PRIVACY POLICY

Data Privacy // Data privacy statement

1.    Data privacy at a glance

a) Preface
The following notes summarize what happens with your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data that can identify you as an individual.  For detailed information concerning data privacy please read our data privacy statement below.

b) Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

This information about data privacy applies to data processing by:

Cocoon Music Event GmbH
Carl-Benz-Straße 21, 60386 Frankfurt
Phone: +49 69/959675-0; Fax:  +49 69/959675-20
Email: info@cocoon.net
Website: www.cocoon.net

The data protection officer of Cocoon Music Event GmbH can be reached under above-mentioned address email: datenschutz@cocoon.net.

c) How do we collect your data?

HOSTING

We host our website at Squarespace Ireland Ltd, Le Pole House, Ship Street Great, Dublin 8, Ireland (hereinafter Squarespace). Squarespace is a tool for creating and hosting websites. When you visit our website, your data will be processed on the servers of Squarespace. This may also include personal data to Squarespace's parent company, Squarespace Inc, 8 Clarkson St, New York, NY. 10014, USA. Squarespace further stores cookies that are necessary for the display of the page and are necessary to ensure security (necessary cookies). The use of Squarespace is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website. Insofar as corresponding consent was requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent allows the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:
https://support.squarespace.com/hc/de/articles/360000851908-DSGVO-und-Squarespace.
We have concluded an order processing agreement (AVV) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that this is the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and under Processed in compliance with the GDPR.

The following information is automatically recorded without any action on your part and temporarily stored in a log file until it is automatically deleted:

• IP address of the requesting computer,
• date and time of access,
• name and URL of the file called,
• website from which the access originated (referrer URL)
¥    the browser and possibly the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your internet access provider
d) How do we use your data?
The above-mentioned data may be used for the following purposes:

• to guarantee smooth access to our website
¥    to ensure the proper functioning of the website
¥    for the analysis of system security and stability and
• other administrative purposes.

e) What are your rights regarding your data?
You have the right to obtain information about origin, beneficiary and purpose of the collected personal data at any given time and free of charge. You also have the right to demand the correction, blocking or deletion of your data. If you have any question regarding this subject or regarding data privacy in general, please don’t hesitate to contact us at the address stated in the legal notice. You have the right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority if need be.
f) Analysis tools and third party tools
When you visit our website, your surfing behavior may be evaluated statistically by means of cookies and analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is generally carried out anonymously; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by avoiding certain tools. For further information please see the data privacy statement below.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you in this data privacy statement about how to file an objection.

2. General information and mandatory information

a) Data privacy
It is of great importance to us to protect your personal data. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the data privacy act and this data privacy statement.
When you access our website, various types of personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can identify you as an individual. The present data privacy statement explains which data we collect and how we use it. It also states how and why this is done.
Please note that data transmissions via the internet (such as e-mail communication) cannot be entirely secure and may suffer from security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of personal details against unauthorized access by third parties is not possible.

b) Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data
Many data processing tasks must be expressly authorized by you. You can cancel an already issued authorization anytime by sending us an informal email. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

c) The right to appeal to the responsible supervisory authority

In case of a violation of the data privacy laws you may appeal to the responsible supervisory authority. In all matters regarding data privacy, the responsible authority is the data security officer of the German federal state of Hesse, where our organization is based. You will find a list of the data security officers under the following link:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

d) The right to data portability
You have the right to request that we deliver any data collected by us with your express consent or under a contract, either to you or to a third party in a commonly used and machine readable format. If you request a direct data transfer to another responsible party this can only be carried out if technically feasible.

e) Information, blocking, deletion
As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored, as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.

f) Objection to marketing emails
We herewith object to the use of contact data published within the general information requirements for the sending of unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in case of unsolicited advertising, such as spam e-mails.

g) SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of sensitive content such as orders or requests you send to us as the website operator. You recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

