We are Other Minds, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and global new music community.
The website address is: https://www.otherminds.org/
By visiting and/or using this website, you accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage visitors to check this page for any changes to the Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy please contact us at:
Other Minds
55 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415.934-8134
Email: otherminds@otherminds.org
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
By default WordPress (the content management system that this website is built on) does not collect any personal data about visitors, and only collects the data shown on the User Profile screen from registered users (such as website administrators).
This site does collect personal information when a user submits one of our website forms.
We keep information submitted through our web forms indefinitely and use it solely for the purpose of contacting you for customer service purposes. We do not share or sell any personal information.
Forms
If you fill out the contact form, or another form on this site, we will collect your name, email address, phone number and other basic contact information that you enter into the form. We collect this information solely for the purpose of contacting you at your request.
If you fill out our donation form we will collect your personal contact information such as name, email, phone number and billing address. We collect this information so that Stripe may process your payment. Stripe is a secure payment gateway.
Stripe Payments
When you make a donation your payment information is sent directly to Stripe, a secure payment processor. We do not collect or store your credit card information on this website or our website servers. Stripe has its own privacy practices.
Learn more about Stripe’s Privacy Policy.
Ticket Sales
This site uses third party services to manage the sales and ticketing for shows, concerts and live events. We link directly to these third party ticketing services for the ticket purchase process. These are separate websites and they each have their own privacy practices.
City Box Office Privacy Policy
Webstore
Our webstore is built on the Shopify platform. This platform has its own privacy practices.
Learn more about Shopify’s Privacy Policy.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. All uploaded files are usually publicly accessible.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
This website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies, including those set by third parties. These include:
- Essential cookies: Required for the website to function (WordPress login, session management)
- Analytics cookies: Google Analytics uses cookies to help us understand how visitors use our site. You may opt out at any time using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
- Advertising/tracking pixels: This site uses the Meta (Facebook) Pixel, which may collect information about your visit and your interactions with our site for analytics and advertising purposes. You may opt out of Meta’s data collection through Meta’s Privacy Center.
WordPress Cookies
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.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Learn more about WordPress Cookies.
Embedded content from other websites
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.
Videos
This site contains videos embedded from third party video hosting services such as Vimeo and YouTube. These services have their own privacy practices.
Learn more about YouTube Privacy (Google) and YouTube Policies.
Learn more about Vimeo Privacy.
Audio
This site contains audio and media embedded from third party services such as Sound Cloud and Internet Archive. These services have their own privacy practices.
Learn more about Sound Cloud Privacy.
Learn more about Internet Archive’s Terms and Privacy Policy.
Analytics
This site uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics gathers information that helps us understand how visitors interact with our website, which allows us to create a better experience for our visitors.
Google Analytics may install the following cookies:
utma / utmb / utmc / utmt / utmz / ga / gat / gid
You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics browser add-on.
Learn more about Google Analytics and privacy.
Learn more about Google Privacy Practices related to partner sites.
This site also uses the Meta (Facebook) Pixel, a tracking technology provided by Meta Platforms, Inc., which may collect information about your visit for analytics and advertising purposes. Learn more about Meta’s Privacy Policy.
By default WordPress does not collect any analytics data.
Who we share your data with
By default WordPress does not share any personal data with anyone.
We use Google Analytics, a third party analytics tool. Please see the section above titled “Analytics” for details about Google Analytics, opt out instructions and links to their privacy practices.
If you sign-up for our Newsletter we will collect your email address through our Newsletter service provider MailChimp. You may unsubscribe or opt-out of any newsletter mailing at any time using the unsubscribe link in the email.
How long we retain your data
We keep contact form entries, donation form entries and analytics records indefinitely.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), 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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, 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.
If you have ever filled out a web form you may contact us to request that your information be removed from our database. All requests will be fulfilled.
If you are located in certain parts of the world, including California and countries that fall under the scope of the European General Data Protection Regulation (aka the “GDPR”), you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, like the right to request access to or deletion of your data.
European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with data protection laws based on the GDPR, you have certain rights with respect to your personal data under Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Lawful basis for processing: We process your personal data on the following lawful bases (GDPR Article 6):
- Consent: where you have provided explicit consent, such as subscribing to our mailing list
- Contract: where processing is necessary to fulfill a transaction you have initiated, such as processing a donation or ticket purchase
- Legitimate interests: for analytics and security purposes, where our interests do not override your rights and freedoms
International data transfers: Other Minds is based in the United States. When you interact with our website, your data may be transferred to and processed in the United States. Transfers to our third-party service providers (including Google, Stripe, Mailchimp/Intuit, and Meta) are made pursuant to Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission under GDPR Article 46, or other appropriate safeguards. You may obtain further information about these safeguards by contacting us.
Your rights under the GDPR include:
- Right to access your personal data
- Right to correction or deletion of your personal data
- Right to object to or restrict our processing of your personal data
- Right to data portability
- Right to withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent), without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing
- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your country of residence
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)
The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA,” effective January 1, 2023), requires us to provide California residents with information about the categories of personal information we collect, how we use it, and the rights available to them.
Categories of personal information collected in the past 12 months:
- Identifiers (name, email address, phone number, billing address, IP address)
- Commercial information (donation records, purchase records)
- Internet or other electronic network activity (browsing behavior on our site via analytics tools)
- Geolocation data (approximate location inferred from IP address)
Sources: Directly from you (via web forms, donation forms, and newsletter sign-up), and automatically through analytics and tracking tools (Google Analytics, Facebook pixel).
Business purposes for collection: To respond to your inquiries, process donations and purchases, send communications you have requested, and improve our website.
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising.
If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the CCPA, as amended:
- Right to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you
- Right to delete personal information we hold about you (subject to certain exceptions)
- Right to correct inaccurate personal information we hold about you
- Right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information
- Right to limit our use and disclosure of sensitive personal information
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising any of these rights
Please note that we do not sell any personal information we collect to any third parties. The details above are provided to inform you of your rights.
Global Privacy Control: We honor opt-out preference signals, including the Global Privacy Control (GPC), as a valid request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, as required by California law.
Contact information
Other Minds
55 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 934-8134
Email: otherminds@otherminds.org
Effective Date: May 26, 2020 | Last Revised: April 3, 2026
