This Privacy Policy explains how SPNZ Music Blog handles information related to music submissions, newsletter signup, and basic website analytics.
Information We Collect
When you join the newsletter, we collect the email address you submit, your subscription status and timestamps, and the IP address used for the signup request. The signup IP is retained as a limited security record for rate limiting, abuse prevention, and troubleshooting. We may also keep basic technical records created by the website or email system, such as delivery status for newsletter messages.
Music Submissions
When you submit music, we collect the contact, artist, release, links, written pitch, and any audio or artwork files you provide. We may also retain review decisions, correspondence, submission timestamps, and a limited IP address record for security and abuse prevention.
We use this information to review the submission, communicate the outcome, manage our relationship with the artist, and support future submissions from the same artist. Submission information is kept confidential and is not sold or shared with unrelated third parties.
How We Use Your Information
We use your email address to send music updates, blog posts, playlist news, artist features, and related announcements from SPNZ Music Blog. We may also use subscriber records to manage the newsletter, prevent abuse, troubleshoot delivery issues, and understand whether newsletter messages were sent successfully.
Website Analytics and Location
When someone visits a public page, we may collect basic visit information such as the page viewed, referral source, browser information, visit time, and an approximate city or country supplied by our hosting provider. We use this information to understand website traffic and show administrators which general locations are currently active.
General visitor and network identifiers used for website analytics are stored as one-way hashes rather than raw identifiers or IP addresses. This is separate from the limited newsletter signup security record described above. The live location view does not show an IP address or a visitor's name, and location information may be unavailable or only approximate. Browser Do Not Track signals are respected by this first-party tracker.
Consent
You join the newsletter after submitting your email address and agreeing to this Privacy Policy. You can withdraw that consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link in a newsletter or asking to be removed from the mailing list.
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell personal or music-submission information. We may allow limited processing by service providers that help us operate the website, securely store records, or deliver email. Those providers may use the information only to provide services for SPNZ Music Blog, not for their own marketing or unrelated purposes.
How Long We Keep It
We keep newsletter information for as long as you remain subscribed. We may retain music-submission records to support future submissions and for reasonable editorial, administrative, security, or legal purposes. If you unsubscribe or ask us to remove information, we will delete or deactivate the relevant record where practical and subject to any legitimate obligations.
Your Choices
- You can ask to unsubscribe from the newsletter.
- You can ask what email address is stored for your subscription.
- You can ask us to update or delete your newsletter subscription information.
- You can ask us to review, correct, or delete personal information associated with a music submission, where practical.
Security
We use reasonable safeguards to protect newsletter and music-submission information. No website, storage, or email system can guarantee absolute security, but we aim to keep personal data limited and protected.
Children
The newsletter is intended for a general music audience and is not directed to children under 13. If you believe a child has submitted personal information, please contact us so we can review and remove it.
Changes To This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as the newsletter or website changes. The updated date above will show when the policy was last revised.
Contact
For privacy questions or newsletter removal requests, contact us at contact@spnzmusic.com.