Draft for review. This wording is a starting point and needs checking before the site goes live, ideally by someone qualified. Anything in [square brackets] is still to be confirmed.
Who I am
This website is run by David Wademan, a composer and bassist based in the UK (“I”, “me”). For anything about your personal data, email me at [email address to confirm].
What I collect, and why
Enquiries. When you use the contact form, I receive your name, your email address, what your enquiry is about and your message. I use them only to reply to you and to deal with your enquiry. I rely on your consent, which you give with the tick box on the form, and on my legitimate interest in answering messages sent to me.
Emails. If you email me directly, I use your details in the same way.
Play counts. When you listen to a track on the site’s own player for ten seconds or more, the site adds one to that track’s play count, so I can see which music people listen to. No cookies are used and nothing about you is kept: so that one listen isn’t counted twice, a scrambled code made from your internet address and browser is held for 30 minutes, then deleted. I rely on my legitimate interest in knowing which of my music is listened to.
Nothing else. The site has no accounts, no newsletter, no advertising and no other analytics or tracking. [Confirm before launch, and update this notice if analytics are ever added.]
Music and videos from other services
Some pages let you play music from SoundCloud or Spotify and episodes from YouTube. Nothing loads from these services until you press play. When you do, that service may set cookies and collect data under its own privacy policy: SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube (Google). YouTube videos play in its privacy-enhanced mode.
Cookies and your device
The site doesn’t use cookies to track you. If you choose light or dark mode with the switch in the header, your browser remembers that choice on your own device; it isn’t sent to me. [While the site is in development a design-preview cookie is used; it is removed at launch.]
Who else sees your details
The company that hosts this website [host to confirm] stores it, and [the service that delivers contact form messages, to confirm] passes your enquiry on to me. I don’t sell your details or share them with anyone else.
How long I keep them
I keep enquiries for as long as I need to deal with them and any work that follows, then delete them [period to confirm, for example two years after we were last in touch].
Your rights
Under UK data protection law (the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018) you can ask for a copy of the personal data I hold about you, ask me to correct or delete it, object to or limit how I use it, and withdraw your consent at any time. Email me at [email address to confirm] and I’ll reply within a month.
If you’re unhappy with how I’ve handled your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.
Changes to this notice
If anything here changes, I’ll update this page. Last updated: [date at launch].