Privacy policy.

# PRIVACY POLICY - DIFFERSON OFFICIAL WEBSITE

**Differson**

**Official Company Website & Creative Services**

**Effective Date: October 4, 2025**

**Version: 1.0**

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## 1. INTRODUCTION

Differson ("Company," "we," "us," or "our"), led by CEO and Founder Jina Shim, operates as a comprehensive creative technology company. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and manage personal information across all our services, including our official website, mobile applications (Combosation, Differson Person), creative works (music, graphic art), and all associated platforms.

**Our Commitment:** We are dedicated to protecting your privacy while delivering innovative creative and technology solutions that respect your personal information and intellectual property rights.

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## 2. COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION

### 2.1 Personal & Account Information

- **Identity Information:** Full name, email address, phone number, professional title

- **Creative Profile:** Artistic preferences, creative interests, professional background

- **Business Information:** Company affiliation, project requirements, collaboration interests

- **Communication Records:** All correspondence, project discussions, and support interactions

- **Payment Information:** Billing details, transaction history, payment preferences

- **Verification Data:** Identity verification for professional collaborations and partnerships

### 2.2 Creative & Professional Data

- **Project Information:** Creative briefs, artistic requirements, technical specifications

- **Collaboration Data:** Partnership history, project outcomes, professional relationships

- **Usage Analytics:** How you interact with our creative content and applications

- **Preference Data:** Artistic tastes, technology preferences, service customizations

- **Portfolio Information:** Professional work samples (when shared voluntarily)

- **Creative Feedback:** Reviews, comments, and artistic input on our works

### 2.3 Technical & Platform Data

- **Website Analytics:** Page views, session duration, navigation patterns, feature usage

- **Application Data:** Mobile app usage, feature interactions, performance metrics

- **Device Information:** Device type, operating system, browser details, screen resolution

- **Network Data:** IP address, location data, network provider, connection quality

- **Security Logs:** Login attempts, security events, access patterns

- **Performance Data:** Loading times, error reports, system optimization metrics

### 2.4 Creative Content Interaction

- **Music Engagement:** Listening patterns, favorite tracks, sharing behavior

- **Art Interaction:** Viewing time, engagement with visual content, sharing preferences

- **Application Usage:** Feature utilization in Combosation and Differson Person apps

- **Content Creation:** User-generated content within our platforms (when applicable)

- **Social Sharing:** How our content is shared across social platforms

- **Creative Feedback:** User responses to new releases and artistic works

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## 3. COMPREHENSIVE DATA USAGE

### 3.1 Service Provision & Enhancement

- **Core Services:** Providing access to our creative works, applications, and professional services

- **Personalization:** Customizing experiences based on creative preferences and professional needs

- **Quality Improvement:** Enhancing our music, art, and technology based on user feedback

- **Innovation Development:** Creating new features and services based on user needs

- **Technical Optimization:** Improving performance, speed, and reliability of all platforms

- **Creative Curation:** Developing new artistic works based on audience preferences

### 3.2 Business Operations & Growth

- **Client Management:** Managing professional relationships and project collaborations

- **Partnership Development:** Facilitating business partnerships and creative collaborations

- **Market Research:** Understanding industry trends and creative market demands

- **Business Intelligence:** Strategic planning for company growth and service expansion

- **Quality Assurance:** Maintaining high standards across all creative and technical services

- **Professional Development:** Enhancing our capabilities based on client and user feedback

### 3.3 Security & Legal Compliance

- **Intellectual Property Protection:** Monitoring for unauthorized use of our creative works

- **Fraud Prevention:** Detecting and preventing unauthorized access and misuse

- **Legal Compliance:** Meeting regulatory requirements and industry standards

- **Content Moderation:** Ensuring appropriate use of our platforms and services

- **Security Monitoring:** Protecting against cyber threats and data breaches

- **Audit Requirements:** Maintaining records for legal and regulatory compliance

### 3.4 Communication & Marketing

- **Service Updates:** Informing users about new releases, features, and services

- **Creative Announcements:** Sharing new music releases, art exhibitions, and project launches

- **Professional Opportunities:** Notifying about collaboration and partnership opportunities

- **Educational Content:** Providing insights into creative processes and technology development

- **Community Building:** Fostering connections among users, artists, and professionals

- **Industry Leadership:** Sharing expertise and thought leadership in creative technology

