Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 4th 2025

Markpetersmusic.com (I) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit my website (https://www.markpetersmusic.com), including its subpages.

I understand the markpetersmusic.com website as an "electronic business card" and "a digitalized overview".

It is not a web shop and no goods are sold or brokered through it and no money flows through this website.

I have no motivation to collect personal data such as email addresses for the purpose of permanent

e-marketing. In the best case, I can arouse interest in music lessons and my personal music.

1. Data Controller

Mark Peters is the data controller for any personal information collected through this website. For any inquiries, you can contact me at:

Email: contact@markpetersmusic.com

Address: Wallensteinstrasse 17/17, 1200, Wien, Austria.

2. Information We Collect

a. Personal Information You Provide

When you use the contact form on our website, we collect the following personal information:

Name (if provided)
Email address
Any additional information you choose to include in your message

I use this information solely to respond to your inquiries or provide you with information about my services.

b. Automatically Collected Data

Wix, our website hosting platform, may collect certain technical and usage information via cookies and other tracking technologies. This may include:

IP address
Browser type
Device information
Pages visited

For more details on how Wix collects and processes data, please refer to their Privacy Policy.

3. How We Use Your Information

I use your personal data for the following purposes:

To respond to your inquiries and messages submitted through the contact form.
To provide information about guitar lessons or other services offered by Mark Peters Music.
To improve the functionality and performance of the website.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

4. Third-Party Services

Our website integrates third-party services to enhance functionality. These include:

Spotify: Embedded music players.
SoundCloud: Embedded music players.
Bandsintown: Events and tour dates widget.
YouTube: Embedded video content.

These third-party services may collect data through cookies or similar technologies. Please review their respective privacy policies for more information on how they handle your data:

5. Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device to enhance your browsing experience. Our website uses cookies provided by Wix and embedded third-party services. These cookies may include:

Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website’s basic functionality.
Analytics Cookies: Used to analyze website traffic and performance.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the website.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal information (e.g., email addresses) only for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiries or as required by law. Automatically collected data (e.g., via cookies) is retained as per Wix’s policies.

7. Your Rights

If you are located in the European Union, you have the following rights under the GDPR:

Access: Request access to your personal data.
Correction: Request corrections to your personal data.
Deletion: Request that your personal data be deleted.
Objection: Object to certain data processing activities.
Portability: Request a copy of your data in a structured, commonly used format.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at contact@markpetersmusic.com

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: