Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Mziqi.com

Last Updated: August 17, 2025

Welcome to Mziqi.com (“Mziqi,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a platform offering free music downloads, DJ mixes, and user-uploaded music content, focusing on African genres like Afrobeat, Bongo, Gospel, Amapiano, Afropop, Highlife, Hiplife, Hausa, Singeli, and more. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and process your data when you use Mziqi.com (the “Website”), our mobile apps, and related services (collectively, the “Platform”). This policy includes our Cookie Policy, which details our use of cookies and similar technologies.

Please read this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions to understand our data practices. If you disagree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Platform. For questions, contact us at [insert contact email].

Who Controls Your Data

Mziqi determines the purposes and means of processing your data. We comply with applicable data protection laws, including GDPR where relevant, to ensure your data is protected. We may process data based on your consent, contractual necessity, or legitimate interests, as outlined below.

Legal Basis for Data Processing

We process your data under the following legal bases:

  • Consent: For personalized content, advertising, or optional features (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
  • Contractual Necessity: To provide and maintain Platform services (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
  • Legitimate Interests: For improving the Platform, security, or analytics, balanced against your rights (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
  • Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR).

Personal Data We Collect

We collect personal data in three categories:

Personal Data You Provide

  • Account Information: Email, phone number, username, password, and age when registering (except if signing up via third-party services like Facebook, Google, or Apple without sharing permission).
  • Profile Information: Optional details like your real name, gender, city, country, profile picture, or links to social media, and any music or DJ mixes you upload (“User Content”).
  • Monetization Information: For monetization features, your real name, payment details, and content identification data (e.g., ISRC codes).
  • Communications: Data from emails or Platform interactions with us or other users.
  • Surveys: Optional data provided in surveys, processed with your consent.

Personal Data We Collect Automatically

  • Usage Information: Interactions like streaming, downloading, or commenting, collected for contractual purposes or legitimate interests (e.g., tracking content use for rightsholders).
  • Log Data: IP address, browser type, device information, and access times, essential for Platform functionality.
  • Cookies: Used to recognize you and personalize content, subject to your consent (see Cookie Policy).
  • Location Data: General location for personalized services, with your consent via Platform or device settings.
  • Device Information: Hardware, operating system, and identifiers for a consistent user experience, based on consent.

Personal Data We Obtain From Third Parties

  • Single Sign-On: Authentication data (e.g., username, profile picture) from Facebook, Google, or Apple, with your consent.
  • Service Providers: Data from partners for analytics, advertising, or payment processing, used to enhance your experience.

How We Use Your Data

We use your data to:

  • Provide, Improve, and Develop the Platform: Maintain accounts, provide access, deliver creator insights, process payments, and improve services (contractual necessity or legitimate interests).
  • Maintain a Safe and Secure Environment: Detect fraud, verify identity, and ensure compliance with Terms (contractual necessity or legitimate interests).
  • Personalize Content, Advertising, and Marketing: Deliver tailored content and ads, administer promotions, and measure campaign success, based on your consent.
  • Newsletters: Send newsletters with your double opt-in consent, stored until you unsubscribe.
  • Market Research: Conduct anonymized studies for Platform improvement, based on legitimate interests or your consent for identifiable data.

How We Share Your Data

  • Through Your Profile: Public profile data (excluding email) and User Content are visible to other users, including listening stats shared with creators.
  • Service Providers: Share data with providers for hosting, analytics, or payment processing, with safeguards like GDPR-compliant contracts.
  • Rightsholders: Share usage data with music rightsholders to track performance, based on legitimate interests.
  • Advertising: Share aggregated or de-identified data with ad partners for targeted ads, with your consent for identifiable data.
  • Social Media: Share hashed data (e.g., email) with platforms like Facebook for ads, with your consent in the EU/EEA.
  • Compliance with Laws: Disclose data to authorities to comply with legal obligations or protect Mziqi’s rights.
  • Change of Control: Share data during a sale or merger, per this Privacy Policy.

Cookies and Similar Technology

We use cookies, pixels, and device identifiers to enhance your experience, as detailed in our Cookie Policy. You can manage cookie preferences via your browser or our consent tool. Non-essential cookies require your consent.

Information Security

We implement technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect your data. However, no internet transmission is fully secure, and you use the Platform at your own risk.

International Data Transfers

Data collected in the EEA may be transferred outside it, using safeguards like Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure compliance with GDPR.

Children

Mziqi is not for users under 16 (EEA/UK) or 13 (elsewhere). We do not knowingly collect data from children and will delete such data if identified. Contact us at [insert contact email] if you believe we have collected such data.

Our Activity On Social Networks

We operate pages on social networks (e.g., Facebook, Instagram) as joint controllers with their providers. Data processing by these platforms may occur outside the EEA, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies. Processing is based on our legitimate interests or your consent.

Exercising Your EU Privacy Rights

If you are in the EU/EEA, you may:

  • Access and Portability: Request copies of your data or a machine-readable format.
  • Change or Correct Data: Update or correct your data.
  • Data Deletion: Request deletion, subject to legal retention obligations.
  • Object to Processing: Object to processing based on legitimate interests, especially for marketing.
  • Restrict Processing: Limit processing in specific cases (e.g., inaccurate data).
  • Withdraw Consent: Revoke consent via account settings or by contacting us.
  • Lodge Complaints: Contact a data protection authority.

Email requests to [insert contact email], and we may verify your identity.

Data Deletion

We delete data upon request within 30 days, unless required for legal obligations. Email [insert contact email] to request deletion.

Contact Information

For questions, contact our Data Protection Officer at [insert contact email].

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy, posting changes on the Platform with an updated “Last Updated” date. Material changes will be notified to registered users. Continued use after changes indicates acceptance.