Privacy policy

I’m Jeff Homick, and I teach euphonium. This page explains what happens to your information when you visit this site and when you reach out through the inquiry form. The short version: I only collect what I need to get back to you about lessons and get you set up as a student if you decide to work with me. I don’t sell your info. You can ask to see or delete your info anytime.

What I collect

When you fill out the inquiry form, I collect the student’s name, their experience level, a phone number and email address, and whatever you write in the optional “What would you like help with the most?” text field. There’s also an optional spot for a parent or guardian’s name. After you send the form, I’ll ask how you heard about me; answering is completely optional.

If you found this site through an online ad, your browser carries a small tag that tells me which ad or link brought you here. Before you send the form, that tag just sits in your browser, not in a cookie. When you send the form, it rides along with your inquiry. This lets me see which ads actually help people find me. I’m not using advertising pixels or sending anything back to ad platforms in this first version of the site, and none of this is used to follow you around the web.

I also use a privacy-friendly tool called Cloudflare Web Analytics to see how many people visit my site. It counts visits without using cookies and isn’t tied to you personally, so there’s no cookie banner to click through.

Your browser also remembers one small thing for you: which one-time tips you’ve already dismissed, so the site doesn’t show them again. That stays on your device, and it isn’t sent to me or used to track you.

How I use it

I use your information to get back to you about lessons. The form asks you to check a box agreeing I can contact you about lessons by text, call, or email. That’s the only thing I’ll use it for. Texting is usually how I follow up first. If you’d ever like me to stop, just say so: reply STOP to a text or email me, and I will.

If you enroll as my student, I use your information to schedule and plan your lessons and to send invoices.

Who sees it

I don’t sell your information. That’s just not how I roll. I keep inquiry data in Airtable, a tool I use to stay organized, and I get a notification email through a service called Resend. If you enroll as my student, I use PayPal to send invoices; when you pay, PayPal handles the payment, so I never see your card or bank details. Other than the handful of tools it takes to run my lessons and this site, I don’t share your information with anyone, and I don’t use it to advertise to you.

Kids and the form

This site is meant for adults and for students 13 and older who are reaching out on their own. I don’t ask for anyone’s age on the form. If the student is under 13, please have a parent or guardian fill out the form for them. I don’t knowingly collect information that a child under 13 sends me, and if I find out I have, I’ll delete it. High schoolers are welcome to contact me directly; I hear from students this way all the time.

How long I keep it

If we end up working together, I keep records like any teacher would. If an inquiry doesn’t turn into lessons, I hold on to inquiry data for up to a year in case you circle back, and then I delete or anonymize it. You don’t have to wait for that, though.

Your choices

You can ask me what information I have about you, or ask me to delete it, anytime. Just email me at jeff@jeffhomick.com, and I’ll take care of what I reasonably can. The one exception: if you’ve already had lessons with me, I’ll keep basic lesson, payment, and tax records for as long as I reasonably need them, or as US law requires.

Keeping it safe

I store your information with reputable services and handle it with care. No system on the internet can ever be perfectly secure, but I treat your details the way I’d want mine treated.

Where I’m based

I operate out of Maryland, and most of my students are based in the US. I don’t market or target lessons to people in the EU or UK. Wherever you’re reaching out from, your information is handled here in the US, under US law.

If this changes

If I ever start using tracking cookies or ad pixels, I’ll update this page and add a cookie notice before I make the change. I’ll always update the “Last updated” date at the top, too, so you can see when something last changed.

Getting in touch

Questions about any of this? Email me at jeff@jeffhomick.com. I’m always happy to help.