3. Data collection on our website

a) Cookies

Our Internet pages use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files and are set up to do no harm to your terminal device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session-Cookies are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain on your terminal device stored until you delete them yourself or it is automatically deleted by your web browser. In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your terminal device when you enter 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 because certain Website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the Display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or display advertising. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. for the shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure web audience) are required (necessary cookies), are stored on basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO is stored, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies necessary for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, the Processing exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. as well as activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When disabling cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.
Insofar as cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you of this. inform you separately within the scope of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, request consent.

b) Processing of data (customer and contract data)
We collect, process and use personal data only insofar as they are necessary for the justification, content development or modification of the legal relationship (stock data). This is done based on Art. 6 (1) (b) DSGVO (General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR), which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract. We collect, process and use your personal data concerning the use of our website (usage data) only to the extent required to enable you to access our service or to bill you for the same.

Collected customer data will be deleted after the completion of the service or after the termination of the business relationship. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

c) Data transfer in case of contract conclusion for online-shops, dealers and dispatch of goods
We communicate personal data to third parties only if this should become necessary in the scope of the contract execution, for example to the company entrusted with the delivery of goods or the financial institute entrusted with the payment process. A further transfer of data is excluded, unless you have explicitly consented to its disclosure. The same applies to a transfer of your data to third parties, e.g. for promotional purposes.
This is done based on Art. 6 (1) (b) DSGVO (General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR), which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.

Transfer to third countries
If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this occurs in the context of the use of third-party services or disclosure or transfer of data to third parties, this will only take place if it occurs for the fulfillment of our (pre)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, on the basis of a legal obligation or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we have data processed in a third country only if the special requirements of Art. 44 ss. GDPR are met. This means, for example, processing is carried out on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a data protection level corresponding to the EU (e.g. for the USA by the “Privacy Shield”) or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called “standard contractual clauses”).

aa) Amazon
We participate in the Amazon EU S.à r.l. affiliate program. This program was created to place advertisements and links to www.amazon.de on external websites. The operators of the website earn referral fees. Amazon uses cookies to trace the origin of the orders. As a result, Amazon can detect that you clicked the affiliate link on our website.
For further information about how Amazon uses your data, see the Amazon privacy statement at http://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_privacy?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401</p>

bb) Bandcamp
Our website contains features of the service provider Bandcamp, pertaining to Bandcamp Inc, 178 Castro St., San Francisco, CA 94114. When you access this website, data will be transferred to Bandcamp and other services linked to Bandcamp (e.g. Facebook). Bandcamp will link the website you visit to your Bandcamp account and other users may be informed of your visit to this website.

As website operators we have neither thorough knowledge of, nor influence on the nature of the data transferred to Bandcamp or of its use. For further information please consult Bandcamp’s privacy statement at https://bandcamp.com/privacy/

cc) Beatport

Our website uses a Beatport plugin from beatport.com, a site operated by Beatport DIGITAL DOWNLOAD NETWORK™. Operator of the site is Beatport.com Taxi Drive 2, 3461 Ringsby Ct. Suite 150 Denver, CO 80216, USA. When you use the Beatport plugin, a connection to the Beatport servers is established. At the same time, the Beatport server is informed about which of our sites you have visited. When you’re logged into your Beatport account you allow Beatport to link your surfing behavior to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Beatport account. For further information about the handling of user data, please see Beatport’s data privacy statement: https://support.beatport.com/hc/en-us/articles/200353215

dd) Decks
Our website uses a Decks plugin from decks.de a site operated by decks records OHG. Operator of the site is decks records OHG, Ludwigsluster Str. 33, 19370 Parchim. When you use the Decks plugin, a connection to the Decks servers is established. At the same time, the Decks server is informed about which of our sites you have visited. When you’re logged into your Decks account you allow Decks to link your surfing behavior to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Decks account. For further information about the handling of user data, please see the Decks data privacy statement: https://www.decks.de/decks/index.php

ee) Paypal
Paypal pertains to PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A.
22-24 Boulevard Royal
L-2449 Luxembourg.
For the handling of payments agreed upon in the contracts between the parties involved, PayPal needs certain data, such as name or address. This data is either submitted by the seller or entered by you in a special mask for this purpose. Generally, the data forwarded to PayPal corresponds to the data you entered during the order process.
For further details regarding data privacy at PayPal please see
https://www.paypal.com/de/cgi-bin/marketingweb?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside

