The Privacy Policy was last updated on December 22, 2025
1. Who we are
The website: http://www.kelsonburke.com is controlled by Kelson Burke. Social media pages acting in an official capacity are controlled by Kelson Burke. Email business@kelsonburke.com for more information.
2. What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We use contact forms to collect email address, first name, and last name for the purposes of sending newsletters.
We use several third‑party services to analyze website performance, understand user behavior, and support marketing and advertising efforts. These services may collect information about your device, browsing activity, and interactions with our website. The categories of data collected may include IP address, device identifiers, browser type, pages visited, time spent on pages, referral sources, and engagement with links or embedded content. These tools may also use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies to track your activity across our website and other online properties.
We do not intentionally collect health data, precise geolocation, biometric identifiers, race, religion, sexual orientation, or other highly sensitive categories. If such data is provided voluntarily via contact forms or uploads, we treat it as sensitive and will only process it with explicit consent or as otherwise required by law.
3. Comments
When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comment form, the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam. Comment content and the commenter’s name and email address are stored as part of the comment record. Comment metadata is retained for moderation and site administration. When commenting and credentials are available, 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.
4. Media
Data will be collected when submitting any form of media to websites or social media pages, Forms of media may include, but not be limited to, photos, videos, and artwork.
Users who upload images or other media to the site should be aware that uploaded media is generally public. Uploaded files may contain embedded metadata such as GPS coordinates. Do not upload photos or other media that contain sensitive personal information unless you want that information publicly available.
Images should not include medical, legal, or professional advice, or protected health information. All uploaded images should follow rules, laws, and regulations set forth by the United States of America.
5. Contact Forms
Occasionally we may use contact forms. Contact form submissions capture the sender’s name, email address, subject, and message content. Contact form entries are retained indefinitely for customer service, troubleshooting, and record keeping unless a longer retention period is required to satisfy legal or contractual obligations. Contact form data is not used for marketing unless explicit consent is obtained.
6. Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the site and improve your experience. Types of cookies used are:
- Essential cookies — required for site security, login, and basic functionality.
- Performance and analytics cookies — collect anonymous usage statistics to help improve the website and marketing performances.
- Functional cookies — remember user preferences and settings.
- Third-party cookies — set by embedded services such as social widgets, payment processors, or analytics providers.
Users can manage cookie preferences through their browser settings and any cookie banner controls presented on the site. Blocking certain cookies may affect site functionality. For more information, view the cookies policy here: https://kelsonburke.com/cookies-policy
7. Links and embedded content to and from other websites
We use Feature.fm smart links and analytics to understand how users engage with our music‑related content and outbound links. Feature.fm may collect information such as IP address, device type, geographic region, and link engagement metrics to provide aggregated performance insights.
Articles on this site may include links to third-party websites and embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website. Visitors are responsible for understanding the data collected by third-party websites when interacting with embedded content and links to third-party websites.
Third-party 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. For more information, Check the third-party’s privacy policy for more information.
8. Who we share your data with
We generally use analytics services to measure and analyze site traffic and performance, and to improve marketing performance. Users may opt out of analytics tracking by disabling cookies in their browser or using available vendor opt-out tools.
We use Bing Webmaster Tools to monitor website performance, diagnose technical issues, and understand how visitors find and interact with our site. Bing may collect information such as search queries, page views, and technical device data to provide aggregated insights.
We use Google Analytics to help us analyze website traffic and user behavior. Google may collect data such as IP address, device information, geographic location, and on‑site interactions. Google uses cookies and similar technologies to provide aggregated reporting. You can learn more about how Google uses data at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
We use Google Tag Manager to deploy and manage tracking tags on our website. Tag Manager itself does not collect personal data; however, it facilitates the operation of other analytics and advertising tools that may collect data as described in this policy.
We use the Meta (Facebook/Instagram) Pixel to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns, build custom audiences, and optimize ad delivery. The Pixel may collect information about your interactions with our website, including pages visited, actions taken, and technical device data. This information may be used by Meta to deliver personalized advertising in accordance with its data policies.
We use the TikTok Pixel to track website activity related to our advertising campaigns, measure performance, and build audiences for marketing purposes. TikTok may collect information such as device identifiers, page views, actions taken on our site, and technical usage data. This information may be used to deliver targeted advertising on TikTok’s platform.
Links to providers’ privacy information are available on request via business@kelsonburke.com.
9. How long we retain your data
Retention periods are determined by business needs, legal obligations, and the nature of the data:
- Contact form entries: retained until removal by the user or site administrator.
- Event data: retained for up to 2 months for website performance improvements and analysis.
- User data: retained for up to 14 months for website performance improvements and analysis.
- Comments and user-published content: retained until removal by the user or site administrator; certain copies may persist in backups.
If you wish to request deletion of your data, contact business@kelsonburke.com.
10. What rights you have over your data
You have the right to limit or disable tracking technologies through your browser settings, cookie management tools, platform-specific opt-out mechanisms, and industry‑wide opt‑out tools such as the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) or Network Advertising Initiative (NAI). Please note that disabling cookies or opting out of personalized advertising may affect your experience on this website.
You have the right to request a copy of your personal data we hold about you, request correction of inaccurate personal data, request deletion of personal data subject to legal and contractual exceptions, request a structured, commonly used, machine-readable copy of certain personal data we maintain, and, when applicable, opt out mechanisms will be provided.
To exercise any rights, contact business@kelsonburke.com. We will verify requests as needed and respond within a reasonable period as required by law.
11. Where your data is sent
Personal data is hosted and processed in the United States. We use contractual safeguards and appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect data.
12. How we protect your data
We implement reasonable technical, administrative, and physical safeguards including access controls, encryption of sensitive data in transit, regular software updates, strong password policies, and appropriate data handling. No system is perfect, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. We periodically review and improve security measures.
13. Data breach protocols
We maintain an incident response plan to detect, contain, investigate, and remediate data security incidents. In the event of a breach affecting personal information, we will notify affected individuals and regulatory authorities as required by applicable laws, describing the nature of the breach, affected data categories, and steps taken in response.
14. What third parties we receive data from
We may receive personal data about users from third parties such as payment processors, social platforms, or partners when you interact with third-party services integrated into the site. We merge and enrich data from these sources where necessary to provide and improve services. Details about specific third-party sources are available on request via business@kelsonburke.com.
15. Complianz
This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress by Complianz to collect and record Browser and Device-based Consent. For this functionality, your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. This service does not process any personally identifiable information and does not share any data with the service provider. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.
16. LiteSpeed Cache
This site utilizes caching in order to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on this site. All cache files are temporary, and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from the cache plugin vendor. Cache files expire on a schedule set by the site administrator but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary. We may use QUIC.cloud services to process & cache your data temporarily. Please see https://quic.cloud/privacy-policy/ for more details.
17. Changes to this privacy policy
We may update this privacy policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post the revised policy on this page with an updated effective date. Material changes will not be communicated, unless where required by law.
