Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy – Welsford Music

Last Updated: 11 Feb 2025

1. Who We Are

Welsford Music is a music services company specializing in live performance bookings, digital marketing, and music production. Our website address is: https://welsfordmusic.com.

2. What Personal Data We Collect & Why

2.1 Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect:
✅ The data shown in the comments form.
✅ The visitor’s IP address and browser user agent (for spam detection).
✅ An anonymised string (hash) of your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. Their privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
🔹 Once approved, your profile picture is visible in the context of your comment.2.2 Media Uploads

🔹 If you upload images to our website, avoid adding embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract location details from uploaded media.

2.3 Contact Forms & Booking Inquiries

If you submit a contact or booking form, we may collect:
✅ Your name, email address, phone number, and inquiry details.
✅ This data is used only to respond to your inquiry or booking request.
✅ We do not use this information for marketing purposes unless you opt-in.

3. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

3.1 Essential Cookies

✅ If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last one year.
✅ If you log in, we set cookies to store your login details and screen preferences.
✅ An additional cookie is stored if you edit or publish an article (expires after 1 day).

3.2 Analytics & Performance Cookies

✅ We use Google Analytics to track website performance and user interactions.
✅ These cookies help us understand how visitors use our site to improve user experience.
✅ Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
🔹 You can disable cookies in your browser settings.

3.3 Third-Party Tracking & Advertising

✅ Embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) behaves as if you visited the third-party website.
✅ These external sites may collect data, use cookies, and track your interaction.
✅ We may run Facebook Ads & Feature.fm campaigns, which use cookies for targeting.

4. Who We Share Your Data With

✅ We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data.
✅ Data may be processed by:

  • Spam detection services (e.g., Akismet).
  • Analytics tools (Google Analytics).
  • Marketing platforms (Facebook, Feature.fm).
    🔹 We ensure any third-party services comply with privacy regulations.

5. How Long We Retain Your Data

✅ Comments & metadata are retained indefinitely for recognition & moderation.
✅ User profiles store personal information until the user requests deletion.
✅ Booking & contact form submissions are kept for up to 12 months.

6. Your Rights Over Your Data

✅ You can request an export of the personal data we hold about you.
✅ You can request deletion of your data (except data we must retain for legal/security reasons).
✅ To make a request, email us at: [Insert Contact Email].

7. Where We Send Your Data

✅ Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection.
✅ Analytics data is processed by Google Analytics and similar tools.
✅ Booking data is securely stored for customer inquiries.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy periodically. The latest version will always be available at https://welsfordmusic.com/privacy.

For questions, contact us at: siteadmin@welsford.net.

 

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