Privacy Policy
This policy explains how Damon Minchella collects and uses personal data when you visit damonminchella.it or get in touch. It follows the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and the Italian Privacy Code (Legislative Decree 196/2003, as amended).
1. Who is responsible for your data
The data controller is Damon Minchella, a self-employed musician based in Tuscany, Italy.
Email: hello@damonminchella.it
Postal address: [FULL POSTAL ADDRESS]
Partita IVA: [VAT NUMBER, if registered]
For any question about this policy or your data, write to hello@damonminchella.it. No Data Protection Officer has been appointed, because the law does not require one for an activity of this size.
2. What data is collected and why
The site collects only what it needs to answer enquiries and run the website. It does not sell personal data or use it for advertising.
Data
Where it comes from
Why it is used
Legal basis (GDPR Art. 6)
Name, email, company or artist, type of work, dates, location, message
The contact form, or an email you send
To reply to your enquiry and discuss sessions, live work or collaborations
Steps taken at your request before a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)); legitimate interest in answering messages (Art. 6(1)(f))
Details needed for an agreed job, such as invoicing details
You, when we agree to work together
To deliver the work, invoice it and meet tax and accounting duties
Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)); legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c))
Technical data: IP address, browser, device, pages visited, referring site
Automatically, when you visit the site
To run the site securely and keep it working
Legitimate interest in a secure, working website (Art. 6(1)(f))
Usage statistics
Analytics cookies, only if you accept them
To understand which pages visitors use, so the site can be improved
Consent (Art. 6(1)(a))
Your language choice
A cookie set by the language switcher
To show the site in English or Italian
Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)); strictly necessary for the service you asked for
Please do not send sensitive data, such as health information, through the contact form.
3. Cookies, embedded content and service providers
When you first visit, a cookie banner lets you accept or refuse non-essential cookies. Essential cookies, which the site needs to work, are always on. You can change your choice at any time with the cookie settings link in the footer, or by clearing cookies in your browser.
Videos and music players on the site come from YouTube and Spotify. These services may set their own cookies and collect data when you play or interact with them. They load only after you accept cookies, or after you click to play.
The site uses these service providers. Each handles data under its own privacy policy:
Provider
What it does for the site
Privacy policy
Squarespace
Hosts the website, runs the contact form, sets essential and analytics cookies
Weglot
Translates the site and remembers your language
Google Workspace
Delivers and stores email sent to hello@damonminchella.it
YouTube (Google)
Embedded videos
Spotify
Embedded music players and links
spotify.com/legal/privacy-policy
Links to other sites, such as Amazon for the book or Instagram, take you to services with their own privacy policies. This policy does not cover them.
Personal data may also be shared with an accountant or adviser where needed for tax and legal duties, or with authorities where the law requires it.
4. How long data is kept, and transfers outside the EU
Data
How long it is kept
Enquiries that do not lead to work
Up to 24 months after the last contact, then deleted
Data about agreed work, including invoices
10 years, as Italian accounting law requires (Art. 2220 of the Civil Code)
Analytics data
As set by Squarespace, normally no more than 26 months
Cookies
Until they expire or you delete them; see the cookie banner for details
Some providers, such as Squarespace and Google, are based in the United States or store data there. These transfers are protected by the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or by the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, as GDPR requires.
5. Your rights
Under GDPR (Articles 15–22) you have the right to:
Access the personal data held about you and get a copy
Correct data that is wrong or incomplete
Delete your data, where there is no reason to keep it
Restrict how your data is used
Receive your data in a portable format
Object to uses based on legitimate interest
Withdraw consent at any time, for example to analytics cookies, without affecting anything done before
To use any of these rights, email hello@damonminchella.it. You will get a reply within one month.
If you think your data has been handled wrongly, you can complain to the Italian data protection authority, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (garanteprivacy.it), or to the authority in the EU country where you live.
6. Security, children and changes
Security. The site uses an encrypted connection (HTTPS). Access to enquiries and email is protected by passwords and two-step sign-in.
Children. The site is meant for music professionals. It is not aimed at anyone under 14, and does not knowingly collect their data.
Changes. This policy may be updated if the site or the law changes. The date at the top shows when it was last revised.
Contact. Damon Minchella · hello@damonminchella.it · damonminchella.it