties in connection with your use of the Services, different practices may apply to the use or disclosure of the information that you provide to them. While Reverb requires its processors and service providers to follow Reverb’s privacy and security requirements, Reverb does not control the privacy or security policies of such third parties. To the full extent applicable in your country, Reverb is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of these third parties, even those linked to or from the Services. We encourage you to read the privacy policies and ask questions of third parties before you disclose your personal information to them. For the purposes of European law, many of these third party providers are independent controllers of data, which means that they are responsible for providing and complying with their own policies relating to any personal information they obtain in connection with the Services.

8. Choices and Rights About How We Use and Disclose Your Information


Your Rights & Choices

Certain privacy laws around the world, including the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), provide users with rights and choices related to their personal information . Consistent with those laws, Reverb gives you the choice of accessing, editing, or removing certain information, as well as choices about how we contact you.

Depending on your location, you may also have additional rights with respect to your information, such as:

  • Right to Access & Portability - You can access certain personal information associated with your account by visiting your account privacy settings. You can request a copy of your personal information in an easily accessible format and information explaining how that information is used.
  • Right to Correction - You have the right to request that we rectify inaccurate information about you. By visiting your account settings, you can correct and change certain personal information associated with your account
  • Right to Restrict Processing - In certain cases where we process your information, you may also have the right to restrict or limit the ways in which we use your personal information.
  • Right to Deletion - In certain circumstances, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, except information we are required to retain by law, regulation, or to protect the safety, security, and integrity of Reverb.
  • Right to Object - If we process your information based on our legitimate interests as explained above, or in the public interest, you can object to this processing in certain circumstances. In such cases, we will cease processing your information unless we have compelling legitimate grounds to continue processing or where it is needed for legal reasons. Where we use your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you can object using the unsubscribe link in such communications.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent - Where we rely on consent, you can choose to withdraw your consent to our processing of your information using specific features provided to enable you to withdraw consent, like an email unsubscribe link or your account privacy preferences. If you have consented to share your precise device location details but would no longer like to continue sharing that information with us, you can revoke your consent to the sharing of that information through the settings on your mobile device. This is without prejudice to your right to generally permanently close your account and delete your personal information.

Please see the United States Regional Privacy Policy for information about privacy rights provided under certain U.S. state laws.

How to Exercise Your Rights and Choices. You can exercise any of the rights above by contacting us at [email protected] or by changing your privacy preferences as explained here. Upon request, Reverb will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. Once you contact us to exercise any of your rights, we will confirm receipt of your request.

Communication Choices. You also can opt-out of receiving marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in our marketing emails or changing your marketing subscriptions from your account email settings. Reverb may send you messages about the Services or your activity. Some of these messages are required service-related messages for members (such as transactional messages like order confirmations or legal notices) which you will continue to receive if you opt-out of marketing emails.

Cookies

We use non-technically necessary cookies and similar technologies. A more detailed explanation of the technologies we use, and how to opt out when applicable, can be found in Reverb’s Cookies Policy.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Services may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

To opt out of interest based advertising on Facebook, follow the instructions located HERE

To opt out of interest based advertising on Google, follow the instructions located HERE

In addition to the rights discussed in Section 8, you may review and change personal information by logging into the Services and visiting your account profile page.

9. Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies


Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website or through our Services are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

10. Data Security


The security of your personal information is important to us. We protect your personal information through technical and administrative measures designed to mitigate the risk of unlawful or unauthorized access, destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure or use of your data. To protect your account we encourage you to choose your password carefully.

We use Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise in connection with offering you our Services to help prevent spam, fraud, and abuse. reCAPTCHA Enterprise collects hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and sends it to Google for purposes of providing, maintaining, and improving reCAPTCHA Enterprise and for general security purposes. Your use of reCAPTCHA Enterprise is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

11. Data Retention


Reverb will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the Services. If you no longer want Reverb to use your information, you may close your account and follow the Right to Withdraw Consent described in Section 8. After closing your account, Reverb will retain and use your information only as necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including tax/revenue laws, “Know your Customer” or other regulatory requirements), resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

12. Changes to Our Privacy Policy


We may amend this Policy at our discretion from time to time. If we believe that the changes are material, we’ll let you know by posting the changes through the Services and sending you an email or message about the changes. Your continued use of our Services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date, active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this Policy to check for any changes.

13. International Transfers


Reverb operates a global service. By using our Services, you understand that Reverb may share some of the information it collects with its affiliates and third-party partners located outside of your home country for purposes described in this Policy, including for verification of identity, transaction reviews, and payment processing.

The United States, European Economic Area (“EEA”) Member States, and other countries all have different laws. When your information is moved from your home country to another country, the laws and rules that protect your personal information in the country to which your personal information is transferred may be different from those in the country in which you live. For example, the circumstances in which law enforcement can access personal information may vary from country to country. In particular, if your information is in the US, it may be accessed by government authorities in accordance with US law.

To the extent that Reverb is deemed to transfer personal information outside of the EEA, we rely separately, alternatively, and independently on the following legal bases to transfer your information:

Model Clauses

The European Commission has adopted standard contractual clauses (also known as Model Clauses), which provide safeguards for personal information that is transferred outside of Europe. We often use these Model Clauses when transferring personal information outside of Europe. You can request a copy of our Model Clauses by filling out a help ticket.

Basis for Processing: Necessary for the Performance of the Contract between Reverb and Users

Reverb provides voluntary Services; you may choose whether or not to use the Services. Reverb processes data based on consent of the user; the legitimate interests of Reverb, and/or the necessity of the data for providing the Services that Users are contracting for when they become members of the Website and/or Apps. IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA IN ORDER TO ACCESS AND USE THE WEBSITE OR APPS, PLEASE DO NOT USE, OR ENGAGE WITH, THE SERVICES. As we operate globally and use technical infrastructure, including Data centers hosting Reverb’s data, in the U.S. to deliver the Services, in accordance with the contract between us (which you agree to by using the Services and agreeing to our Terms of Use), we need to transfer your personal information to the U.S. and to other jurisdictions as necessary to provide the Services. Simply put, we can’t provide you with the Services and perform our contract with you without moving your personal information around the world.

14. Additional Disclosures for U.S. Residents


In certain U.S. states, including California, Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut you may be entitled to additional rights or disclosures, please see our U.S. Regional Privacy Policy where you can learn more about how we use your information and any additional privacy rights you may be entitled to.

15. Data Controller Contact Information


Any data collected through the Website or the Apps associated with, or related to, the Services will be collected by Reverb.com, LLC which is a limited liability company formed in Chicago, Illinois USA with its principal place of business located at 3345 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL USA 60657. Reverb.com, LLC has an affiliate in the EU, Reverb BV, with VAT number: NL856238594B01 and Trade Registry Number 65738667.

If you have general questions, suggestions or complaints in either the United States or the European Union, you may contact Reverb by writing to: Reverb Customer Service - Privacy Policy, 3345 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60657, USA or, if you live in the European Union, to Reverb Customer Service - Privacy Policy, Barbara Strozzilaan 101, 1083 HN Amsterdam, Netherlands. You may also contact the Reverb Data Protection Officer by emailing [email protected] for privacy-related questions, suggestions, or complaints.

Reverb’s lead data protection authority for the EU is the Dutch Data Protection Authority:

Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
Postbus 93374
2509 AJ DEN HAAG
Telephone number: (+31) - (0)70 - 888 85 00
Fax: (+31) - (0)70 - 888 85 01

You may lodge any complaints about Reverb’s data processing with this Lead Data Protection Authority.



Effective Date: August 21st, 2023

Updated: July 17th, 2023




United States Regional Privacy Policy

This United States Regional Privacy Policy (“U.S. Notice”) supplements our Privacy Policy (together, the “Reverb Privacy Policies”). This US Notice is for individuals residing in certain US states and is designed to help you better understand how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information and, depending on where you reside, how to exercise your rights under state privacy laws in the US. This US notice applies to the residents of California, Colorado, Virginia, Utah and Connecticut and provides additional information in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended), the Colorado Privacy Act, the Connecticut Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (collectively, the “State Privacy Laws”). For California and Colorado residents, please see the following additional disclosures:

Please note that the rights listed below may be limited to residents of the states listed above, and may not be available to all users. In addition, we may not be able to process your request to exercise your rights if you do not provide us with sufficient details or allow us to confirm your identity. In some cases, we may provide a different privacy policy to certain categories of residents of these states, such as job applicants, in which case that privacy policy will apply instead of this US Notice.Your privacy rights. The State Privacy Laws may provide residents with some or all of the rights listed below. However, these rights are not absolute and may be subject to certain exceptions. Therefore, we may decline your request in certain cases as permitted by law.

