Política de privacidad

Privacy Policy – Techno-Hub [DE]

1. Data Controller

Ronny Grapentin
Techno-Hub [DE]
Nelkenweg 13
04209 Leipzig
Germany

Email: mail@techno-hub.de

2. Hosting and Server Log Files

This website is hosted by IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany, on servers located in Germany.

When you visit our website, technically necessary data is processed, including your IP address, date and time of access, pages visited, and browser information. This processing is necessary to deliver the website and protect it against attacks.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests).

A Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is in place with IONOS.

Retention period for server log files: [Insert retention period]

Data backups:

To prevent data loss in the event of technical problems, we back up our database and contractual documents daily on our server at IONOS.

Backups are automatically deleted after 30 days. If an account is deleted, its data will also be removed from backups within 30 days at the latest.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) and Art. 32 GDPR.

3. Cookies and Website Statistics

We do not use tracking or advertising cookies.

Our website uses only two technically necessary cookies:

• Session cookie: Keeps you logged in and ensures that forms can be submitted securely.
• Security cookie (CSRF): Protects against forged requests.

Neither cookie is used to create user profiles.

Both cookies become invalid when the session ends or after a maximum of two hours of inactivity. The "Remember Me" function extends the session until you log out.

Legal basis: Section 25(2)(2) TDDDG and Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

External media preferences

Your decision to allow external media such as YouTube or SoundCloud is stored only in your browser's local storage (localStorage), not on our server.

You can change your preferences at any time using the "Cookie Settings" option at the bottom of each page.

Website statistics

We measure page views using our own cookie-free analytics system hosted on our server.

The following information is collected:

• Pages visited
• Referring website (domain name only)
• Country
• Browser language
• Device type
• Clicks on external links

Your country is determined using your IP address and a locally hosted country database (DB-IP Lite). No information is transferred to third parties during this process.

We do not store IP addresses.

To count unique visitors per day, we generate a checksum based on the IP address, browser identifier, and a randomly generated value that changes daily.

The random value is discarded after each day, preventing the checksum from being linked back to individual users.

Statistics are deleted after 13 months.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests in privacy-friendly audience measurement).

No information is stored on or retrieved from your device for this purpose.

4. Fonts

All fonts used on our website are hosted locally on our own server.

No connections are established with Google Fonts or other external font providers.

5. Embedded Content (SoundCloud and YouTube)

SoundCloud

Podcasts and DJ mixes are embedded using SoundCloud (SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany).

The SoundCloud player is loaded only after you click "Load Player".

Only then may information such as your IP address be transmitted to SoundCloud.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent).

YouTube

Videos on artist pages are embedded using YouTube (Google Ireland Limited) in privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com).

A connection to YouTube is established only after you click "Play Video".

When the video is loaded, personal data may be transferred to Google, including to the United States.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent).

6. Contact by Email and Contact Form

If you contact us by email, for example to submit a demo, we process the information you provide to handle your request.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR.

Your information is deleted when it is no longer required.

Contact form

When using our contact form, the following information is transmitted:

• Name
• Email address
• Subject
• Message

We store this information to process and respond to your inquiry.

The information is deleted once the request has been completed, provided no statutory retention obligations apply.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR.

The security verification (arithmetic question) operates without external services. The answer is stored only within your session.

Message history

After submitting a request, you receive a confirmation email containing a personal link.

This link allows you to view our responses and continue the conversation directly on our website.

The conversation is stored together with your inquiry and deleted when the inquiry is removed.

If you contact a specific person through a team page, that person receives your message, and the label receives a copy.

7. User Accounts

To create and maintain a user account, we process:

• Name
• Email address
• Encrypted password

For DJ applications, we additionally process:

• DJ name
• City
• Links provided during registration

This information is required to provide access to the DJ Pool and your personal account area.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Confirmation emails, reminders, and notifications are sent through IONOS email servers.

You can delete your account at any time and download your personal data through:

My Area → Account & Privacy

Profile pictures

You may voluntarily upload a profile picture.

Your profile picture appears next to your comments in the DJ Pool and is visible to all DJ Pool members.

If you have not uploaded a separate profile picture, we may use the photo from your DJ or artist profile, provided you have created one.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) and (b) GDPR.

You can remove your profile picture at any time. It will also be deleted when your account is deleted.

8. DJ Pool: Downloads and Ratings

We record which tracks you download and when they are downloaded, as well as the ratings you submit.

This information is required for the 14-day rating rule and DJ Pool charts.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Protection against unauthorized distribution

Each downloaded audio file contains an invisible, randomly generated identifier.

This identifier allows us to associate an unauthorized copy of a track with the original download.

The purpose is to protect unreleased music against unauthorized distribution and leaks.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests).

DJ feedback and support

We only display your comments together with your name as "Supported by" on our website or Instagram if you have explicitly agreed.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You may withdraw your consent at any time.

Timed track comments

Comments submitted at specific points within a track are visible to all DJ Pool members.

These comments may include:

• Your DJ name
• Your profile picture
• The timestamp within the track
• Your star rating, if provided

These comments are not publicly accessible on the internet.

Star ratings contribute to the track's overall rating and the DJ Pool charts.

You can delete your comments at any time. They will also be deleted when your account is deleted.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Last visit information

To show you which tracks have been added since your last visit, we store the timestamp of your most recent visit to the DJ Pool overview.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

9. DJ Profiles ("Supported by")

DJ Pool members may voluntarily create a public DJ profile.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Only information provided by the DJ is displayed, including:

• DJ name
• City and country
• Short biography
• Profile photo
• External links
• Techno-Hub [DE] tracks rated by the DJ
• DJ quotes, only with separate consent

Profiles become publicly visible only after approval by Techno-Hub [DE].

