Privacy policy | Vinyl Fantasy Mag

1. Privacy at a glance:

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to any information that can personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the “Controller” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include data that you enter into a contact form, for example. Other data is automatically collected or obtained with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This primarily includes technical data (such as internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to request free information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Additionally, under certain circumstances you have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For this purpose and for any further questions regarding data protection, you can always contact us.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is mainly done through analytics programs.

Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the privacy policy below.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Strato

The provider is Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin (hereinafter referred to as “Strato”). When you visit our website, Strato collects various log files, including your IP addresses.

For further information, please refer to Strato’s privacy policy: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.

The use of Strato is based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the reliable presentation of our website. If the corresponding consent has been obtained, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and § 25(1) of the German Telemedia Act (TTDSG), to the extent that the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

Data Processing Agreement

We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with the aforementioned provider. This is a legally required contract that ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data refers to data that can personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Information about the responsible entity

The responsible entity for data processing on this website is:

Carsten Thoben
Hamburger Straße 63a
22926 Ahrensburg

Telefon: +49 17622996240
E-Mail: sayhello@vinylfantasymag.com

The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (such as names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period is mentioned in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after the expiration of these reasons.

General information about the legal bases for data processing on this website

If you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, if special categories of data pursuant to Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have given your consent to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), the data processing is additionally based on § 25(1) TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The relevant legal bases for each specific case are provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Notice regarding data transfer to the US and other third countries

We use tools from companies based in the US or other non-secure third countries. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these third countries. Please note that these countries may not provide a level of data protection equivalent to that of the EU. For example, US companies may be required to disclose personal data to security authorities without the possibility for you, as the data subject, to challenge such disclosure in court. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) may process, analyze, and store your data located on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no control over these processing activities.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(e) OR (f) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, INCLUDING PROFILING BASED ON THOSE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING, INCLUDING PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which we process based on your consent or for the performance of a contract, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller. Where technically feasible, you also have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from us to another controller upon your request.

Auskunft, Löschung und Berichtigung

Sie haben im Rahmen der geltenden gesetzlichen Bestimmungen jederzeit das Recht auf unentgeltliche Auskunft über Ihre gespeicherten personenbezogenen Daten, deren Herkunft und Empfänger und den Zweck der Datenverarbeitung und ggf. ein Recht auf Berichtigung oder Löschung dieser Daten. Hierzu sowie zu weiteren Fragen zum Thema personenbezogene Daten können Sie sich jederzeit an uns wenden.

Recht auf Einschränkung der Verarbeitung

You have the right, in accordance with applicable legal provisions, to obtain free-of-charge information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, the purpose of data processing, and, if necessary, the right to rectify or erase such data. For this purpose, as well as for any further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to exercise this right. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data that is stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is done unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have objected pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR, a balance needs to be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

If you have obtained a restriction of processing for your personal data, except for storage, these data may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change in the browser’s address line from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock icon in your browser’s address bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets that do not cause any harm to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you visit our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or video display). Other cookies are used to analyze user behavior or display advertisements.

Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions requested by you (e.g., the shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent for the storage of cookies and similar tracking technologies has been requested, processing is based exclusively on this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and § 25(1) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG)); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser to notify you about the placement of cookies and only allow cookies on a case-by-case basis, block cookies for specific cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

If cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you separately within the scope of this privacy policy and, if necessary, request your consent.

Use of Real Cookie Banner:

To manage the cookies and similar technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) used and related consents, we use the consent tool “Real Cookie Banner”. For details on how “Real Cookie Banner” works, please refer to https://devowl.io/rcb/data-processing/.

The legal bases for processing personal data in this context are Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR and Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used, as well as related consents.

Providing personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obligated to provide personal data. However, if you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.

Contact form

If you contact us via a contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not disclose this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively processing the inquiries directed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if it has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data entered by you in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completion of processing your inquiry). Mandatory legal provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.

Request via email, phone or fax

If you contact us via email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not disclose this data without your consent.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completion of processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.

Comment function on this website

For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time of comment creation, your email address, and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you have chosen will be stored.

Subscribing to comments

As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time using a link in the notification emails. The data entered during the subscription to comments will be deleted in this case. However, if you have provided these data to us for other purposes and at another location (e.g., newsletter subscription), these data will remain with us.

Storage duration of comments

The comments and the associated data are stored and remain on this website until the commented content is completely deleted or the comments need to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g., offensive comments).

