Who we are
Our website address is: https://musicforte.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
When you submit a contact form on our website, we collect the information you provide, including your name, email address, and any additional details you include in your message. We collect this information in order to respond to your inquiry or provide customer support.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track and analyze website traffic. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data about user behavior on our site, including IP address, device type, browser type, and other information. This data is anonymized before being stored in Google Analytics. You can read more about Google's privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Forums
We allow registeed users to participate in our online discussion forums. When users create forum posts or reply to existing posts, we collect the information they provide, including their username, email address, and IP address. This information is used to facilitate the forum discussion and to prevent spam and abuse.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes. However, we may share your personal data with service providers who help us to operate our website and provide our services, such as website hosting providers, payment processors, and email service providers. We may also share your data with law enforcement or other authorized entities if required by law or to protect our legal rights.
How long we retain your data
We retain user comments and forum posts indefinitely, unless the user requests that we delete them. We retain other user data, such as cookies and analytics data, for varying lengths of time depending on the specific data and the purpose for which it was collected.
What rights you have over your data
You have the right to access, modify, or delete your personal data that we collect. If you have an account on our site, you can view and modify your personal data by logging in and accessing your user profile. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you, except for data that we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We may also share your data with third-party service providers who help us to operate our website and provide our services.
Your contact information
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy or our use of your personal data, you can contact us at [insert contact information here].
Additional information
How we protect your data
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We use SSL encryption to protect data in transit and limit access to personal data to employees and contractors who need to know the information in order to provide our services.
What data breach procedures we have in place
In the event of a data breach, we will take appropriate steps to notify affected individuals as required by law.
What third parties we receive data from
We do not receive personal data from third parties.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
We do not engage in automated decision making or profiling using user data.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
We are not subject to any industry regulatory disclosure requirements.