Privacy Policy

At Typatone, accessible from www.typatone.org, the privacy of our visitors is one of our primary priorities. This Privacy Policy document contains comprehensive information regarding the types of data collected, recorded, and processed by Typatone, and explains how we use and safeguard that information.

1. Information We Collect

Typatone is an interactive musical typewriter and audio composition application. The text you type into the composer is processed locally in real-time within your web browser using the Web Audio API and HTML5 Canvas. We do not store or transmit keystrokes or unsaved compositions to our servers while you type.

We collect information in the following situations:

• Shared Compositions: When you voluntarily choose to share a musical message by clicking "Share", the text of your composition, chosen sound voice (e.g., Natural, Sustain, Beeps, Spooky, Boards, Flutter), and tempo playback speed are stored in our secure database with a randomized alphanumeric identifier to generate your shareable link and QR code.
• Log Data: Like most web applications, our servers automatically record standard technical information when you access our site, including IP address, browser type and version, referring/exit URLs, operating system, date/time stamps, and request latency. This log data is used solely for systems administration, security defense, and infrastructure diagnostics.
• Contact Information: If you contact us directly at support@typatone.org or via our Contact Form, we receive your name, email address, message contents, and any attachments you provide.

2. Cookies and Web Beacons

Typatone uses standard cookies and browser local storage to enhance user experience. Local storage is used to remember your audio volume preference and playback state across sessions without tracking your identity.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser settings. Detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective official websites.

3. Google AdSense & DoubleClick DART Cookies

Google is one of the third-party vendors on our site. Google uses cookies, specifically DART cookies, to serve advertisements to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.typatone.org and other sites on the Internet.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• Alternatively, visitors can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting AboutAds.info Choices or the Network Advertising Initiative.

4. Advertising Partners & Third-Party Privacy Policies

Our advertising partners may use cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Typatone, which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Please note that Typatone has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers. We advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information, including instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices.

5. GDPR Data Protection Rights (European Economic Area)

If you reside within the European Economic Area (EEA), you are entitled to certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data or shared messages under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@typatone.org.

6. CCPA / CPRA Privacy Rights (California Residents)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), California consumers have the right to:

• Request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
• Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business collected.
• Request that a business that sells or shares a consumer's personal data, not sell or share the consumer's personal data. Typatone does NOT sell personal information.

To exercise any of these California privacy rights, please submit a request to support@typatone.org.

7. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important to us. Typatone does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that your child has provided personal information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

8. Data Security and Retention

We implement industry-standard technical and organizational security measures to protect stored shared compositions and technical logs against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Shared compositions are retained for accessibility by recipients and may be purged periodically if inactive.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page with an updated effective date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to reach out to us: