Privacy Policy

This page explains what happens to your information when you visit riffstermedia.com or send me a message. The short version: this site has no ads, no user accounts and no cookies of its own. The only personal information I receive is what you choose to send me through a contact form or by email.

Who runs this site

riffstermedia.com is run by Riffster Media, the studio of Dan Campbell ~ Riffster, based in Utah, USA. For any question about this policy or your information, email dan@riffstermedia.com.

Hosting and security

The site is hosted and delivered by Cloudflare. Like any web host, Cloudflare processes technical information about each visit so it can deliver the pages and protect the site from attacks and abuse: your IP address, your browser type, the page you asked for, the page you came from and the time. Cloudflare keeps these logs for a limited time under the Cloudflare Privacy Policy. I can see traffic and security summaries in my Cloudflare account; I don't use them to identify visitors.

Visitor statistics

I use Cloudflare Web Analytics to see how many people visit and which pages they read. It doesn't use cookies or local storage and doesn't follow you to other websites. It records page views, the sites that sent visitors here, and general browser, device and country information, which I only see as totals.

The contact form

The contact forms on this site ask for your name, email address and message. You can also add a project type, budget range, deadline and reference link if you like. The form also notes which page you sent it from. When you press Send:

1. Cloudflare Turnstile checks that the message comes from a person, not a bot. It loads from Cloudflare (challenges.cloudflare.com) only when you scroll near a form, and it looks at technical signals from your browser and device, along with your IP address.
2. A small program running on Cloudflare passes your message to Resend, an email delivery service in the United States (Resend Privacy Policy). The program doesn't keep a copy of your message; Cloudflare keeps short-lived technical logs of form requests, without the message text, so I can fix problems.
3. Resend delivers it as an email to my Google Workspace mailbox, dan@riffstermedia.com (Google Privacy Policy). My replies come from that mailbox.

I use your details only to answer you and to talk about the project you asked about. I don't sell them, share them for advertising or add you to a mailing list.

How long messages are kept

Messages stay in my mailbox until they're no longer needed, and no longer than 2 years. After that, I delete them. If an inquiry turns into paid work, the project's records, such as quotes, invoices and contracts, are kept as long as normal business record-keeping requires.

Getting a copy or having it deleted

You can email dan@riffstermedia.com at any time to ask for a copy of the information you sent me, to correct it or to have it deleted. I may ask you to confirm the request from the same email address, so your information doesn't go to anyone else.

YouTube videos

Videos on this site play in YouTube's embedded player. This site uses YouTube API Services, so when a YouTube player loads, the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy apply. The players use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com).

• On the video pages (the pages under /videos/ that each show one film) and on blog posts built around a music video, the player loads together with the page. Google receives your IP address and may store data in your browser, such as cookies or local storage, before you press play.
• Everywhere else (for example the Home page), you first see a still image from this site. The YouTube player loads only when you click play.

Audio previews

Track previews are MP3 files served from media.riffstermedia.com, file storage run by Cloudflare (R2). A preview loads only when you press play, and the request is handled like any other Cloudflare request (see Hosting and security).

Fonts

The fonts are served from this site. Your browser doesn't contact Google Fonts or any other font service.

Cookies

This site itself sets no cookies, and it has no advertising or social media tracking pixels. Data may be stored in your browser by:

• the YouTube player, as described under YouTube videos;
• Cloudflare, which may set a strictly necessary security cookie if it has to check that a visitor isn't a bot.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings.

Links to other sites

The site links to my profiles on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, TikTok and Instagram, and to a few other websites. Nothing loads from those services until you click a link, and once you're on their sites, their own privacy policies apply.

Where your information is processed

I'm based in the United States. The services named on this page (Cloudflare, Resend, Google and YouTube) may process information in the United States and in other countries.

Children

This site is meant for adults and businesses. It isn't directed at children under 13, and I don't knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has sent me personal information, email me and I'll delete it.

Changes to this policy

If the site changes in a way that affects your privacy, I'll update this page and the "Last updated" date at the top.

Contact

Riffster Media, Utah, USA
Email: dan@riffstermedia.com
Or use the contact form.