Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

The protection of your personal data is important to us. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and this Privacy Policy.

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes, for example, your name, email address and, under certain circumstances, your IP address.

This Privacy Policy explains which personal data is processed when you visit our website or use our services, the purposes for which it is processed, and the rights available to you.

2. Data Controller

The controller responsible for processing personal data on this website is:

Tommy Berger Music
Achim Orlikowski (Owner)
P.O. Box 501108
50996 Cologne
Germany

Email: info@tommyberger-music.com

Website: https://tommyberger-music.com/

The data controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

3. Web Hosting and Data Processing

Our website is hosted by:

ALL-INKL.COM – Neue Medien Münnich
Owner: René Münnich
Hauptstraße 68
02742 Friedersdorf
Germany

Further information about the hosting provider's data protection practices is available at:

ALL-INKL.COM Data Protection Information

In connection with hosting our website, personal data may be processed, including IP addresses, technical access information and data submitted through our online forms and stored on the web server.

This processing is necessary to ensure the secure, reliable and technically appropriate operation of our website. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to provide a secure and functional website.

Where the hosting provider processes personal data on our behalf, this is carried out on the basis of a data processing agreement pursuant to Article 28 GDPR.

4. Server Log Files

When you access our website, the web server processes technical information required for its operation. This may include:

IP address of the accessing device
Date and time of access
Pages and files requested
Browser type and version
Operating system used
HTTP status code
Amount of data transferred
Referrer URL, if transmitted

This information is processed to deliver the website, identify technical problems and maintain server security.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to ensure the secure and uninterrupted operation of our website.

The data is deleted once it is no longer required for these purposes, unless longer retention is necessary to investigate security incidents or comply with legal obligations.

5. SSL / TLS Encryption

Our website uses HTTPS to encrypt data transmitted between your browser and our web server.

You can usually identify an encrypted connection by the prefix "https://" in your browser's address bar.

Encryption is intended in particular to protect information submitted through our contact and registration forms.

6. Contact Form

If you send us a message using our contact form, we process the information you provide in order to respond to your inquiry and, where necessary, answer follow-up questions.

This includes the contact details entered in the form and the content of your message. Technical connection data may also be processed where necessary.

If your inquiry relates to an existing contract or steps taken before entering into a contract, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

For other inquiries, processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to receive, process and respond to incoming messages.

Your information is generally retained only for as long as necessary to handle your inquiry and any subsequent correspondence. Statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

Contact form data is transmitted and processed through our own web server infrastructure hosted by ALL-INKL.COM.

7. Newsletter

Our website offers you the opportunity to subscribe to the Tommy Berger Music newsletter.

Our newsletter may include information about new songs, albums, artists, music releases and other news relating to our music label.

Subscription and Data Processing

We require your email address to register you for the newsletter. Additional information is processed only if it is collected through the subscription form.

Your email address is processed for newsletter delivery on the basis of your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Subscription is voluntary. Without your email address, we cannot send you our newsletter.

Newsletter Delivery

Newsletter management is carried out through our own web server infrastructure hosted by ALL-INKL.COM. We do not use a separate external newsletter marketing service for this purpose.

Withdrawal of Consent and Unsubscription

You may withdraw your consent to receive our newsletter at any time with effect for the future.

You can unsubscribe using the unsubscribe option provided or by sending an email to info@tommyberger-music.com .

Following your unsubscription, your email address will be removed from the active mailing list unless legal obligations or other lawful grounds require further retention.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.

8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small pieces of information that websites may store on your device. Similar technologies may include local browser storage.

Where we use strictly necessary cookies or similar technologies, they serve exclusively to provide functions requested by you or to ensure the secure operation of our website.

Cookies and similar technologies that are not strictly necessary generally require your prior consent.

The processing of personal data is governed by the applicable legal bases under the GDPR. In Germany, the storage of information on end-user devices and access to such information are additionally governed by Section 25 of the Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG).

9. External Links and Music Platforms

Our website may contain links to external websites, music platforms, social networks or video services.

When you click on such a link, you leave our website. The operator of the destination website is generally responsible for the processing of personal data on that website.

Please refer to the privacy policies of the respective external providers.

10. Recipients of Personal Data

Personal data is disclosed to third parties only where necessary to provide our services, where required by law or where another valid legal basis permits such disclosure.

In connection with the operation of our website, our hosting provider, ALL-INKL.COM, may have access to personal data as a processor to the extent necessary for providing its services.

We do not disclose personal data to unrelated third parties for advertising purposes without an appropriate legal basis.

11. Data Retention

Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this Privacy Policy, personal data is processed only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose.

Once the purpose of processing no longer applies, the data will be deleted unless statutory retention obligations or other lawful grounds require further storage.

If you withdraw your consent, we will assess whether the relevant data must continue to be retained for other lawful purposes.

12. Your Rights Under the GDPR

Subject to the applicable legal requirements, you have the following rights:

Right of access (Article 15 GDPR): You may request information about the processing of your personal data.
Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR): You may request the correction of inaccurate personal data.
Right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR): You may request the deletion of your personal data under the conditions set out by law.
Right to restriction (Article 18 GDPR): You may request the restriction of processing under certain circumstances.
Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR): You may request certain personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format under the conditions set out by law.
Right to object (Article 21 GDPR): You may object to the processing of your personal data under the conditions set out by law.
Right to withdraw consent (Article 7(3) GDPR): You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at:

info@tommyberger-music.com

13. Special Right to Object

Where your personal data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to such processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.

Where personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object to such processing at any time.

14. Right to Lodge a Complaint

If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR, you have the right, pursuant to Article 77 GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

This right is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

15. Automated Decision-Making

No solely automated decision-making, including profiling within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR, is envisaged in connection with the data processing activities described in this Privacy Policy.