PayPal submits your data to credit agencies for credit reports to assess the liability risk. For more information please see http://www.paypal.de/agb.

ff) Spotify

On this website, functions of the music service Spotify are integrated. The provider is Spotify AB, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm in Sweden. You can recognize the Spotify plugins by the green logo on this website. An overview of Spotify plugins can be found at: https://developer.spotify.com. This allows a direct connection between your browser and the Spotify server to be established via the plugin when you visit this website. Spotify thereby receives the information that you are using your IP address to visit this website. If you click the Spotify button while you are in If you are logged in to your Spotify account, you can link the content of this website to your Spotify profile. This allows Spotify to associate your visit to this website with your user account. 14 / 16 We would like to point out that cookies from Google Analytics are used when using Spotify, so that your usage data can also be passed on to Google when you use Spotify. Google Analytics is a tool of the Google Group for analyzing user behavior, based in the USA. Spotify is solely responsible for this integration. We as website operators have no influence on this processing. The storage and analysis of the data are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the appealing acoustic design of his Website. Insofar as corresponding consent was requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent permits the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. For more information, please see Spotify's privacy policy: https://www.spotify.com/de/legal/privacy-policy/.
If you do not want Spotify to associate your visit to this website with your Spotify user account can, please log out of your Spotify user account.

gg) Stripe

If you choose a payment method from the payment service provider Stripe, the payment will be processed by the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to whom we will provide the information and information you provided during the ordering process about your order (name, address, account number, bank code, possibly credit card number, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will only be passed on for the purpose of processing payments with the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. and only insofar as it is necessary for this. You can find more information about Stripe's data protection at the URL https://stripe.com/de/privacy#translation.

hh) Apple Pay
If you choose the "Apple Pay" payment method from Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, the payment will be processed using the "Apple Pay" function on your device operated with iOS, watchOS or macOS by debiting a payment card stored with "Apple Pay". Apple Pay uses security features built into your device hardware and software to protect your transactions. To approve a payment, it is necessary to enter a code that you previously specified and to verify it using the "Face ID" or "Touch ID" function of your device. For the purpose of payment processing, the information you provided during the ordering process, along with the information about your order, will be passed on to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then encrypts this data again with a developer-specific key before the data is transmitted to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay to carry out the payment. The encryption ensures that only the website from which the purchase was made can access the payment details. After the payment has been made, Apple will send your device account number and a transaction-specific, dynamic security code to the original website to confirm that the payment has been successful. If personal data is processed in the transfers described, the processing takes place exclusively for the purpose of payment processing in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Apple maintains anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was successfully completed. The anonymization completely rules out any personal reference. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve "Apple Pay" and other Apple products and services. When you use Apple Pay on the iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase made through Safari on the Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on the Apple servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that can be used to identify you personally. You can turn off the ability to use Apple Pay on your Mac in your iPhone's settings. Go to Wallet & Apple Pay and turn off Allow Payments on Mac. Further information on data protection with Apple Pay can be found at the following Internet address: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203027

d) Subscription to a newsletter

When you sign up to receive our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers may also be notified by email about circumstances relevant to the service or registration (such as changes to the newsletter offer or technical conditions).

For an effective registration we need a valid e-mail address. In order to verify that an application is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address, we use the "Double-opt-in" procedure. For this purpose we record the order of the newsletter and the receipt of the requested answer. The data will be used exclusively for newsletter distribution and will not be passed on to third parties.

