PRIVACY POLICY

Introduction

We take the privacy of our website users very seriously and are committed to protecting the information that users provide to us in connection with their use of our website. We are also committed to protecting and using your information in accordance with applicable law. This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your information through the use of our Services when you access the Services through your devices. Please read the Privacy Policy carefully and make sure you fully understand our practices with respect to your information before using our Services. If you have read this policy, fully understand it and do not agree with our practices, you must stop using our website and services. By using our Services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Services constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and any changes to it.
 

In this privacy policy you will learn:
- Information on the responsible body
- What data we collect
- Why we collect this data
- Who we share the data with
- Where the data is stored
- How long the data is stored
- How we protect the data
- How we deal with minors
- Updates or changes to the privacy policy
- Plugins and tools
- Objection to advertising emails
- Artists' social security contribution

Note on the responsible body

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is

PARADOX-GRAFIX
Marco Giorgino
Kleiststrasse 5
40764 Langenfeld
Germany

Telephone: +49 (0) 177 3313 485
E-mail: info(at)paradox-grafix.de
 

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

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What data do we collect?
Below you will find an overview of the data that we may collect:

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Non-identified and non-identifiable information that you provide during the registration process or that is collected through the use of our services (“non-personal data”). Non-personal data does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about who collected it. Non-personal data that we collect consists primarily of technical and aggregated usage information.

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Individually identifiable information, i.e. any information by which you can be identified or could reasonably be identified (“Personal Data”). Personal Data that we collect through our Services may include information that is requested from time to time, such as names, email addresses, addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses and more. If we combine personal data with non-personal data, we will treat it as personal data for as long as it is combined.

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How do we collect data?
Below are the main methods we use to collect data:

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We collect data when you use our services. So when you visit our website and use services, we may collect, record and store usage, sessions and related information.

We collect data that you provide to us yourself, for example when you contact us directly via a communication channel (e.g. an email with a comment or feedback).

We may collect data from third party sources as described below.

We collect data that you provide to us when you log in to our services via a third-party provider such as Facebook or Google.

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Why do we collect this data?
We may use your data for the following purposes:

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- to provide and operate our Services;
- to develop, customize and improve our Services
- to respond to your feedback, inquiries and requests and to provide assistance
- to analyze request and usage patterns;
- for other internal, statistical and research purposes;
- to improve our data security and fraud prevention capabilities
- to investigate violations and enforce our terms and policies and to comply with applicable law, regulation or governmental request;
- to provide you with updates, news, promotional materials and other information related to our Services. For promotional emails, you can decide for yourself whether you wish to continue receiving them. If not, simply click on the unsubscribe link in these emails.

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Who do we share this data with?
We may disclose your data to our service providers in order to operate our services (e.g. storing data via third party hosting services, providing technical support, etc.).
 

We may also disclose your data in the following circumstances:

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1. to investigate, detect, prevent or take action regarding unlawful activities or other misconduct
2. to establish or exercise our rights of defense;
3. to protect our rights, property or personal safety, or the safety of our users or the public
4. in the event of a change of control of us or any of our affiliates (by way of merger, acquisition or purchase of (substantially) all of our assets, etc.)
5. to collect, hold and/or manage your information using authorized third party service providers (e.g. cloud service providers), as appropriate for business purposes
6. to work with third parties to improve your user experience. For the avoidance of doubt, please note that we may transfer, disclose or otherwise use non-personal data to third parties at our discretion.

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Please note that our services enable social interactions (e.g. posting content, information and comments publicly and chatting with other users). Please be aware that any content or data you provide in these areas may be read, collected and used by others. We advise against posting or sharing information that you do not wish to make public. If you upload content to our digital assets or otherwise make it available as part of your use of a service, you do so at your own risk. We cannot control the actions of other users or members of the public with access to your data or content. You acknowledge and confirm that copies of your data may remain accessible even after they have been deleted from cached and archived pages or after a copy/storage of your content has been made by a third party.

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Cookies and similar technologies
When you visit or access our Services, we authorize third parties to use web beacons, cookies, pixel tags, scripts and other technologies and analytics services (“Tracking Technologies”). These Tracking Technologies may enable third parties to automatically collect your data to improve the browsing experience on my digital assets, optimize their performance and ensure a tailored user experience, as well as for security and fraud prevention purposes.

