Privacy Policy

We, the Vintage Concert Audio e.V. (hereinafter „we“ or „VCA“), are pleased that you have visited our website. Your privacy is an important concern for us. We take the protection of your personal data and its confidential treatment very seriously. Your personal data is processed exclusively within the framework of the legal provisions of the data protection law of the European Union, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter „DSGVO“) and the Telemedia Act (hereinafter „TMG“). With this privacy policy, we inform you about the processing of your personal data and about your data protection rights in the context of using the website.

1. person responsible for data processing and data protection officer; contact

The person responsible for data processing within the meaning of the data protection laws is:

Vintage Concert Audio e.V.
Homburger Landstraße 42c
60435 Frankfurt am Main
info@vintage-concert-audio.com

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection, please feel free to contact us.

2. Subject of data protection

The subject of data protection is personal data. This is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (so-called data subject). This includes, for example, information such as name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone number, but also information that necessarily arises during the use of the website, such as information about the beginning, end and extent of use and the transmission of your IP address.

3. type, scope, purposes and legal basis of the automated data processing

The use of the website is generally possible without registration. Even if you use the website without registration, personal data may be processed.

Below you will find an overview of the type, scope, purposes and legal bases of data processing of the website .

3.1 Provision of the website

When you access the website through your terminal device, we automatically process the following data:

Date and time of access
Duration of the visit
type of terminal device
operating system used
the functions you use
type of event
IP – address
referrer URL
domain name

We process this data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) DSGVO to provide the service, to ensure technical operation and for the purpose of identifying and eliminating faults. In doing so, we pursue the interest of enabling and permanently ensuring the use of the website and its technical functionality. When the website is called up, this data is automatically processed. Without this provision, you cannot use our services. We do not use this data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person or your identity.

We usually delete this data after 90 days, unless we exceptionally need it longer for the purposes mentioned above. In such a case, we delete the data immediately after the purpose ceases to apply.

In addition, we store the following data when you register:

Salutation
First name
Last name
E-Mail
Password (after confirmed registration)

This data is collected in the course of a registration for the purpose of creating a personal profile for the use of personalized services of the VCA.

In addition, we store the following additional voluntary and non-mandatory data to complete a member profile upon your express request during registration:

Title
Street
POSTAL CODE
City
Country

This data will be used for proper member communication and administration.

The data will only be used for granting access rights and for information mails sent by you or for administrative reasons. Any further use, in particular by third parties, is excluded.

3.2 Cookies

What are cookies?

In order to offer you an extensive range of functions, to make use more comfortable and to be able to optimize our offers, we use so-called „cookies“. Cookies are small files that are stored on your terminal device with the help of your Internet browser.

Categories of cookies

Technical necessity

Technically mandatory cookies: we use certain cookies because they are mandatory for the website and its functions to work properly. These cookies are set automatically when you access the website or a specific function, unless you have prevented the setting of cookies through settings in your browser.

Technically non-mandatory cookies: we do not use technically non-mandatory cookies.

Storage period

Session cookies: The cookies are only required for the duration of your current service call or session and are deleted again or lose their validity as soon as you leave the website or your current session expires (so-called „session cookies“). Session cookies are used, for example, to retain certain information during your session, such as your registration for the website.

4. recipients of personal data

Internal recipients: Within VCA, only those persons who need to have access to your personal data for the purposes mentioned in section 3. above have access.

External recipients: we only pass on your personal data to external recipients outside the VCA if this is necessary to process or handle your request, if there is another legal permission or if we have your consent for this.

External recipients may be:

a) Order processors

External service providers that we use to provide services, for example in the areas of technical infrastructure and maintenance for the VCA offering. These processors are carefully selected and regularly reviewed by us to ensure that your privacy is protected.

Authorities and government institutions, such as public prosecutors, courts or tax authorities, to which we must transfer personal data for legally compelling reasons. The transfer is then made on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) DSGVO.

5. data processing in third countries

There is no data transfer to third countries.

6. storage period

For the storage period of personal data, please refer to the respective chapter on data processing related to specific services and functions above under item 3. In addition, the following generally applies: we store your personal data only as long as this is necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes or – in the case of consent – as long as you have not revoked the consent. In the event of an objection, we will delete your personal data unless its further processing is permitted under the relevant legal provisions.

7. rights of the data subjects

Upon request, we will inform you in writing whether and which personal data about you are stored by us. If you are registered as a user for the VCA login, you have the opportunity to view your data yourself and, if necessary, to change or delete it. If, despite our efforts to ensure that data is correct and up to date, incorrect information is stored, we will correct it at your request. You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data at any time by sending us a short message for the future.

In addition, you can contact us with questions regarding the processing of your personal data, suggestions or complaints.

8. status

The most current version of this privacy policy applies. Status 24.05.2024