Privacy Policy
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the applicable data protection laws and this privacy policy.
Our website can generally be used without providing personal data. Where personal data is collected on our pages, such as your name, address, or email address, this is always done on a voluntary basis wherever possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent.
Please note that data transmission over the internet, for example when communicating by email, may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Cookies
Some parts of this website use so called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies help make our website more user friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so called session cookies. They are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Server Log Files
The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and browser version, operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
This data cannot be assigned to specific individuals. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to review this data retrospectively if we become aware of concrete indications of unlawful use.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the inquiry form, including the contact details you enter there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in case of follow up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.
Comment Function on This Website
When you use the comment function on this site, in addition to your comment, the time the comment was created, your email address, and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you selected will also be stored.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Storage of the IP Address
Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who write comments. Since we do not review comments on our site before they are published, we need this data in order to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.
SSL Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address line changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.
If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Newsletter Data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use this data exclusively to send the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Web Fonts
This site uses so called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts (https://fonts.google.com/). When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display text and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used. By using Google Web Fonts, an external server of Google in the USA is accessed when you use this offer, which means that Google is theoretically informed that this offer has been used.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Maps
This website uses the Google Maps product from Google Inc. By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing, and use of the automatically collected data by Google Inc., its representatives, and third parties. You can find the terms of use for Google Maps under “Google Maps Terms of Service”.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so called “cookies”. These are text files stored on your computer that enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
IP Anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide further services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
Browser Plugin
You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website, including your IP address, by 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=de.
Objection to Data Collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. An opt out cookie will be set that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.
More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Order Data Processing
We have concluded an agreement with Google for order data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
Demographic Features in Google Analytics
This website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. This makes it possible to create reports containing statements about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest based advertising from Google as well as visitor data from third party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described under “Objection to Data Collection”.
Privacy Policy for Cross Device Remarketing
Our websites use the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in combination with the cross device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
This function makes it possible to link the advertising target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing to the cross device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest based, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and browsing behavior on one device, such as a mobile phone, can also be displayed on another of your devices, such as a tablet or PC.
If you have given the corresponding consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history with your Google account for this purpose. In this way, the same personalized advertising messages can be displayed on every device on which you log in with your Google account.
To support this function, Google Analytics collects Google authenticated user IDs, which are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data in order to define and create target groups for cross device advertising.
You can permanently object to cross device remarketing or targeting by deactivating personalized advertising in your Google account. Please follow this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/
Further information and the privacy policy can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
Privacy Policy for the Use of Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements from Google Inc. (“Google”). The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google AdSense uses so called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of website usage. Google AdSense also uses so called web beacons, which are invisible graphics. These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on these pages.
The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website, including your IP address, and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information may be passed on by Google to Google’s contractual partners. However, Google will not combine your IP address with any other data stored by you.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly. However, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. By using this website, you consent to the processing of the data collected about you by Google in the manner and for the purpose described above.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Facebook Plugins (Like Button)
Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our pages. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and thereby offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active).
When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Facebook profile. This enables Facebook to assign your visit to our pages to your user account. Please note that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how Facebook uses it. Further information can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not want Facebook to assign your visit to our pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account and delete your cookies. Further settings and objections regarding the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Facebook profile settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. These settings apply across platforms, meaning they are adopted for all devices such as desktop computers or mobile devices.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Facebook Remarketing and Retargeting
Remarketing tags of the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, are integrated on our pages. When you visit Musicalexpertin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the remarketing tags. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. This allows Facebook to assign your visit to our pages to your user account. We can use the information obtained in this way to display Facebook Ads. Musicalexpertin receives no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. Further information can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
If you do not want data to be collected and used for remarketing campaigns by Facebook, you can deactivate this here.
Conversion Tracking with the Facebook Visitor Action Pixel
With your consent, we use the “visitor action pixel” of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”) within our website. With its help, we can track the actions of users after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook advertisement. This allows us to measure the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes. The data collected in this way is anonymous to us. This means that we cannot view the personal data of individual users. However, this data may be stored and processed by Facebook, which we inform you about according to our current knowledge. Facebook can link this data to your user account and also use it for its own advertising purposes in accordance with Facebook’s data usage policy https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. A cookie may be stored on your computer for these purposes.
This consent may only be given by users who are older than 13 years of age. If you are younger, please ask your legal guardians for advice. Please click here if you would like to withdraw your consent.
Communication via Facebook Messenger
Our website uses Facebook Messenger from Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”) as an additional means of communication. The data and content of the communication are processed via servers in the USA. Facebook also evaluates the metadata of the communication for advertising purposes, but not the content of the messages.
Further details can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Instagram
Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to assign your visit to our pages to your user account. Please note that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.
Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
Privacy Policy for the Use of LinkedIn
Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn “Recommend” button while logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to assign your visit to our website to you and your user account. Please note that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.
Further information can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Pinterest
We use social plugins of the social network Pinterest on our site, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”). When you access a page containing such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the address of the websites visited that also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest, and cookies.
Further information about the purpose, scope, and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest as well as your related rights and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Pinterest’s privacy notice: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Spotify
Functions of the music service Spotify are integrated on our pages. The provider is Spotify AB, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm, Sweden. You can recognize the Spotify plugins by the green logo on our site. An overview of the Spotify plugins can be found at https://developer.spotify.com.
As a result, when you visit our pages, a direct connection can be established between your browser and the Spotify server via the plugin. Spotify thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Spotify button while logged into your Spotify account, you can link the content of our pages to your Spotify profile. This allows Spotify to assign your visit to our pages to your user account.
Further information can be found in Spotify’s privacy policy: https://www.spotify.com/de/legal/privacy-policy/.
If you do not want Spotify to assign your visit to our pages to your Spotify user account, please log out of your Spotify user account.
Privacy Policy for the Use of YouTube
Our website uses plugins from the Google operated site YouTube. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. In the process, the YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your browsing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Further information on how user data is handled can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Notice on Participation in the Amazon Affiliate Program
Musicalexpertin is a participant in the affiliate program of Amazon Europe S.à r.l., an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for websites to earn advertising reimbursement fees by placing advertisements and links to amazon.co.uk / Javari.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.fr / Javari.fr / amazon.it. Amazon uses cookies in order to identify the origin of orders. This allows Amazon to recognize that an affiliate link on our website was clicked.
Further information on the use of data by Amazon can be found here: http://amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html/?amp;nodeId=3312401.
Right to Information, Deletion, and Blocking
You have the right at any time to receive free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as a right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, and for any further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.
Objection to Promotional Emails
The use of contact data published as part of the legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby expressly prohibited. The operators of the site expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.
Source: eRecht24.de