1. Scope of this Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy applies to cookies and similar technologies used through the Local Nomad Music website at localnomadmusic.com.

It applies when you:

• browse public Website pages;
• use the general contact form;
• submit music for review or consideration;
• request a recording, production, mixing or mastering session;
• interact with Spotify, SoundCloud or another embedded media service;
• change cookie or privacy preferences;
• follow links from the Website to an external service.

This Policy should be read together with the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.

Independent third-party websites and applications maintain their own cookie and privacy practices. Local Nomad Music does not control cookies placed entirely outside the Website.

2. Website operator

The Website is operated under the name Local Nomad Music, also referred to as “Local Nomad,” “we,” “us” or “our.”

3. What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file or data record that a website or related service may store on or read from your browser or device.

Cookies can perform different functions. They may:

• allow a website page to operate correctly;
• remember a user’s selected settings;
• retain cookie-consent preferences;
• support form security and abuse prevention;
• help identify technical errors;
• measure how visitors use a website;
• enable third-party media players;
• support advertising or campaign measurement where deployed.

A cookie does not necessarily identify you by name. However, cookie identifiers, IP addresses, device information and interaction data may constitute personal information or personal data under applicable law.

4. Similar storage and access technologies

This Policy uses the word “cookies” as a convenient general term. The Website or its service providers may also use similar technologies, including:

• local storage;
• session storage;
• pixels or web beacons;
• software-development or tracking identifiers;
• embedded scripts;
• server-side logs;
• device or browser identifiers;
• URL parameters;
• content-delivery and security technologies.

Some technologies store information directly on a device. Others recognise a browser, record a request or transmit interaction information without creating a traditional browser cookie.

5. Categories of cookies we may use

The categories below describe the types of technologies that may be used through the Website. They do not mean that every category is active on every page or during every visit.

6. Strictly necessary cookies

Strictly necessary technologies support functions that are essential to delivering the Website or a feature you have requested.

They may be used to:

• deliver pages and distribute network traffic;
• maintain Website and form security;
• detect spam, automated submissions or malicious requests;
• remember whether you accepted or rejected cookie categories;
• maintain temporary form or session state;
• protect administrative and restricted areas;
• apply privacy and security preferences;
• support troubleshooting and service continuity.

Because these technologies are needed to provide a requested service or maintain security, they may not be switchable through the ordinary cookie-preference interface.

You may still block them through your browser, but doing so may prevent the Website or specific forms from operating correctly.

7. Preference and functionality cookies

Preference technologies may remember choices that improve the continuity or usability of a Website visit.

Depending on the Website configuration, they may remember:

• language or regional preferences;
• privacy and cookie settings;
• media-player preferences;
• interface or accessibility choices;
• previously selected form options;
• whether a notice has already been displayed.

If these technologies are disabled, the Website may remain accessible, but some settings may need to be selected again.

8. Analytics and performance technologies

Analytics technologies may be used to understand how the Website performs and how visitors move through its pages.

Analytics information may include:

• pages viewed;
• approximate visit duration;
• referring and exit pages;
• general browser and device type;
• approximate region or language;
• page-loading and performance information;
• form or navigation interaction events;
• technical errors and failed requests.

Where possible and appropriate, analytics may be configured to reduce data collection, limit retention or avoid unnecessary advertising functions.

Analytics cookies that are not strictly necessary should be used only in accordance with applicable consent and privacy requirements.

9. Embedded Spotify, SoundCloud and other media

The Website may include audio players, links, widgets or other embedded content from Spotify, SoundCloud and similar external services.

When external media is loaded, the provider may receive or store information such as:

• your IP address;
• browser and device information;
• the page containing the embedded content;
• cookie or account identifiers;
• playback and interaction information;
• whether you are logged into the external platform.

The external provider may use this information according to its own terms, account settings and privacy documentation.

Depending on the Website configuration and applicable law, embedded media may:

• remain blocked until the relevant consent is provided;
• load only after you click a player or external link;
• operate through a privacy-enhanced or limited-data mode where available;
• set third-party cookies after the media is activated.

10. Advertising, attribution and campaign measurement

The Website is not required to use behavioural advertising technologies in order to provide its core pages, contact forms, music submissions or booking requests.

If advertising, retargeting or campaign-measurement technologies are introduced, they may be used to:

• measure whether a promotional link led to a Website visit;
• understand campaign performance;
• limit repeated promotional messages;
• attribute an enquiry to a general traffic source;
• create or use audience segments where legally permitted.

Such technologies may involve identifiers shared with an advertising, analytics or social-media provider.

Where prior consent or an opt-out mechanism is required, the relevant technology should remain inactive or limited until the required preference has been recorded.

Local Nomad Music does not intend to use music submissions, private project files or studio-session materials as advertising-tracking data.

11. Session and persistent cookies

11.1 Session cookies

Session cookies normally remain active only for the current browsing session and are generally deleted when the browser is closed.

They may support temporary security, navigation or form functions.

11.2 Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies remain on a browser or device after the current session ends until they:

• reach their configured expiration date;
• are replaced by an updated cookie;
• are deleted through the Website’s preference tool;
• are removed through browser settings;
• are cleared by the user or device.

Persistent cookies may be used to remember consent choices, preferences or permitted analytics identifiers.

12. First-party and third-party cookies

12.1 First-party cookies

First-party cookies are generally set through the Local Nomad Music domain or under its direct Website configuration.

