Privacy Policy

Who we are

sfxbuzz is a sound effects archive, storing all kinds of sound effects designed for video editing, apps, and another personal and private project.

sfxbuzz Cookie Policy

Here at sfxbuzz, we and our third-party partners ask for your consent to use your personal data by storing/accessing cookies on your device. This is to provide Personalised ads (ads info) and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights, and product development. We will also store and/or access information on a device. Your personal data will be processed and information from your device (cookies, unique identifiers, and other device data) may be stored by, accessed by, and shared with third-party vendors, or used specifically by sfxbuzz.com Some vendors may process your personal data on the basis of legitimate interest, which you can object to by managing options. Members from (EEA) and the UK. The EEA includes the European Union member states and Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway will be able to withdraw/edit their consent given at any time, this includes any other countries not included or outside the (EEA) and the UK. Consent can be withdrawn or edited at any time right here, Cookie Settings Members from (EEA) and the UK will be prompted with cookie policy consent before any access is provided to the website, all cookie consents are stored in the cookie consent log. (more info further down the page) All other countries outside (EEA) and the UK will not need to provide any cookie policy consent. All other countries outside (EEA) and the UK are also free to edit their cookie consent and data policy at any time, same as all users from the (EEA) and the UK. Edit your Cookie Settings

 

How does sfxbuzz collect data about me?

sfxbuzz collects data about you:

 

Does sfxbuzz ask for consent before any personal data is collected?

All traffic coming from EEA along with the UK will be prompted with consent before any pages are fully loaded or any cookies load. This excludes "Necessary Cookies".

  • Necessary Cookies
  • Functional Cookies
  • Analytics Cookies
  • Performance Cookies
  • Advertisement Cookies
  • Other Cookies

"Necessary Cookies" are cookies required for our website to function and our cookie consent popup to work correctly. The full list of "Necessary Cookies" included is visible by clicking on the full list of cookies below; View our full list of cookies here (includes all cookies in full info on sfxbuzz.com)  

What data does sfxbuzz collect about me, and why?

sfxbuzz collects data on all given consent by visitors, we respect all privacy policies therefore no cookies, ads, or any tracking technologies are in function before consent is provided by visitors/users, this is the first screen "consent" pop-up dialog box. sfxbuzz uses data about how you use the website to:

  • Optimize the website, so it's quick and easy to use
  • Diagnose and debug any technical errors
  • Associate your browsing session with an affiliate, if you click through an affiliate's referral link
  • Defend the website from abuse and technical attacks such as spam and malware
  • Associate your account with an affiliate, if you buy after clicking through an affiliate's referral link (tracking links)
  • Compile statistics on icon popularity
  • Compile statistics on the kinds of software and computers visitors use

sfxbuzz usually stores data on the forum, such as IP addresses and operating systems used, this is to help us prevent forum spam, ban users, and in any special circumstances, like extended investigations about technical attacks. sfxbuzz may preserve log-off data longer, for analysis. sfxbuzz stores aggregate statistics about the use of the website indefinitely, but those statistics don't include data identifiable to you personally.  

sfxbuzz collects your data from your device

sfxbuzz and all our third-party partners access your personal data by storing/accessing cookies on your device and similar technologies, this is all with a provided consent when you first visit producebuzz.com. This applies to all traffic coming from EEA along with the UK, sfxbuzz respects privacy rights under Regulation (EU) 2016/679. The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This helps sfxbuzz with;

  • Analytical tracking and website improvements.
  • Providing Personalized ads (view all third-party vendors) by Google Ads.
  • Websites debug.
  • Improving our website on pages that do not perform well.
  • Track threats and spam.
  • understand our audience age gap, audiences' interests, and provide us with a solid understanding of articles and downloads we should provide.

 

Your data will be shared and collected by sfxbuzz and our 3rd Party Partners shown below

Here you will find more info on sfxbuzz 3rd Party Partners, all of our 3rd party partners use cookies on our website to collect or store personal data on the device or shared devices. List of our 3rd party partners that use cookies along with sfxbuzz to provide better user experience, personalized ads, data analytics, website bugs, and help sfxbuzz understand the audience requirements and needs with looking deeper into google analytics and setting up future goals.

Content Delivery Network Providers

sfxbuzz users content delivery network service provider to provide its content delivery networks. (CDN)

Service Privacy Notice
Cloudflare https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy

 

Personalized ADS

We use google ads as 3rd party partner to provide personalized ads. All users using sfxbuzz have the option to remove or edit their consent to allow or disable google ads from producesbuzz and along with all google ad partners and vendors. Public and visitors can either view all personalized ads or disable ALL ads. Settings to show personalized ads or to remove ads can be changed here Cookie Settings  

 

Cookie data policy consent log

SFXbuzz will keep consent of all logs of users coming from (EEA) and the UK, all users have the right to remove their consent from sfxbuzz at any time, IP logs of such consent will be kept for eternity as evidence of such consent given or provided or even when it's rejected. All consent logs contain the time, country, and IP address of when the cookie policy consent was provided and submitted using cookiesYES GRPD (pop-up). This is for the protection of sfxbuzz and for all public users that visit sfxbuzz, users consent may be used as evidence in any escalated matter. All users have the right to remove or edit their consent at any time right here Cookie Settings. View our full list of cookies here

 

Does sfxbuzz comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation?

sfxbuzz respects privacy rights under Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Information that GDPR requires sfxbuzz to give can be found throughout these questions and answers.  

 

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. These are:

  • Google ads
  • Youtube Videos
  • Instagram Feeds
  • Twitter Feeds
  • Soundcloud Feeds
  • Facebook Feeds
  • Font Awesome

 

How does sfxbuzz.com retain your data?

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. Any comments can be removed at any time, we do not have a login page so we currently don't have any registered users, we also have a closed forum, which means we aren't taking any forum comments or opening new topics.  

 

What rights do you have over your data stored on sfxbuzz website?

If you have an account on sfxbuzz or have left any comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Any public comments made can be withdrawn or removed at any time simply by contacting sfxbuzz by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., providing your using the same email address when you submitted your comments using sfxbuzz.com

 

Cookies & Data

You can withdraw your cookie and personal data consent policy at any time by editing your Cookie Settings View our full list of cookies here

 

 

Your contact information

We do not collect any contact information from anyone at the moment on sfxbuzz.com but we may do in the future. Your contact information will be safe and secure with us, we may share your email with other music production-related websites for marketing purposes. We will never share your email with any spam-related company.

 

 

Downloads & Copyright

Please note that we are 3rd party community sound effects sharing website, all of the sound effects material has been submitted to us (3rd party) or outsourced by SFXbuzz. Most sound effects we share are under creative commons unless they have specified different license or usage rights. Please note that we do not take any responsibility for any copyright claims, therefore we would recommend any member of the public to use purchased sound effects. If you wish to contact us in regards to any copyright claims please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Any 3rd party SFX (sound effects) have their own copyright terms so please take all copyright terms into respect.

Sharing

Sharing sfxbuzz downloadable files on any other websites or apps is allowed, but a direct link should be provided linking back to sfxbuzz at all times, linking to the official download page on sfxbuzz. This applies at all times unless a file/download has been created or designed by 3rd party or the page indicates differently.

 

License & Copyright

We share creative commons, freeware, and royalty-free downloads, sfxbuzz.com takes copyright very seriously, sfxbuzz.com is highly against sharing illegal or piracy files. If any files are believed to be interfering our license and policy terms, the public is able to file a report on any download. All reported downloads will be taken seriously and removed if necessary. The public should report such files or files by contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at any time.

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