Privacy Policy - Mad Scientific Productions

SECTION 1: PREAMBLE, SCOPE, AND DATA CONTROLLER IDENTIFICATION

1.1 Introduction and Purpose

Omniforge Holdings LLC d/b/a Mad Scientific Productions (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a Pennsylvania limited liability company, respects your personal privacy and is committed to protecting the personal data collected through your interactions with our business. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy” or “Policy”) explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, protect, and process your personal information when you visit, browse, stream music from, make purchases on, or interact with our website located at madscientificproductions.com (the “Site”), as well as any associated applications, digital storefronts, or online services (collectively, the “Platform”).

PLEASE NOTE: THE PLATFORM MAY UTILIZE EMBEDDED OR INTEGRATED THIRD-PARTY E-COMMERCE, PAYMENT PROCESSING, LICENSING, AND DIGITAL DELIVERY SERVICES TO FACILITATE PURCHASES AND FULFILLMENT. SUCH SERVICES MAY PROCESS CERTAIN PERSONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN APPLICABLE PRIVACY POLICIES AND TERMS.

1.2 Designation of Data Controller

For the purposes of applicable data protection legislation, including United States federal and state data privacy laws, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR, and other applicable global privacy regulations, Omniforge Holdings LLC d/b/a Mad Scientific Productions acts as the Data Controller responsible for determining the purposes and means of processing your personal data collected via the Platform.

1.3 Scope and Applicability

This Policy applies strictly to information collected by Omniforge Holdings LLC d/b/a Mad Scientific Productions through:

1. Your direct access to and use of the Platform;
2. Electronic communications, emails, contact forms, and support inquiries sent between you and Company;
3. E-commerce transactions, beat licensing purchases, and digital product downloads executed on the Platform; and

4. Your interactions with integrated or embedded third-party e-commerce storefronts, licensing and digital delivery services, payment gateways, customer support portals, or other service providers hosted on, embedded within, or linked through the platform. This Policy does not apply to information collected offline or by any third-party websites, applications, digital service providers, or platforms that may link to or be accessible from the Platform, except as expressly set forth herein.

1.4 Acceptance and Consent

BY ACCESSING, BROWSING, PURCHASING BEAT LICENSES, OR SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THE PLATFORM, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, STORAGE, DISCLOSURE, AND PROCESSING OF YOUR INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE PLATFORM.

SECTION 2: INFORMATION WE COLLECT

2.1 Information You Directly Provide to Us

We collect information that you voluntarily provide when you interact with the Platform, purchase beat licenses, request custom services, or communicate with us. This personal data includes:

1. Identity and Contact Data: Your full legal name, professional/artist stage name, mailing address, billing address, email address, phone number and, where separately required for tax compliance, royalty administration, or custom production services, applicable business or tax identification information.
2. Transactional and Payment Metadata: Records of digital beat licenses purchased, contract execution records, invoice history, payment confirmation codes, and selected license tiers (e.g., Basic Non-Exclusive, Unlimited, Premium Unlimited, or Exclusive). Note: Full credit card, debit card, or banking details are processed directly by our secure third-party payment gateways (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) and are not stored on our servers.
3. Licensing and Metadata Details: Performance Rights Organization (PRO) affiliations (e.g., ASCAP, BMI, SESAC), IPI/CAE numbers, publisher names, release titles, and writer splits submitted and third-party sample disclosure data for contract execution, split sheets, or sync licensing clearance.
4. Customer Support and Communications: Records of correspondence, support inquiries, licensing upgrade requests sent via email to INFO@MADSCIENTIFICPRODUCTIONS.COM, or legal dispute notices sent to Company.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you navigate through or interact with the Platform, we use automatic data collection technologies to gather technical and usage data regarding your equipment and browsing patterns:

1. Device and Network Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system, browser type, browser version, device identifiers, system language, ISP, and general geographic location derived from IP addresses.
2. Usage and Activity Data: Audio preview streaming history, beat searches, pages viewed, time spent on pages, clickstream data, digital file download logs, link clicks, referring website URLs, and exit pages.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Technical data collected via cookies, web beacons, clear GIFs, pixels, and local storage objects to enable shopping cart functionality, secure check out sessions, secure downloads, and gather site performance analytics.

