Privacybeleid - Hikari Tracks

Privacy Policy — Hikari Tracks

Website: https://hikaritracks.com
Last updated: October 2025

Who We Are

Hikari Tracks is an independent electronic music label based in the Netherlands.
Our website address is: https://hikaritracks.com.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website or interact with our content.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized string (a hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if any) becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website (for example, as a registered user or contributor), you should avoid uploading images that include embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from such images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save 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 leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we 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 set several cookies to save your login information and display preferences.

Login cookies last for 2 days.
Screen-option cookies last for 1 year.
If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for 2 weeks. When you log out, login cookies are removed.

When you edit or publish a post, 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 edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, tracks, social posts, etc.).
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited that other website directly.

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 if you have an account and are logged in to that external site (for example, YouTube, SoundCloud, Instagram, or Spotify).

Analytics and Tracking

We use analytics tools (such as Google Analytics or WordPress Jetpack) to understand how visitors use our site.
These tools may collect anonymized data such as your IP address, browser type, and the pages you visit. This information helps us improve our content and user experience.

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking at any time by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We may also use third-party services for hosting, analytics, newsletter delivery, or spam detection. These providers are GDPR-compliant and only process data as necessary to deliver their services.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if applicable), we 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 view and edit that information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you — including any data you have provided to us.
You may 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.

Requests can be sent to: lovemusic@hikaritracks.com

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service such as Akismet.
Data may be temporarily processed on servers located within the European Union or in other regions compliant with GDPR data protection standards.

Additional Information

Data Protection
We take your privacy seriously. Hikari Tracks uses secure (HTTPS) connections and industry-standard hosting environments to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.

Newsletter and Contact Forms
If you sign up for our newsletter or submit a form, we collect only the information necessary to contact you (such as name and email). You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in our emails.

Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed toward individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors.