Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Jo Hogg Music uses and protects any information that you give Jo Hogg Music when you use this website.

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PURPOSE OF POLICY. We are committed to respecting the privacy rights of visitors and other users of  this site. We created this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) to give you confidence as you visit and use the Site, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices. This Policy is only applicable to the Site, and not to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Site, each of which may have data collection and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Policy.

1.2. NOTICE CONCERNING CHILDREN

PLEASE NOTE: We are a general audience site, and do not direct any of our content specifically at children under 13 years of age pursuant to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.

2. INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES

2.1. WHAT BASIC INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

In operating the Site, we collect personal information from you in a number of different situations. If you should contact us via the “contact” page. In doing so, you will provide us with your name and email address.  If you leave a comment to a blog post during which you may be asked for a name and other information. If you subscribe to a mailing list you will provide us with your name and email address. You are not required to provide us with information via these two methods to use and enjoy the Site.

2.2. WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

(a) AUTOMATIC COLLECTION. Our servers automatically recognise visitors’ domain names and IP addresses (the number assigned to computers on the Internet). No personal information about you is revealed in this process. The Site may also gather anonymous “traffic data” that does not personally identify you, but that may be helpful for marketing purposes or for improving the services we offer.

(b) COOKIES. From time to time, we may use the standard “cookies” feature of major browser applications that allows us to store a small piece of data on your computer about your visit to our Site. Cookies help us learn which areas of our Site are useful and which areas need improvement through programs including, but not limited to, Google Analytics. We may also use cookies from third party social sites and programs including, but not limited to, Facebook, Google Plus and Twitter. You can choose to disable cookies through your browser or independent programs available online. However, if you choose to disable this function, your experience at our Site may be diminished as some features may not work as they were intended.

(c) SPONSORS AND ADVERTISERS. We may decide to accept sponsorship and advertisements on the Site. Should this occur, you should assume said sponsors and advertisers will be given access to the impressions and click data on their marketing pieces. Your personally identifiable information will never be revealed to them by us.

3. USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION

3.1. WHAT DO WE DO WITH COLLECTED INFORMATION?

(a) PERSONAL INFORMATION. We do not disclose the personally identifiable information to any third parties other than those that we use to facilitate the functioning of the site such as a hosting company and email program for mailings.

(b) ANONYMOUS INFORMATION. We use anonymous information to analyze our Site traffic. In addition, we may use anonymous IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our site, or to display the content according to your preferences. Traffic and transaction information may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate and anonymous basis.

(c) USE OF COOKIES. Promotions or advertisements displayed on our site may contain cookies. We do not have access to or control over information collected by outside advertisers on our site.

(d) DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may disclose any information we have for you if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us, (2) protect and defend our rights or property or the users of the Site, or (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety of the public or users of the Site.

(e) SALE OF INFORMATION. In order to accommodate changes in our business, we may sell or buy portions of the Site or our company, including the information collected through this Site. If Company or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, user information will be one of the assets transferred to the acquirer.

4. SECURITY

The Site has security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that we obtain from you, but we make no assurances about our ability to prevent any such loss to you or to any third party arising out of any such loss, misuse, or alteration.

5. WEBSITE AREAS BEYOND OUR CONTROL

5.1. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

From time-to-time, the Site may contain links to other websites. If you choose to visit those websites, it is important to understand our privacy practices and terms of use do not extend to those sites. It is your responsibility to review the privacy policies at those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their practices.

6. CONTACT INFORMATION AND POLICY UPDATES

6.1. CONTACTING US

If you have any questions about this Policy or our practices related to this Site, please feel contact us using the “Contact” link on the menu located at the top of the site.

6.2. UPDATES AND CHANGES

We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this Policy to reflect changes in our Privacy Policy. We shall post any such changes on the Site in a conspicuous area. You may then choose whether you wish to accept said policy changes or discontinue using the Site. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective 30 days after posting on the Site. It is your responsibility to review this Policy from time to time to ensure that you continue to agree with all of its terms.

 

• Data controller: Jo Hogg Music

• How we collect or obtain your information:

• when you provide it to us (e.g. by contacting us or placing an order on our website, by signing up to our newsletter or downloading music from us etc),
• from your use of our website, using cookies, and
• occasionally from third parties (e.g. if you download my music from a distribution platform like BandCamp etc)

Personal information we collect: name, contact details, IP address, information about your computer or device.

• How we use your personal information: for administrative and business purposes (particularly to contact you and process orders you place on our website), to improve our business and website, for advertising and analytical purposes, in connection with our legal rights and obligations and for certain additional purposes only with your explicit consent.

• Disclosure of your personal information to third parties: only to the extent necessary to run our business, fulfil any contracts we enter into with you (e.g. if I need to send you CDs or merchandise you have ordered), where required by law or to enforce our legal rights.

• Do we sell personal information to third parties: No

• How long we retain your personal information: for as long as is necessary, taking into account any legal obligations we have (e.g. to maintain records for tax purposes) and any other legal basis we have for using your personal information e.g. your consent, performance of a contract with you or our legitimate interests as a business.

• Use of cookies: we use cookies and similar information-gathering technologies such as web beacons on our website including analytical and targeting code.


• Your rights in relation to your personal information
o to access your personal information and to be informed about its use
o to correct your personal information
o to have your personal information deleted
o to restrict the use of your personal information
o to object to the use of your personal information
o to complain to a supervisory authority
o to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal information


AD CHOICES
We use common tracking technologies.

We or our vendors use several common tracking tools. These may include browser cookies. We may also use web beacons and similar technologies. We use these tools:

To recognise new or past customers.
To store your password if you are registered on our sites.
To improve our website and mobile app.
To serve you with advertising content in which we think you will be interested. To do so, we or our business partners may observe your behaviours over time on this website and across third party websites. We may also collect information about your browsing history.
To better understand the interests of our customers and our website visitors.

YOU CAN CONTROL TRACKING TOOLS.
Your browser may give you the ability to control cookies. How you do so depends on the type of cookie. Certain browsers can be set to reject browser cookies.

If you block cookies on your browser, certain features on our site may not work.

SOME ADS MAY BE SERVED BASED ON TRACKING.
We may work with online advertising companies to show you relevant and useful ads. This may include ads served on our own websites or apps. This may also include our ads served on other companies’ sites. These ads may be based on information collected by us or third parties (for example, when you register for a site). These ads may also be based on your activities on our websites or on third party sites. This second type of advertising is called “interest-based advertising” or “online behavioural advertising.” These ads might be served on websites or on apps. They might also be served in emails. We might serve these ads, or third parties may serve ads. They might be about our products or other companies’ products.

HOW DO WE GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT YOU FOR INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING?
To decide what is relevant to you, we use information you make available to us when you interact with us, our affiliates, and other third parties. We gather this information using the tracking tools described above. For example, we or our partners might look at your purchases or browsing behaviours. We might look at these activities on our platforms or the platforms of others.

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