  • Right to Know. You can request the following information about how we have collected and used your personal information during the last 12 months: The categories of personal information that we have collected; the categories of sources from which we collected personal information; our business or commercial purpose for collecting and/or selling personal information; the categories of third parties with which we share personal information; the categories of personal information that we “sold” (as defined in the State Privacy Laws, as applicable) or disclosed for a business purpose; and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose.
  • Access. You can request a copy of the personal information that we have collected about you.
  • Correction. You can ask us to correct any inaccurate personal information that we have collected about you.
  • Deletion. You can ask us to delete the personal information that we have collected about you.

Opt-out Rights.

  • Opt-out of certain processing for targeted advertising purposes. You can opt out of certain processing of personal information for targeted or interest-based advertising purposes, including sharing personal information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising.
  • Opt-out of other “sales” of personal data. You have the right to opt out of the Sale of your personal information. “Sale” is defined broadly under California, Virginia and Connecticut Privacy Laws to include the transfer of personal information to third parties in exchange for anything of value.

Certain states offer the right to opt-out of automated processing or profiling of personal data used to make significant decisions affecting you (such as legal, employment or credit decisions). To the extent we engage in automated processing or profiling to prevent, detect, protect against or respond to fraudulent activity, we are not required to offer the right to opt-out. We otherwise do not engage in profiling or automated decision making as defined under the State Privacy Laws.

Exercising Your Rights

If you would like to correct, access, or delete your personal information, you can do so via your Reverb account settings as explained here. Alternatively, you can exercise any of the rights above by contacting us at: [email protected] or [email protected]

Once you contact us to exercise any of your rights, we will confirm receipt of your request. Limiting use of, or deleting, your personal information may impact features and uses that rely on that information.

You can find information about consumer requests we received and processed under the CCPA, and similar laws, during the previous calendar year [here].

Exercising your right to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your Personal Information or processing of your Personal Information for targeted advertising. While we do not sell personal information for money, like many companies, we use services that help deliver interest-based ads to you. The State Privacy Laws may classify our use of some of these services as “selling” or “sharing” your personal information with providers of these services. You can opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for interest-based ads, and related tracking, by clicking the “Privacy Settings” link (or for California residents, the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Info” link) at the footer of our homepage or through your account privacy settings. We do not have actual knowledge that we “sell” or “share” the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age for the purposes of interest based advertising. Please note that you may still receive generalized ads after opting out of targeted advertising.

Do Not Track Signals

Your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to online services you visit. Note, however, there is no industry consensus as to what site and app operators should do with regard to these signals. Accordingly, unless and until the law is interpreted to require us to do so in your state or country, we do not monitor or take action with respect to “Do Not Track” signals. For more information on “Do Not Track,” visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Verification; Authorized agents. We may need to verify your identity in order to process your right to know, access, appeal, correction, or deletion requests, and we reserve the right to confirm your identity and residency, and in our discretion, deny your request if we are unable to verify your identity or residency. As a part of this process, we may require a copy of your valid, government-issued identification. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, in which case we will require valid government-issued identification for both yourself and the authorized agent, and we may verify the authenticity of the request directly with you.

Appeals; Non-Discrimination; and Accessibility. In certain states, you may have the right to appeal our decision regarding a request related to these rights. If you wish to appeal a decision, please contact us through any of the methods in Section 15 (Data Controller Contact Information) of our Privacy Policy. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights. This means, for example, we won’t deny you goods or services, provide you with a different level or quality of services, or charge you different prices or rates for services.

If you need further assistance, or if you have a visual impairment or otherwise need an accommodation and would like to access this policy in an alternative format, please contact us using one of the channels listed in Section 15 (Data Controller Contact Information) of our Privacy Policy.

