This Privacy Policy explains how SPNZ Music Blog handles information related to newsletter signup and basic website analytics on this music blog.
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.
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 your email address. We may share limited information with service providers that help operate the website, store subscriber records, or send email. Those providers should only use the information to provide services for SPNZ Music Blog.
How Long We Keep It
We keep your subscriber information for as long as you remain subscribed or as long as needed for reasonable administrative, security, or legal purposes. If you unsubscribe or ask us to remove you, we will delete or deactivate your newsletter subscription record where practical.
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.
Security
We use reasonable safeguards to protect newsletter subscriber information. No website or email system can guarantee absolute security, but we aim to keep subscriber 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@gmail.com.