I WAS DOING ALL RIGHT

An aspiring jazz trumpet player's blog about jazz improvisation and ear training.

Privacy Policy

1. Who Am I?

This is the personal website of an aspiring trumpet player living in New York.

2. What Data Do We Collect?

  • I am a visitor to this website
    I use cookies to save the settings that you use with the online ear training tools. If you post a comment on this site, your email is saved so the site can notify you of updates and the contents of your comment are saved to a database and displayed publicly on this website. If you create an account at the Online Ear Trainer, your email address is stored to allow for password retrieval. You can use all of the my tools, however, without submitting your email address or other data.

  • I am using the Play By Ear iOS app:
    The Play By Ear app doesn't collect your information.

  • I send a message to you:
    I receive the contents of your message in an email.

3. Do We Give Your Data to Third Parties?

No. We do not give, sell, lease or otherwise make available your data to third parties.

4. How Do We Use Your Information?

Aside from methods already mentioned, the only way I have your data is if you knowingly give it to me via a comment or message. Comments are publicly displayed on the site while emails and direct messages are private.

5. Website Accounts

The Online Ear Trainer allows you to create an account so you can save your custom scripts and exercises. This is the only type of account offered at this site and it is optional.

6. How Do We Use Your IP Address?

This site does not save your IP address, nor is your IP address shared with the owner of this site.

7. Cookies And Analytics

Data and information may be automatically collected through the use of cookies by virtue of the standard operation of this website's servers. In general, cookies are text files a website uses to recognize repeat users and take minimal space on your computer. The way cookies function is by assigning a number to the user that has no meaning outside of the assigning website. By making the appropriate adjustment to your browser preferences, you can choose to accept or deny the use of cookies. However, please note that there may be features on this Web site which require the use of cookies in order to personalize the delivery of information to you.

8. These Are Your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

  • The right to be informed
  • The right of access
  • The right of rectification
  • The right of erasure
  • The right to restrict processing
  • The right to object
  • Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling

9. How Long Do We Retain Your Data?

If you contact me via email, the email will be kept indefinitely. Public comments on this website are also displayed indefinitely, however they will be removed upon request. Ear training accounts are also kept indefinitely, but can be deleted upon request.

10. Data Security

This website's server uses certain security measures to protect the misuse, alteration, and loss of the information under our control. We cannot guarantee that our security measures will provide complete protection against third-party hackers from illegally obtaining this information. If, at any time you suspect that a problem may be present regarding the information you disclose to us, please contact me and I will do my best to resolve the problem.

11. Your Ability to Correct Personal Information

If you wish to modify the contents of a public comment or your ear training account, please contact me.

12. Our Disclosure of Your Information

Sighthound will not monitor, edit, or disclose any personal information about you or your account without your prior consent unless I have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (i) comply with legal process or other legal requirements of any governmental authority; or (ii) protect and defend my rights or property;

13. Age Limitations

There is no age restriction to access this website and its ear training tools. All public comments, however, are approved before posting online to protect against the sharing of sensitive information.

14. Your Own Disclosure of Information in Forums

Please be aware that any information you voluntarily disclose in a public comment on this website may be collected and disseminated by third-parties, and may result in unsolicited messages and offers from third-parties. Please understand that any information that is disclosed in the comments becomes public information and any third-party conduct is out of my control. Accordingly, please exercise caution when deciding whether to disclose any personal information.

This website may contain links to other third party websites. I am not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such websites.

15. Changes to this Policy

This privacy policy is effective as of June 9, 2020. This Privacy Policy is not intended to and does not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of a user. We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update or modification on the website. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting.

16. What Do I Do If I Have Concerns?

I take your privacy concerns very seriously. If you still have concerns about privacy issues after reading this Privacy Policy, please contact me.