They may support core functionality, security, preferences or first-party analytics.

12.2 Third-party cookies

Third-party cookies are controlled by a domain or service other than Local Nomad Music.

They may be introduced through:

• Spotify or SoundCloud players;
• external video or media content;
• analytics services;
• spam-prevention or form-security services;
• social-media widgets;
• payment or booking integrations;
• content-delivery or technical services.

The third party determines its own cookie duration and additional processing purposes, subject to its own policies and the Website configuration.

13. Consent and other legal grounds

The treatment of a cookie depends on its purpose, technical operation and the law applicable to the visitor.

13.1 Essential storage and access

Certain storage or access may be used without optional consent when it is strictly necessary to:

• provide a service specifically requested by the user;
• transmit a communication;
• maintain essential Website security;
• record a privacy or cookie choice.

13.2 Non-essential technologies

Where applicable law requires consent, analytics, advertising, personalisation or third-party media technologies should not be activated until the visitor has made the required choice.

13.3 Consent standards

Where consent is requested, the choice should be:

• freely given;
• specific;
• informed;
• expressed through a clear affirmative action;
• capable of being withdrawn.

Continuing to browse without making a clear choice should not be treated as consent where explicit consent is legally required.

13.4 Withdrawal

Withdrawing consent does not make earlier lawful processing invalid. It should prevent the relevant optional technologies from being used in the future on the applicable browser or device, subject to technical limitations.

14. How to control your cookie preferences

Where a cookie-preference interface is available, you may use it to accept, reject or change non-essential cookie categories.

A preference interface may allow you to:

• accept all available categories;
• reject non-essential categories;
• select individual categories;
• review the purpose of each category;
• withdraw or change a previous choice.

The choice is normally stored in a necessary preference record so that the Website can remember it.

Preferences may need to be selected again if you:

• delete browser cookies;
• use a different device;
• use another browser or browser profile;
• browse in private or incognito mode;
• reset Website storage;
• visit after the consent configuration materially changes.

15. Browser and device controls

Most browsers provide settings that allow users to:

• view stored cookies;
• delete individual or all cookies;
• block cookies from specific websites;
• block third-party cookies;
• clear local storage and browsing data;
• limit tracking or cross-site activity;
• set automatic deletion rules.

The exact steps depend on your browser, operating system and device. Refer to the support documentation supplied by your browser or device provider.

Browser controls operate independently from the Website’s consent interface. Deleting a cookie may also delete the record of your previous privacy preference.

16. Global Privacy Control and opt-out signals

Global Privacy Control, commonly referred to as GPC, is a browser or device signal designed to communicate a privacy opt-out preference.

Where Local Nomad Music is legally required to treat a recognised GPC signal as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, the signal will be handled for the browser or device transmitting it.

A GPC signal may not:

• identify the user by name;
• apply automatically across every browser and device;
• replace an account-specific request where additional identification is lawfully required;
• disable strictly necessary Website functions;
• control processing performed independently on an external platform.

Additional California privacy information is provided in the Privacy Policy.

17. Effects of disabling cookies

Blocking or deleting cookies may affect the Website experience.

Depending on the technology disabled:

• cookie preferences may not be remembered;
• forms may require repeated verification;
• embedded Spotify or SoundCloud players may not load;
• some interface settings may reset;
• security or spam-prevention checks may fail;
• private or restricted features may not remain active;
• Website performance may be harder to diagnose;
• some links may open directly on an external platform instead of inside the Website.

Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent access to ordinary informational pages, although external or enhanced features may remain unavailable.

18. Cookies and personal information

Information collected through cookies may be combined with technical or interaction information.

Depending on the technology, this may include:

• IP address;
• cookie or browser identifier;
• device and browser characteristics;
• approximate region;
• Website pages viewed;
• time and date of interaction;
• referral information;
• media playback activity;
• consent status;
• security or diagnostic events.

Local Nomad Music may process this information to operate the Website, protect its forms, remember privacy choices, understand Website performance and provide permitted functionality.

Information from cookies should not be used to make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects about an artist, studio client or music submission.

For more information about data rights, disclosures, retention and international transfers, read the Privacy Policy.

19. Cookie duration and data retention

The duration of a cookie depends on its function and configuration.

Local Nomad Music aims to avoid retaining cookie identifiers longer than reasonably necessary for their stated purpose.

Relevant factors may include:

• whether the cookie is session-based or persistent;
• the purpose of the technology;
• security and fraud-prevention needs;
• the visitor’s privacy choice;
• the retention settings of the service provider;
• legal and regulatory requirements;
• whether the information has been aggregated or anonymised.

Deleting a browser cookie does not necessarily delete information already lawfully retained in a server log, analytics record or external platform account. Such information is governed by the applicable retention policy.

20. Changes to this Cookie Policy

Local Nomad Music may update this Cookie Policy when:

• the Website introduces or removes a service;
• cookie or consent technology changes;
• a new analytics or media provider is introduced;
• embedded platform functionality changes;
• privacy or electronic-communications law changes;
• the Website’s security or technical configuration changes.

The revised version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.

Where a material change affects consent choices, the Website may request that you review or renew your preferences.

21. Contact

Questions concerning cookies, consent choices or related privacy processing may be submitted through the official Local Nomad Music contact route.