Privacy Policy

We process your information for the following purposes:

• Communication & Support: Respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, and manage our relationship with you
• Content Curation & Publishing: Review artist submissions, manage licensing agreements, and feature approved content on our YouTube channel
• Website Operation: Ensure the website functionality, security, and performance optimization
• Legal Compliance: Meet legal obligations, prevent fraud, and protect our rights and the rights of others
• Business Operations: Manage contracts, process payments (YouTube monetization), and conduct business activities
• Marketing Communications: Send newsletters and updates about new releases, features, and channel developments (with your consent)
• Website Analytics: Improve user experience and website functionality through analytics data

Under GDPR, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR): For newsletter subscriptions, marketing communications, and optional data processing
• Contract Performance (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR): For processing artist submissions, managing licensing agreements, and fulfilling collaboration contracts
• Legal Obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR): For compliance with legal requirements, tax obligations, and regulatory compliance
• Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR): For website analytics, security measures, business communications, and content curation activities

Note: For processing based on legitimate interests, we have balanced our interests against your rights and freedoms, ensuring they do not override your fundamental rights.

We do not sell your personal nor commercial information. We only collect analytics data to improve the website functionality and user experience. We may share your information only in these specific circumstances:

• Service Providers: With trusted third-party providers who help operate the website and services (hosting providers, email services)
• YouTube Platform: Artist names and track information for content published on the YouTube channel (with your consent)
• Legal Requirements: When required by law, court order, or to protect legal rights, safety, and security
• Business Partners: With artists and collaborators for content licensing and partnership purposes
• Professional Advisors: With lawyers, accountants, and other professional advisors for business and legal purposes

All service providers are required to protect your data and use it only for specified purposes under appropriate data processing agreements.

Some of our services may transfer data outside the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA).
When this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards:

• YouTube/Google Services: Data shared with YouTube for content publishing is protected under Google's international data transfer safeguards

You can obtain more information about international transfers and adequacy decisions at: EU Commission International Data Protection

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data:

• Encryption: All data transmission is protected with SSL/TLS encryption (HTTPS)
• Secure Hosting: The website is hosted with reputable German providers complying with European data protection standards
• Access Controls: Limited access to personal data on a need-to-know basis
• Regular Updates: Security updates and monitoring of systems and services
• Data Processing Agreements: All service providers must sign appropriate data protection agreements
• Backup Security: Secure backup procedures with appropriate access controls

While we strive to protect your data using industry-standard measures, no internet transmission is 100% secure. We encourage you to take precautions when sharing personal information online.

Information is retained only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy:

• Newsletter Subscriptions: Until you unsubscribe or request deletion
• YouTube Content Data: As long as content remains published or as required for ongoing partnerships
• Google Analytics Data: Stored for a maximum of 26 months, then automatically deleted by Google

After retention periods expire, data is securely deleted or anonymized unless longer retention is required by law.

Cookies are used for the website functionality and analytics:

• Essential Cookies: Required for basic website functionality, security, and user preferences
• Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser
• Security Cookies: To prevent spam, abuse, and unauthorized access
• Google Analytics Cookies: Google Analytics 4 uses cookies to collect anonymized website usage data and visitor insights to improve the website (see Google Analytics section for full details)

You can control cookies through your browser settings, but disabling essential cookies may affect the website functionality.

Under GDPR and applicable data protection laws, you have the following rights:

• Right of Access (Art. 15 GDPR): Request information about what personal data we have about you
• Right to Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): Ask us to correct any inaccurate information
• Right to Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
• Right to Restriction (Art. 18 GDPR): Request limitation of processing of your data
• Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR): Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR): Object to certain processing of your data, especially for marketing purposes
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Unsubscribe from newsletters or withdraw other consents at any time
• Right to Lodge a Complaint: Contact the supervisory authority if you believe your rights have been violated

How to Exercise Your Rights:

• Email us at Loading... with "Privacy Request" in the subject line
• We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal data, or our privacy practices, please contact us:

For detailed contact information and legal details, please see our Imprint page.