PRIVACY POLICY
Thank you for visiting the ASOUNDEFFECT website. We at ASOUNDEFFECT are taking the privacy of our clients and the visitors of this website very seriously. This privacy policy will demonstrate in the most transparent way how ASOUNDEFFECT handles your data.
Please carefully read this privacy policy before using our website or entering your personal information in our online store or registration fields. By using our website, you agree to be bound by this privacy policy, which may be modified by ASOUNDEFFECT at any time.
Our website contains links to third party websites. Those third party websites are not subject to this privacy policy nor is ASOUNDEFFECT responsible for the privacy practices or the content on these websites.
Your Rights
You can exercise the following rights at any time via [email protected]
- Information about your data stored with us and the processing of this data (Section 15 GDPR),
- Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
- Deletion of your data stored with us (Art. 17 GDPR),
- Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
- Contradiction against the processing of your data with us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
- Data transferability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).
If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You can contact the competent supervisory authority at any time with a complaint (Art. 77 GDPR in conjunction with § 19 BDSG). Your competent supervisory authority depends on your state of residence, your work or the alleged infringement.
Information ASOUNDEFFECT Collects
1. ORDERS IN OUR STORE
Purpose
To process orders including valid invoices.
Personal Data
Name
Shipping and billing address
E-mail address
Phone Number(s)
Company name and VAT number (if existing)
Payment details including credit card information or payment gateway login (securely stored)
Involved 3rd Parties
Braintree, a division of PayPal – 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza #800, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
We submit payment information like name, email address, credit card number to process the payment. The connection is SSL-encrypted.
Checkout Ltd, Wenlock Works, Shepherdess Walk, London, N1 7BQ, United Kingdom
We submit payment information like name, email address, credit card number to process the payment. The connection is SSL-encrypted.
Smartsound LLC, PO Box 2478, Winnetka, CA 91396, USA
Orders in $US are processed by our authorized reseller, Smartsound LLC. We submit billing information like name, email address, billing address. The connection is SSL-encrypted.
Astockmedia GmbH, Kästrich 6, 55116 Mainz, Germany
Orders not $US are processed by our authorized reseller, astockmedia GmbH. We submit billing information like name, email address, billing address. The connection is SSL-encrypted.
Audiomatik GmbH, Kästrich 6, 55116 Mainz, Germany
We submit information like name, email address, order details and history to provide clients with download links and downloader access. The connection is SSL-encrypted.
3. USER ACCOUNT CREATION
Purpose
Each user can optionally create a user account to keep track of his orders and to save his personal information.
Personal Data
Name
Shipping and billing address
E-mail address
Phone Number(s)
Company name and VAT number (if existing)
(Optional) Payment details including credit card information or payment gateway login (securely stored)
4. BROWSING OUR WEBSITE
Purpose
To log browser sessions, to analyse how visitors use our website and to improve the user experience.
Personal Data
Internet Protocol Address
Involved 3rd Parties
Kinsta Inc. 8605 Santa Monica Blvd #92581. West Hollywood, CA 90069,USA
Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany
Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
5. EDUCATIONAL INQUIRY
Purpose
To verify the student or teacher status
Personal Data
Name
E-Mail Address
Proof Of Enrolment or Student ID
We collect this data only when it is provided by you while purchasing products or modifying your personal account data, creating a user account (online or manually through us) or signing up to our newsletter.
6. Remarketing
We use Google Ads and Facebook retargeting services to advertise on third-party websites to previous visitors to our site. It may mean that we advertise to past visitors who have not completed a task on our site, such as using the contact form to make a request. This may take the form of advertising on the Google search results page, a website on the Google Display Network, or anywhere on Facebook and related services (e.g., Instagram). Third parties, including Google and Facebook, use cookies to serve ads based on previous visits. The information collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policies and the Google and Facebook privacy policies.
You can opt-out of remarking by visiting the links below:
Google: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences
Use of Personal Data and Disclosure of Personal Data
By providing ASOUNDEFFECT with your personal data, you authorize us to use it for the following purposes:
- Processing orders, registrations and newsletters
- Running raffles, polls and contests
- Customer support inquiries
- Market research to improve our products and services
Generally, ASOUNDEFFECT does not disclose your personal data to third parties, however ASOUNDEFFECT may use it for the following purposes:
- Your data can be shared with third parties where it is neccessary, e.g. to process orders, payments and deliveries that involve third parties (e.g. payment providers, parcel services,…)
- To protect perceived rights, safety and property of ASOUNDEFFECT, our partners, our clients, users of our website and the public
- In accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.
It is your right to request information about the personal data ASOUNDEFFECT has about you. You can request to have it corrected, removed or you can ask us not to use your personal data for the above mentioned purposes. You have the right to request a written document that contains the personal data we have about you. Please write to [email protected].
When you’re subscribed to our newsletter, you have the option to unsubscribe at any time from our mailing list via the unsubscribe link in each newsletter.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. “(“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 is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Google will reduce your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other countries party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. IP anonymization is active on this website. 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 relating to website and Internet use.
The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. 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 deactivate Google Analytics by click the Link at the bottom of this page. This will place an opt-out cookie only for this browser and for this domain. If you delete your browser cookies, you will have to opt-out again.
ASOUNDEFFECT also uses 3rd party vendor re-marketing tracking cookies, including the Google Adwords tracking cookie. This means we will continue to show ads to you across the internet, specifically on the Google Content Network (GCN). As always we respect your privacy and are not collecting any identifiable information through the use of Google’s or any other 3rd party remarketing system.
The third-party vendors, including Google, whose services we use – will place cookies on web browsers in order to serve ads based on past visits to our website. – Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website. This allows us to make special offers and continue to market our services to those who have shown interest in our service.
Privacy Contact Information
If you have any questions about our privacy policy you may contact ASOUNDEFFECT via: [email protected]