Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 09-Apr-2024
Last Updated: 09-Apr-2024

What are cookies?

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

Types of Cookies we use
 
Manage cookie preferences

Cookie Settings

You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the above button. This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.

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Privacy Policy

Third parties

Read how third parties tracking and embedded content works on john-5.com and what this means for your privacy rights.

Plugin: Hummingbird

Hummingbird uses the Stackpath Content Delivery Network (CDN). Stackpath may store web log information of site visitors, including IPs, UA, referrer, Location and ISP info of site visitors for 7 days. Files and images served by the CDN may be stored and served from countries other than your own. Stackpath’s privacy policy can be found here.

Plugin: Smush

Smush sends images to the WPMU DEV servers to optimize them for web use. This includes the transfer of EXIF data. The EXIF data will either be stripped or returned as it is. It is not stored on the WPMU DEV servers.

Smush uses the Stackpath Content Delivery Network (CDN). Stackpath may store web log information of site visitors, including IPs, UA, referrer, Location and ISP info of site visitors for 7 days. Files and images served by the CDN may be stored and served from countries other than your own. Stackpath’s privacy policy can be found here.

Smush uses a third-party email service (Drip) to send informational emails to the site administrator. The administrator’s email address is sent to Drip and a cookie is set by the service. Only administrator information is collected by Drip.

Plugin: Akismet

We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

Connected Third Parties

SONGKICK tour management for tour page: Privacy Policy: https://www.songkick.com/info/privacy

YOUTUBE video player cookie policy: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/faq/#toc-cookies (Google’s standard terms).

FACEBOOK’S data use policy: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other (we use Facebook for article sharing and likes on the site)

X/ TWITTER’S privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy

JETPACK cookie policy: https://jetpack.com/support/cookies/ (we use Jetpack to power a number of functionalities on the site including social media share buttons etc)

VIMEO privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy

SOUNDCLOUD privacy policy: https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy/05-2018

INSTAGRAM privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875?helpref=page_content and control your account privacy and security settings here: https://www.instagram.com/accounts/privacy_and_security/

SPOTIFY privacy policy: https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/privacy-policy/

LINKTREE Privacy Policy: https://linktr.ee/s/about/cookie-notice/

Our policy regarding children’s data

We do not intend to collect or knowingly collect information from children (person(s) under 13 years of age). We do not target children with our services.

Protecting your children online

Visit OnGuardOnline.gov for social networking safety tips for parents and youth.

Californian Consumer Protection Act and how it applies to john-5.com

john-5.com will not sell your personal information – this includes not selling personal information related to children under 16 years of age.

To find out how to access our partners policies in regards to the CCPA click to find out see how we share our data with trusted and third-party partners.