Who we are
This web site (the “Site”), is owned and operated by Potter Analytics LLC or one of our affiliated companies (“PA” or “us” or “we”). Our website address is: https://codewithmusic.com.
Please note that this notice applies to individuals who visit our commercial web sites or otherwise interact with us as customers or potential employees via our web sites, social media, or at events.
Our educational technology web sites, such as codewithmusic.com, are not intended for use by minors below the age of 13 unless accompanied by an adult.
This notice does not cover other organizations’ web sites that may be accessible via links on our web sites. These sites may have their own privacy policies and we encourage you to read them.
PA is a educational technology organization. We follow all privacy laws and regulations that are applicable to our company and our services in the areas where we do business. You agree that by accessing our web sites or otherwise providing your personal information to PA, you accept this notice. It is your responsibility to fully read through this notice. If you do not agree to this notice, you may not access our web sites or otherwise provide your personal information to PA.
Revisions to this Privacy Notice will be on the Site.
Please contact our Chief Privacy Officer with any questions or concerns:
Email: support@codewithmusic.com
Postal Address:
Potter Analytics LLC.
2851 W 120th Street Suite E#1807
Hawthorne, CA 90250
Privacy Notice
What is Personally Identifiable Information (PII)?
Personally Identifiable Information, or PII, is information that can identify you, or when combined with other information can be used to identify you. Depending on the service or transaction, the PII that PA collects on customers may contain the following categories:
- First name, last name, and/or initials
- Personal contact information and/or contact information at your place of business such as email address, phone numbers, or postal address
- Payment card industry data such as credit card number, billing address
What PII do we collect and how do we use it?
We collect PII, such as contact information, or payment information, in order to provide you with the product and/or service requested.
We, or our service providers on our behalf, may collect PII and other information if you access and/or submit PII on one of our web sites or interact with us at an event. You are not required to provide PII, however in order to use certain services, we must collect PII in order for that service to function properly or to provide you with additional information, if requested. In general, we collect PII if it is necessary to provide, maintain, and improve the requested service, such as PA web sites or process transactions, such as information requests or purchases. It is your responsibility to ensure the integrity of the data you provide to us. You may contact customer service to update your PII.
We limit the use, collection, and disclosure of your PII to deliver the service or information requested by you. We do not collect, use, or disclose PII that is not reasonably related to the purposes described within this notice. Your information may be combined in an aggregate and de-identified manner in order to maintain and/or improve our services.
Depending on the service or transaction, the PII we collect may include information from the following categories:
- Payment card industry data such as credit card number, billing address, etc.
a. If you make an online purchase from us, in addition to your name, we may need to collect additional payment information, which includes billing and shipping addresses and credit card data in order to process your transaction.
What other information do we collect?
We may also collect computer metadata and content to provide, improve, and maintain our products and services.
When you visit and make transactions on our web sites, we collect information without you having to enter it through the use of cookies, web beacons or other tracking mechanisms. This includes information about your experience such as your IP address, operating systems, pages viewed, and time spent. Information may also be collected automatically from you through the use of third party cookies, web beacons, and tracking mechanisms. This information is used to enable the functions of the site, as well as customize, maintain, and improve our web sites. You may disable cookies via your browser or third party mechanisms. However, some features of our services may not functional properly without them.
You can change your Web browser’s Internet preferences to disable or delete cookies, although that may affect certain functions on this site. To learn how to manage your cookies, please follow the instructions from your specific browser.
Do we use your PII to market to you?
We may market to you as a customer, depending on your location. We will not sell or give your PII to any other company not directly owned or controlled by PA.
When do we share your PII with third parties?
In general, we only share your PII in order to provide, maintain, or improve our products or services, or respond to legal requests.
- Agents/Service providers – Sometimes we hire other companies to perform certain business-related functions for us. In certain instances, we provide these companies with access to your PII in order for them to perform their functions. However, we limit that access to only information required to perform their specific function, and we contractually require that these organizations follow the same privacy and security requirements.
- Law Enforcement – In the event that PA receives a legal demand for customer data from a law enforcement agency that request will only be honored if:
a. The request complies with all laws and clearly establishes the legal need for disclosure.
b. The request is related to a specific investigation and specific user accounts are implicated in that investigation.
c. Whenever legally permissible, users shall receive notice that their information is being requested. - Payment Processing – To process any payment you send PA, a third party payment processor may require your PII to complete the transaction. Your PII will be sent to them subject to their own privacy policy.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also 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
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from 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, 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, images, articles, etc.). 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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
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.
For users that register on our website (if any), 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.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. 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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.