The consent to the storage of your personal data and their use for the newsletter can be revoked at any time. Each newsletter has a link to it. You may also provide us with your request via the contact details provided at the end of this document.

The newsletter is sent via Square Space which also stores the e-mail addresses and further information on the sending and analysis of the newsletter.

e) Placing Orders

All data entered by a customer during the order process will be saved. This includes:

• First name, last name

• Address

• Payment information

• E-mail address

Those data, which are absolutely necessary for the delivery or order processing, are passed on to third service providers. As the storage of your data is no longer required or required by law, it will be deleted.

Provision of paid services

In order for us to provide paid services, we ask additional data. This applies, for example, to the details of payment.

To ensure the security of your data during transmission, we use encryption techniques (such as SSL) over HTTPS that reflect the state of the art.

f) Applicant data privacy
Cocoon collects and processes personal data of job applicants for the handling of the application procedure. The processing may be carried out electronically, particularly when an applicant submits application documents electronically to Cocoon, e.g. via email or a web form on the website. If Cocoon concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the submitted data will be saved in compliance with legal regulations. If no employment contract is concluded, the application documents will be deleted automatically 6 months after the denial of the applicant, provided that the deletion is not in conflict with other legitimate interests of Cocoon. A legitimate interest in this case would be for instance the burden of proof in a lawsuit according to the German General Equality Act (AGG).

g) External management of addresses and contracts
Our agency uses SystemOne to issue contracts and invoices as well as for the management of addresses. The provider is System One SaaS GmbH, Helmerdingstraße 4, 10245 Berlin. System One has been on the market since 2001 and was created for booking agencies who act as intermediaries between event planners and artists. The company develops back office solutions for artist booking agencies. We transmit your data to System One for the purpose of contract handling. The data is stored on the System One servers in Germany. The data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 [1] [a] DSGVO). You may revoke your consent at any time via email. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed. The data will be stored at System One until you request its deletion.

Contract regarding the processing of order data
We have closed a contract with System One for the processing of data and fully adhere to the strict specifications of the German data privacy authorities for the usage of System One.

h) Prize games
When offering prize games, we store your data so that we can contact you if you were to win. Once the prize game has ended, that is, as soon as the prizes have been delivered to the winners, we instantly delete your data after the four-week storage. You are at liberty to decide on our prize games and the respective data transfer.
If you have submitted personal data to us you may withdraw your consent at any given time and request its deletion; we will then delete your data immediately. Should we be required by law to store your data, the data will not be deleted but protected, i.e. it  remains on our systems but we neither process nor use it.

4. Social media

Elements of the social network Facebook are integrated into this website. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. The data collected will be, however, according to Facebook, also transferred to the USA and other third countries. An overview of the Facebook social media elements can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your end device and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you are visiting this website with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook "Like" button while on your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We point out, that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use. received through Facebook. For more information, please see Facebook's privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation. Insofar as consent has been obtained, the use of the above-mentioned service takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. Insofar as no consent has been obtained, the use of the service is based on our legitimate interest in achieving the widest possible visibility on social media. Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the aid of the tool described here and transmitted to Facebook, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is thereby limited exclusively to the collection of the data and their forwarding to Facebook. The processing by Facebook that takes place after the forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us jointly were recorded in an agreement on joint processing. The text of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for issuing
9 / 16 of the privacy information when using the Facebook tool and for the privacy-secure Implementation of the tool on our website responsible. For the data security of Facebook products, Facebook is responsible. You can assert data subject rights (e.g. requests for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook directly with Facebook. If you assert the data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381, and
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

5. Analysis tools and advertising

Tracking tools

ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS

This website uses Squarespace Metrics, a web analysis service from Squarespace, Inc. (“Squarespace”). Squarespace Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by this about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to a Squarespace server in the USA and stored there. Squarespace is certified under the EU-US data protection agreement "Privacy Shield" and is committed to complying with EU data protection regulations.