Legal basis

The storage of comments is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient for revoking your consent. The legality of the data processing operations carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected.

5. Social Media

Facebook

This website includes elements of the social network Facebook. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, the collected data is also transferred to the United States and other third countries.

An overview of the Facebook social media elements can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=en_US.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile. As a result, Facebook can associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of this website, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy at: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

If consent has been obtained, the use of the aforementioned service is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the use of the service is based on our legitimate interest in achieving comprehensive visibility on social media.

If personal data is collected on our website and transferred to Facebook using the tool described here, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland share joint responsibility for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited to the collection of data and its transfer to Facebook. The subsequent processing by Facebook after the transfer is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations we share have been documented in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for the privacy-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of its products. If you wish to exercise your rights as a data subject (e.g., information requests) regarding the data processed by Facebook, you can directly contact Facebook. If you exercise your data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

The transfer of data to the United States is based on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://www.facebook.com/help/566994660333381, and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

Instagram

This website incorporates features of the Instagram service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of this website, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

If personal data is collected on our website and transferred to Facebook or Instagram using the tool described here, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland share joint responsibility for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited to the collection of data and its transfer to Facebook or Instagram. The subsequent processing by Facebook or Instagram after the transfer is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations we share have been documented in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the privacy-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of its Facebook or Instagram products. If you wish to exercise your rights as a data subject (e.g., information requests) regarding the data processed by Facebook or Instagram, you can directly contact Facebook. If you exercise your data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

The transfer of data to the United States is based on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875, and https://www.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

For further information, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

6. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we require your email address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and consent to receiving the newsletter. Further data will not be collected, or will only be collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for the purpose of sending the requested information and do not disclose it to third parties.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example by using the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter or the purpose for which the data was stored no longer applies. After unsubscribing from the newsletter or when the purpose no longer applies, the data will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion, based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

After unsubscribing from the newsletter, your email address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider, if necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will be used solely for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements for newsletter delivery (legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not time-limited. You have the right to object to this storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

7. Plugins and tools

YouTube

This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The website is operated by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our web pages that has a YouTube video embedded, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. This informs the YouTube server about which of our pages you have visited.

Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your device or use similar technologies for recognition purposes (e.g., device fingerprinting). This allows YouTube to obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to capture video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent fraud attempts.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of presenting our online content in an appealing manner. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. If consent has been obtained, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and § 25(1) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG), insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) under the terms of the TMG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on how YouTube handles user data, please refer to the YouTube privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

MyFonts

This website uses MyFonts, which are fonts that are loaded into your browser when you access our website to ensure a consistent appearance of the text. The provider is Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., 600 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA.

In order to comply with the license terms and monitor the number of monthly page views, MyFonts transfers your IP address, along with the URL of our website and our contractual data, to its servers in the United States. According to Monotype, your IP address is immediately anonymized after transmission, so that no personal reference can be established (anonymization).

For more details, please refer to Monotype’s privacy policy at: https://www.monotype.com/privacy-policy.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on this website (e.g., in a contact form) is being done by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. During the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, duration of the website visit, mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place.

The storage and analysis of the data are based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and spam. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively based on Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and § 25(1) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG), in which case the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) according to the TMG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to Google’s privacy policy and terms of use at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en.

Spotify

This website integrates features of the music service Spotify. The provider is Spotify AB, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm, Sweden. The Spotify plugins on this website can be recognized by the green logo. An overview of the Spotify plugins can be found at: https://developer.spotify.com.

This allows a direct connection to be established between your browser and the Spotify server when you visit this website via the plugin. Spotify receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click on the Spotify button while logged into your Spotify account, you can link the content of this website to your Spotify profile. This enables Spotify to associate your visit to this website with your user account.

We would like to point out that when using Spotify, cookies from Google Analytics may be used, which means that your usage data may also be transmitted to Google. Google Analytics is a tool of the Google group for analyzing user behavior, based in the USA. Spotify alone is responsible for this integration. As the website operator, we have no influence on this processing.

The storage and analysis of data are based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the appealing acoustic design of its website. If consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively based on Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and § 25(1) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG), in which case the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) according to the TMG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information, please refer to Spotify’s privacy policy: https://www.spotify.com/legal/privacy-policy/.

If you do not want Spotify to associate your visit to this website with your Spotify user account, please log out of your Spotify user account.

Legal source: https://www.e-recht24.de