Effective Date: September 22, 2026
Durango Songwriters Expo (“Durango Songwriters Expo,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when you visit durangosong.com (the “Website”), register for a Durango Songwriters Expo event, submit music, sign up for communications, or otherwise interact with us.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, how we may share it, and the choices you have regarding your information.
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of information:
When you contact us, register for an event, sign up for updates, submit music, or otherwise communicate with us, we may collect information such as:
Registration and certain other forms on our Website may be provided through Jotform, a third-party form service. Information submitted through those forms may be processed and stored by Jotform on our behalf. Jotform's own privacy practices are described in its privacy policy.
When you visit our Website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
We may collect this information through cookies, pixels, tags, analytics tools, and similar technologies.
We may use information we collect to:
We may use services provided by Google, including Google Analytics and Google Ads, to understand Website traffic, measure advertising performance, and promote Durango Songwriters Expo.
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers, pixels, or similar technologies to recognize a browser or device and to help measure advertising activity.
Depending on our advertising configuration, information about visits to our Website may be used to create advertising audiences or “data segments” and to show relevant advertisements to people who have previously visited our Website or interacted with our services.
For example, Google may use cookies or similar technologies to help us:
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies or device identifiers to serve advertisements based on someone's past visits to our Website.
You can learn more about how Google uses information for advertising and manage your advertising preferences through Google Ads Settings.
Google also provides information about its privacy practices in its Google Privacy Policy.
Our Website and third-party services used in connection with the Website may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small text files placed on your device that can help websites remember information about your visit, understand how visitors use a website, and support advertising and analytics.
We may use cookies for purposes including:
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of portions of the Website.
If Google uses cookies or device identifiers for personalized advertising in connection with our Website, you can opt out of Google's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
We may use third-party companies and services to operate our Website and business. These providers may process information on our behalf for purposes such as:
These providers may include services such as Jotform, Google, payment processors, email marketing platforms, website hosting providers, and other vendors we use from time to time.
Third-party services have their own privacy policies and terms governing their use of information.
For example, information submitted through Jotform forms may be processed by Jotform in accordance with Jotform's privacy policy.
If you submit music, recordings, lyrics, links, photographs, or other creative materials to us, we may use those materials for the purposes for which they were submitted, including consideration for listening sessions, showcases, event programming, or other Expo-related activities.
We may share submitted materials with appropriate Durango Songwriters Expo staff, moderators, mentors, panelists, industry professionals, or other individuals involved in the relevant Expo activity when necessary to provide the service or opportunity for which the material was submitted.
Submitting music or other creative material does not by itself grant Durango Songwriters Expo ownership of your copyright or other intellectual property rights. Any additional rights or permissions associated with a particular submission will be governed by the terms applicable to that submission or activity.
If you sign up to receive Durango Songwriters Expo updates, we may use your email address to send information about upcoming events, registration, programs, announcements, and other relevant news.
You may unsubscribe from promotional email communications at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism included in the applicable email or by contacting us directly.
We may continue to send transactional or administrative communications when necessary to provide services you have requested, such as information relating to an event for which you have registered.
We do not sell your personal information for money.
We may share information with:
We may also share aggregated or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify individual users.
Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information.
You may also:
If you have submitted information through a third-party service such as Jotform, we may need to work with that service to process certain requests relating to the information stored through its platform.
The Website and Durango Songwriters Expo are not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps.
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites, including event venues, registration services, social media platforms, transportation services, and other websites.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites before providing personal information.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices, services, technology, or applicable laws.
When we make changes, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Website after an updated Privacy Policy is posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy to the extent permitted by law.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:
Durango Songwriters Expo
Email: info@durangosong.com
Website: https://www.durangosong.com
You may also contact us regarding requests concerning your personal information or to opt out of promotional communications.
Additional information about Google advertising
Google provides controls that allow users to manage personalized advertising. You can review and change your advertising preferences through Google Ads Settings.
Google's advertising policies require advertisers using website visitor data for advertising purposes to disclose the use of data for online advertising, the role of third-party vendors such as Google, the use of cookies or device identifiers for advertising, and available opt-out mechanisms. This Privacy Policy is intended to provide those disclosures where applicable.