Welcome to the privacy policy of guitarbuzz.com. This policy will help you understand what data we collect, why we collect it, and what your rights are in relation to it.
Latest update: June 09, 2026
Summary
Data we collect automatically
We automatically collect data from you for example when you visit guitarbuzz.com.
Registration and authentication provided directly by guitarbuzz.com
Further information about Personal Data
Managing support and contact requests
Contacting the User
Managing contacts and sending messages
Handling payments
Building and running guitarbuzz.com
Spam and bots protection
Displaying content from external platforms
Owner and Data Controller
Harmonica.com LLP dba GuitarBuzz.com, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 7400, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813 PHONE: 1-833-334-8482
Owner contact email: help@guitarbuzz.com
Type of Data we collect
Among the types of Personal Data that guitarbuzz.com collects, by itself or through third parties, there are:
Trackers
Usage Data
email address
user content
User ID
various types of Data
Data communicated while using the service
IP address
first name
last name
geographic position
coarse location
billing address
purchase history
contact info
device information
ZIP/Postal code
city
country
phone number
number of Users
session statistics
session duration
clicks
interaction events
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection. Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using guitarbuzz.com. Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by guitarbuzz.com is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for guitarbuzz.com to provide its services. In cases where guitarbuzz.com specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service. Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner. Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by guitarbuzz.com or by the owners of third-party services used by guitarbuzz.com serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through guitarbuzz.com.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data. The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of guitarbuzz.com (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Place
The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following:
Hosting and backend infrastructure
Managing data collection and online surveys
Registration and authentication provided directly by guitarbuzz.com
Displaying content from external platforms
Managing support and contact requests
Collection of privacy-related preferences
Analytics
Contacting the User
Location-based interactions
Handling payments
Managing contacts and sending messages
Spam and bots protection
Building and running guitarbuzz.com
Advertising
Remarketing and behavioral targeting
Heat mapping and session recording
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Advertising
This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on guitarbuzz.com, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside guitarbuzz.com.
For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
Services of this kind usually allow Users to opt out of such tracking. Users may learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising more generally by visiting the relevant opt-out section in this document.
Google AdSense
Company: Google LLC
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC. This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of guitarbuzz.com and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.
Google Ads Optimized Targeting is an advertising service provided by Google LLC that allows the Owner to optimize the available target audience by finding new Users who have interests, demographics or online behaviour similar to Users who have recently engaged with the Owner’s content and ads.
Users can opt out of Google's use of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects data from the Meta Audience Network with actions performed on guitarbuzz.com. The Meta pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Meta Audience Network.
Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google LLC that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on guitarbuzz.com.
Google Conversion linker is an analytics service provided by Google LLC that connects Data from the Google advertising services with actions performed on guitarbuzz.com. Depending on the setup of the service, such Data might also be used for retargeting purposes.
Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of guitarbuzz.com, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting Google’s official documentation.
Meta Events Manager is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. By integrating the Meta pixel, Meta Events Manager can give the Owner insights into the traffic and interactions on guitarbuzz.com.
This first party cookie stores various 3rd party utm-tags, for example: from the link query parameters on initial visit. UTMs are appended to URLs, and their values are stored in our first-party cookies to persist across pages and sessions for accurate campaign attribution.
Personal Data processed:
Trackers
Service provided by:
guitarbuzz.com
Building and running guitarbuzz.com
Key components of guitarbuzz.com are built and run directly by the Owner by making use of the software listed below.
WordPress (self-hosted)
Company: guitarbuzz.com
Personal Data processed: billing address +12
Guitarbuzz.com is built and run by the Owner via a CMS software (Content Management System) called WordPress.
