Privacy Policy
Effective date: November 1, 2026
This policy describes what information is handled when you read thebhaktibeat.com, how the operator uses it and what choices you have. The operator is the person or organisation running this music publication, and the words we and us refer to the operator.
Visit logs
When you open an article about a new release or a festival lineup, the server that delivers the page records a standard log entry. It can include your IP address, the time of the request, the page you asked for, your browser and device type, and the page that sent you here. We use these logs to keep the site available, to investigate faults and abuse, and to see in broad terms which news, interviews and event pages attract readers.
Cookies and similar technology
Thebhaktibeat may use cookies or similar browser storage. Some support basic functions of the pages. Others, where enabled, count audiences, remember a setting, help deliver advertising or note which link brought you to a ticket seller or a music store so that affiliate referrals can be attributed. Cookies set by outside providers are governed by those providers’ policies.
Controlling tracking in your browser
You can delete or block cookies in your browser, browse privately or add tools that reduce tracking. A do-not-track or global privacy signal from your browser is treated by us as a request to opt out, provided the analytics or advertising tools in use can read it. Blocking certain cookies may change how embedded players or other features appear.
What you send us
If you write to [email protected], we receive your email address and anything you include, such as a correction, a tip about a tour date or a note about an artist. We use it to read your message, reply, fix the article if needed and keep a record of the exchange. We do not sell your messages and will not publish your words or name without asking you first.
Interview requests and press material
Artists, managers and organisers sometimes send biographies, schedules and contact details. We use this material only to prepare coverage and to confirm facts, and we do not pass it on to unrelated parties.
Newsletters and forms
If a newsletter or sign-up form is offered, the details you enter are used for that purpose only, such as delivering the music news roundup you requested. Every issue carries a way to stop receiving it, and an email to us asking to be taken off the list works just as well.
Outside services
Publishing a music site relies on outside providers. These may include hosting and content delivery, audience analytics, advertising and affiliate networks, and embedded media such as video or audio players. They may receive technical information about your visit so that their service works, and they handle it under their own privacy notices.
How long information is kept
Visit logs are held for a short working period, after which they are erased or summarised into figures that cannot be traced to a reader. Emails are kept while they remain useful for replying, correcting a story or meeting a legal duty, and are removed once that need has passed.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights over the personal information we hold, such as seeing it, correcting it, deleting it, objecting to a particular use or taking back a consent. To make a request, email [email protected] and say what you would like us to do. Before acting we may ask for proof that the request really comes from you, and we will answer within the time the applicable law sets.
Younger readers
Thebhaktibeat is written for a general audience and is not aimed at children under 13. We do not seek out details from young listeners. If a parent or guardian finds that a child has emailed us, tell us and we will erase the message.
Security
Messages about tour dates, interviews and corrections reach a mailbox that is limited to the operator, and pages load over protected connections. Even so, nothing sent across the internet can be made perfectly safe, and we cannot promise that messages will never be intercepted.
Data crossing borders
Because the providers behind a music website may operate in several countries, information about your visit can be processed outside the place where you live, under rules that may differ from your local ones. Using the site means you understand this can happen.
Updates to this policy
This policy will be rewritten whenever our tools, our practices or the legal rules shift in a way that matters to readers. The effective date above shows when this version began, and continuing to read the site after an update means the new version applies to you.
If you are unhappy
You may take back any consent you gave us at any point; what happened before stays lawful. The Cookie Policy page lists every cookie this site sets and explains how to change your choice. If you live in the EU, EEA or UK you can complain to your local data protection authority (in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office); in Australia, to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.