Get Sound Trax Privacy Policy

This Get Sound Trax Privacy Policy explains to you, user of one or several services from the Get Sound Trax Set of Services (as defined below) either as an Artist (as defined below) or as a user of the Get Sound Trax Music Service (as defined below) or as a Client (as defined below) or simply as visitor of www.Get Sound Trax.com (hereafter the “Website”), which data are processed by Get Sound Trax (as defined below) when using Get Sound Trax Set of Services or visiting our Website.

Get Sound Trax’s main activities consist in providing the following set of services (“Get Sound Trax Set of Services”):

(i) an online platform where music creators and performers (the “Artists”) can upload music works (the “Works”) under Creative Commons licenses which visitors and users can listen to via streaming or download free of charge on the Website as well as through mobile applications (the “Get Sound Trax Music Service”); (ii) offering Artists the possibility to be remunerated by licensing their Works on a commercial basis through the Get Sound Trax licensing service enabling customers (the “Customers” or “Clients”) to purchase licenses for different uses such as, but not limited to, background music for points of sale or synchronization with video content (the “Get Sound Trax Licensing Service”). The Get Sound Trax Set of Services also include communications intended to its users, Artists and Customers particularly administrative messages, newsletters pertaining to the Get Sound Trax Set of Services and forums/blogs.

1. Identification of the Website and its operator

  • The Website is Get Sound Trax (“GetSoundTrax.com”). Get Sound Trax is the data controller for the data processing activities occurring in relation to the use of the Get Sound Trax Set of Services and/or visits of the Website. You can address questions regarding the Get Sound Trax Privacy at: getsoundtrax@gmail.com. This Get Sound Trax Privacy Policy applies to all the Get Sound Trax Set of Services available on the Website.

2. What Personal Data Get Sound Trax Collects

A “Personal Data” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Personal Data are collected and processed notably in the following cases:

  • When you create a Get Sound Trax account on the Website as a user of the Get Sound Trax Music Service, Get Sound Trax collects the following categories of Personal Data: username, password,
  • Once this account is created, you can
  • use Get Sound Trax Music Service, in this case the following can be collected: first and last names, email address, display name (pseudo or not), birthdate, gender, address (country and city) and language, display name (pseudo or not), portrait picture, cover picture; you may also create such Get Sound Trax account by using your Facebook account or your Google account, in which case Get Sound Trax collects your first and last name, username and user id (a unique number or text associated to your Facebook or your Google account), email address, profile url and profile picture;
  • create an or several Artist profiles on the Website, in which case Get Sound Trax collects the following categories of Personal Data: username, first and last names, email address, password, paypal email address, birthdate, birthplace, nationality, phone number, address (country, city, zip code, street name and number), location and language, display name (pseudo or not), portrait picture, Artist page cover picture, Artist self-description / biography, music preferences, social networks profile urls (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Lastfm), personal Website url, as the case may be and if the Artists so desires the first and last names and phone number and email address of a private contact person of his/her choice, first and last name as well as email address of any contributor (i.e. any other member of the music band as the case may be), track/album credits, history of transactions when Artist has opted for Get Sound Trax Licensing program (i.e. track of all payments the Artist receives from licensing his/her music through Get Sound Trax Licensing, together with the related e-mails), e-mails sent by an Artist to his/her fans;
  • When you create a Get Sound Trax account on the Website as a Client (on the page licensing.Get Sound Trax.com), Get Sound Trax collects the following categories of Personal Data: email address, password; you may also create such Get Sound Trax account by using your Facebook account or your Google account, in which case Get Sound Trax collects your first and last name, username and user id (a unique number or text associated to your Facebook or your Google account), email address, profile url and profile picture;
  • When you purchase a product or service as a Client on the Website (on the page licensing.Get Sound Trax.com), Get Sound Trax collects the following categories of Personal Data (in case the Client is a legal entity, that of the contact person): first and last names, email address, genre, phone number, country, billing address, payment method (credit card, paypal, wire transfer), credit card number, credit card holder’s name, purchases history, emails (including their content) relating to the purchases made;
  • When you already have an account on the Website and you decide to use Get Sound Trax Referral program (which may also be called “Affiliation”) giving you the possibility to recommend / refer persons you know to Get Sound Trax Set of Services and offering you rewards for doing so as well as offering the persons you have referred a discount on the price of their first purchase on the Website, Get Sound Trax collects the following categories of Personal Data (on top of the Personal Data already collected at the account creation stage as aforementioned): paypal email address, a promocode containing the first letter of your firstname followed by your last name email address, history of transactions made under your name and email address, email address(es) of the persons you refer to Get Sound Trax to invite them to purchase from Get Sound Trax Set of Services (email addresses that are either entered by you directly in the proposed field or imported and selected by you from your Gmail / Yahoo / Outlook contacts list should you choose this option offered by Get Sound Trax);
  • When you contact us on the Get Sound Trax Music page of the Website, Get Sound Trax collects the following categories of Personal Data: email address, content of your request and any Personal Data you may mention therein;
  • When you contact us on the Get Sound Trax Licensing page of the Website (licensing.Get Sound Trax.com), Get Sound Trax collects the following categories of Personal Data: first and last names, phone number, email address, content of your request and any Personal Data you may mention therein;
  • When you surf on the Website as a visitor, Get Sound Trax collects the following categories of Personal Data: IP address, the songs you listen to;
  • When required by national legislation, Get Sound Trax can in certain specific cases ask for a government issued ID as required by your national tax laws.
  • Please note that for the purpose of the collection process you may be invited to fill in a form / forms where certain fields in bold or possibly followed by an asterisk (*) must be filled in to enable Get Sound Trax to supply the Get Sound Trax Set of Services requested. Other fields are optional. The optional fields are exclusively intended to let Get Sound Trax contact you quickly if this proves necessary or to better identify your fields of interest in order to send you information corresponding to them.