California Consumer Privacy Notice

This California Consumer Privacy Notice (“California Notice”) supplements Reverb’s U.S. Regional Privacy Notice and applies to personal information Reverb collects online about California consumers. This California Consumer Privacy Statement uses certain terms that have the meaning given to them in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020) and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “CCPA”).

1. Notice of Collection and Use of Personal Information

We may collect and may have collected during the 12-month period prior to the Last Updated date of this California Notice the following categories of personal information about you:

  • Identifiers: information that identifies you, including your legal name, email address, unique personal identifiers (such as a device identifier and/or IP address), email address, account name (e.g. shop name), government issued ID numbers (e.g. drivers license) which we may use to verify your identity when we onboard you as a seller; and/or tax identification number when setting up your account to sell on Reverb;
  • Other Records: such as phone number, billing address, or credit or debit card information, and any other personal information covered by Cal. Civ. Code §1798.80(e) (which may overlap with other categories listed here);
  • Demographic Information: such as your age or gender, or, where you have provided such information to Reverb voluntarily, demographic information about your race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity, provided in relation market research or surveys we conduct. This category includes information that may qualify as protected classifications under other California or federal laws.
  • Commercial Information: including purchases, products sold, and/or your interaction with the Services.
  • Internet or other Network activity: information including your interactions with our Services and what led you to our Services (including traffic related information) ; device type and/or identifier, operating system and version, browser type and settings and cookie-related data (e.g. cookie ID).
  • Sensory Information: data categorized as visual data, such as pictures or videos posted on our Service.
  • Location Data: your general location provided through location enabled services.
  • Inferences: inferences based on personal data about you, including your interests, watches, and favorites; inferred information about your demographic category used to create marketing segments or profiles.

2. The Sources and Purposes for Our Collection

We collect the categories of personal information described in this California Notice from the sources described in Sections 3-5 of our Privacy Policy (Information We Collect About You, Information You Provide to Us, and Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies), which includes collecting information directly from you, your devices, and our partners. The categories of sources include the following: you, Reverb Members, advertising networks, service providers (including internet service providers), social networks, government entities or other public sources, marketing and business partners, and our vendors and suppliers.

We use these categories of personal information for our business and commercial purposes as described throughout the Reverb Privacy Policies, including for the following purposes: providing the Services, processing orders and transactions, internal business analytics, tailoring and personalizing the Services to you, for advertising and marketing purposes; undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality, integrity, and safety of our Services and to improve, upgrade, or enhance them; maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, verifying customer information, processing payments, and providing analytics services. We do not collect or process sensitive personal information for purposes of inferring characteristics about consumers.

3. Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information in exchange for monetary compensation. We may share your personal information by allowing certain third parties (such as online advertising services) to collect personal information via automated technologies on our Websites and Apps for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes. This kind of sharing may be considered a “sale” under California law when the personal information is exchanged for non-monetary consideration. You have the right to opt out of these types of disclosures of your information.

We may sell or share for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes (and may have sold or shared during the 12-month period prior to the Last Updated date of this California Notice) the following categories of personal information about you to online advertising services or networks:

  • Identifiers
  • Commercial Information
  • Internet or Network Activity
  • Inferences

You can opt out of allowing us to share your data for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising by clicking the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Info” link at the footer of our homepage or through your account privacy settings. We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share the personal information of minors under 16 years of age.

4. Disclosure of Personal Information for a Business Purpose

We share personal information with service providers, contractors, and other third parties. The following lists the categories of personal information that have been disclosed (and may have been disclosed during the last 12-months) for a business purpose and the categories of recipients who have received this personal information. Please note that not every one of the following categories may apply to your personal information. Categories of personal information include Identifiers, other records, commercial information, Internet or other electronic network activity information, geolocation information, sensory information, and inferences derived from personal information. The categories of third parties include our corporate affiliates, our buyers and sellers, our vendors and other service providers, professional service firms (like our auditors or law firms), our marketing and business partners, online advertising services, analytics providers, social networks, internet service providers, and government entities.