2.3 Information Received from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from external third parties and service providers, including:

● Payment Processors and Anti-Fraud Networks: Verification of payment success, billing address matches, chargeback notices, and fraud risk scores from Stripe or PayPal.
● Analytics and Performance Partners: Aggregate traffic patterns and user demographic insights provided by Google Analytics or performance monitoring tools.
● Digital Distribution and Streaming Platforms: Usage reporting or identification notices regarding unauthorized Content ID uploads or digital fingerprinting matches.
● E-Commerce, Licensing, and Digital Delivery Providers: Transaction details, customer contact information, license selections, order confirmations, contract records, and digital delivery information received from third-party storefront, licensing, and fulfillment providers integrated with the Platform.

SECTION 3: HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION (LEGAL BASES AND BUSINESS PURPOSES)

3.1 Business and Commercial Purposes

Company processes your personal information for specific, limited, and transparent business purposes necessary to operate an online beat licensing storefront and protect our legal rights. Specifically, we use your data to:

1. Fulfill E-Commerce and Licensing Orders: Process and administer digital purchases, verify payments, generate or provide applicable legal contracts, facilitate delivery of digital download files (e.g., MP3, WAV, stem trackouts), and issue or facilitate purchase receipts, directly or through integrated third-party service providers.
2. Order transaction management and customer support: Process and administer orders, verify licensing details, facilitate delivery of digital assets and contracts through the Platform or integrated third-party service providers, and provide customer service, licensing assistance, or license upgrades through available support channels, including email correspondence at info@madscientificproductions.com
3. Contractual Enforcement and Legal Verification: Verify license tier compliance, enforce quantitative streaming/download usage caps, enforce credit requirements, verify sample clearance documentation, and ensure adherence to our Website Terms and Conditions.
4. Fraud Prevention and Chargeback Defense: Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions, illegal stream-ripping, unauthorized AI training/scraping, and present payment evidence to banking institutions in defense of invalid chargebacks.
5. Platform Analytics and Business Optimization: Monitor site traffic, evaluate audio streaming engagement, improve user interface design, test storefront features, and ensure audio delivery infrastructure stability.
6. Communications and Marketing: Send transactional emails (order confirmations, contract download links, policy updates) and, where permitted by law or explicit consent, promotional materials regarding new beat releases, sales, or licensing discounts.

3.2 Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR and International Standards)

Where applicable under international data privacy frameworks (including GDPR), Company relies on the following lawful bases to collect and process your personal data:

● Performance of a Contract: Processing is necessary to execute and perform the contract between you and Company (e.g., delivering beat licenses, generating custom agreements, processing payment).
● Compliance with Legal Obligations: Processing is necessary to fulfill state or federal legal duties, tax reporting regulations, accounting standards, or court orders.
● Legitimate Business Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate legal and business interests, provided such interests do not override your privacy rights (e.g., preventing fraud, protecting original sound recording copyrights, maintaining platform security, defending against chargebacks).
● Consent: Where required by law, we rely on your clear, affirmative consent to process personal data for direct marketing, optional tracking cookies, or non-essential communications. You retain the right to withdraw consent at any time.

SECTION 4: DATA SHARING, DISCLOSURE AND THIRD-PARTY VENDORS

4.1 Prohibition on Selling or Renting Personal Data

Omniforge Holdings LLC d/b/a Mad Scientific Productions does not sell, rent, lease, trade, or monetize your personal information, contact lists, or licensing data to third-party data brokers, marketers, or advertisers.

4.2 Disclosures to Essential Service Providers and Processors

We disclose your personal data strictly on a need-to-know basis to trusted third-party service providers, contractors, and vendors who perform operational functions on our behalf. These service providers are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of your data and are prohibited from using your information for any purpose other than providing services to us. These vendors include:

1. Payment Gateways and Financial Institutions: Merchant processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) used to authorize payments, process currency transfers, prevent payment fraud, and resolve billing disputes or chargebacks.
2. Digital Asset Storage and Delivery Providers: Third-party cloud infrastructure, file hosting, licensing, and digital delivery services used to store, process, and transmit digital audio files, stems/trackouts, contracts, and related purchase materials.
3. E-Commerce and Platform Hosting Infrastructure: Third-party storefront, licensing, e-commerce, web hosting, database management, and related technology providers used to facilitate license selection, shopping cart functionality, checkout, contract administration, order fulfillment, Platform uptime, and security.
4. Email and Communication Providers: Automated email dispatch systems used to send transactional receipts, contract files, and support responses.
5. Legal, Financial and Accounting Advisors: Professional accountants, tax preparers, audit firms, and legal counsel assisting Company with regulatory compliance, copyright enforcement, royalty reporting, and dispute resolution.

