Effective date: November 7, 2026
1. Introduction and Website Operator
Elegant Café Sounds operates the website at https://elegantcafesounds.com. In this Privacy Policy, “Elegant Café Sounds,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the website operator.
This policy describes the information collected through the website, how it is used, the services that may process it, and the choices available to visitors. By using the website, you acknowledge the practices described here.
2. Information We Collect
When you visit the website, information may be collected automatically by our hosting, analytics, and security services. This may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, approximate location, browser and device details, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, visit timing, and interactions with site features and outbound links.
Google Analytics may use identifiers stored in cookies to distinguish browsers and sessions. The site also records an analytics event when a visitor selects an approved “Listen on YouTube” call-to-action. That event may include the destination URL, link text, current page URL and title, page path, and contextual information about the selected call-to-action.
The website does not currently offer user accounts, a public newsletter form, or a contact form. If you contact us by email, we receive the information you choose to provide, such as your email address, message, and any attachments.
3. How We Use Information
We use information to operate and secure the website, understand how visitors use its pages, measure the effectiveness of navigation and listening links, diagnose technical problems, improve content and performance, respond to communications, comply with legal obligations, and protect our rights and the rights of others.
4. Google Analytics 4
The website uses Google Analytics 4 (“GA4”), provided by Google LLC, through the global Google tag. The tag loads on website pages and is configured to measure page visits. It also receives the dedicated “youtube_click” event described above when an approved YouTube call-to-action is selected.
According to Google, the default GA4 implementation collects information such as user and session statistics, approximate geolocation, and browser and device information. Google Analytics uses IP addresses during collection to derive location information, but Google states that GA4 does not log or store individual IP addresses. GA4 may set first-party cookies, including _ga, containing a pseudonymous client identifier.
The website uses Google Consent Mode v2. Before Google tags execute, analytics and advertising consent signals default to denied. Google’s certified consent-management platform then updates those signals according to the choices of visitors who are shown the consent message. The Google tag respects the resulting analytics-storage choice. When analytics storage is denied, GA4 does not set or read analytics cookies, although Google tags may send consent-aware, cookieless measurement signals. The dedicated “youtube_click” event remains subject to the same consent state.
Learn more in Google’s Analytics privacy and data safeguards information, Google’s explanation of how it uses information from partner sites, and the Google Privacy Policy.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored by a browser. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels, tags, and device identifiers. Elegant Café Sounds currently uses the Google tag for analytics, and GA4 may place or read first-party analytics cookies. Our hosting and security providers may also process technical information needed to deliver and protect the website.
For visitors covered by the European regulations message, the website uses Google’s certified Privacy & Messaging consent-management platform to request and record choices for analytics and advertising technologies. Consent Mode v2 communicates those choices through the analytics_storage, ad_storage, ad_user_data, and ad_personalization signals. Visitors can reopen the consent message through “Privacy and Cookie Settings” in the website footer and change or withdraw their choices.
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings, though blocking some technologies may affect site measurement or functionality. See Google’s information about cookies for additional details.
6. Google AdSense and Advertising
Elegant Café Sounds uses the Google AdSense site tag to deliver Google’s published Privacy & Messaging consent message and to support AdSense review. Auto Ads is disabled, no advertisement placements have been added, and the website is not currently displaying AdSense advertisements.
If AdSense is enabled in the future, Google and other authorized advertising vendors may use first-party or third-party cookies, web beacons, local storage, and advertising identifiers to serve and measure advertisements, prevent fraud, limit repetition, and—where permitted and selected—personalize advertising based on visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on a visitor’s activity on this site and elsewhere.
If advertising is enabled in the future, the existing consent controls and this policy will be reviewed before ads are displayed. Visitors can learn about Google advertising practices and manage personalized advertising in Google’s advertising information and My Ad Center.
7. Embedded YouTube Content
The website currently provides outbound links to Elegant Café Sounds content on YouTube and does not currently load embedded YouTube players. Selecting a YouTube link takes you to a service operated by Google, where Google’s own privacy policy and account settings apply.
If embedded YouTube players are added in the future, loading or interacting with them may allow Google and YouTube to receive the page URL, IP address, device and browser information, account information if you are signed in, and interaction data. This policy will be updated if the website’s use of embedded media changes materially.
8. Third-Party Websites
The website links to third-party services, including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Bilibili. When you follow an external link, the third party may collect information under its own privacy policy. Elegant Café Sounds does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of third-party websites.
9. Data Sharing and Retention
Information may be processed by service providers that help host, secure, analyze, and operate the website, including Google for analytics. We may also disclose information when required by law, to respond to lawful requests, to enforce our rights, to investigate misuse, or in connection with a reorganization or transfer of the website or project.
We do not publish a fixed retention period because retention varies by the type of information, the purpose for processing it, configured provider settings, legal requirements, and operational needs. We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for those purposes. Data processed by third-party services is also subject to their settings, retention practices, and policies.
10. Data Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information and maintain the website’s security. However, no internet transmission, storage system, or security measure can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
11. Privacy Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or restriction of certain personal information; to object to or withdraw consent for certain processing; or to receive information about disclosures. These rights may be subject to legal exceptions and identity verification.
Where the European regulations message applies, select “Privacy and Cookie Settings” in the website footer to review, change, or withdraw your consent. You can also manage cookies through your browser, use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, and manage Google advertising preferences through My Ad Center. To make a privacy request concerning information controlled by Elegant Café Sounds, email elegantcafesounds@gmail.com.
12. Children’s Privacy
The website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13 or the minimum age required by applicable law. We do not knowingly request personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information directly to us, please contact us so we can review the matter and take appropriate action.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the website, third-party services, advertising practices, or legal requirements. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Material changes may also be highlighted on the website when appropriate.
14. Contact Information
For questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information, contact Elegant Café Sounds at elegantcafesounds@gmail.com.