3. How Get Sound Trax uses your Personal Data and on what legal basis?

  • The purposes for which Get Sound Trax collects your Personal Data depend on whether you made a simple visit to the Website or filled in a form on the Website to benefit from Get Sound Trax Set of Services. The categories of Personal Data collected by Get Sound Trax will be those that are strictly necessary for the processing purposes described below.

    The Personal Data Get Sound Trax collects and processes when you register on the Website is exclusively that which is needed to provide the Get Sound Trax Set of Services and for which you have entrusted Get Sound Trax to do so. No sensitive data is requested, nor collected by means of other databases. The legal basis for this processing is the necessity to execute the agreement between you and Get Sound Trax for the provision of the Get Sound Trax Set of Services.

  • Get Sound Trax may also collect and process Personal Data to keep you posted on Get Sound Trax latest product or services releases, software updates, and upcoming events by email. The legal basis for this processing is your consent (email marketing “opt-in”). In addition, your e-mail address may also be used to send you offers for products or services which may be of interest to you, as authorized by law (i.e. if you are a client of Get Sound Trax, have provided us with your email address in the framework of the purchase of a product or service, our email communications relate to analogous products or services as those already purchased, and you haven’t opted-out to receiving such communications – “soft opt-in”). If you don’t want to receive the Get Sound Trax newsletter, you can opt to unsubscribe at any time free of charge and without having to provide any justification (“opt-out”).

    Get Sound Trax may also send you a hard-copy newsletter at the postal address you provided Get Sound Trax with. The legal basis for this processing is the legitimate interests of Get Sound Trax, namely to market the Get Sound Trax Set of Services to its users. You may always unsubscribe from those newsletters by following the guidelines included in those newsletters.

  • If you communicate your phone number to Get Sound Trax, this means that you accept to receive a phone call from Get Sound Trax or from one of our affiliated partners. If you do not wish to receive such phone calls any longer, contact Get Sound Trax at getsoundtrax@gmail.com.
  • Get Sound Trax also uses your Personal Data to create, develop, operate, deliver, and improve its products, services, content as well as for other internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis and research. The legal basis for this processing is the legitimate interests of Get Sound Trax, namely to improve its products, services and content in order to serve its customers in the most appropriate way.
  • Get Sound Trax may use your Personal Data to verify your identity for billing purposes or if required for the provision of the Get Sound Trax Set of Services. The legal basis for this processing is the necessity to execute the agreement between you and Get Sound Trax for the provision of the Get Sound Trax Set of Services as well as to comply with Get Sound Trax’s legal obligations.
  • Get Sound Trax may use your Personal Data to send important notices, such as communications about purchases, subscriptions and changes to Get Sound Trax’s terms and conditions or policies. The legal basis for this processing is the necessity to execute the agreement between you and Get Sound Trax for the provision of the Get Sound Trax Set of Services as well as to comply with Get Sound Trax’s legal obligations.

4. Collection and use of non-Personal Data by Get Sound Trax

  • Get Sound Trax also collects data in a form that does not, on its own, permit direct association with any specific individual. Get Sound Trax may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-Personal Data for any purpose.
  • Get Sound Trax may collect information such as language, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, referrer URL, location so that Get Sound Trax can better understand customer behavior and improve its products and services like when you make a purchase on the Website, Get Sound Trax may collect your IP address to automatically select the country of billing. Get Sound Trax may collect and store details of how you use the Get Sound Trax Set of Services. This data may be used to improve the relevancy of results provided by the Get Sound Trax Set of Services.
  • If Get Sound Trax does combine non-Personal Data with Personal Data, the combined data will be processed as Personal Data for as long as it remains combined, for the purposes set out in this Get Sound Trax Privacy Policy.

