📜 Beat Donkey Privacy Policy

 

Website: beatdonkey.com

Effective Date: 12th September 2025

1. Introduction

 

Welcome to Beat Donkey—A Stage for the Future of Music. We are dedicated to providing a free and secure platform for AI music creators. This Privacy Policy explains how Beat Donkey (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal information when you use our website, services, and any related applications (collectively, the “Service”).

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Information We Collect

 

We collect information to provide and improve our Service. The types of personal information we collect fall into the following categories:

A. Information You Provide Directly

 

This is information you willingly give us when creating an account, uploading content, or communicating with us.

Category of Data What We Collect Purpose for Collection
Account Registration Username, Email Address, Password (encrypted) To create and secure your unique creator or listener account.
Profile Information Display Name, Profile Photo, Bio, Social Media Links (optional) To establish your creator brand, personalize your profile, and connect with other users.
Content Data AI-generated music tracks, lyrics, album titles, and descriptions. To host, organize, promote, and stream your uploaded content publicly on the Service.
Communications Correspondence when you contact us via email (e.g., support, “Remove Album Requests,” or partnership inquiries). To respond to your requests and improve customer support.

B. Usage and Technical Data

 

This information is collected automatically when you access or interact with our Service.

  • Log Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring/exit pages, date/time stamps, and pages viewed.

  • Usage Data (Listeners): Search queries, tracks listened to, playlists created, and the time and date of activity.

  • Device Information: Device identifiers, screen size, and network type.

  • Inferences: Data drawn from the above information to create a profile about your preferences (e.g., genre interest) to recommend content.

C. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

 

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information.

  • Cookies: Small data files stored on your device (e.g., for login authentication).

  • Purpose: To analyze site traffic, remember user preferences, and authenticate your login sessions.

3. How We Use Your Information

 

We use the collected information for various purposes, primarily relying on the legal bases of Contractual Necessity (to provide the service you signed up for) and Legitimate Interest (to improve the platform).

  • To Provide and Maintain the Service: To operate the website, stream content, and manage your accounts.

  • For Promotion & Discovery: To feature your albums on the Beat Donkey podcast, promote your profile, and facilitate free searching/listening on the platform.

  • To Personalize the Experience: To recommend music and artists based on your usage history.

  • For Communications: To send service updates, security alerts, and respond to your requests.

  • Security: To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraudulent activities, or violations of our Terms of Service.

  • To Link to External Platforms: To provide the functionality to link your Beat Donkey profile to your artist pages on paid streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.).

4. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

 

Beat Donkey is committed to maximum transparency regarding data sharing.

Beatdonkey.com will only allow links to external websites that are directly controlled by the artist. At no point will Beatdonkey.com share – solicit or sell any of the data, albums, song or art work provided to us by the creator, producer, or file uploader.

A. Publicly Available Information

 

The following information is public and visible to all users and visitors of the Service:

  • Your Username/Display Name.

  • Your Profile Photo, Bio, and Social Media Links.

  • All Content Data (music files, lyrics, album art, descriptions) you upload.

B. Third-Party Service Providers

 

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”). They have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. These may include:

  • Hosting Providers (to store the website and your audio files).

  • Analytics Providers (e.g., Google Analytics, to track website usage).

  • Customer Support Software (to manage email inquiries).

C. Legal Requirements and Enforcement

 

We may disclose your Personal Information in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation (e.g., court order).

  • Protect and defend the rights or property of Beat Donkey.

  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.

D. Crucially: No Sale or Sharing of Private Data

 

Beat Donkey does not sell, rent, or trade your private personal information (like your email address, passwords, or non-public communication data) to marketers or advertisers. We prioritize the security and ownership rights of our creators.

Our services are free and our sponsorship to operate Beatdonkey.com comes from music platforms that wish to grow the AI Music Industry.

5. Creator Data Rights and Ownership

 

We strongly uphold the rights and ownership of our content creators:

  • Ownership: All ownership and intellectual property rights to the AI-generated music and original lyrics you upload remain entirely yours. Beat Donkey only receives the necessary license to stream, host, and promote your content on the Service.

  • Removal Right: You have the right to remove your uploaded content at any time. Simply submit a “Remove Album Request” to our support team at [Insert Support Email Address]. We guarantee the removal of your content from public view within two (2) working days of verification.

  • No File Sharing: We will never pass on the audio files or source content you upload to third parties without your explicit, separate, written consent, other than to our trusted Hosting Providers necessary to run the Service.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

 

Depending on your location (e.g., residents of the European Economic Area under GDPR), you have specific rights concerning your Personal Data:

  • Right to Access: The right to request copies of your Personal Data.

  • Right to Rectification: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.

  • Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): The right to request that we erase your Personal Data (e.g., account deletion), subject to certain legal obligations.

  • Right to Object: The right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

  • Right to Restriction: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Data.

  • Right to Data Portability: The right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization or directly to you.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address provided in Section 9.

7. Data Security

 

The security of your data is important to us. We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational security measures to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If you wish to remove your album from the platform – please email – [email protected] and our team will remove and delete all files from our records and email you to confirm this process has been carried out within 2 working days of the request being submitted.

8. Children’s Privacy

 

Our Service is not directed to anyone under the age of 16 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.1

 

9. Contact Us

 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us:

 

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

 

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We advise you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.