Personal Data processed:
billing address
city
contact info
country
Data communicated while using the service
device information
email address
first name
geographic position
last name
purchase history
Usage Data
ZIP/Postal code
Service provided by:
guitarbuzz.com
Collection of privacy-related preferences
This type of service allows guitarbuzz.com to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the collection, use, and processing of their personal information, as requested by the applicable privacy legislation.
iubenda Privacy Controls and Cookie Solution
Company: iubenda srl
Place of processing: Italy
Personal Data processed: IP address +1
The iubenda Privacy Controls and Cookie Solution allows the Owner to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the processing of personal information, and in particular to the use of Cookies and other Trackers on guitarbuzz.com.
By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning guitarbuzz.com. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to guitarbuzz.com or after making a purchase.
Personal Data processed:
email address
first name
last name
Trackers
Usage Data
Phone contact
Personal Data processed: phone number
Users that provided their phone number might be contacted for commercial or promotional purposes related to guitarbuzz.com, as well as for fulfilling support requests.
Personal Data processed:
phone number
Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of guitarbuzz.com and interact with them. Such services are often referred to as widgets, which are small elements placed on a website or app. They provide specific information or perform a particular function and often allow for user interaction.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Font Awesome
Company: Fonticons, Inc.
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Font Awesome is a typeface visualization service provided by Fonticons, Inc. that allows guitarbuzz.com to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Noteflight, LLC allow users to create and share written music online.
Noteflight is committed to protecting the privacy of Users personal information. More privacy info can be found here: Education Policy Privacy Policy.
Personal Data processed:
Trackers
Service provided by:
guitarbuzz.com
SoundCloud Widget
Company: SoundCloud Limited
Place of processing: Germany
Personal Data processed: Usage Data
Soundcloud is an audio content delivery service provided by SoundCloud Limited that allows guitarbuzz.com to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Gravatar is an image visualization service provided by Automattic Inc. that allows guitarbuzz.com to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Please note that if Gravatar images are used for comment forms, the commenter's email address or parts of it may be sent to Gravatar - even if the commenter has not signed up for that service.
Unless otherwise specified, guitarbuzz.com processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. Guitarbuzz.com isn't involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.
PayPal
Company: PayPal Inc.
Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc., which allows Users to make online payments.
Personal Data processed:
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of guitarbuzz.com that Users interact with most frequently. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of User behavior.
Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later visual playback.
Microsoft Clarity
Company: Microsoft Corporation
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: clicks +4
Microsoft Clarity is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft processes or receives Personal Data via Microsoft Clarity, which in turn may be used for any purpose in accordance with the Microsoft Privacy Statement, including improving and providing Microsoft Advertising.
This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable guitarbuzz.com to run and be distributed or to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of guitarbuzz.com.
Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Company: Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a hosting and backend service provided by Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Personal Data processed:
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
Guitarbuzz.com may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by guitarbuzz.com.
The geographic location of the User is determined in a manner that isn't continuous, either at the specific request of the User or when the User doesn't point out its current location in the appropriate field and allows the application to detect the position automatically.
Personal Data processed:
coarse location
geographic position
Managing contacts and sending messages
This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.
Sendgrid
Company: Sendgrid
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: email address +4
Sendgrid is an email address management and message sending service provided by Sendgrid Inc.
This type of service allows guitarbuzz.com to manage the creation, deployment, administration, distribution and analysis of online forms and surveys in order to collect, save and reuse Data from any responding Users.
The Personal Data collected depend on the information asked and provided by the Users in the corresponding online form.
These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services to enable the Owner to take subsequent steps with the Data processed - e.g. managing contacts, sending messages, analytics, advertising and payment processing.
Data provided via online forms, managed directly
Company: guitarbuzz.com
Personal Data processed: email address +3
Guitarbuzz.com makes use of online forms that can be used to collect Data about Users.
Personal Data processed:
email address
Trackers
Usage Data
user content
Service provided by:
guitarbuzz.com
Managing support and contact requests
This type of service allows guitarbuzz.com to manage support and contact requests received via email or by other means, such as the contact form.
The Personal Data processed depend on the information provided by the User in the messages and the means used for communication (e.g. email address).
Help Scout
Company: Help Scout Inc.
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service +2
Help Scout is a support and contact request management service provided by Help Scout Inc. .
