Welcome to https://en.karstenwitt.com, the website of Karsten Witt Musik Management GmbH. Your privacy and your rights in connection with your personal data when using our services are of particular concern to us. With this privacy policy, we would like to explain how we process personal data on our website, i.e., for what purposes it is used, with whom it is shared, and what rights you may be entitled to. We will only process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection law, as stated here.
1. Controller and Contact
The controller for this website is Karsten Witt Musik Management GmbH, which you can reach at our postal address Leuschnerdamm 13, 10999 Berlin, or by email at info@karstenwitt.com ("Karsten Witt Musik Management", "we", "us", "our").
You can reach our data protection officer, Karsten Witt, at info@karstenwitt.com.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or inquiries regarding your personal data, please feel free to contact us using the keyword "Data Protection."
2. Scope
This privacy policy applies only to our website, which is accessible at the domain https://de.karstenwitt.com or https://en.karstenwitt.com ("Website"), i.e., it does not apply to other services that are merely referred to via a link on the Website.
3. Data processing and legal basis for processing
The Website can be visited without personal registration. Only the internet connection data transmitted by your browser to our server will then be processed. This includes your IP address and other usage data (e.g., date and time of access, name of the page accessed, amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider). Further information on the collection of personal data when visiting our Website can be found in the "Cookies" section.
In addition, there may be certain offers and services for which we ask you for personal data such as your name or email address and, if applicable, other personal information. Accordingly, required information is always marked as mandatory fields. Without this information, we may not be able to provide you with the desired service or answer any inquiries you may have. Below, we provide you with an overview of the associated processing operations and legal bases.
3.1 Contact via contact form or email
If you contact us – e.g., via contact form or email – the personal data you provide to us in the contact form will be stored and processed by us. This is usually your name and email address or any other information you provide. The specific data collected in each case can be seen from the respective form. This data is stored and used exclusively to answer your request or to contact you and the associated technical administration. This data is processed to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR), or the processing is also in our legitimate interest, without your conflicting interests overriding these, as processing these inquiries is in our mutual interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
3.2 Receiving our newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter service, your personal data (such as name, address, and email address) will be stored and processed by us for sending the newsletter and for other advertising purposes. The processing of this data is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) or is in our legitimate interest if we advertise similar, own services or products and have received your email address in connection with the provision of services (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). In this case, we will regularly send you promotional information about the services associated with our offerings. You can object to the sending of such newsletters at any time without giving reasons for the future by unsubscribing via the unsubscribe link at the end of each newsletter or by contacting us in another way.
4. Use of Cookies
Like almost every other website, we use cookies for various purposes. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. These text files can be read by these websites and help identify you when you visit a website again. Some cookies are used to store preferences and are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after the browser is closed. Other cookies are used to better adapt the website to user needs and remain on the device, so-called permanent or persistent cookies. Below, we explain which cookies we use and how you can object to the use of cookies.
We use our own cookies, which enable customer-friendly use of our website, for example, by saving your settings. These cookies are automatically deleted at the end of a browser session. The legal basis for the use of such cookies is the fulfillment of a contract (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR).
We also work with various service providers who help us improve our website or offer additional features. These service providers may use their own cookies.
If these service providers support us in tailoring our website to meet your needs by analyzing user behavior on our website, the legal basis is either mutual interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).
Google Analytics
This website uses features of the web analysis 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 that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your website use. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
IP Anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to 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, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide the website operator with other services related to website activity and internet usage. 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 setting your browser software accordingly; However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all of the features of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Objection to data collection
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Deactivate Google Analytics.
For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Contract data processing
We have concluded a contract data processing agreement with Google 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" feature of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be created that contain information about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as from visitor data from third parties. This data cannot be assigned to a specific individual. You can deactivate this feature at any time via the ad settings in your Google Account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the "Objection to Data Collection" section.
Sound Cloud
Our website may contain plug-ins from the music service SoundCloud, which is operated by SoundCloud Limited, Rheinsberger Str. 76/77, 10115 Berlin. You can recognize the SoundCloud plug-ins by the SoundCloud logo on the relevant pages.
When you visit our website, a direct connection is established between your browser and the SoundCloud server after activating the plug-in. SoundCloud thus receives the information that you have visited our website using your IP address. If you click the "Like" or "Share" button while logged into your SoundCloud account, you can link and/or share the content of our pages with your SoundCloud profile. This allows SoundCloud to associate your visit to our pages with 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 SoundCloud. Further information can be found in SoundCloud's privacy policy at: https://soundcloud.com/pages/p...
If you do not want SoundCloud to associate your visit to our pages with your SoundCloud user account, please log out of your SoundCloud account before activating content from the SoundCloud plugin.
YouTube
Our website uses plug-ins from the YouTube site operated by Google. 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 plug-in, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with 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
5. Disclosure of Personal Data
Except in the cases mentioned in this privacy policy, your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties. Personal data may also be disclosed to third parties acting on our behalf to further process the personal data in accordance with its original purpose, for example, fulfilling the services offered, evaluating user behavior on our website, or providing technical support. These third parties are contractually obligated by us through legally stipulated agreements to use personal data only for the agreed purpose or not to disclose your personal data to other parties without permission, unless required by law. If other categories of recipients of personal data arise during future data collection, we will inform you of this for this purpose at the time we collect this information.