DJs can edit or deactivate their profiles at any time through their account area.

Profile photos are deleted when the associated account is deleted.

10. Demos, Uploads and Messages

Uploaded demos, tracks, remix applications, remix submissions, and messages, including attachments, are stored on our server at IONOS.

We process this information to review submissions and respond to inquiries.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

These files and messages are accessible only to you and the label team, except where information is shared with partner labels as described in the following section.

The information is deleted when your account is deleted.

11. Sharing Information with Partner Labels

If a demo or DJ Pool track does not fit Techno-Hub [DE], we may forward it to selected partner labels.

This happens only with your consent.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Partner labels receive access to a protected area of our website where they can view:

• Track title
• Audio file for browser-based playback
• Genre
• Track duration
• Information about AI usage and DAW
• Artist name
• City
• Links from your profile or artist page
• Our internal note
• The team member who forwarded the submission

Your email address and your original message to us are not shared with partner labels.

Communication with partner labels

If a partner label is interested in your music, it can contact you directly through our website.

The conversation is visible only to you and the respective partner label, not to the Techno-Hub [DE] team.

We are informed only that contact has been established and, where applicable, that a deal has been reported.

You decide which additional information you share with the partner label.

The partner label is independently responsible for any subsequent collaboration and related data processing.

You may withdraw your consent at any time. If you do so, we will remove your demo from the partner label area.

12. Contracts and Digital Signatures

For contractual purposes, we process the personal information contained in the relevant agreement, including:

• Legal name
• Postal address
• Other contractual information

When a contract is digitally signed, we record:

• Date and time of signing
• IP address
• Browser identifier
• Confirmation using an email verification code
• Document checksum

This information is used to document and verify the signing process.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) and (c) GDPR.

Contracts are retained in accordance with applicable commercial and tax regulations, generally for six or ten years.

If an account associated with contracts is deleted, we remove the account upon request but retain contractual documents where legally required.

13. Release Voting

When you participate in release voting, we record which account voted for which release candidate.

This ensures that each user can vote only once per candidate.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Only the total number of votes is displayed publicly.

You may withdraw your vote at any time.

Your votes are deleted when your account is deleted.

14. Newsletter and Promotional Emails

Newsletter

To subscribe to our newsletter, we require only your email address and consent.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

We use a double opt-in procedure.

You will receive newsletters only after confirming your subscription through the confirmation link sent to your email address.

To document your consent, we store:

• Confirmation timestamp
• IP address used during confirmation

Unconfirmed subscriptions are deleted after seven days.

You may unsubscribe at any time using the link included in every newsletter.

Your email address will then be deleted.

DJ Pool promotional emails

DJ Pool members receive notifications about new promotional tracks and upcoming releases from Techno-Hub [DE].

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests in providing information about the service being used).

You can unsubscribe from these emails at any time using the unsubscribe link in each message or through your account area.

Emails are sent through our hosting provider IONOS.

We do not track email opens or link clicks.

Free track downloads

If you subscribe to the newsletter to receive a free track, the same double opt-in procedure applies.

The download link is intended exclusively for you and expires after 30 days.

Release reminders

If you register for a reminder about an upcoming release, we store:

• Email address
• Selected language
• Confirmation timestamp
• IP address used during confirmation

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent).

We use a double opt-in procedure.

You receive one reminder email on the release date.

Your reminder registration is deleted 30 days after the release.

Unconfirmed registrations are deleted after seven days.

If you also select the newsletter option, the same confirmation process will subscribe you to the newsletter.

15. News from the Electronic Music Scene

In our news section, we summarize developments from the techno scene in our own words and link to the original sources.

Images accompanying news articles are stored on our own server.

No data is transmitted to the original news sources when you read articles on our website.

Only when you click "View Original Article" will you be redirected to the external website.

The privacy policy of the respective external website then applies.

16. Instagram

We manage our Instagram accounts through the interface provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.

Through this interface, we publish our own content and retrieve information required to manage our accounts.

This includes:

• Comments on our posts, including username, comment text, and timestamp
• Posts from other accounts in which we have been tagged, including username, image or video, text, and link
• Aggregated statistics provided by Meta, such as reach, follower locations, and age groups, without identifying individual users

We use this information to respond to comments and improve our content.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests).

This information is accessible only to our team within the protected administration area.

Sharing tagged content

We share posts in which you have tagged us only after asking for your permission and crediting your Instagram account.

If we tag you in a post or invite you to collaborate, you will receive a notification in your Instagram app.

You can decline or remove the tag or collaboration.

Instagram links on our website

Visitors to our website are not affected by our Instagram account management activities.

Instagram links on our website are standard hyperlinks.

No data is transmitted to Instagram merely by displaying these links.

Data may be transferred when you click an Instagram link.

Meta is responsible for the processing of personal data on Instagram itself.

17. Your Rights under the GDPR

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights:

• Right of access: You may request information about the personal data we process about you.
• Right to rectification: You may request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• Right to erasure: You may request the deletion of your personal data.
• Right to restriction of processing: You may request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
• Right to data portability: You may request to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
• Right to object: You may object to certain processing activities.
• Right to withdraw consent: You may withdraw previously given consent at any time.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

For example, you may contact the Saxon Commissioner for Data Protection and Transparency (Sächsische Datenschutz- und Transparenzbeauftragte) in Germany.