Privacy & Cookie Policy

Last updated: August 13, 2026

Over The Hump Radio is operated by OTH Media LLC ("we", "us", "our") from Ohio, United States. This policy explains what we collect when you visit overthehump.org, contact us, or subscribe to our newsletter, and what we do with it. It applies to visitors in the United States, the EU/EEA, and the United Kingdom.

The short version: we don't sell your data, we don't run advertising or cross-site tracking cookies, and the SoundCloud and Mixcloud players don't load until you click to enable them.

1. What we collect

Contact form. Your name, email address, and message. We use them to reply to you and for nothing else. Messages are delivered to our email inbox by Resend, our email delivery provider, and are not saved to a database on this site.

Spam prevention. When you submit the form, your IP address is checked briefly in memory to stop repeated automated submissions. It isn't stored, and it isn't included in the message we receive.

Newsletter. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect the email address and name you give us. Sign-up is always opt-in - we never add you just because you contacted us - and every newsletter email includes an unsubscribe link.

Analytics. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to see which pages get visited and how the site performs. It uses no cookies and no fingerprinting, doesn't follow you across other websites, and doesn't build a profile of you.

Hosting and server logs. Cloudflare hosts the site and processes standard request data - IP address, browser and device type, pages requested, referring URL - to deliver pages and protect the site from attacks and abuse.

Site feedback tool. Our pages load BugHerd, a tool our team uses to report visual bugs on the site. It may collect technical information such as your IP address and browser details and may set its own cookies or browser storage.

2. How we use it

- To reply to messages and requests
- To send the newsletter, if you asked for it
- To understand in aggregate how the site is used, so we can improve it
- To keep the site working, secure, and free of spam and abuse

We do not sell your personal information, share it with advertisers, or use it for profiling or automated decisions about you.

3. Cookies and browser storage

We don't use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies, and our analytics are cookieless. That's why you won't see a cookie consent banner here.

What we do store on your device:

- Player consent: when you enable the SoundCloud or Mixcloud player, we save a flag in your browser's local storage ("soundcloud-consent", "mixcloud-consent") so you don't have to enable it again on every page. Clearing your browser storage removes it.

Third parties may set their own cookies once you enable an embedded player, and the feedback tool described above may set its own. You can block or delete cookies and clear local storage in your browser settings; if you do, the players will ask for your consent again.

4. Embedded players (SoundCloud and Mixcloud)

Our episodes and mixes are hosted on SoundCloud and Mixcloud and shown through their embedded players. Nothing loads from either service until you click "Enable player". Once you do, that provider can receive your IP address, browser and device information, and interaction data, and can set cookies - whether or not you press play. Their own policies then apply, and we aren't responsible for their practices:

- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy
- Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/privacy/

5. Service providers

These providers may process personal data on our behalf, and may do so outside your home country, including in the United States, under appropriate safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses:

- Cloudflare - hosting, security, and cookieless analytics: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
- Resend - delivery of contact form messages: https://resend.com/legal/privacy-policy
- Google - the email inbox that receives contact messages: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Sanity - content and image management: https://www.sanity.io/legal/privacy
- BugHerd - our internal site feedback tool: https://www.bugherd.com/privacy
- Our newsletter provider, once our newsletter launches

6. Legal basis for processing (EU/EEA and UK)

- Consent: subscribing to the newsletter, and loading a third-party player.
- Legitimate interests: replying to your message, keeping the site secure and spam-free, and understanding aggregate site usage.

You can withdraw your consent at any time - see Section 8.

7. How long we keep it

- Contact messages: kept in our email inbox as long as reasonably needed to handle your request and keep a record of it, and deleted sooner on request.
- Newsletter details: until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them.
- Analytics: aggregate and non-identifying, kept according to Cloudflare's retention practices.
- Server logs: short-term, according to Cloudflare's retention practices.

8. Your rights

Wherever you live, you can ask us for a copy of your data, ask us to correct or delete it, or ask us to stop using it. Email contact@overthehump.org and we'll take care of it - we won't treat you differently for asking.

If you're in the EU/EEA or the UK, you also have the right to restrict or object to processing, to data portability, to withdraw consent at any time, and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. We'll respond within one month. Residents of some US states have comparable rights, and we handle those requests the same way.

To stop receiving the newsletter, click the unsubscribe link in any newsletter email, or email us and we'll remove you promptly.

9. Security

The site is served over HTTPS, our accounts are password-protected with access limited to people who need it, and contact messages go straight to email rather than into a database on the site. No system is completely secure, so we can't guarantee absolute security.

10. Children's privacy

This site isn't directed to children. We don't knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13 in the United States or under 16 in the EU/EEA and UK. If you believe a child has given us their information, email us and we'll delete it.

11. Links to other sites

We link out to artists, venues, ticketing pages, streaming platforms, and social media. Those sites have their own privacy policies, and we're not responsible for their practices or content.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date above always shows the current version, so it's worth checking back occasionally.