This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website, interact with our music library, or otherwise engage with our services. We're serious about music, serious about data, and serious about protecting both.

If youre here, you probably value your privacy. Good. So do we.

1. What We Collect

We collect only the essentials, including:

• Usage Data: IP address, browser info, device type, pages visited, and interaction timestamps.
• Account Info (if applicable): Name, email, preferences, and any submitted content.
• Cookies & Tracking Data: Details below in our Cookie Policy.

We dont collect anything that doesnt serve a purpose. No fluff. No unnecessary surveillance.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If youre underage, this isnt your case file.

2. How We Use Your Data

We use your data to:

• Maintain and improve the site.
• Ensure security and protect intellectual property.
• Analyze how the site is used to fine-tune performance.
• Respond to support or privacy-related inquiries.

We do not sell or share your personal data for profit. Period.

3. Who Can Access Your Data

Access is strictly limited:

• Internal Staff & Developers Only on a need-to-know basis.
• Third-Party Providers Like analytics or hosting services (under contract and bound by confidentiality).
• Legal Authorities Only if compelled by law or in response to malicious activity.

We keep our allies close and your data even closer.

4. How We Protect Your Data

We use encryption, firewalls, limited-access protocols, and regular audits. No system is 100%bulletproof, but we take data defense seriously. If a breach ever occurs, well notify affected users as swiftly and transparently as possible.

5. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to:

• Access, update, or delete your data.
• Request restriction or objection to processing.
• Opt out of non-essential cookies.
• Be forgotten (well honor that request unless legally required otherwise).

Reach out to us at admin@cutslikeaknife.net and well get on the case.

6. Third-Party Links

We may link to other sitesdocumentaries, artist pages, forensic blogs, etc. Were not responsible for their practices once you exit our site. Their crime scenes, their rules.

7. Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small files placed on your device that help the site function properly and gather usage data. Some are essential, some are for performance, and some track how you move through the digital crime scene.

Types of Cookies We Use:

• Strictly Necessary CookiesThese are mission-critical for things like site navigation and login sessions. Disabling them may break the experience.
• Performance & Analytics CookiesThese help us understand how users interact with the sitewhat music you explore, how long you stay, what pages are cold cases. We use tools like Google Analytics (with anonymized IP settings).
• Preference CookiesThese remember settings like dark mode, preferred views, or your last playlist search.
• No Advertising CookiesThis site does not run third-party ads. No creepy retargeting, no suspicious banners.
• How to Control CookiesYou can control or delete cookies via your browser settings. You may also see a cookie consent prompt when visiting the site. Youre free to decline non-essential cookiesno hard feelings.
• Want to opt out? Adjust your browser settings or send a request to admin@cutslikeaknife.net.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. For major changes, well let you know right on the site.

9. Contact

Got questions? Need your data removed? Notice something that feels...off?

Reach out to the team at:

admin@cutslikeaknife.net

Subject line: [Privacy Request] or [Cookie Concern]

We're not ghosts. Well respond.

Cut the noise. Keep it sharp. Respect the data.