Privacy & Security

Privacy Policy Overview

The Artist Empowerment Platform is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This privacy policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use our service and informs you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We use your personal data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Data Collection and Use

Types of Data Collected

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our service to you:

Personal Data

While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you, including:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Phone number (optional)
• Payment information (for paid tiers)
• Usage data and analytics

Music and Content Data

To provide platform functionality, we may collect and process:

• Audio files you upload
• Website content you create
• Images and media you upload
• Integration data with third-party music services

Usage Data

We may also collect information about how the service is accessed and used. This usage data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Use of Data

The Artist Empowerment Platform uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our service
• To notify you about changes to our service
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service when you choose to do so
• To provide customer support
• To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the service
• To monitor the usage of the service
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues
• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it

Data Protection

The security of your data is important to us. We implement robust security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Security Measures

• End-to-end encryption: All data transmission between your device and our servers is encrypted using industry-standard TLS/SSL protocols
• Secure storage: Your data is stored in encrypted format on secure servers
• Regular security audits: We conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing
• Two-factor authentication: Available for all accounts to provide an additional layer of security
• Access controls: Strict internal access controls limit who can access your data within our organization

Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Data Deletion

You can request deletion of your account and associated personal data at any time through your account settings or by contacting our support team. Upon receiving your request, we will delete all personal information associated with your account from our servers within 30 days, except where we are legally required to retain certain information.

Ownership & Rights

Content Ownership

You retain full ownership of all content you create, upload, or generate on the Artist Empowerment Platform. This includes:

• Music files and recordings
• Website designs and content
• Images and videos
• Text content and descriptions
• Content generated with assistance from Agent Lee

Our terms of service explicitly state that we make no claim to your intellectual property. The unique single-file architecture of our platform ensures that you maintain complete control over your content at all times.

License to Operate

While you retain ownership, you grant us a limited license to host, store, and display your content solely for the purpose of providing the service to you. This license does not grant us the right to use your content for marketing, analytics, or other purposes without your explicit consent.

Third-Party Services

If you choose to integrate third-party services (like social media platforms, streaming services, or payment processors), their respective privacy policies and terms will also apply to your data. We recommend reviewing those policies before connecting third-party services.

Legal Compliance

Regulatory Compliance

The Artist Empowerment Platform complies with applicable data protection regulations including:

• GDPR: If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation
• CCPA: If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act provides specific rights regarding personal information
• COPPA: We comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and do not knowingly collect data from children under 13

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• Right to access: Request copies of your personal data
• Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate information
• Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data
• Right to restriction: Request restriction of processing your data
• Right to data portability: Request transfer of your data to another service provider
• Right to object: Object to processing of your personal data

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through our support channels. We will respond to all legitimate requests within 30 days.

Agent Lee Privacy

How Agent Lee Works With Your Data

Agent Lee is our AI assistant designed specifically for music industry professionals. Here's how Agent Lee handles your data:

• Agent Lee only accesses the data you explicitly share within the platform
• All interactions with Agent Lee are encrypted end-to-end
• You can control what information Agent Lee can use through privacy settings
• You can revoke Agent Lee's access to specific data at any time
• Agent Lee's knowledge comes from training on public music industry information, not private user data

Data Usage for AI Improvement

By default, we do not use your interactions with Agent Lee to improve our AI models. If you wish to contribute to Agent Lee's development, you can opt in to share anonymized interaction data through your privacy settings. This is entirely optional and can be changed at any time.