Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 26, 2023
Sonic Vista Studios ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit our website, use our services, or interact with us in any way.
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our services, including:
- Personal Information: This includes information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, email address, phone number, postal address, and payment information. We collect this information when you book a session, subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a contact form, or create an account.
- Usage Data: This includes information about how you use our website and services, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and dates and times of visits. We collect this information using cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies.
- Audio and Video Recordings: If you use our recording services, we will collect audio and video recordings of your sessions. We will only use these recordings for the purposes of providing our services to you and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. Explicit consent will be obtained before utilizing any material for promotional purposes.
How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Improve Our Services: We use your information to provide you with the recording, mixing, and mastering services you request, to personalize your experience, and to improve our website and services.
- To Communicate with You: We use your information to respond to your inquiries, send you newsletters and marketing communications, and provide you with updates about our services. You can opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time.
- To Process Payments: We use your payment information to process your payments for our services. We utilize secure, PCI-compliant payment processors to protect your financial data.
- To Protect Our Rights and Interests: We may use your information to protect our rights and interests, such as to prevent fraud, resolve disputes, and enforce our terms of service.
- For Legal Compliance: We may use your information to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Sharing Your Information
We may share your information with the following third parties:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who help us provide our services, such as payment processors, email marketing providers, and website hosting providers. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and only use it for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required by law or legal process.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring company.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include:
- Using encryption to protect your information when it is transmitted over the internet.
- Storing your information on secure servers.
- Limiting access to your information to authorized personnel.
- Regularly reviewing our security procedures.
Data Retention
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We will securely delete or anonymize your information when it is no longer needed.
Your Rights
You have the following rights with respect to your personal information:
- Right to Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to have your personal information corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to have your personal information erased in certain circumstances.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected] or write to us at:
Sonic Vista Studios
Attn: Data Privacy Officer
800 Barton Springs Rd, Suite 600
Austin, TX 78704
California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These rights include the right to know what personal information we collect about you, the right to request that we delete your personal information, and the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our website and update the effective date above. Your continued use of our services after the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected] or call us at (512) 555-7890.
Sonic Vista Studios is located at 800 Barton Springs Rd, Suite 600, Austin, TX 78704.
This Privacy Policy is reviewed and updated annually by Dr. Eleanor Vance, Head of Legal Compliance.
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