4.3 Mandatory Legal Disclosures and Law Enforcement

Company reserves the right to access, preserve, and disclose your personal information, IP addresses, transaction records, or communications if required to do so by law, subpoena, warrant, court order, or formal regulatory demand from state, federal, or international authorities, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:

● Comply with a legal obligation, tax audit, or statutory mandate under Pennsylvania or United States law;
● Protect, defend, or enforce the intellectual property rights, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secrets of Company;
● Investigate, prevent, or address suspected copyright infringement, unauthorized AI model scraping, audio stream-ripping, or platform security breaches; or
● Protect the personal safety, rights, or property of Company, its users, or the general public.

4.4 Business Transfers and Corporate Reorganization

In the event that Company undergoes a corporate transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, joint venture, corporate reorganization, asset sale, bankruptcy proceeding, or dissolution, your personal data, customer purchase history, and executed licensing records may be transferred or assigned as part of the transferred business assets to the acquiring or successor entity.

SECTION 5: COOKIES, TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES AND ANALYTICS

5.1 Use of Cookies and Automated Tracking

Omniforge Holdings LLC d/b/a Mad Scientific Productions and certain third-party service providers integrated with the Platform may utilize cookies, web beacons, pixels, and local browser storage objects (collectively, “Tracking Technologies”) in connection with operation of the Platform. Cookies are small data files placed on your device when you visit a website that allow us to recognize your browser, maintain shopping cart integrity, secure checkout session memory, and evaluate user engagement with our original audio catalogue.

5.2 Categories of Tracking Technologies Employed

The Tracking Technologies utilized on the Platform fall into the following core operational categories:

1. Strictly Necessary / Essential Cookies: Used by the Platform and/or integrated third-party service providers as necessary to enable basic operational functions. Such as shopping cart memory, secure checkout session memory, digital download token validation, and session management. The Platform cannot function properly without these essential cookies.
2. Functional Cookies: Allow the Platform to remember your preferences (such as audio player volume, currency preferences, or saved license tier selections) and provide enhanced, personalized features.
3. Performance and Analytics Cookies: Collect aggregated, non-identifiable technical information about how visitors navigate and interact with the Platform (e.g., audio preview plays, page dwell time, peak traffic times, broken links). We use this data strictly to optimize audio player delivery, improve site navigation, and resolve server performance issues.
4. Security and Fraud Prevention Cookies: Used to detect security vulnerabilities, prevent automated web scraping or stream-ripping bots, and verify legitimate digital file download requests.

5.3 Third-Party Analytics Services

We utilize third-party web analytics services, including Google Analytics, to help us understand how users navigate the Platform and consume audio content. These analytics providers use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about site use, report on activities and trends, and diagnose technical glitches. Google Analytics collects information anonymously and reports web trends without identifying individual visitors. You can learn about Google’s privacy practices and opt out of Google Analytics by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

5.4 User Choices and Cookie Preferences

Most web browsers are automatically set to accept cookies. You can modify your web browser settings to block cookies, clear stored cookies, or notify you when a cookie is being sent. However, if you disable or reject essential cookies, please note that critical features of the Platform, or integrated third-party services, including shopping cart retention, and digital beat download delivery, may become fully or partially inaccessible or fail to function as intended.

SECTION 6: DATA RETENTION, STORAGE AND SECURITY MEASURES

6.1 Data Retention Timelines

Company retains personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the business and legal purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. Specific retention periods include:

1. Transactional and Guest Contact Data: Retained as long as necessary to fulfill your transaction or as needed to provide you with storefront access and digital file redownloads.
2. Licensing and Transactional Records: Records of completed purchases, executed license agreements, invoices, split sheets, and payment metadata are retained for a minimum of seven (7) years following the date of purchase to comply with Pennsylvania state tax laws, federal accounting standards, statutory copyright limitation periods (17 U.S.C. § 507), and legal dispute resolution needs.
3. Communication Records: Support correspondence, legal inquiries, and dispute notices are retained for up to five (5) years to ensure administrative continuity and legal protection.
4. Usage and Analytics Logs: Technical access logs and aggregated analytics data are retained for up to twenty-four (24) months, after which they are anonymized or permanently deleted.
5. Retention periods described above apply to information maintained or controlled by the Company. Information processed or independently retained by third-party service providers may be subject to those providers’ respective retention policies and applicable legal obligations.

6.2 Data Storage Infrastructure Personal data and digital asset records collected through the Platform may be stored or processed on systems operated by the Company or by third-party service providers engaged in connection with the Platform. The geographic location of such processing or storage may vary depending upon the infrastructure and practices of the applicable service provider.

