Who we are
Acoustic Tunesmith is property of Beach Feet Publishing LLC.
Our website address is: https://acoustictunesmith.com. It may be referred to as Acoustic Tunesmith, AcousticTunesmith.com or reasonable variants.
Your Agreement
By visiting our website, making purchases, attending virtual meetings, accessing or using the services provided through acoustictunesmith.com (referred to as Acoustic Tunesmith, AcousticTunesmith.com, or similar reasonable variants), you herein agree to accept the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and the processing of your personal data as described below.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Cookies
Cookies are very small text files placed on your hard drive by a computer server. A cookie serves as your identification card, improves your experience with us, and helps us remember who you are while you are using our services.
AcousticTunesmith.com uses cookies in order to function properly and improve your experience with us.
For instance, to prevent requiring you to re-enter your username and password accessing areas of our website, once you have logged into your account, cookies will hold your information for you.
We use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them).
Cookies also tell us that you returned to a specific web page on our site, and help us to also know your preferences and habits so we may better customize our offerings for you.
If your internet browser is set and configured to accept cookies, you consent to the use of cookies.
If you do not accept cookies, you can prevent cookies from being saved on your computer by changing the settings of your web browser.
You can also delete cookies which have been previously stored. In such cases, please refer to the help section of your internet browser.
Also note, if you choose not to accept cookies, you can still use some of our services, but their functionality will be somewhat limited.
Be advised, AcousticTunesmith.com advertisers, or web sites that have links on our site, may, on their own, collect personally identifiable information about you.
The information practices of those web sites linked to or from AcousticTunesmith.com are not covered by this privacy statement.
Contact forms
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
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 or audio files 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 or audio files on the website.
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.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
You have the right to receive your personal data which you have provided to, and has been stored, by AcousticTunesmith.com, in accordance with relevant personal data regulation (provided that such request does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others).
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Access, Correction or Erasure of personal data
You have the right to request access to, correction of, or erasure of your personal data processed by AcousticTunesmith.com. If a request for correction or erasure concerns data that is necessary for AcousticTunesmith.com to offer its Services to you, you will be notified.
If desired, you’ll have the effect that your account will be terminated at AcousticTunesmith.com. If you wish to exercise this right, please contact us by e-mailing info@acoustictunesmith.com. Any such requests must be made from the email address with which you are registered at AcousticTunesmith.com or need to be submitted in writing and signed by you.
At any time, should you terminate your account at AcousticTunesmith.com, your personal data as described above may be held for a period of up to (6) months before it is scheduled for deletion and permanently erased from our system.
Our Use of Your Personal Data
Your privacy is important to us and we will only process your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and relevant personal data regulation. Exception being any information that is owned or copyrighted by a third party involved in AcousticTunesmith.com, including our members, we agree to not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. See the section on cookies for additional information.
Data Processing Necessary to Provide Our Services
If you choose to make purchases, or join AcousticTunesmith.com as a member, as a part of offering our services to you, we will process your personal data that you provide us with at the time of registration, such as:
- First and last name
- Billing Address
- Country of residence
As you continue to communicate, make purchases, or use our services, you may regularly and willingly provide AcousticTunesmith.com with further personal data or intellectual property, including profile photos and biography information, written content, feedback, audio files of songs, interviews, voice messages and other audible sources.
Due to the nature of the service and products we provide at Acoustic Tunesmith, we must process the data that you upload for these services.
Legal Ground for Email Correspondence
Informational or marketing emails sent by AcousticTunesmith.com, such as membership status, course registrations, song evaluations, e-mail promotions, tips, or Special Event notices are sent as a “customer relationship” basis, which is the legal ground for processing any personal data.
As such, these emails do not require a consent. Such data will be processed and used in compliance with relevant personal data regulation.
You can opt out of receiving any emails by either clicking the unsubscribe link located at the bottom of any email, or e-mailing us at info@acoustictunesmith.com with a request to remove your e-mail address from our mailing list.
Information Sharing
As a general rule, AcousticTunesmith.com will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires us to do so.
Surveys and Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests.
Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
Information requested may include contact information (such as name and email address). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. You also agree providing personal data may be used to inform you of additional promotions and opportunities and to be added to our e-mail list.
AcousticTunesmith.com Webinars, Online Classes, and Memberships
This site makes use of virtual meetings and provides member profiles for any account holder. AcousticTunesmith.com may make available electronic transcripts or recordings of any class or event conducted on our website for users who were unable to attend, promotional material, or content.
Also, please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information so you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Your Security at AcousticTunesmith.com
The security and integrity of your personal data are important to us. In addition to complying with applicable relevant personal data regulation, we use accepted industry standards, technologies, and procedures, such as firewalls, security software, etc., in order to protect the integrity of your personal data and to prevent any unauthorized access.
However, no system can be 100% secure, and despite our efforts, there is always a risk of unauthorized access to your personal data. By using our Services, you assume this risk.
We also urge you to use a unique and strong password to your user account on our website and to protect your password. You should further limit access to your computer and browser and log out after having used our website, virtual meetings, and services.
You should also take reasonable steps to prevent others from having access to your account. This includes not giving out your password to others, including family or household users.
Remember to sign out of your AcousticTunesmith.com account and close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.
It is illegal and prohibited to willingly give anyone your username and password to access our member’s only sections of our website, virtual meetings, or any part of our services we offer. By use of AcousticTunesmith.com’s website and services you agree to this policy and penalties which may be exacted by the legal limits.
The exception is when a legal guardian is providing supervised interaction for a minor through the legal guardian’s personal information as described elsewhere in this policy.
AcousticTunesmith.com has global users. When you give AcousticTunesmith.com personal information, that information may be sent electronically to servers outside of the country where you originally entered the information, such as to the United States or other countries.
In addition, that information may be used, stored and processed outside of the country where you entered that information.
Whenever AcousticTunesmith.com handles personal information as described above, regardless of where this occurs, AcousticTunesmith.com takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely.
Policies for Individuals Under 13
We cannot knowingly provide membership to children under the age of 13.
Children can only use our services if accompanied by an adult and if a legal guardian has completed membership.
If you are under age 13, you are not allowed to submit any personal data through our website. Further, we encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet use and to help us in enforcing our Privacy Policy by instructing their children to never provide any personal data through our website without their permission.
If you become aware that a child under the age of 13 has submitted personal data to us, please contact us at info@acoustictunesmith.com.
Changes to The AcousticTunesmith.com Privacy Statement
AcousticTunesmith.com may make changes to this privacy statement from time to time. We will post changes to our privacy statement here, so be sure to check back periodically.
We may also notify you of significant changes by e-mail or in other ways.
Questions, Comments, Concerns
If you have any questions or comments about our use of personal information, please contact us by e-mailing us at info@acoustictunesmith.com.
We will use reasonable efforts to promptly investigate any complaint you may have regarding our use of personal information.