Privacy policy
Last updated on: 13.10.2024
Transparent handling of personal data is very important to us. This data protection statement provides information on what personal data we collect, for what purpose and to whom we pass it on. We regularly review and update this privacy policy to ensure the highest level of transparency.
1. What services we use
- MailChimp
- Meta Ads
- Google Analytics
- Google My Business
- WhatsApp Business Chat
- Nextcloud
- Google Maps
- Vimeo
2. Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about our protection of your data, you can always reach us by email at info@kammermusik.org. Responsible for data processing done through this website is:
Gesellschaft für Kammermusik Basel
Postfach 521
4001 Basel
Schweiz
Data protection officer:
Matthias Häuptli
datenschutz@kammermusik.org
+41 61 461 77 88
3. General principles
3.1 What data we collect from you and from whom we receive this data
First and foremost, we process personal data that you provide to us or that we collect when operating our website. We may also receive personal data about you from third parties. These may be the following categories:
- Personal master data (name, address, dates of birth, etc.);
- Contact information (cell phone number, email address, etc.);
- Financial data (e.g. account details);
- Online identifiers (e.g. cookie identifier, IP addresses);
- Location and traffic data;
- Sound and image recording;
- particularly sensitive data (e.g. biometric data or information about your health).
3.2 Under what conditions do we process your data?
We process your data in good faith and for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. In doing so, we ensure transparent and proportionate processing.
If, in exceptional cases, we are unable to comply with these principles, the data processing may still be lawful because there is a justification. A justification reason may be in particular:
- Your consent;
- the execution of a contract or pre-contractual measures;
- our legitimate interests, unless your interests are overridden.
3.3 How can you withdraw your consent?
If you have given us consent to process your personal data for specific purposes, we will process your data within the scope of this consent unless we have another justification.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending an e-mail to the address given in the imprint. Data processing that has already taken place is not affected by this.
3.4 In which cases can we share your data with third parties?
a. Principle
We may need to rely on the services of third parties or affiliates and engage them to process your data (known as processors). Categories of recipients are namely:
- Accounting, fiduciary and auditing firm;
- Consulting firms (legal, tax, etc.);
- IT service provider (web hosting, support, cloud services, website design, etc.);
- Payment service provider;
- Provider of tracking, conversion and advertising services.
We ensure that these third parties and our affiliates comply with the requirements of data protection and treat your personal data confidentially.
We may also be required to disclose your personal information to government authorities.
b. Visiting our social media channels
We may have embedded links to our social media channels on our website. This is apparent to you in each case (typically via corresponding icons). If you click on the icons, you will be redirected to our social media channels.
In this case, the social media providers learn that you are accessing their platform from our website. The social media providers can use the data collected in this way for their own purposes. We would like to point out that we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by the operators.
c. Transfer abroad
Under certain circumstances, your personal data may be transferred to companies abroad in the course of order processing. These companies are obligated to data protection to the same extent as we are. The transfer may take place worldwide.
If the level of data protection does not correspond to that in Switzerland, we carry out a prior risk assessment and ensure contractually that the same level of protection is guaranteed as in Switzerland (for example, by means of the new standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission or other legally prescribed measures). If our risk assessment is negative, we take additional technical measures to protect your data. You can access the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses at the following link. https://commission.europa.eu/publications/standard-contractual-clauses-controllers-and-processors-eueea_de
3.5 How long do we keep your data?
We store personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the individual purposes for which the data was collected.
Data that we store when you visit our website is kept for twelve months. An exception is made for analysis and tracking data, which may be kept longer.
We store contract data for longer, as we are obliged to do so by legal regulations. In particular, we must retain business communications, concluded contracts and accounting records for up to 10 years. As far as we no longer need such data from you to perform the services, the data will be blocked and we will only use it for accounting and tax purposes.
3.6 How do we protect your data?
We will keep your information secure and take all reasonable steps to protect your information from loss, access, misuse or alteration.
Our contractual partners and employees who have access to your data are obliged to comply with data protection regulations. In some cases, it will be necessary for us to pass on your requests to companies affiliated with us. In these cases, too, your data will be treated confidentially.
Within our website, we use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure in conjunction with the highest encryption level supported by your browser.
3.7 What rights do you have?
a. Right to information
You can request information about the data we have stored about you at any time. We ask you to send your request for information together with proof of identity to info@kammermusik.org.
You also have the right to receive your data in a common file format if we process your data automatically and if:
- you have given your consent for the processing of this data; or
- you have disclosed data in connection with the conclusion or performance of a contract.
We may restrict or refuse to provide information or data if this conflicts with our legal obligations, our own legitimate interests, public interests or the interests of a third party.
The processing of your request is subject to the statutory processing period of 30 days. However, we may extend this period due to a high volume of requests, for legal or technical reasons, or because we need more detailed information from you. You will be informed of the extension of the deadline in good time, at least in text form.
b. Deletion and correction
You have the option of requesting the deletion or correction of your data at any time. We may reject the request if statutory provisions oblige us to store the data for a longer period or to retain it unchanged or if your request conflicts with a legal requirement.
Please note that exercising your rights may be in conflict with contractual agreements and may have corresponding effects on the performance of the contract (e.g. premature termination of the contract or cost consequences).
c. Legal process
If you are affected by the processing of personal data, you have the right to enforce your rights in court or to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch
3.8 Changes to the privacy policy
We may change this privacy policy at any time. The changes will be published on https://kammermusik.org, you will not be informed separately.
4. Individual data processing operations
4.1 Providing the website and creating log files
What information do we receive and how do we use it?