6.3 Security Safeguards and Encryption Standards

Company implements administrative, technical, and physical security measures designed to safeguard your personal data against unauthorized access, destruction, loss, alteration, or disclosure. These controls include:

● Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL): All data transmissions between your browser and the Platform, including checkout information and checkout processing, are encrypted using industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security protocols.
● Payment Security Compliance: Full credit card details are never stored on our local servers; payment data is transmitted directly to PCI-DSS-compliant payment processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal).
● Access Controls: Access to personal customer information is strictly restricted to authorized managers, employees, and contractors of Company who require such access to process orders, enforce contracts, or provide technical support.
● Data Protection and Backups: The Company and its applicable service providers may employ encryption, access controls, backups, and other technical or organizational safeguards appropriate to the systems and information they maintain.

6.4 Security Disclaimer and Risk Acknowledgment

While Company employs commercially reasonable technical and organizational security protocols to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic cloud storage system is 100% secure. Company cannot guarantee or warrant the absolute security of any data you transmit to or through the Platform, and you do so at your own risk.

SECTION 7: INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

7.1 Cross-Border Data Processing The Company is based in the United States. If you access or use the Platform from outside the United States, your personal information may be transferred to, stored, or processed in the United States or in other jurisdictions where the Company’s service providers maintain operations or processing infrastructure.

7.2 Transborder Safeguards and Legal Mechanics Where applicable law requires safeguards for the international transfer of personal information, the Company and/or its applicable service providers may rely upon legally recognized transfer mechanisms, contractual safeguards, adequacy decisions, statutory derogations, or other lawful bases permitted under applicable data protection law.

SECTION 8: USER DATA RIGHTS and CHOICES

8.1 Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction of residence (including the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, California, Pennsylvania, and other U.S. states with comprehensive privacy laws), you may have certain legal rights regarding the personal information we hold about you. These rights may include:

1. Right of Access and Portability: The right to request access to and receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you, provided in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
2. Right to Rectification: The right to request that we correct, update, or complete any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we maintain about you.
3. Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): The right to request the deletion or destruction of your personal data, subject to statutory retention exceptions (such as mandatory tax recordkeeping, copyright dispute archives, or active contract performance).
4. Right to Restrict or Object to Processing: The right to object to, or request that we restrict, the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances, such as for direct marketing purposes.
5. Right to Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on your consent, the right to withdraw such consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing conducted prior to withdrawal.
6. Non-Discrimination: The right not to receive discriminatory treatment or diminished service quality for exercising any of your statutory privacy rights.

8.2 Exercising Your Rights and Verification Procedures

To exercise any of your data privacy rights, please submit a formal written request to our Data Privacy Administrator at privacy@madscientificproductions.com

To protect your personal data from unauthorized disclosure, we must verify your identity before processing any data rights request. We will verify your identity by matching the email address and transaction details provided in your request against our internal purchase, licensing, transaction, or other records maintained by the Company or available to the Company through its applicable service providers. Authorized agents submitting requests on your behalf must provide written authorization signed by you and verify their own identity. We will respond to verified requests within the statutory timeframe mandated by applicable law (typically 30–45 calendar days).

8.3 Marketing and Communication Choices

● Transactional Emails: You cannot opt out of receiving administrative, transactional, or legal emails (e.g., purchase receipts, contract download links, policy updates, dispute notices), as these communications are necessary to fulfill our legal and contractual obligations to you and to process licensing upgrades or correspondence entirely via email.
● Promotional Communications: If you subscribe to our newsletter or promotional email lists, you may opt out of receiving future marketing emails at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of any promotional email or by contacting us directly at privacy@madscientificproductions.com.

SECTION 9: CHILDREN’S PRIVACY PROTECTION (COPPA COMPLIANCE)

9.1 Prohibition of Minors Under 13 Years of Age

The Platform is intended exclusively for adult users and is not directed to, marketed toward, or intended for use by children under thirteen (13) years of age. Omniforge Holdings LLC d/b/a Mad Scientific Productions strictly complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA, 15 U.S.C. § 6501 et seq.) and applicable global child data protection regulations. We do not knowingly solicit, collect, store, or process personal information from children under the age of thirteen (13).

9.2 Parental Consent Requirement for Minors Aged 13–17

If you are between thirteen (13) and seventeen (17) years of age (or under the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence), you are only permitted to access the Platform, or submit personal information to us under the direct oversight and express consent of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by this Privacy Policy and our Website Terms and Conditions.