 

To find out more, please read our cookie policy.

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Where do we store the data?
Non-personal data
Please note that our company and our trusted partners and service providers are located around the world. We store and process any non-personal data we collect in different jurisdictions for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
 

Personal Data
Personal data may be maintained, processed and stored in the United States, Ireland, South Korea, Taiwan, Israel and, to the extent necessary for the proper provision of our Services and/or required by law (as further explained below), in other jurisdictions.

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How long will the data be retained?
Please note that we will retain the data we collect for as long as necessary to provide our services, to comply with our legal and contractual obligations to you, to resolve disputes and to enforce our agreements.
 

We may correct, amend or delete inaccurate or incomplete data at any time at our sole discretion.
 

How do we protect the data?
The hosting service for our website provides us with the online platform through which we can offer you our services. Your data may be stored via our hosting provider's data storage, databases and general applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall and they provide secure HTTPS access to most areas of their services.
 

Notwithstanding the measures and efforts taken by us and our hosting provider, we cannot and do not guarantee absolute protection and security of the data you upload, publish or otherwise disclose to us or others.
 

For this reason, we encourage you to set strong passwords and, whenever possible, not to provide us or others with confidential information that you believe could cause significant or lasting harm if disclosed. As email and instant messaging are not considered secure forms of communication, we also ask that you do not disclose confidential information via either of these communication channels.

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How do we deal with minors?
We will only use your personal data for the purposes set out in the Privacy Policy and only where we are satisfied that
 

- the use of your personal data is necessary to perform or enter into a contract (e.g. to provide you with the Services themselves or customer or technical support);
- the use of your personal data is necessary to comply with relevant legal or regulatory obligations; or
- the use of your personal data is necessary to support our legitimate business interests (provided that this is done at all times in a way that is proportionate and respects your data protection rights).

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As an EU resident, you can:
- Request confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed, and request access to your stored personal data and certain additional information;
- request to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format  
  - request the correction of your personal data stored by us
  - request the erasure of your personal data;
  - object to the processing of your personal data by us;
  - request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, or
  - lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

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Please note, however, that these rights are not absolute and may be subject to our own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements. If you have general questions about the personal data we collect and how we use it, please contact us as set out below. In the course of providing the Services, we may transfer data across borders to affiliates or other third parties and from your country/jurisdiction to other countries/jurisdictions around the world. By using the Services, you consent to the transfer of your data outside the EEA.

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If you are based in the EEA, your personal data will only be transferred to locations outside the EEA where we are satisfied that an adequate or equivalent level of protection of personal data exists. We will take appropriate steps to ensure that we have appropriate contractual arrangements in place with our third parties to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place so that the risk of unlawful use, alteration, deletion, loss or theft of your personal data is minimized and that such third parties act at all times in accordance with applicable laws.

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Rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act
If you are a California resident using the Services, you may be entitled to request access to and deletion of your information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

To exercise your right to access and delete your information, please see below for how to contact us.

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The website does not sell data of its users
We do not sell users' personal information for the purposes of the CCPA.

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Updates or changes to the privacy policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time at our sole discretion, the version published on the Website is always current (see “Status”). We ask you to check this Privacy Policy regularly for changes. In the event of significant changes, we will publish a notice on our website. Your continued use of the Services following notification of changes on our website will constitute your acknowledgement and acceptance of the changes to the Privacy Policy and your agreement to be bound by the terms of those changes.

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Contact Us
If you have general questions about the Services or the information we collect about you and how we use it, please contact us at

Name: Paradox-Grafix - Marco Giorgino
Address: Kleiststraße 5 - 40764 Langenfeld - Germany
E-mail address: info@paradox-Grafix.de

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Plugins and tools
YouTube with extended data protection
Our website uses plugins from the YouTube website. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

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We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. For example, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network regardless of whether you watch a video.

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As soon as you start a YouTube video on our website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

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Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your end device after starting a video. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to our website. This information is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts. The cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

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If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no influence.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

You can find more information about data protection at YouTube in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

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Vimeo
Our website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. The Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA.

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If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

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Vimeo is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

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Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

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Objection to advertising e-mails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material. We expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

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Artists' social security contribution
In addition to the fees, charges and costs plus VAT to be paid by the client, the artists' social security contribution shall be added at the respective statutory rate, which may be incurred by us for third-party services.