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## 4. INFORMATION SHARING & DISCLOSURE

### 4.1 NO Unauthorized Sharing

We DO NOT share your information with:

- **Advertising Networks:** We do not sell data to advertisers or marketing companies

- **Data Brokers:** Your information is never sold to third-party data collection services

- **Competing Platforms:** No sharing with competitive creative or technology platforms

- **Social Media Companies:** No automatic sharing with social media platforms

- **Unauthorized Partners:** Only approved, contracted partners receive limited data

### 4.2 Limited Professional Sharing

- **Creative Collaborators:** Shared with approved artists and professionals for specific projects

- **Technical Partners:** Limited data shared with essential service providers under strict agreements

- **Professional Networks:** Relevant information shared for legitimate business partnerships

- **Industry Associations:** Aggregate data shared with creative industry organizations (anonymized)

- **Legal Requirements:** Information disclosed when required by law or court order

- **Safety Emergencies:** Data shared to prevent harm to individuals or protect public safety

### 4.3 User-Controlled Sharing

- **Creative Showcasing:** Information shared when users participate in creative showcases

- **Professional Networking:** Data shared to facilitate professional connections (with permission)

- **Collaboration Projects:** Information shared for approved creative collaboration projects

- **Public Portfolios:** Data included in public professional profiles (user-controlled)

- **Community Participation:** Information shared in community forums and creative discussions

- **Event Participation:** Data shared for creative events, exhibitions, and professional gatherings

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## 5. ADVANCED DATA SECURITY MEASURES

### 5.1 Enterprise-Level Technical Security

- **Military-Grade Encryption:** AES-256 encryption for all data transmission and storage

- **Zero-Trust Architecture:** Advanced security model requiring verification for all access

- **Multi-Factor Authentication:** Enhanced authentication for all professional accounts

- **Secure Cloud Infrastructure:** Enterprise-grade cloud security with global redundancy

- **Regular Security Audits:** Quarterly comprehensive security assessments by certified experts

- **Penetration Testing:** Regular ethical hacking to identify and address vulnerabilities

### 5.2 Creative Content Protection

- **Digital Rights Management:** Advanced DRM protecting all music and artistic works

- **Watermarking Technology:** Invisible tracking for all creative content distribution

- **Anti-Piracy Monitoring:** Continuous monitoring for unauthorized use of creative works

- **Content Fingerprinting:** Unique identification systems for all artistic creations

- **Blockchain Authentication:** Immutable records of creative work ownership and provenance

- **Copyright Enforcement:** Automated systems for detecting and addressing infringement

### 5.3 Operational Security Protocols

- **Employee Training:** Comprehensive data protection training for all staff members

- **Access Controls:** Strict role-based access to sensitive information and creative works

- **Incident Response:** 24/7 security monitoring and immediate response protocols

- **Data Loss Prevention:** Advanced systems preventing unauthorized data extraction

- **Vendor Security:** Rigorous security requirements for all third-party service providers

- **Compliance Monitoring:** Continuous monitoring for privacy and security regulation compliance

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## 6. COMPREHENSIVE USER RIGHTS

### 6.1 Data Access & Control Rights

- **Complete Data Access:** Request full copies of all personal information we maintain

- **Data Correction:** Update, correct, or modify any personal information

- **Data Deletion:** Request deletion of personal data (subject to legal retention requirements)

- **Data Portability:** Export personal data in standard, machine-readable formats

- **Processing Limitation:** Restrict how your personal information is processed

- **Objection Rights:** Object to certain types of data processing activities

### 6.2 Communication & Privacy Preferences

- **Notification Controls:** Granular control over all types of communications

- **Marketing Preferences:** Opt-in/opt-out controls for promotional communications

- **Creative Updates:** Choose which artistic and creative updates to receive

- **Professional Communications:** Control business and partnership-related communications

- **Technical Notifications:** Manage system, security, and technical update notifications

- **Community Participation:** Control participation in creative communities and forums

### 6.3 Regional & Legal Rights

- **GDPR Rights:** Full compliance with European General Data Protection Regulation

- **CCPA Rights:** Complete adherence to California Consumer Privacy Act requirements

- **International Standards:** Compliance with privacy laws in all operating jurisdictions

- **Industry Standards:** Adherence to creative industry privacy and ethical standards

- **Professional Ethics:** Compliance with professional artistic and technology ethics codes

- **Transparency Rights:** Clear information about all data processing activities

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## 7. CREATIVE INDUSTRY DATA HANDLING

### 7.1 Artistic Work Analytics

- **Creative Performance Data:** Analytics on how artistic works are received and engaged with

- **Audience Insights:** Understanding audience preferences and creative trends

- **Market Analysis:** Data on creative market demands and opportunities

- **Artistic Development:** Using feedback to guide future creative projects

- **Professional Growth:** Data supporting artistic and professional development

- **Industry Benchmarking:** Comparing performance against industry standards

### 7.2 Professional Collaboration Data

- **Project Management:** Information necessary for managing creative collaborations

- **Quality Assurance:** Data ensuring high standards in all professional deliverables

- **Timeline Tracking:** Information supporting project scheduling and delivery

- **Creative Process Documentation:** Records of artistic and creative development processes

- **Professional Networking:** Data facilitating meaningful professional connections

- **Skill Development:** Information supporting professional growth and capability enhancement

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## 8. DATA RETENTION & LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

### 8.1 Retention Periods by Category

- **Active User Data:** Retained throughout active account period

- **Creative Project Data:** Retained for duration of project plus 7 years for portfolio purposes

- **Professional Collaboration Records:** Maintained for 10 years for business continuity

- **Legal & Compliance Data:** Retained according to legal and regulatory requirements

- **Security Logs:** Maintained for 2 years for security analysis and threat detection

- **Creative Analytics:** Aggregate data retained indefinitely for artistic development

### 8.2 Secure Data Disposal

- **Certified Destruction:** Secure, certified destruction of physical storage media

- **Cryptographic Erasure:** Secure deletion using cryptographic key destruction

- **Multiple Overwrites:** Multiple-pass overwriting for complete data elimination

- **Audit Trails:** Complete documentation of all data destruction activities

- **Compliance Verification:** Independent verification of secure disposal procedures

- **Environmental Responsibility:** Environmentally responsible disposal of all hardware

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## 9. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY & PROTECTION

### 9.1 Age Requirements & Verification

- **Minimum Age:** Services designed for users 16 years and older for professional content

- **Age Verification:** Robust age verification for all account registrations

- **Parental Consent:** Required consent for users under 18 years old

- **Educational Exceptions:** Special provisions for educational and artistic development programs

- **Guardian Rights:** Enhanced rights for parents and guardians of minor users

- **Child Protection Protocols:** Immediate response procedures for child safety concerns

### 9.2 Enhanced Protections for Minors

- **Limited Data Collection:** Minimal data collection for users under 18

- **Enhanced Security:** Additional security measures for accounts of minor users

- **Content Filtering:** Age-appropriate content filtering and access controls

- **Professional Supervision:** Adult supervision requirements for professional collaborations

- **Educational Support:** Special privacy protections for educational and learning activities

- **Safe Communication:** Enhanced safety measures for all communications involving minors

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## 10. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS & COMPLIANCE

### 10.1 Global Operations & Data Movement

- **International Service Delivery:** Data transfers necessary for global creative and technical services

- **Adequacy Decisions:** Transfers only to countries with adequate privacy protection levels

- **Standard Contractual Clauses:** Legal frameworks ensuring protection during international transfers

- **Binding Corporate Rules:** Internal policies ensuring consistent global privacy protection

- **User Notification:** Clear information about all international data transfer activities

- **Local Compliance:** Adherence to local privacy laws in all operational jurisdictions

### 10.2 Regional Privacy Compliance

- **European Union:** Full GDPR compliance including data protection officer appointment

- **United States:** Compliance with federal and state privacy regulations

- **Asia-Pacific:** Adherence to regional privacy frameworks and cultural standards

- **Creative Industry Standards:** Compliance with international artistic and creative industry ethics

- **Professional Standards:** Adherence to professional service delivery standards globally

- **Continuous Monitoring:** Ongoing compliance monitoring across all jurisdictions

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## 11. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & AUTOMATED PROCESSING

### 11.1 AI Use in Creative Services

- **Creative Enhancement:** AI used to enhance but not replace human creative judgment

- **Quality Improvement:** Automated systems supporting quality assurance in creative works

- **Personalization Algorithms:** AI-driven customization of user experiences

- **Content Recommendation:** Intelligent systems suggesting relevant creative content

