Privacy | Michel Westerhoff

Website analytics

This website uses PostHog EU for website analytics. Analytics helps show how visitors use the website and which music or other content receives engagement.

The technical and usage information recorded can include:

the page or path visited;
broad acquisition information, such as an external referring domain, recognized UTM source and medium categories, and bounded campaign, creative and term tags when supplied;
browser and device information;
screen and viewport information;
anonymous device and session identifiers; and
interaction events such as music playback and destination selections.

Visitor email addresses, including those submitted through the newsletter form, are not sent to PostHog. Neither are newsletter content, share recipient information or free-form visitor content. Clicking the public Email Michel link may record the site's own public artist contact destination, not an email address belonging to the visitor. PostHog person profiles, session recordings, heatmaps and autocapture are disabled. Full external referrer URLs and unrelated query-string parameters are not recorded.

You may voluntarily provide an email address to receive occasional updates about new music. The newsletter form is processed through Formspree, and your email address is sent only after you submit the form. Newsletter email addresses are not sent to PostHog analytics. You can unsubscribe from newsletter emails at any time.

External music and social links

The website links to external platforms such as Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Beatport, Instagram, YouTube, SoundCloud and Facebook. The Trance Gems page includes a lazily loaded Spotify playlist player. Spotify receives a connection when that player loads and applies its own privacy practices. Other listed services are contacted only after you deliberately follow their links.

The share feature can use your device's native Share function, copy a link to the clipboard, or open WhatsApp or email. Sharing happens only after you choose to use the feature. This website does not receive information about the recipient.

Contact and questions

If you have a question about this privacy information, contact Michel Westerhoff through one of the official social channels linked in the footer.