Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 1/20/2024

RythmRiffs – play. listen. enjoy. (https://rythmriffs.com) (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is dedicated to safeguarding the privacy and security of personal data, especially in the context of our affiliate program. This Privacy Policy outlines the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of information, aligning with the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Information We Collect from users, visitors, and affiliates

We may collect a variety of personal data, including but not limited to:

• Identity Data: Name, username, and other identifiers.
• Contact Data: Email address, phone number, and address.
• Financial Data: Payment details for affiliate commission payments.
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, and device information.
• Usage Data: Information about how affiliates, users interact with our platform.

2. How We Collect Data

The data is collected through several methods, including:

• Direct Interactions: When visitors register with us or communicate with us. When users or visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
• Automated Technologies:
  • Through the use of cookies, tracking pixels, and analytics tools on our website/platform.
  • If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
  • If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
  • If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
• Third-Party Sources: Data received from affiliate tracking platforms and other third-party services.
  • Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
  • These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
• If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. However, the images uploaded to the website will be stored on our servers.

3. Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing Affiliate Data

We process data for the following purposes:

• Managing and Tracking: To efficiently manage and track users, affiliate referrals and activities.
• Commission Payments: Processing affiliate commission payments.
• Communication: Sending updates, promotions, and relevant information to users, affiliates.
• Analytics: Analyzing affiliate performance to optimize our website/program.
• Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

The legal bases for processing data include the necessity for the performance of the affiliate agreement and our legitimate interests in running an effective and mutually beneficial affiliate program.

4. Data Sharing with Affiliates and Third Parties

Your data may be shared with the following entities:

• Service Providers: For affiliate tracking, commission payments, and other program-related services.
• Other Affiliates: Collaboration and joint promotional efforts.
• Legal and Regulatory Authorities: When required by law or in response to legal requests.
• If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

5. International Data Transfers for Affiliate Data

If affiliate data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the data.

6. Data Security

We implement comprehensive technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of affiliate data. These measures aim to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction of affiliate data.

7. Data Retention

We retain data only for as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. Retention periods are determined based on the nature of the data and legal requirements.

f you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

8. Your Rights

Users, Visitors and Affiliates have specific rights under the GDPR, including but not limited to:

• Access: The right to request access to their personal data.
• Correction: The right to correct inaccuracies in their personal data.
• Deletion: The right to request the deletion of their personal data.
• Restriction: The right to request restrictions on the processing of their personal data.

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

9. Contact Us

For any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, affiliates can contact us at contact@rhythmriffs.com Our dedicated support team is available to assist with privacy-related inquiries.

10. Changes to the Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our program or regulatory requirements. Users, visitors, and affiliates are encouraged to review this policy regularly for updates.

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