Squarespace will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for me as the website operator, and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Squarespace may also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Squarespace. Under no circumstances will Squarespace associate your IP address with any other Squarespace data. By using my website, you consent to the processing of the data collected about you by Squarespace in the manner described above and for the purposes set out above.

You have the option of preventing cookies from being stored on your computer using the appropriate browser settings. My website can still be called up, but it only works to a limited extent or not at all. You can find out more at https://de.squarespace.com/privacy/

Below you will find the tracking tools we use on our site pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO (General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR). We use the tracking tools to adapt our services to your individual needs and to optimize our website continually. We also use the tracking tools for statistical purposes in order to optimize our service for you. These interests are considered to be legitimate pursuant to the aforementioned regulation.
For further information on the purpose of the data processing and the data categories please consult the respective tracking tools.

a) Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a website analysis service by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, text files that are stored on your computer to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by a cookie about your use of this website is usually sent to and stored at a Google server in the USA.
The storage of Google Analytics cookies is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO (General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR). The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both his web service and his advertising.

IP anonymization

IP anonymization is activated on this website. Thus, your IP address is abbreviated within a Member State of the European Union or in other countries that are party to the agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional circumstances will your entire IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the US before being abbreviated. The owner of this website has authorized Google to use this data to analyze your use of this website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services regarding website activity and Internet usage for the website operator. The IP address communicated by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be stored with other Google data.

Browser plugin
You can prevent these cookies from being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser; however, we’d like to point out that in doing so you might not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) from being passed on to Google, and the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objection to data collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this website: Google Analytics deaktivieren.

For further information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google’s data privacy statement:  https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

b) Google Web Font

This site uses so-called web fonts for the uniform display of fonts, which are provided by Google are provided. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google's servers. This enables Google to know that this website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google WebFonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on of its website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent is the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g., device-fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font is used by your computer. For more information about Google Web Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and see Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

c) TYPEKIT FONTS BY ADOBE

I have integrated external "Typekit" fonts from Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland, on this website. Adobe is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TNo9AAG&amp;status=Active)

Order data processing

We have an agreement with Google regarding order data processing and fully adhere to the strict specifications of the German data privacy authorities for the usage of Google Analytics.

Google Analytics Demographics
This website uses the Google Analytics feature „Demographics“. The feature provides information about the age, gender and interests of the visitors of the website. This data is obtained from interest-related advertising on Google as well as user data from third-party providers and cannot be traced back to any individual visitor. Its collection can be deactivated at any time in the settings of your Google account or you may generally refuse the data collection by Google Analytics as stated under „Objection to data collection“

6. Plugins und tools

a) YouTube

This website embeds videos from the website YouTube. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. When you visit one of our websites on which YouTube is embedded, a Connection is established with the YouTube servers. In the process, the YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your terminal device or use comparable technologies for recognition (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve the user experience, and prevent fraud attempts. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to directly track your browsing behavior. to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube profile. Log out of the account. YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Insofar as corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent allows the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The Consent can be revoked at any time. For more information on the handling of user data, please see YouTube's privacy policy under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

b) Instagram

On this website, functions of the service Instagram are integrated. These functions are offered 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 end device and the Instagram server is established. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit of this website by you. If you are logged in to your Instagram account, you can click on the Instagram-Buttons link the content of this website to your Instagram profile. This allows Instagram to track your visit to this website to your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram. Insofar as consent has been obtained, the use of the above-mentioned service takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. As far as no 10 / 16 consent has been obtained, the use of the service is based on our legitimate interest in achieving the widest possible visibility on social media. Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the aid of the tool described here and transmitted to Facebook and Instagram respectively, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is thereby exclusively limited to the collection of the data and its forwarding to Facebook or Instagram. The after-forwarding processing by Facebook or Instagram is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent upon us jointly have been set forth in a Joint Processing Agreement. The text of the agreement can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing of data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the data protection- secure implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook or Instagram products. Data subject rights (e.g. request for information) regarding the data processed at Facebook or Instagram, you can directly with Facebook. If you assert the data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum,
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.
For more information, please see Instagram's privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

