Musing on Music’s Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes the policies and procedures of Musing on Music regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your information on www.musingonmusic.com and the services, features, content or applications offered by Musing on Music. Musing on Music receives information about you from various sources, including:
- If you have registered for our monthly newsletter
- Your overall use of general services on the site
- From third party websites and services
- When you send us information that is required when becoming a contributor
When you use our website or website services, you are consenting to the collection, transfer, repurposing, storage, disclosure and other uses of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
What Information Does Musing on Music Collect?
Musing on Music collects information from you when you browse our site or subscribe to our newsletter. When registering on our site, you may be asked to enter your name and/or e-mail address. You may visit our site anonymously. Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on Musing on Music. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to you based on your visit to Musing on Music and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy. We reserve the right to display other ad sources through other ad networks that may use the same process.
What Do We Use Your Information For?
Any information we collect from you listed above will be used:
- To personalize your overall experience on the site over time (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
- To improve our website (we are always updating and streamlining the site based on new standards of practice and your input)
- To present you with a tailored and interesting monthly newsletter
- To display the information given as part of being a contributor (your bio, social networks, etc.) All of which you have already given us permission to use.
How Do We Protect Your Information?
Musing on Music strives to protect all information received to ensure that it is kept private; however, we cannot guarantee the security of any account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors, may compromise the security of user information at any time. Such is the case with the online community.
Do We Disclose any Information to Outside Parties?
Musing on Music does not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third Party Links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our website’s privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
Musing on Music may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information collected now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes in the way we collect or use information, we will notify you by posting updating this page or sending you an email. A user is bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when he or she uses the Services after such changes have been first posted.
What If I Have Questions?
If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy using the Services, please contact us. Every effort will be made to address and resolve your concerns.
Effective on February 1st, 2013
Last updated on February 13th, 2016
