Millennium of Music

The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.

Privacy Policy

Who we are

Millennium of Music is the world's longest running program featuring early music.

This public radio program features the sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach. Learn more about the story of the program here.

Our website address is: https://www.millenniumofmusic.com.

This privacy policy applies to the Millennium of Music website (hereby referred to as "Website") that was created by RADman Productions (hereby referred to as "Service Provider"). This service is intended for use "AS IS".

Cookies

You may browse most pages on our Website without any need to create an account. Thanks to our many generous sponsors, we even have many musical programs which are available to hear for free. with no subscription required.

However, the bulk of our programs are reserved for our special contributing subscribers. If you become a subscriber, you will create an account with us, and you will need to log in when you wish to listen to these reserved programs.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Embedded content from other websites

Occasionally, articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Please note that our Website utilizes third-party services that have their own Privacy Policy about handling data. Below are the links to the Privacy Policies of the third-party service providers used by the Website, along with a brief explanation of why we use each service:

  • Akismet: processes submissions on our contact form to capture spam.

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS): hosts the sound files for our music programs.

  • Authorize.net: our secure, third-party credit card processor which handles subscriber contributions and other donations. In order to process credit card payments, this service does require the expected PII (personally identifable information) such as name, email, address, and credit card number. We do not use this data for anything other than communicating directly with these visitors and processing the transactions initiated by these visitors.

  • Cloudflare and Cloudflare Bot Management: help ensure that our Website loads quickly and reliably, and help reduce interference from malicious third-party bots.

  • Flywheel (owned by WPEngine): The core software for our Website is WordPress, and Flywheel, our U.S.-based web host, specializes in hosting high-performance WordPress websites.

  • MailChimp: hosts and sends our free, opt-in newsletter. We only send this newsletter to visitors who sign up for it and/or join as a contributing subscriber, and all recipients can unsubscribe at any time. In order to receive this newsletter, a visitor must provide their email address, and optionally their name.

  • Piwiks PRO Analytics Suite: a more privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics, this tool gathers anonymized visitor data that we use to help improve our service. We do not sell this data, nor do we use it to serve any third-party ads.

  • WordFence: this security service helps block malicious traffic and keep our Website code up-to-date.

How long we retain your data

If you send us a message, your message and its metadata are retained indefinitely.

For users that register on our website as subscribers, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

For security reasons, we also store the activity of registered users on our Website while they are logged in, using the third-party plugin WP Activity Log. This data is not sold or used for marketing in any way, and is generally retained for less than a year. Its sole purpose is to aid us in detecting and preventing malicious activity.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left us messages through our contact form, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Changes

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. The Service Provider will notify you of any changes to the Privacy Policy by updating this page with the new Privacy Policy. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes, as continued use is deemed approval of all changes.

This privacy policy is effective as of 2024-07-16.

Your Consent

By using the Website, you are consenting to the processing of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy now and as amended by us.

Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding privacy while using the Website, or have questions about the practices, please contact us.