- **Performance Optimization:** AI-powered optimization of technical platform performance

- **Fraud Detection:** Automated systems protecting against security threats and fraud

### 11.2 AI Privacy Protections

- **Human Oversight:** Human review and control over all AI-driven decisions

- **Bias Prevention:** Regular auditing and correction of algorithmic bias

- **Transparency Requirements:** Clear explanation of AI decision-making processes

- **User Control:** Options to opt-out of automated processing where legally required

- **Data Minimization:** AI systems use only necessary data for specified purposes

- **Accuracy Standards:** High accuracy requirements for all automated processing systems

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## 12. PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES & COMMUNICATION

### 12.1 Update Procedures

- **Regular Reviews:** Quarterly reviews and updates to address evolving privacy needs

- **User Notification:** 30-day advance notice for significant policy changes

- **Clear Communication:** Plain language explanations of all policy modifications

- **Version Control:** Comprehensive versioning and change documentation

- **Stakeholder Input:** Opportunities for user feedback on proposed changes

- **Legal Review:** Attorney review of all policy modifications for compliance

### 12.2 Transparency & Communication

- **Privacy Dashboard:** User-friendly interface for managing all privacy settings

- **Regular Reports:** Annual transparency reports on privacy practices and data handling

- **Educational Resources:** Comprehensive privacy education and best practices guidance

- **Community Engagement:** Regular dialogue with users about privacy concerns and improvements

- **Industry Leadership:** Sharing privacy best practices with creative and technology industries

- **Accessibility:** Privacy information available in multiple languages and accessible formats

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## 13. CONTACT INFORMATION & PRIVACY SUPPORT

### 13.1 Privacy Contacts

- **Privacy Officer:** privacy@differson.net

- **Data Protection Officer:** dpo@differson.net

- **Creative Privacy Concerns:** creative-privacy@differson.net

- **Professional Data Inquiries:** professional-data@differson.net

- **Security Concerns:** security-privacy@differson.net

- **CEO Office:** ceo@differson.net

### 13.2 Support & Assistance

- **Privacy Help Center:** Comprehensive online privacy support resources

- **Live Privacy Support:** Real-time assistance with privacy questions and concerns

- **Professional Consultation:** Specialized privacy consultation for business clients

- **Educational Workshops:** Privacy education sessions for creative professionals

- **Community Forums:** User community for privacy discussions and peer support

- **Expert Guidance:** Access to privacy experts for complex questions and concerns

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## 14. LEGAL BASIS & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

### 14.1 Legal Foundations

- **Contractual Necessity:** Processing necessary for service delivery and creative collaboration

- **Legitimate Business Interest:** Processing for business operations and creative development

- **Legal Compliance:** Processing required by applicable laws and regulations

- **User Consent:** Clear, informed consent for specific processing activities

- **Vital Interests:** Processing necessary to protect health, safety, and essential interests

- **Public Interest:** Processing for activities in the public interest of creative and cultural development

### 14.2 Regulatory Adherence

- **Industry Standards:** Compliance with creative industry ethical and professional standards

- **International Treaties:** Adherence to international agreements on privacy and creative rights

- **Professional Codes:** Compliance with artistic and creative professional codes of conduct

- **Certification Programs:** Participation in recognized privacy and security certification programs

- **Audit Requirements:** Regular third-party audits of privacy practices and compliance

- **Continuous Improvement:** Ongoing enhancement of privacy practices based on regulatory developments

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## 15. ACKNOWLEDGMENT & COMMITMENT

By using Differson's official website and services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to this comprehensive Privacy Policy. You understand how your information is collected, used, protected, and managed by Differson across all our creative and technical services.

**Our Commitment to You:**

- **Privacy by Design:** Privacy considerations integrated into all services from inception

- **Transparency:** Clear, honest communication about all data practices

- **User Control:** Meaningful choices and control over your personal information

- **Security Excellence:** Industry-leading security measures protecting your data

- **Continuous Improvement:** Ongoing enhancement of privacy protections and user rights

- **Ethical Leadership:** Setting high standards for privacy in the creative technology industry

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**CEO: Jina Shim**

**"Privacy by Design, Creativity by Choice, Security by Default"**

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*For detailed privacy questions or concerns, please contact our Privacy Officer at privacy@differson.net. We are committed to addressing all privacy inquiries promptly and comprehensively.*