Privacy policy
The Opus Tribune is an online classical music journal published in Montréal, Québec. This policy explains what personal information we collect when you read the site, subscribe to the newsletter or write to us, why we collect it, and the rights you have. We wrote it to be short and plain. If anything is unclear, ask us.
The short version
- You can read everything without an account.
- We do not use advertising, analytics or tracking of any kind, and we do not sell or rent personal information.
- We use one cookie, to remember whether you read in English or French.
- If you subscribe to the newsletter, we keep your email address and language so we can send it to you. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Person in charge of the protection of personal information
The publisher of The Opus Tribune is responsible for the protection of personal information. You can reach the publisher at privacy@opustribune.com for any question, request or complaint about your personal information.
What we collect, and why
When you read the site
We do not ask you for anything and we do not keep a record of the pages you read. To deliver pages and protect the site against attacks, our hosting provider processes technical information such as your IP address and browser type for a short time. We do not use it to identify you.
When you subscribe to the newsletter
We collect your email address and the language you choose, along with the date you subscribed and the date you confirmed. We send you an email with a confirmation link, and we only send the newsletter after you click it. We use this information only to send you the newsletter you asked for. A sign-up that is not confirmed within 30 days receives nothing, and we delete it.
When you write to us
If you email us, we receive your name, your email address and whatever you choose to include. We use it to reply to you and keep it only as long as needed for that conversation.
Contributors and staff
Writers and editors who have an account in our editing system give us their name, email address and, if they wish, a short biography and photo. The biography and photo are shown with their articles.
Cookies
We use one cookie for readers, which remembers your language. Our editing system uses sign-in cookies for staff only. We use no advertising, analytics or tracking cookies. The cookie notice lists each one.
Service providers, and where your information is stored
We do not share personal information with anyone except the providers that run the site for us, and only what they need to do that work:
- Hostinger hosts the website and its database, on a server in the United States.
- Resend delivers our emails, such as newsletter confirmations, from the United States.
This means your information is stored and processed outside Québec and Canada. Before using these providers, we checked that they protect personal information adequately and are bound to use it only to provide their service to us. Information held in another country can be subject to the laws of that country, including requests from its authorities.
We may also disclose personal information when the law requires it.
How long we keep it
- Newsletter: until you unsubscribe. We then delete your email address from the subscriber list.
- Emails you send us: as long as needed to answer you and follow up.
- Backups: our database backups are kept for 14 days, then deleted.
How we protect it
The site is only served over an encrypted connection (HTTPS). Our database cannot be reached from the internet, only by the website itself. Access to the editing system and to subscriber information is limited to the people who need it, and passwords are never stored in readable form.
If an incident ever puts your personal information at risk of serious harm, we will tell you and the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec, as the law requires.
Your rights
You can ask us to:
- tell you what personal information we hold about you, and give you a copy;
- correct it if it is wrong or incomplete;
- delete it, or stop using it, for example by unsubscribing from the newsletter;
- withdraw your consent at any time.
Write to privacy@opustribune.com. We answer within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our answer, you can complain to the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec or to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
Children
The site is meant for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 14. If you think a child has subscribed to the newsletter, write to us and we will delete the subscription.
Changes to this policy
When we change this policy, we publish the new version on this page with its date. If a change affects how we use information you have already given us, we will tell newsletter subscribers by email.
Last updated: November 8, 2026