Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

mixtapekings.com is a hip-hop culture and archive platform operated by MIXTAPEKINGS & CO., a DBA of Bold View Labs, LLC, based in New York. For privacy-related questions, contact us via our contact page, select "General" as the inquiry type, and use "Privacy Request" as the subject.

2. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

• Newsletter sign-ups: When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address.
• Contact inquiries: If you reach out via our contact form, we retain your message and contact details to respond.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit mixtapekings.com, we and our third-party service providers may collect:

• Browser type and version
• Device type and operating system
• Pages visited and time spent on site
• Referring URL
• General geographic location (country/region level, not precise)
• IP address (used for analytics and security purposes)

We do not collect sensitive personal information such as financial data, Social Security numbers, or government-issued IDs.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use collected information to:

• Deliver and improve mixtapekings.com content and features
• Send the "What's Good" newsletter to subscribers who have opted in
• Analyze site traffic and usage patterns to improve the experience
• Protect the site against spam, bots, and abuse
• Respond to inquiries and support requests
• If you allow Advertising cookies: show ads on the site and measure how our own ads perform

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We only use advertising tools if you allow Advertising cookies (see Section 5).

4. Newsletter

We use a third-party email delivery platform to manage newsletter subscriptions and delivery. By subscribing, you agree to receive our newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email. Upon unsubscribing, your email will be removed from future sends.

5. Cookies

mixtapekings.com uses cookies and similar tracking technologies for the following purposes:

• Analytics: To understand how visitors use the site (pages viewed, session duration, traffic sources).
• Security and bot protection: To distinguish human visitors from automated bots on forms.
• Advertising (only with your consent): To show ads on the site, including ads served through Google Ad Manager, and to measure how our own ads on other platforms (such as Google and Meta) perform.

Your Choices

When you first visit, our cookie banner lets you choose Analytics and Advertising cookies separately. Choose "Accept Selected" to allow only the categories you leave checked, or "Reject All" to turn both off. No analytics or advertising tools load until you make a choice, and advertising tools never load unless Advertising is checked.

Ads promoting our own shop products may appear on the site regardless of your choice. These are plain images and links, and they do not use advertising cookies.

You can change your choice at any time with the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link in the footer of every page, or the button below. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, we treat it as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information and keep Advertising cookies off. You can also disable cookies in your browser settings, though some site functionality may be affected.

Update Your Privacy Choices

6. Third-Party Services

mixtapekings.com uses third-party services to operate. These providers may process data subject to their own privacy policies:

Third-party services used by mixtapekings.com and their purposes

Service Type	Purpose
Email delivery platform	Newsletter subscription and delivery
Analytics provider	Site traffic and usage analytics
Hosting and edge delivery	Website infrastructure
Domain management	Domain registration and redirects
Audio content delivery	Streaming audio via CDN
Advertising and ad measurement platforms	Serving ads on the site and measuring our own ad campaigns (only with Advertising consent)

7. Data Retention

We retain newsletter subscriber data for as long as the subscription is active. Analytics data is retained per the default settings of our analytics provider. If you request deletion of your data, we will process that request within a reasonable timeframe.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data
• Opt out of analytics and advertising cookies (via our cookie banner, the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link, a Global Privacy Control signal, browser settings, or opt-out tools)
• Unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time

To exercise any of these rights, submit a request via our contact page, select "General" as the inquiry type, and use "Privacy Request" as the subject. We will respond within 30 days. California residents have additional rights described in Section 11.

9. Children's Privacy

mixtapekings.com is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If you believe a minor has submitted information to us, submit a request via our contact page and we will remove it promptly.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as the site evolves. The "Last Updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. California Privacy Rights

This section applies to California residents under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (together, the "CCPA"). It supplements the rest of this policy.

Personal Information We Collect

In the past 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:

• Identifiers: email address (if you subscribe or contact us), IP address, and cookie or device identifiers.
• Internet or other electronic network activity: pages visited, time on site, referring URLs, and interactions with the site and its ads.
• Approximate geolocation: country or region derived from your IP address. We do not collect precise geolocation.
• Communications: the contents of messages you send us through our contact form.

We collect this information directly from you, automatically from your browser or device, and from the service providers listed in Section 6. We use it for the purposes described in Section 3 and keep it for the periods described in Section 7. We do not collect sensitive personal information as defined by the CCPA.

Sale and Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell personal information for money. If you allow Advertising cookies, advertising partners such as Google and Meta may receive identifiers and internet activity from your visit so we can show ads and measure our own ad campaigns. Under the CCPA, this may count as "selling" or "sharing" personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

You can opt out at any time by using the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link in the site footer, by unchecking Advertising in our cookie banner, or by turning on a Global Privacy Control signal in your browser. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Your California Rights

• Right to know: request the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources, the purposes, and the categories of third parties we disclose it to.
• Right to delete: request that we delete personal information we collected from you, subject to legal exceptions.
• Right to correct: request that we correct inaccurate personal information.
• Right to opt out of sale or sharing: as described above.
• Right to non-discrimination: we will not deny you service, charge you a different price, or provide a different quality of service because you exercised any of these rights.

How to Submit a Request

Submit a request via our contact page, select "General" as the inquiry type, and use "Privacy Request" as the subject. To protect your information, we may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request to know, delete, or correct, usually by confirming the email address associated with your data. You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf; we may ask the agent for proof of your written permission and ask you to verify your identity directly. We will respond within 45 days, as the CCPA requires, and will let you know if we need more time.

Residents of other U.S. states with similar privacy laws may use the same methods to exercise the rights available to them, including opting out of targeted advertising.

12. Contact

For privacy-related questions or requests, submit an inquiry via our contact page:

mixtapekings.com/contact

Select "General" as the inquiry type and use "Privacy Request" as the subject. We will respond within 30 days, or within 45 days for California requests (see Section 11).