Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 2024
Welcome to LearnHarmonium ("we," "our," or "us"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website learnharmonium.netlify.app. Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of our site.
1. Information We Collect
1.1 Automatically Collected Information
When you visit LearnHarmonium, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, including:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- IP address (anonymized)
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- Referring URL
- Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet)
This information is collected through Google Analytics for the sole purpose of understanding how visitors use our site so we can improve it.
1.2 Information You Voluntarily Provide
If you contact us through our Contact page, we collect:
- Your name
- Your email address
- The content of your message
We use this information only to respond to your inquiry and will never share it with third parties for marketing purposes.
1.3 Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience. Cookies used on our site include:
- Google Analytics cookies — track site usage statistics
- Google AdSense cookies — display relevant advertisements
- Preference cookies — remember your settings (e.g., volume, octave)
You can disable cookies through your browser settings, though this may affect some site functionality.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve LearnHarmonium
- Analyze usage patterns to enhance the user experience
- Respond to your comments and questions
- Display relevant advertisements via Google AdSense
- Monitor and prevent fraud or abuse
3. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising
LearnHarmonium uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website and other sites on the Internet. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or by visiting www.aboutads.info.
4. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics collects data such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited. This data is anonymized and used solely for statistical analysis. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
5. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal information. We may share anonymized, aggregated data with:
- Google Analytics (for traffic analysis)
- Google AdSense (for advertising)
- Netlify (our hosting provider, for server logs)
6. Data Retention
Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months for correspondence purposes, after which they are deleted. Analytics data is retained according to Google's standard data retention policies.
7. Children's Privacy
LearnHarmonium is intended for users of all ages, including children who are learning music. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. Our virtual harmonium tool is entirely client-side and requires no personal data to function.
8. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:
- Right to access your personal data
- Right to correct inaccurate data
- Right to request deletion of your data
- Right to object to data processing
- Right to data portability
To exercise these rights, please contact us at our Contact page.
9. Security
We use industry-standard security measures including HTTPS/SSL encryption (provided by Netlify) to protect your information. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of LearnHarmonium after such changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our Contact page.