Last updated: September 2nd, 2026.
In keeping with the philosophy of Dean the Mystic, we aim to collect as little personal information as reasonably necessary.
Welcome to the Dean the Mystic website ("Website"). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have regarding your information.
Dean the Mystic ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to collecting only the information reasonably necessary to operate this Website, understand how it is used, and communicate with people who voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter.
If you choose to subscribe to the Dean the Mystic newsletter, we collect:
We use this information to send newsletters and other communications related to Dean the Mystic, including information about music, releases, performances, projects, announcements, and related content.
Your first name may be used to personalize communications, but providing it is entirely optional.
Newsletter subscriber information is processed using Brevo, our email marketing service provider.
When you fill out and submit our newsletter form, the information you provide is transmitted to Brevo for the purpose of managing your subscription and delivering newsletter communications.
Brevo's services may process and store the information necessary to manage your subscription and send email communications on our behalf.
We use a self-hosted installation of Matomo Analytics to understand how visitors use the Website and to help us improve its content, performance, and user experience.
Our Matomo installation is configured with privacy-focused settings designed to minimize the collection of personal information.
Our analytics configuration is intended to:
Analytics information may include information such as pages visited, approximate geographic information, browser and device characteristics, referring information, and general information about how visitors interact with the Website.
Analytics data is stored on our server infrastructure used to operate this Website.
We do not use our analytics system for cross-site behavioral advertising, or the sale of personal information.
We do not use cookies for advertising, behavioral advertising, or the sale of personal information.
Our Matomo analytics installation is configured to operate without analytics cookies.
However, certain features or third-party services associated with the Website may use cookies or similar technologies.
For example:
You can control cookies through your web browser. Blocking or deleting cookies may affect the operation of certain websites or third-party embedded content.
We respect your right to choose whether your Website activity is included in our analytics.
You may opt out of Matomo analytics using the opt-out control provided below.
You can opt out of Matomo analytics at any time by setting the opt-out checkbox provided below.
If you opt out, Matomo will not collect analytics information about your visits through our Website.
Please note that the Matomo opt-out mechanism may use a small browser cookie to remember your choice. This cookie does not contain personal information and is used solely to maintain your analytics opt-out preference.
If you delete your browser's cookies or use a different browser or device, you may need to make your opt-out choice again.
If you subscribe to the Dean the Mystic newsletter, the information you provide through the signup form is transmitted to and processed by Brevo for the purpose of managing your subscription and delivering email communications.
The information submitted through the form may include:
We do not intentionally collect additional personal information through the newsletter signup form.
We will not sell, rent, or trade your newsletter information to unrelated third parties.
You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
Brevo provides functionality for managing subscriber consent, subscriptions, and unsubscribing.
The Website may include embedded content or links from third-party services, including but not limited to:
Embedded content is provided for the purpose of allowing you to view, listen to, or interact with media directly through the Website.
When you view or interact with embedded content, the third-party provider may receive information about your visit, browser, device, IP address, or interaction with the embedded content. The provider may also use cookies or other tracking technologies.
These third-party services operate independently of Dean the Mystic and are governed by their own privacy policies and terms.
We do not control the information that third-party providers may collect through their embedded players.
This Website is hosted by Verpex.
Like most websites, the hosting infrastructure may process certain technical information necessary to deliver and secure the Website, such as IP addresses, browser information, device information, connection information, and server request information.
This information may be processed for purposes such as:
Server logs may be retained for a limited period as necessary for security, troubleshooting, and operational purposes.
The hosting provider may process information in accordance with its own privacy policy and applicable contractual and legal requirements.
We use information collected through this Website for purposes including:
We do not sell personal information.
We do not use personal information for third-party behavioral advertising.
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information through this Website.
Visitors should not submit sensitive personal information through the Website's forms or other communication mechanisms.
Never submit social security numbers, government ID numbers, financial account information, medical informtion, or other sensitive data on our site.
We retain newsletter subscriber information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide newsletter communications or until the subscriber unsubscribes, subject to any legal or operational requirements that may require longer retention.
We may retain limited technical and server information for as long as reasonably necessary for security, troubleshooting, and operation of the Website.
Anonymized analytics data may be retained for an undetermined length of time. However, we may periodically delete older analytics or technical data when it is no longer reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect information collected through the Website against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
These measures may include appropriate server security, access controls, software updates, encryption where appropriate, and other reasonable security practices.
However, no website, server, or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
These may include, where applicable:
To exercise a privacy right or ask a privacy-related question, please contact us using the information provided below.
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests in order to protect your information.
This Website is not directed toward children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.
The Website may contain links to websites operated by third parties.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing them with personal information.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, our services, technology, third-party providers, or applicable legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the beginning of this policy.
If a significant change materially affects how we handle personal information, we may provide additional notice where appropriate.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, the information we collect, or your privacy choices, please contact:
Dean the Mystic Webmaster
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