Personal Data processed:
Data communicated while using the service
Trackers
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
Grasshopper Group LLC (GoTo Technologies USA, Inc.) is used for phone and SMS communications with customers.
Data Sharing • Customer data is not shared with 3rd parties for promotional or marketing purposes. • Mobile opt-in and consent are never shared with anyone for any purpose. Any information sharing that may be mentioned elsewhere in this policy excludes mobile opt-in data. Harmonica.com LLP D.B.A. GuitarBuzz.com Messaging Terms and Conditions 1. The messaging program consists of general conversational messaging to answer questions and provide support to customers. 2. You can cancel the SMS service at any time. Just text 'STOP' to the phone number from which you received messages. After you send the SMS message 'STOP' to us, we will send you an SMS message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed. After this, you will no longer receive SMS messages from us. If you want to join again, just sign up as you did the first time and we will start sending SMS messages to you again. 3. If you are experiencing issues with the messaging program you can reply with the keyword HELP for more assistance, or you can get help directly at help@guitarbuzz.com. 4. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. 5. As always, message and data rates may apply for any messages sent to you from us and to us from you. Message frequency will vary based on communication needs. If you have any questions about your text plan or data plan, it is best to contact your wireless provider. 6. If you have any questions regarding privacy, please read our privacy policy contained in the rest of this document/page.
Registration and authentication provided directly by guitarbuzz.com
By registering or authenticating, Users allow guitarbuzz.com to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.
Direct registration
Personal Data processed: email address +3
The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to guitarbuzz.com.
Personal Data processed:
email address
Trackers
User ID
various types of Data
Remarketing and behavioral targeting
This type of service allows guitarbuzz.com and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of guitarbuzz.com by the User.
This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
Services of this kind usually allow Users to opt out of such tracking. Users may learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising more generally by visiting the relevant opt-out section in this document.
Facebook Remarketing
Company: Meta Platforms, Inc.
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects the activity of guitarbuzz.com with the Meta Audience Network.
This type of service analyzes the traffic of guitarbuzz.com, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from unwanted parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as spam or protecting it from malicious bots activities.
Wordfence
Company: guitarbuzz.com
Personal Data processed: Trackers
Wordfence (Defiant Inc.) detects the users IP address for security purposes, for example: to check against a global blacklist on their network for protection against bot attacks. No other data is transmitted to this service.
Information on opting out of interest-based advertising
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by
any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on
how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the
dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.
Further information about the processing of Personal Data
Equal protection of User Data
Guitarbuzz.com shares User Data only with third parties carefully selected to ensure that they provide the same or equal protection of User Data as stated in this privacy policy and requested by applicable data protection laws. Further information on data processing and privacy practices by third parties can be found in their respective privacy policies.
Selling goods and services online
The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.
The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by guitarbuzz.com depends on the payment system used.
Cookie Policy
Guitarbuzz.com uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the Cookie Policy.
Further Information for Users in the European Union
This section applies to all Users in the European Union, according to the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), and, for such Users, supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting information contained in the privacy policy. Further details regarding the categories of Data processed, the purposes of processing, the categories of recipients of the Personal Data, if any, and further information about Personal Data can be found in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.
Legal basis of processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Further information about retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
Therefore:
Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.
The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:
Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad including to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of guitarbuzz.com or the related Services. The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User's Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, guitarbuzz.com may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, guitarbuzz.com and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with guitarbuzz.com (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within guitarbuzz.com and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Definitions and legal references
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically through guitarbuzz.com (or third-party services employed in guitarbuzz.com), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use guitarbuzz.com, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.
User
The individual using guitarbuzz.com who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Processor)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of guitarbuzz.com. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of guitarbuzz.com.
guitarbuzz.com (or this Application)
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by guitarbuzz.com as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Cookie
Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.
Tracker
Tracker indicates any technology - e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting - that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.
Legal information
This policy relates solely to guitarbuzz.com, if not stated otherwise within this document.
