This site is run by Reece Hallum (liminl.), an independent songwriter and producer based in Aotearoa New Zealand. This page explains what personal information I collect through liminl.music, why I collect it, and what you can do about it. I’ve kept it in plain language rather than legal boilerplate, because the whole point is that you can actually read it.
The short version: I collect the details you hand over when you email me or subscribe, plus basic anonymous analytics about how the site is used. I don’t sell your data, and I don’t send you anything you didn’t ask for.
What I collect
Information you give me. When you fill in a contact form or send an email, I receive your name, email address, and whatever you write in the message. When you subscribe to the journal newsletter, I receive your email address. You choose what to send; none of it is required to browse the site.
Information collected automatically. Like most websites, this one gathers anonymous, aggregated data about visits: pages viewed, rough location (country or city level), device and browser type, and how you arrived. This is used to understand what’s worth writing more of. It isn’t tied to your name, and I can’t use it to identify you personally.
How I use it
Contact details are used only to reply to your enquiry and, if we end up working together, to carry out that work. Newsletter sign-ups are used only to send the occasional journal email, which always includes an unsubscribe link. Analytics data is used to see which articles and pages people find useful. I don’t use any of it for automated decision-making or profiling, and I never sell or rent it.
Cookies and analytics
The site uses two analytics tools. Google Analytics sets cookies to measure traffic and behaviour in aggregate. Cloudflare Web Analytics is cookieless and collects no personal data. If you’d rather not be measured by Google Analytics at all, you can install Google’s opt-out browser add-on, or block analytics cookies in your browser settings. The site works fine either way.
Who else touches your data
A few third-party services process data on my behalf so the site can function. Each has its own privacy policy:
Web3Forms receives contact-form and newsletter submissions and forwards them to my inbox. Google Analytics (Google LLC) provides traffic measurement. Cloudflare hosts the site (Cloudflare Pages) and provides cookieless analytics. My email is handled by a standard email provider so I can read and reply to your messages. I only share your information with these providers to the extent needed to run the site and respond to you, and I don’t pass it to anyone else.
How long I keep it
Enquiry emails are kept as long as they’re useful for our correspondence or any work that follows, then cleared out periodically. Newsletter subscriptions are kept until you unsubscribe. Analytics data is retained according to the providers’ own default retention periods.
Your rights
Under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020, you can ask to see the personal information I hold about you and request that I correct it. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link in any email, or by emailing me. If you want your details removed from my records entirely, just ask and I’ll do it. To make any of these requests, email [email protected].
Security
I take reasonable steps to keep your information safe, and the services above are established providers with their own security practices. That said, no method of transmitting data over the internet is completely secure, so I can’t guarantee absolute security — please keep that in mind when sending anything sensitive.
Changes to this policy
If I change how the site handles data — a new tool, a different newsletter provider — I’ll update this page and change the date at the top. For anything significant, the current version always lives here.
Contact
Questions about privacy, or about anything I hold on you, go to [email protected]. If something here isn’t clear and you’d like it spelled out, that’s worth a conversation.