Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 20 June 2026 (Private Beta Launch)

Version: 1.0 — April 2026

1. Who We Are

Find My Royalties™ (FMR) is a music royalty intelligence platform operated by Lawrence Eastland trading as Find My Royalties™ (ABN 26 367 663 159), based in Ewingsdale, NSW 2481, Australia.

We are committed to handling your personal information responsibly, transparently, and in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), as amended by the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024.

If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your information, contact us at: admin@findmyroyalties.com.au | findmyroyalties.com.au

2. What Information We Collect

2.1 Account and Contact Information

When you register or request early access, we collect:

• Your name and email address
• Your role (artist, label, publisher, or other)
• Your organisation name (if applicable)

2.2 Music Catalogue Data

To provide our service, we process audio recordings you submit. Specifically:

• Audio files are processed using Chromaprint acoustic fingerprinting technology to generate a unique acoustic identity (~200 bytes per track).
• Audio files are deleted within 7 days of processing. Only the acoustic identity is retained — not the audio itself.
• We collect and store associated metadata: track title, artist name, album name, ISRC codes, release dates, and distributor information.

2.3 Usage and Platform Data

We collect information about how you use the FMR platform, including:

• Pages visited, features used, and session duration
• Device type, browser, and operating system
• IP address and approximate location
• Interactions with Opus, our AI assistant

2.4 Communications

If you contact us by email or through the platform, we retain those communications to respond to your enquiry and improve our service.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information to:

• Provide and operate the FMR platform and your royalty intelligence reports
• Generate your Evidence Packet for submission to collecting societies
• Communicate with you about your account, reports, and platform updates
• Improve the accuracy and performance of our platform
• Comply with our legal obligations
• Respond to your enquiries and support requests

4. Automated Processing and AI

FMR uses automated systems to process your music catalogue and identify metadata discrepancies. This includes:

• Acoustic identity generation via Chromaprint — a deterministic technical process that creates a unique identifier for each recording without storing the audio.
• Cross-platform metadata comparison — automated checking of your track data across Spotify, YouTube, TIDAL, MusicBrainz, Discogs, and other sources.
• Opus AI Assistant — powered by Anthropic’s Claude API. Conversations with Opus are processed by Anthropic in accordance with their Privacy Policy (anthropic.com/privacy). Opus does not retain conversation history across sessions.

In accordance with the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024, we disclose that our platform uses automated processes to identify metadata discrepancies that may affect your royalty attributions. These automated findings are presented to you as intelligence reports — final decisions about dispute submissions and corrections remain yours.

5. Who We Share Your Information With

We do not sell your personal information. We may share it with:

Where we disclose personal information overseas (e.g. to Anthropic or DigitalOcean in the USA), we take reasonable steps to ensure those recipients handle your information consistently with the Australian Privacy Principles.

6. Data Retention

We retain your information as follows:

• Audio files: deleted within 7 days of acoustic identity generation
• Acoustic identities: retained for the duration of your account
• Metadata and report data: retained for the duration of your account plus 7 years for legal compliance
• Account information: retained while your account is active
• Communications: retained for 3 years

You may request deletion of your data at any time — see Section 8.

7. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. Our security measures include:

• Encrypted data transmission (HTTPS/TLS)
• Access controls limiting who can view your data
• Secure cloud infrastructure hosted on DigitalOcean
• Audio deletion within 7 days — minimising the data we hold

In the event of a data breach that is likely to result in serious harm, we will notify you and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) as required under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.

8. Your Rights

Under the Privacy Act 1988 and Australian Privacy Principles, you have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate, incomplete, or out-of-date information
• Request deletion of your personal information (subject to legal retention obligations)
• Know how your information is being used and disclosed
• Make a complaint about how we have handled your information

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at admin@findmyroyalties.com.au. We will respond within a reasonable period and no later than 30 days.

9. Cookies and Tracking

Our platform uses cookies and similar technologies to maintain your session, remember your preferences, and collect analytics data via PostHog. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, however this may affect the functionality of the platform.

10. Complaints

If you believe we have not handled your personal information in accordance with this policy or the Australian Privacy Principles, please contact us first at admin@findmyroyalties.com.au.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC):

oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-complaints
Phone: 1300 363 992

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date at the top of this document and notify registered users by email. The current version is always available at findmyroyalties.com.au/privacy.

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© 2026 Lawrence Eastland trading as Find My Royalties™ | ABN 26 367 663 159 | findmyroyalties.com.au | Ewingsdale NSW 2481 | Version 1.0