6. Transfer to countries outside the EU (so-called third countries)
If we intend to transfer your personal data to countries where different data protection standards may apply than those in your place of residence (including countries outside the European Economic Area) – often referred to as so-called third countries – we will take appropriate measures to adequately protect your data. Please note, however, that the data processed in these third countries may be subject to foreign laws and may be accessible to the governments, courts, law enforcement, and regulatory authorities there. When transferring data to third countries, the transfer is generally protected by the application of the so-called EU standard contractual clauses. You can obtain corresponding evidence or further details by email to the above address.
7. Speicherung Ihrer Daten
Wir werden die Verarbeitung Ihrer Daten auf das geringstmögliche Maß limitieren. Wenn Sie uns eine Anfrage senden, dann löschen wir Ihre Daten in der Regel nach deren Bearbeitung. Sofern in dieser Datenschutzerklärung keine konkreten Aufbewahrungsfristen genannt sind, speichern wir Ihre Daten nur solange bis der Zweck, für den die Daten erhoben wurden, erfüllt ist. Weiterhin bewahren wir Ihre Daten nur noch insoweit auf, als gesetzliche, satzungsmäßige oder vertragliche Aufbewahrungsfristen bestehen oder eine weitergehende Speicherung zur Geltendmachung, Ausübung oder Verteidigung von Rechtsansprüchen erforderlich ist.
8. Ihre Rechte
Sie haben, je nach den Gegebenheiten des konkreten Falls, folgende Rechte:
8.1 Zugang zu Ihren personenbezogenen Daten und/oder Kopien dieser Daten zu verlangen. Dies schließt Auskünfte über den Zweck der Nutzung, die Kategorie der genutzten Daten, deren Empfänger und Zugriffsberechtigte sowie, falls möglich, die geplante Dauer der Datenspeicherung oder, falls dies nicht möglich ist, die Kriterien für die Festlegung dieser Dauer, ein;
8.2 die Berichtigung, Löschung oder Einschränkung der Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten zu verlangen, soweit deren Nutzung datenschutzrechtlich unzulässig ist, insbesondere, weil (i) die Daten unvollständig oder unrichtig sind, (ii) sie für die Zwecke, für die sie erhoben wurden nicht mehr notwendig sind, (iii) die Einwilligung, auf die sich die Verarbeitung stützte widerrufen wurde, oder (iv) Sie erfolgreich von einem Widerspruchsrecht zur Datenverarbeitung Gebrauch gemacht habe; in Fällen, in denen die Daten von dritten Parteien verarbeitet werden, werden wir Ihre Anträge auf Berichtigung, Löschung oder Einschränkung der Verarbeitung an diese dritten Parteien weiterleiten, es sei denn, dies erweist sich als unmöglich oder ist mit einem unverhältnismäßigen Aufwand verbunden;
8.3 die Einwilligung zu verweigern oder – ohne Auswirkung auf die Rechtmäßigkeit der vor dem Widerruf erfolgten Datenverarbeitungen – Ihre Einwilligung zur Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten jederzeit zu widerrufen;
8.4 nicht einer ausschließlich auf einer automatisierten Verarbeitung beruhenden Entscheidung unterworfen zu werden, die Ihnen gegenüber rechtliche Wirkung entfaltet oder in ähnlicher Weise erheblich beeinträchtigt;
8.5 die Sie betreffenden personenbezogenen Daten, die Sie uns bereitgestellt haben, in einem strukturierten, gängigen und maschinenlesbaren Format zu verlangen und diese Daten einem anderen Verantwortlichen ohne Behinderung durch uns zu übermitteln; Sie haben gegebenenfalls auch das Recht zu verlangen, dass wir die personenbezogenen Daten direkt einem anderen Verantwortlichen übermitteln, soweit dies technisch machbar ist;
8.6 Beschwerde bei der für den Verantwortlichen zuständige Aufsichtsbehörde oder der Aufsichtsbehörde, in dem Mitgliedsstaat, in dem Sie Ihren Wohnsitz oder Arbeitsplatz haben, einzureichen, wenn Sie der Ansicht sind, dass die Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten gegen die datenschutzrechtlichen Vorschriften verstößt.
Sie können (i) die oben genannten Rechte ausüben oder (ii) Fragen stellen oder (iii) Beschwerde gegen die durch uns erfolgende Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten einlegen, indem Sie uns, wie oben angegeben, kontaktieren.
9. Widerspruchsrecht
Wenn die Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten zur Wahrung der berechtigten Interessen des Verantwortlichen erfolgt (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO), haben Sie jederzeit das Recht, aus Gründen, welche sich aus ihrer besonderen Situation ergeben Widerspruch einzulegen. Werden Ihre Daten für Zwecke der Direktwerbung verarbeitet, haben Sie jederzeit das Recht Widerspruch einzulegen.
Stand: 24. September 2019