Privacy Policy
RayValdezMusic.com is committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for its users. This privacy policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us. For purposes of this notice, “site” refers to this website which is accessed at: RayValdezMusic.com. “Service” refers to this website accessed at RayValdezMusic.com. The terms we, us and our refer to RayValdezMusic.com. “You” refers to you as a user of this site. By accessing this site you accept our privacy policy and you consent to our collection, storage and use and disclosure of your information as described in this privacy policy.
Information We Collect
We collect non personal information and in some cases we collect personal information. Non personal information includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you such as anonymous use data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks. This is done through third party data analytics services such as Google Analytics. Services like Google Analytics provide ways for you to opt out of sharing this type of information. Please refer to the help sections at the Google Analytics website to learn more about their services and ways you can opt out from their tracking software.
You can find helpful information at: www.suport.google.com/analytics
Personal information includes your email insert, address, date of birth and contact information. This website does not collect this type of information, with the exception of credit card or Pay Pal information should you decide to purchase music downloads or music merchandise from this site. Your non personal information is collected through Bandzoogle's software and servers. Bandzoogle protects data of members and fans in the following ways: The payment gateways for members and fans are PCI compliant. All pages are served over HTTPS/SSL secure protocol. Bandzoogle has implemented the right for your information to be erased or forgotten. From time to time this site may offer music downloads or merchandise for sale (processed and shipped by Printful) and the only information you would submit would be: Pay Pal or credit card information, name, address for shipping and email address.
In an effort to improve the quality of this site's offerings we track through Bandzoogle's servers and Google Analytics. We track information provided to us by your browser or by Bandzoogle's software when you view this site such as the website you came from (known as the referring URL), the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to this service, the time and date of access and other information that does not personally identify you. This information is tracked by Google Analytics using cookies which are small text files which include anonymous unique identifiers. Cookies are sent to the user's browser from Google Analytics servers and are stored on the user's hard drive. Sending a cookie to a user's browser allows Google Analytics to collect non-personal information about that user and keep a record of the user's preferences when using this website, both on an individual and an aggregate basis. This site through Google Analytics may use both persistent and session cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your session and until you delete them, while session cookies expire when you close your browser.
Information you provide to us by registering for an account.
If this site decides to offer a subscriber service you would need to create a personal profile. You would create a profile by registering on this site and would enter your email address and create a user name and password. By registering you are authorizing this site through Bandzoogle software to collect, store and use your email address in accordance with this privacy policy.
Children's Policy
This site is not directed to anyone under the age of 13. This site does not knowingly collect or solicit information from anyone under the age of 13, or allow anyone under the age of 13 to sign up for the newsletter or purchase music downloads or music merchandise. In the event that we learn that we have gathered information from anyone under the age of 13 without the consent of a parent or guardian, we will delete that information as soon as possible. If you believe we have collected such information please contact us using the contact form on this website.
How We Use and Share Information
Except as otherwise stated in this privacy policy we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your personal information with third parties without your consent. We do share information with vendors who are performing services for this site such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to user's email addresses for purposes of sending emails from us. Those vendors use your personal information only at our direction and in accordance with our privacy policy. In general, the information you provide to us is used to help us communicate with you. For example, we use information provided by our users to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users, inform about new music, inform about upcoming live performances and inform about new music merchandise that may be for sale on this site from time to time. We may share user information with outside parties if we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to meet any applicable legal process or enforceable government request; to enforce applicable terms of service including investigation of potential violations, address fraud, security or technical concerns, or to protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of users or the public as required or permitted by law.
In general through Google Analytics, we use non-personal information to help us improve the services provided on this website and customize the user experience. Also through Google Analytics we aggregate non-personal information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns on this site. This privacy policy does not limit in any way the use or disclosure of non-personal information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.
How we protect information
Bandzoogle.com, (which is the software and servers that we used to build this website) has implemented security measures which are designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. Please refer the help menu at Bandzoogle.com, which provides links to articles and information regarding these security measures. This is a quote from their help menu: “Since 2017 all Bandzoogle.com sites now use secure HTTPS. Data sent from this website's visitors that is sent to Bandzoogle.com servers is protected via encryption."
Your account is protected by your account password and we urge you to take steps to keep your information safe by not disclosing your password and by logging out of your account after each use – in the event that you purchase music downloads or merchandise from this site where a credit card or Pay Pal payment method is used.
Your Rights Regarding the Use of Your Information
You have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes when we send a promotional music related communication to a user, the user can opt out of further promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in each promotional email.
Links to Other Websites
As part of the services (music downloads, music merchandise or emailed newsletters) we may provide links to our compatibility with other websites or applications. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by us through this site. Therefore, this privacy policy does not apply to your use of a third party website accessed by selecting a link on this site to the extent that you access or use the service through or on another website application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
RayValdezMusic.com reserves the right to change this policy and our terms of service at any time. We will notify you of significant changes to our privacy policy by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account or by placing a prominent notice on this site. Significant changes will go into effect 30 days following such notification. Non-material changes or clarifications will take the same effect immediately. Please contact us with questions.
Compliance With the Can-Spam Act
To be in accordance with the Can-Spam Act which sets the rules for commercial email in the event that this website offers music merchandise for sale, this website agrees to the following:
1) Not to use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
2) Identify the message as an advertisement in a responsible way.
3)Monitor third party email marketing services for compliance if this website uses one.
4)Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
5) Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.
Compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation
For users who are accessing this site from the European Union, we seek to comply with the requirements of the GDPR. The General Data Protection Regulation is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy. It went into effect on May 25, 2018. The GDPR regulates how individuals and organizations may collect, use and retain personal data outside the EU.
The rights included in GDPR are: 1) The right of access, 2) The right of rectification, 3) The right of erasure (right to be forgotten,) 4) The right to data portability, 5) The right to object.
RayValdezMusic.com has used Bandzoogle.com to build this website. User information, when collected on this site passes through and is processed by Bandzoogle.com computer servers. Bandzoogle.com has done the following for invitees to this website:
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Begun anonymizing IP addresses.
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Assigned a DPO officer.
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Made sure that when users can unsubscribe from fan lists, their data is deleted.
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Added tools on all sign up forms that allow RayValdezMusic.com to specify intentions for user data.
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Added a source field for mailing list contact.
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Added a message to the mailing list confirmation message that outlines how user's data will be used.
Bandzoogle.com is not responsible for information entered into the sign-up form. If you have any questions about a sign-up form, please contact Ray Valdez directly by using any of the contact forms on the website.