In addition to the categories of third parties identified above, during the past 12 months,we may have disclosed personal information about you to government entities for the purposes listed in our Privacy Policy, and third parties in connection with corporate transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions or divestitures.

5. California Consumer Privacy Rights

Please see the “Exercising Your Rights” section of our United States Regional Privacy Policy and Section 8 (Choices and Rights About How We Use and Disclose Your Information) of our Privacy Policy for information about your privacy rights and how to exercise them.

6. Shine the Light

California residents are entitled to ask for a notice describing what categories of personal information we share with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. Reverb does not share any personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, unless you otherwise consent to it and/or direct it. If you have questions about these practices, or would like to make a request, you can contact us through one of the channels listed in Section 15 (Data Controller Contact Information) of our Privacy Policy. In your request, please include the statement “Shine the Light Request,” and provide your first and last name and mailing address and certify that you are a California resident. We reserve the right to require additional information to confirm your identity and California residency. Please note that we will not accept requests via telephone, mail, or facsimile, and we are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, or that do not have complete information.

Colorado Privacy Notice

This Colorado Privacy Notice (“Colorado Notice”) supplements Reverb’s U.S. Regional Privacy Notice and applies to personal information Reverb collects online about Colorado consumers. We adopt this Supplemental Notice to comply with the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”). This Colorado Notice uses certain terms that have the meanings given to them in the CPA.

1. Collection and Use of Personal Information

Please see Sections 3 (Information We Collect About You) through 6 (How We Use Your Information) of our Privacy Policy for information about the categories of personal information we collect and the purposes for which we use the information. We use personal information for our business and commercial purposes as described throughout the Reverb Privacy Policies for the following purposes: providing the Services; processing orders and transactions; internal business analytics; tailoring and personalizing the Services to you; advertising and marketing purposes; undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality, integrity, and safety of our Services (and to improve, upgrade, or enhance them); maintaining or servicing accounts; providing customer service; verifying customer information; processing payments; and providing analytics services.

We do not knowingly process personal information from children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly process “sensitive data” as that term is defined under the CPA.

2. Sharing of Personal Information

We share your information with our service providers or other third parties where necessary to perform the Services, comply with our legal obligations, or for purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. Your personal information will be shared with our service providers or other third parties. The following lists the categories of personal information and categories of service providers and third parties with whom we may share your information. Please note that not every one of the following categories may apply to your personal information.

Categories of personal information include Identifiers, other records, commercial information, Internet or other electronic network activity information, geolocation information, sensory information, and inferences derived from personal information. The categories of third parties include our corporate affiliates, our buyers and sellers, our vendors and other service providers, professional service firms (like our auditors or law firms), our marketing and business partners, online advertising services, analytics providers, social networks, internet service providers, and government entities.

3. Sales and Targeted Advertising

We do not sell your personal information in exchange for monetary compensation. We may share your personal information by allowing certain third parties (such as online advertising services) to collect personal information via automated technologies on our Websites and Apps for targeted advertising purposes. You have the right to opt out of these types of disclosures of your information. We may sell or share for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes the following categories of personal information about you to online advertising services or networks:

  • Identifiers: information that identifies you, such as your email address or unique personal identifiers (such as a device identifier and/or IP address).
  • Commercial Information: information such as purchases or products sold.
  • Online and Network Activity: information such as interactions with our Services (including what led you to our Services such as traffic related information); device type, operating system and version, browser type and settings, and cookie-related data (e.g. cookie ID).
  • Inferences: inferences based on personal information about you, including your interests, watches, and favorites; inferred information about your demographic category used to create marketing segments or profiles.

4. Profiling

To the extent we engage in automated processing or profiling to prevent, detect, protect against or respond to fraudulent or unlawful activity, we are not required to offer the right to opt out. We otherwise do not engage in profiling that requires an opt-out as defined under the CPA.

5. Colorado Consumer Privacy Rights

Please see the “Exercising Your Rights” section of our United States Regional Privacy Policy and Section 8 (Choices and Rights About How We Use and Disclose Your Information) of our Privacy Policy for information about your privacy rights and how to exercise them.

Effective date: September 6, 2023

Updated: August 1, 2023

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