9.3 Inadvertent Collection and Immediate Deletion Protocol

If we learn or have reason to suspect that we have inadvertently collected personal data directly from a child under thirteen (13) years of age without verified parental consent, we will immediately take the following actions:

1. Cancel and invalidate any pending orders associated with the minor;
2. Take reasonable steps to delete all personal information, contact records, and metadata collected from that child from systems within the Company’s control and, where applicable, request deletion by relevant third-party service providers, subject to applicable legal, technical, and record-retention requirements;
3. Revoke any pending digital download tokens associated with the purchase transaction.

If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that your child under thirteen (13) years of age has provided personal data to the Platform, please contact our Data Privacy Administrator immediately at privacy@madscientificproductions.com so that we may take swift corrective action.

SECTION 10: THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND EXTERNAL PLATFORMS

10.1 Third-Party Websites and Services The Platform may contain links, hyper-references, embedded audio players, social media widgets, interactive tools, embedded storefronts, or other integrations with third-party websites, applications, and services that are not owned, operated, or controlled by Omniforge Holdings LLC d/b/a Mad Scientific Productions. These third-party services include, but are not limited to:

● Digital Streaming Services: Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Soundcloud, Tidal, and Deezer;
● Third-Party Payment Processors: Stripe, PayPal, and regional financial gateways;
● Social Media Platforms: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter/X, and YouTube; and
● Beat Marketplaces, Embedded Storefronts, and Music Services: Third-party beat licensing and e-commerce platforms, external licensing pools, aggregators, or copyright databases.

10.2 Disclaimer of Third-Party Privacy Practices

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected or otherwise processed by Omniforge Holdings LLC d/b/a Mad Scientific Productions in connection with the Platform. Certain third-party service providers integrated with or embedded within the Platform may independently collect or process personal information in connection with their services. We do not exercise control over, and are not responsible for, the independent privacy practices, tracking technologies, data collection methods, security controls, or content of such third-party services.

Your interactions with any third-party website, application, or service, including those linked to or embedded within our Platform, may also be governed by the privacy policies, terms of use, and security standards of that specific third party. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy statements of every third-party site you visit before submitting any personal information, connecting social media accounts, or processing payment transactions.

SECTION 11: UPDATES AND NOTICE OF CHANGES

11.1 Right to Amend Policy

Omniforge Holdings LLC d/b/a Mad Scientific Productions reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to update, modify, revise, or replace any portion of this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our business operations, technological standards, e-commerce storefront features, legal or statutory obligations, or state and federal privacy mandates.

11.2 Notice of Material Revisions

When material updates or modifications are made to this Privacy Policy, Company shall provide notice to users through commercially reasonable means, including:

1. Updating the “Last Updated” date located at the top of this Privacy Policy;
2. Publishing a prominent banner or notification notice across the Platform interface; or
3. Delivering an electronic notification directly to the email address provided during checkout (where applicable).

11.3 User Obligation and Continued Assent

It is your sole responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed of our data privacy practices and security protocols. Your continued access to, browsing of, or interaction with the Platform, as well as any subsequent beat purchases, following the posting or notification of any updated Privacy Policy constitutes your binding acceptance of, and legal assent to, the updated terms and practices. If you object to any modifications made to this Privacy Policy, your sole legal remedy is to immediately cease all use of the Platform.

SECTION 12: GOVERNING LAW, CONTACT INFORMATION AND DATA INQUIRIES

12.1 Governing Law

This Privacy Policy, its construction, validity, interpretation, performance, and all disputes, claims, or causes of action arising out of or in connection with the collection, storage, processing, transfer, or protection of your personal information shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the substantive internal laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States of America, without giving effect to its choice-of-law or conflict-of-law principles that would result in the application of the laws of any other state or jurisdiction.

12.2 Dispute Resolution and Forum Selection

Any legal claim, lawsuit, dispute, or administrative proceeding arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or your personal information shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction, venue, dispute resolution procedures, and class action waivers set forth in Section 12 of our Website Terms and Conditions.

12.3 Data Privacy Administrator and Contact Details

If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy, our data collection practices, or wish to exercise your legal data privacy rights (such as requesting access, correction, or deletion of your personal data), please submit a detailed inquiry to our designated Data Privacy Administrator using the contact information below:

● Entity Name: Omniforge Holdings LLC d/b/a Mad Scientific Productions
● Attention: Data Privacy Administrator / Legal Dept.
● Email Contact: privacy@madscientificproductions.com
● Mailing Address: 436 Rittenhouse Circle, Havertown, PA 19083

When contacting us, please include your full legal name, associated email address, and a clear, detailed description of your request or privacy inquiry so that we may verify your identity and handle your request efficiently.