Privacy Policy

Effective Date: February 18, 2026

Welcome to the official website of Simon Phillips (www.simon-phillips.com). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and sign up for our newsletter.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site or subscribe to the newsletter.

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1. What Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, as well as certain technical data automatically collected when you interact with our website.

Personal Information Provided by You

When you sign up for Simon’s newsletter or request tour alerts, we collect:

• Contact Data: Your email address.
• Location Data: Your Country and State/Province (only if you explicitly choose to provide this for local tour alerts).

Derivative and Technical Data (Automatically Collected)

When you access the website, our privacy-first analytics provider automatically collects technical information. This data does not reveal your specific identity but includes:

• Log and Usage Data: Service-related, diagnostic, and performance information, including an anonymized version of your Internet Protocol (IP) address.
• Device Data: Information about the computer, phone, or tablet you use to access the site, including browser type, operating system, and screen resolution.
• Location Data: General geolocation data (e.g., city or region) derived temporarily from your IP address to help us understand our global audience.

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2. How We Use Your Information

We process your personal information to fulfill our contractual obligations to you and to provide the services you requested. Specifically, we use your data to:

• Deliver the Newsletter: To send you the monthly dispatch featuring exclusive stories, news, and updates.
• Provide Localized Alerts: To send you automated, priority notifications when Simon books a tour date or masterclass in your specific location.
• Analyze and Improve the Website: To monitor website traffic and user engagement, allowing us to improve the site's design and content.
• Communicate with You: To respond to any inquiries submitted through our contact form.

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3. How We Disclose Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third-party advertisers. We only disclose your information to the following categories of service providers to facilitate our services:

• Email Marketing Service Providers: We use Mailchimp to store your email address and deliver our newsletter securely.
• Data Analytics Providers: We use Umami to process website traffic data in a privacy-compliant, cookie-free manner.

Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

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4. Tracking Technologies

To operate our newsletter and measure our website's performance, we utilize specific tracking technologies:

• Web Beacons / Pixels: Our email marketing provider uses tiny, invisible graphics (pixels) in our emails to track open rates and link clicks. This helps us understand which stories and updates our fans enjoy the most.
• Tags / Scripts: Our analytics provider uses a lightweight script (tag) on our website to count page views and button clicks. This script is strictly privacy-focused and does not store cookies on your device.

We do not use targeting or marketing cookies.

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5. International Data Transfers

Because our service providers (Mailchimp and Umami) are headquartered in the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the U.S.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom (UK), we ensure your data is protected during these transfers by adhering to the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and the UK Addendum. We have executed Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) with our service providers that mandate strict European-level data protection standards.

You can view the Standard Contractual Clauses for our providers here:

• Mailchimp DPA: https://mailchimp.com/legal/data-processing-addendum/
• Umami DPA: https://umami.is/umami-dpa.pdf

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6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information for as long as you remain a subscriber to our newsletter. If you choose to unsubscribe, we will delete or fully anonymize your personal data within 30 days. However, we will maintain a minimal record (your email address) on a secure "suppression list." This is a legal best practice to ensure we honor your request and accidentally do not contact you again in the future.

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7. Security of Your Information

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect your personal information. This includes using encrypted SSL/TLS connections for data transmission and relying on enterprise-grade security provided by our cloud service partners. However, please remember that no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

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8. Your Global Privacy Rights

Depending on where you reside, you have specific rights regarding your personal data. We comply with global privacy frameworks including the GDPR (EU/UK), PIPEDA & Law 25 (Canada), the Privacy Act (Australia & New Zealand), POPIA (South Africa), and comprehensive U.S. State Privacy Laws (including CCPA/CPRA, VCDPA, CPA, CTDPA, and others).

Under these laws, you have the right to:

• Request Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Request Correction: Request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request Deletion: Request that we erase your personal data ("Right to be Forgotten").
• Opt-Out: Unsubscribe from our marketing communications at any time by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of our emails.
• Data Portability: Request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.

Note: We do not currently respond to browser-level Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals, as we do not sell or share your data for behavioral advertising.

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9. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of your data privacy rights (such as requesting to view, edit, or delete your data), please contact us at:

Email: info@phantomrecordings.com

(Alternatively, you may use the Contact Form available on our website).

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We will respond to all verified data subject access requests within 30 days.