c) Twitter
Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on this website. These functions are offered by the Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02. AX07, Ireland. When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your end device and the Twitter server is established. Twitter thereby receives information about your visit to this website. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are associated with linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. We point out that we as the provider of the pages do not receive knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and its use by Twitter. You can find more information on this in Twitter's privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/de/privacy. Insofar as consent has been obtained, the use of the above-mentioned service takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. Insofar as no consent has been obtained, the use of the service is based on our legitimate interest in achieving the widest possible visibility on social media. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.
You can change your Twitter privacy settings in your account settings at https://twitter.com/account/settings.

d) SoundCloud

On this website, plugins of the social network SoundCloud (SoundCloud Limited, Berners House, 47-48 Berners Street, London W1T 3NF, United Kingdom). The SoundCloud Plugins can be recognized by the SoundCloud logo on the pages concerned. When you visit this website, after activation of the plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the SoundCloud server. SoundCloud thereby receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the "Like" or "Share" button while you are logged in to your SoundCloud account, you will be able to view the contents of these websites with your SoundCloud profile link and/or share. This allows SoundCloud to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages do not receive knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and its use by SoundCloud. The storage and analysis of the data are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring the greatest possible visibility in social media. If corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the Consent for the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g., device-fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. The United Kingdom is considered a secure third country under data protection law. This means that the United Kingdom has a level of data protection that corresponds to the level of data protection in the European Union. For more information, please see SoundCloud's privacy policy at: https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy. If you do not want SoundCloud to add your visit to this website to your SoundCloud-User account please log out of your SoundCloud user account before you start using content from the SoundCloud Enable plugins.

e) Vimeo

This website uses plugins of the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo video, a connection is established to the servers of Vimeo. In doing so, the Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. In addition, Vimeo obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is sent to transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA. When you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo Log out of account.

In order to recognize website visitors, Vimeo uses cookies or comparable 12 / 16 Recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting). The use of Vimeo is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Insofar as corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent allows the storage of cookies or Access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The Consent can be revoked at any time. The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission and according to a Statement from Vimeo based on "legitimate business interests". Details can be found here: https://vimeo.com/privacy. For more information on the handling of user data, please see Vimeo's privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

f) Tickets and pre-sale

f.1. Ticket.io
You can order your tickets for our events on our website or social media channels. The data required to process your ticket order (first and last name, email address, payment method and address) is collected by our partner ticket.io. Service provider is ticket.io, Spichernstraße 73, 50672 Köln.

Your data is collected, processed and stored by ticket.io. in order to process your ticket order. ticket.io. shares all your data, excluding your payment information, in order to ensure your entry at the festival check in and for us to react to any problems which may arise upon check-in. For more information, see the privacy policy of: https://ticket.io/privacy/.

f.2. Resident Advisor
You can order your tickets for our events on our website or social media channels. The data required to process your ticket order (first and last name, email address, payment method, and address) is collected by our partner residentadvisor.net. Service provider is Residentadvisor Ltd. 26 Hertford Rd, London, N1 5QT, UK.

Your data is collected, processed, and stored by ticket.io. in order to process your ticket order residentadvisor.net shares all your data, excluding your payment information, in order to ensure your entry at the festival check-in and for us to react to any problems which may arise upon check-in. For more information, see the privacy policy of: https://www.residentadvisor.net/privacy.

7. Currentness of this data privacy statement and amendments

This data privacy statement is currently valid, last updated in October 2022.
This data privacy statement will be amended, if necessary, when new services are introduced to our website or in order to meet current legal requirements.
The current data privacy statement can be accessed and printed at all times at https://www.cocoon.net/datenschutz

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