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Privacy & Cookie Policy
Last Updated: September 22, 2026
Your privacy is highly important to us. This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website, subscribe to our newsletter, or interact with our embedded media players and tour date widgets.
1. Information We Collect
We aim to collect as little personal data as possible. We only collect information that you voluntarily provide to us:
- Newsletter Subscriptions: When you sign up for our newsletter, we collect and store your Email Address and the Subscription Date in our local secure database.
- Hosting-cache: Log in op het dashboard van je hostingprovider (bijv. Hostinger, SiteGround, Cloudways). Zoek naar de knop Clear Cache, Nginx Cache Purge of Varnish Cache en leeg deze volledig.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected data strictly for the following purposes:
- To send you periodic updates, newsletter emails, music releases, and tour announcements.
- To maintain and protect the security of our website against automated spam and malicious activities.
We will never sell, rent, or distribute your email address to third-party marketing companies.
3. Data Storage and Security
Your email address is safely stored within our website's local secure database hosted by Hostinger. We implement standard technical security measures to ensure your data remains protected against unauthorized access, loss, or alteration.
4. Spam Prevention (reCAPTCHA & Honeypot)
To keep our website and database safe from automated malicious software (bots), our subscription form implements security filtering:
- Invisible Honeypot: An invisible form field that filters out automated spam scripts.
- Google reCAPTCHA v3: We use Google reCAPTCHA v3 to analyze user behavior on our form to determine if a submission is made by a human or a bot. This process involves evaluating network characteristics and tracking tokens.
5. Cookie Policy
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, display interactive features, and measure traffic.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by your web browser when you visit a webpage. They help the website remember your actions and preferences over time.
Types of Cookies We Use
We categorize cookies into functional (essential) and marketing/media cookies:
1. Essential & Functional Cookies: These are strictly necessary for the technical operation and security of our hosting environment (provided via Hostinger). They do not track personal behavior.
2. Third-Party Media & Tracking Cookies: We embed external interactive features to bring our music and tour information directly to you. These third parties may place tracking cookies on your device, but they are strictly blocked from loading until you explicitly click "Accept" on our cookie banner:
1. Spotify: Used to embed audio players so you can stream our music directly on our website.
2. Bandsintown: Used to display our live concert dates and ticket links dynamically.
6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept third-party media cookies.
- You can grant or deny consent at any time via our on-screen Cookie Consent Banner.
- If you choose to reject cookies, the banner will close, but embedded Spotify and Bandsintown features will remain disabled to protect your privacy.
-You can clear cookies at any time through your web browser settings.
7. Your Rights Under the GDPR
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- The Right to Access: You can request a copy of the data we hold about you.
- The Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.
- The Right to Erasure (To Be Forgotten): You can request that we permanently delete your email address from our database. You can do this instantly by using the Unsubscribe form on our website or by contacting us directly.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy & Cookie Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us through our official channel or email address (onlytearsmusic@gmail.com).