Last updated: November 2025
Website: https://digitalzelf.com
Owner: Digitalzelf
Contact: available via the Contact Page

1. 🜁 Introduction
   Digitalzelf.com is an independent artistic website created and maintained by JJ Brañas, serving as a vessel for original music, imagery, and written works.

We value privacy as an extension of silence — this website collects no personal data beyond what is strictly necessary to function and communicate.

2. 🜂 Personal Data We Collect
   This website operates under a data minimization principle. We only collect data in the following cases:

a) Contact Form
When you send a message through the contact form, your name, email address, and message are temporarily stored for the purpose of replying.
This information is not used for marketing, shared with third parties, or stored beyond the time necessary to respond.
Legal basis: Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
Retention period: Up to 6 months or until correspondence is resolved.

b) Embedded Content (YouTube, Bandcamp)
Some pages include embedded media players from YouTube and Bandcamp to share music and videos.
These services may collect data through cookies or tracking technologies if you interact with the embedded players.

YouTube: operated by Google Ireland Limited.
Bandcamp: operated by Epic Games, Inc.

When you press play or interact with these embeds, you are subject to their own Privacy Policies and Terms of Service:

• YouTube Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
• Bandcamp Privacy Policy: https://bandcamp.com/privacy

Complianz handles consent for these embeds, ensuring that they load only after user approval.

c) Privacy-Friendly Analytics (CocoAnalytics)
This website uses CocoAnalytics to understand general visitor trends (page views, referrers, device type).
CocoAnalytics does not use cookies, does not track individuals, and does not collect personally identifiable information.

All analytics data remains anonymous and aggregated.
Provider: CocoAnalytics (self-hosted, privacy-first platform)
Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR)

3. 🜃 Cookies
   Digitalzelf.com strives to be as cookie-free as possible.

• Functional cookies: None beyond those required for WordPress session management.
• Analytics cookies: None (CocoAnalytics is cookieless).
• Third-party cookies: May appear only if you interact with embedded YouTube or Bandcamp content, and only after you’ve given consent.

Complianz’s cookie banner will allow you to accept or decline third-party embeds.

4. 🜄 Data Storage & Security

• The website is hosted within the European Union.
• No third-party tracking or profiling tools are used.
• Messages sent through the contact form are transmitted via secure SSL encryption.
• You may request to view or delete any personal data you have shared by contacting us via the Contact Page (/contact).

5. 🜅 Your Rights (GDPR)
   As a visitor within the EU, you have the following rights:

• Access to your personal data
• Rectification of inaccuracies
• Erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
• Restriction of processing
• Data portability
• Objection to processing

To exercise these rights, please contact us through the Contact Page (/contact).
Requests will be handled within 30 days.

6. 🜆 Content & Site Usage (Integrated Terms of Use)
   All content on Digitalzelf.com — including music, text, images, logos, symbols, and animations — is original work by JJ Brañas unless stated otherwise.

Visitors may:

• Share links to the website or specific pages, provided credit is maintained.
• Embed public videos or tracks from official Digitalzelf YouTube or Bandcamp pages.

Visitors may not:

• Copy, redistribute, or alter any part of this website’s content without written permission.
• Use any material for commercial or promotional purposes without authorization.

External links and embeds (YouTube, Bandcamp, etc.) are governed by their respective terms.
Digitalzelf.com is not responsible for the content or data practices of those platforms.

7. 🜇 Policy Updates
   This policy may be updated occasionally to reflect new technologies or regulatory requirements.
   The “Last updated” date at the top will always show the latest revision.

8. 🜈 Contact
   For any privacy-related questions, please contact:
   via the Contact Page (/contact)
   All inquiries are handled directly by JJ Brañas — no intermediaries or automated systems.

🜂 Closing Note
“Privacy is another form of silence — the space between signals where meaning rests.”