Cookie Policy for Matthew Shepherd Music
This is the Cookie Policy for Matthew Shepherd Music, accessible from http://matthewshepherdmusic.com/
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies, please read “What Are Cookies”.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
- Email newsletters related cookiesThis site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
- Surveys related cookiesFrom time to time we offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.
- Forms related cookiesWhen you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
- Site preferences cookiesIn order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
- This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
- Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
- From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.
- We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; {List the social networks whose features you have integrated with your site?:12}, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
- Email: mattshepmusic@gmail.com
Welcome to our Privacy Policy
Your privacy is critically important to us.
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Matthew Shepherd MusicIt is Matthew Shepherd Music’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to matthewshepherdmusic.com (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, or “matthewshepherdmusic.com”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and conditions posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Matthew Shepherd Music collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Matthew Shepherd Music’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Matthew Shepherd Music’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Matthew Shepherd Music may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Matthew Shepherd Music also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on http://matthewshepherdmusic.com blog posts. Matthew Shepherd Music only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Matthew Shepherd Music’s websites choose to interact with Matthew Shepherd Music in ways that require Matthew Shepherd Music to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Matthew Shepherd Music gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a blog at http://matthewshepherdmusic.com to provide a username and email address.
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Advertisements
Ads appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Matthew Shepherd Music and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Links To External Sites
Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit.
We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.
Matthewshepherdmusic.com uses Google AdWords for remarketing
Matthewshepherdmusic.com uses the remarketing services to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an enquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.
You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, and if you want to you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Matthew Shepherd Music discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Matthew Shepherd Music’s behalf or to provide services available at Matthew Shepherd Music’s website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Matthew Shepherd Music’s website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Matthew Shepherd Music will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Matthew Shepherd Music discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Matthew Shepherd Music believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Matthew Shepherd Music, third parties or the public at large.
If you are a registered user of http://matthewshepherdmusic.com and have supplied your email address, Matthew Shepherd Music may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Matthew Shepherd Music and our products. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Matthew Shepherd Music takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Aggregated Statistics
Matthew Shepherd Music may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. Matthew Shepherd Music may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Matthew Shepherd Music does not disclose your personally-identifying information.
Affiliate Disclosure
This site uses affiliate links and does earn a commission from certain links. This does not affect your purchases or the price you may pay.
Cookies
To enrich and perfect your online experience, Matthew Shepherd Music uses “Cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Matthew Shepherd Music uses cookies to help Matthew Shepherd Music identify and track visitors, their usage of http://matthewshepherdmusic.com, and their website access preferences. Matthew Shepherd Music visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Matthew Shepherd Music’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Matthew Shepherd Music’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Matthew Shepherd Music’s use of cookies.
E-commerce
Those who engage in transactions with Matthew Shepherd Music – by purchasing Matthew Shepherd Music’s services or products, are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Matthew Shepherd Music collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Matthew Shepherd Music. Matthew Shepherd Music does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Business Transfers
If Matthew Shepherd Music, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Matthew Shepherd Music goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Matthew Shepherd Music may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Matthew Shepherd Music may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Matthew Shepherd Music’s sole discretion. Matthew Shepherd Music encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.