Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Innovating Music (the “Podcast,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), now a part of Rethink Next, a production and think tank company founded by Dr. Gigi Johnson, collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit our website at innovatingmusic.com. Many of the podcast’s episodes were originally produced while Dr. Gigi Johnson was at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the UCLA Center for Music Innovation.

We are committed to protecting your privacy. This policy outlines our practices concerning information collected through our website, including data collected via our newsletter signup.

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Who We Are
Innovating Music is a podcast dedicated to exploring innovation in the music industry. It is produced by Rethink Next, a company founded by Dr. Gigi Johnson. Our website address is: http://innovatingmusic.com.

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What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our podcast, content, and services to you.
• Newsletter Signup:
◦ Data Collected: When you sign up for our newsletter via the pop-up or dedicated forms, we collect your email address and, optionally, your first and last name.
◦ Purpose: We use this information solely to send you updates about new podcast episodes, relevant music industry insights, and marketing materials related to Rethink Next’s programs, events, and initiatives. This helps drive engagement with our content and introduce you to valuable resources offered by Rethink Next.
◦ Consent: By subscribing to our newsletter, you are providing explicit consent for us to send you these communications. You can easily unsubscribe at any time using the “unsubscribe” link provided in every email.
• Comments (If Enabled):
◦ Data Collected: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
◦ An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
• Media (For Site Administrators Only):
◦ Note: This website does not generally permit users to upload media. If site administrators upload images to the website, they should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from publicly accessible images on the website.
• Cookies:
◦ If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
◦ If you visit our login page (for administrators or registered users, if applicable), we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
◦ When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
◦ If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
• Embedded Content from Other Websites:
◦ Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, audio players, images, articles, etc.) from platforms like YouTube, Spotify, Acast, and others. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
◦ These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Our privacy policy does not apply to these third-party websites. We encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.

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Who We Share Your Data With
We want to make it unequivocally clear: We will NOT sell, rent, or lease your personal data to any third parties for their marketing purposes.
Your data may be shared with trusted third-party service providers solely for the operation of our website and services, such as:
• Website hosting providers [e.g., as implied by general website operation].
• Email marketing platforms to send our newsletters [user’s prompt].
• Spam detection services for comments.
• If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
These third parties are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was provided.

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How Long We Retain Your Data
• Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
• Registered Users (if any): For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
• Newsletter Subscribers: Your email address and name (if provided) for the newsletter will be retained as long as you remain subscribed. Upon unsubscribing, your data will be removed from our mailing list.

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What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, or subscribed to our newsletter, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
• Right to Access: You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
• Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Erasure: You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
• Right to Object/Unsubscribe: For newsletter subscriptions, you can object to receiving further communications and unsubscribe at any time via the link in our emails.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

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Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

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Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via the Rethink Next website at RethinkNext.com.