By visiting https://kammermusik.org, certain data is automatically stored on our servers or on servers of services and products that we obtain and / or have installed, for purposes of system administration, for statistical or backup purposes or for tracking purposes. These are:
- the name of your Internet service provider;
- Your IP address (in some circumstances);
- the version of your browser software;
- the operating system of the computer with which the URL is accessed;
- the date and time of access;
- the web page from which you are visiting URL;
- the search words you used to find the URL.
Why may we process this data?
This data cannot be assigned to a specific person and there is no merging of this data with other data sources. The log files are stored in order to guarantee the functionality of the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. This is our legitimate interest.
How can you prevent data collection?
The data is only stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. Accordingly, the data is deleted after the end of each session. The storage of the log files is mandatory for the operation of the website, you therefore have no possibility to object.
4.2 MailChimp
For sending newsletters and email notifications, we use the service MailChimp, offered by The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.
When you sign up for our newsletter, the data you provide and your email address are transferred to MailChimp, stored and processed. This enables us to send you regular updates, offers and information.
By subscribing to the newsletter, your IP address and the date of subscription are stored. This storage serves solely as evidence in the event that a third party misuses an e-mail address and registers to receive the newsletter without the knowledge of the authorized person.
MailChimp offers extensive analytics about how the sent newsletters are opened and used. These analyses are group-related and are not used by us for individual evaluation.
The data stored by MailChimp will be deleted as soon as you unsubscribe from our newsletter. This does not affect data that is stored with us for other purposes.
MailChimp has its own privacy policies and practices, which may differ from those on our website. For more information about MailChimp’s privacy practices, please visit: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/. If you have any questions about the data collected by MailChimp or would like to exercise your rights regarding that data, you should contact The Rocket Science Group, LLC directly.
4.3 Meta Ads
Our website uses Meta Ads, an online advertising service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.). Meta Ads allows us to serve targeted advertisements to make users aware of our products or services.
When you visit our website, Meta Ads may set a cookie on your terminal device that enables an analysis of your use of the website. In addition, Meta can use this cookie to track your usage behavior across different websites and end devices and serve personalized advertisements on this basis.
The data collected by the cookie is transmitted to Meta and stored there. This data can be linked by Meta to your Meta account (formerly Facebook account) and used for its own advertising purposes.
To generally object to the use of cookies on your computer, you can set your Internet browser so that no more cookies can be stored on your computer in the future or so that cookies that have already been stored are deleted. However, switching off cookies may mean that some functions of our website no longer function without errors.
For more information on how Meta Ads handles user data, please see Meta’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/. If you do not want Meta to use data for advertising purposes, you can adjust the corresponding settings in your Meta account.
4.4 Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our website, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) 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.
4.5 Google My Business
On our website, we use functions of Google My Business, a service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). Google My Business allows businesses to manage their presence on Google, including Google Search and Google Maps, and to interact with customers.
By visiting our website or by interacting with our Google My Business entry, such as leaving reviews or asking questions, data, in particular your IP address and the content of your interactions, are transmitted to Google and stored on Google servers. These servers may be located in the USA or other countries.
Google uses this information to provide Google My Business services, to facilitate user interactions with businesses, and to provide us with reports and analytics about the interactions and performance of our business listing.
4.6 WhatsApp Business Chat
For direct communication, we offer you the possibility to contact us via "WhatsApp Business Chat". This service is provided by WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, a subsidiary of Meta Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
If you contact us via WhatsApp Business Chat, your cell phone number and the content of your message, as well as any other data you may have provided, will be transmitted to WhatsApp and processed there. We receive this data and use it to respond to your request.
WhatsApp uses cookies and other technologies to provide the service and enable communication. In the process, your IP address may also be collected and stored.
Please note that the use of WhatsApp Business Chat and communication via this service is subject to WhatsApp’s privacy policy. We recommend that you read this policy before using the service.
4.7 Nextcloud
Nextcloud is a product of Nextcloud GmbH, Jos-Weiland-Strasse 1a, 12459 Berlin, Germany. Nextcloud is an open source file synchronization and sharing software solution that enables users to securely store, synchronize and access their data from anywhere.
On our website, we use Nextcloud to provide our users with a secure storage space for their data and to allow them to share files and documents with other users. This can be used, for example, to collaborate on projects, share photos, or back up important documents.
Nextcloud uses cookies and other technologies to manage user logins, store settings, and improve the overall user experience. In addition, data such as IP address, browser type, operating system, access time and other technical information is stored to ensure the performance and security of the service.
4.8 Google Maps
On our website, we use Google Maps, a map service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). Google Maps enables us to integrate interactive maps directly into the website and allows you to conveniently use the map function, for example, to search for a location or to plan your journey.
By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding sub-page of our website. In addition, further data, in particular your IP address, is transmitted to Google and stored on Google servers. These servers may be located in the USA or other countries. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists.
Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising.
You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and to exercise this you must contact Google.
4.9 Vimeo
Vimeo is a service of Vimeo Inc, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. Vimeo is a platform that allows users to upload, share and watch videos. It also offers various tools for video producers to monetize their content and interact with their audience.
We use Vimeo to embed videos on our website and provide high quality visual content to our visitors. This may include product demonstrations, tutorials, or other content relevant to our users. Embedding Vimeo videos allows our visitors to view them directly on our website without being redirected to the Vimeo platform.
When you access a web page of our website that contains a Vimeo video, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of Vimeo. In the process, certain information is transmitted to Vimeo. This also includes the IP address of the user. Vimeo also uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information about the use of the service and to improve the user experience.
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