5. Cookies

  • Get Sound Trax may use cookies to help better understand user behavior. A cookie is a small text file that is sent on your computer or other device and stored on your hard drive or device memory. Get Sound Trax is using the following cookies to keep records of your visits, to better tailor your future visits to your preferences and generally to improve your navigational experience. In using these cookies, Get Sound Trax deliver a more personalized experience on the Website.
  • In the framework of the use of the Website, cookies may be placed on your computer or other device to collect both anonymous data and Personal Data related to you as specified in this Get Sound Trax Privacy Policy.
  • When you visit the Website for the first time, information on privacy and wording regarding the consent to the use of cookies will appear through a “cookie banner”. If you continue to actively use the Website and do not actively object to the use of cookies, you agree to Get Sound Trax’s use of cookies and such consent will be stored in your browser, so that the information of the “cookie banner” does not have to be repeated on every page of the Website or at your next connection. In the event that your consent would no longer be registered in your browser (e.g. in case of suppression of the cookies), the “cookie banner” will appear again the next time you visit the Website.
  • Get Sound Trax installs and uses certain technically required cookies on your computer or other device which do not require your prior consent. Other cookies (such as cookies to improve the navigational experience by keeping record of certain data (this avoids you having to reintroduce such data at each connection) and by tailoring the content of the Website to your preferences) may be installed and used on the basis of your consent. You may, at any time, delete or block cookies in your browser parameters. However, in such case, some functionalities of the Website requiring the use of cookies may no longer be available to you.
  • Get Sound Trax uses analytics cookies to gather general information on how users use the Website (e.g. which pages they visit most frequently). These cookies do not collect any data that may lead to an identification of the users. All information collected with the aid of such cookies exclusively serves the purpose of understanding and improving the functionality of the Website. Get Sound Trax uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). The information regarding your use of the Website generated by the use of Google Analytics is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. However, the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” has been added to Google Analytics on the Website to ensure anonymous recording of IP addresses, known as “IP masking”. Google IP address anonymization on the Website truncates your IP address within the European Union and European Economic Area territories. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on Get Sound Trax’s behalf to analyze your use of the Website, compile reports on Website activity and provide other Website and internet usage-related services. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. You can prevent data generated and recorded by the cookie concerning your use of the Website (including your IP address) from being sent to Google and prevent the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the link Gaoptout Additional information on the Terms of Use and Data Privacy Policy of Google Analytics may be found at Google Analytics and Google Privacy Partners.

6. Protection of Personal Data - security measures

  • Get Sound Trax takes the security of your Personal Data very seriously. Get Sound Trax implements policy, rules and security measures targeting the protection of Personal Data. Get Sound Trax diligently updates, corrects and eliminate Personal Data that are inaccurate, incomplete or irrelevant.
  • Get Sound Trax warrants that, for persons acting under its authority, access to Personal Data and the possibilities for processing these Personal Data are limited to what is needed by these persons for the exercise of their duties.
  • Get Sound Trax ascertains compliance of programs used for automatic processing of Personal Data and monitors the regularity of their application.
  • Get Sound Trax ascertains that any person who has access to Personal Data can only process such Personal Data on instructions of Get Sound Trax, except in the case of an obligation imposed by or in virtue of the law, a decree or a court order.
  • Get Sound Trax takes the necessary technical and organizational measures to safeguard against accidental or unauthorized destruction, accidental loss and modification, access or any other unauthorized processing of Personal Data.
  • These measures ensure an adequate level of protection in view, on one hand, of the state of techniques in the field and the costs entailed for the application of these measures and, on the other hand, of the nature of the Personal Data to be protected and the potential risks.

7. When is Personal Data processing entrusted to a subcontractor and when are Personal Data disclosed?

  • You acknowledge that Get Sound Trax may disclose your Personal Data to its subcontractors for the above-mentioned purposes, both inside and outside the US Economic Area. You acknowledge that this may involve transfers of your Personal Data to countries that do not provide an adequate level of protection. Appropriate contractual measures will be taken to ensure the security of your Personal Data in compliance with the applicable privacy and personal data protection legislation. Get Sound Trax will always choose a subcontractor that provides sufficient guarantees with regard to technical and organizational security measures concerning data processing.
  • Get Sound Trax may also transmit Personal Data upon request of a judicial or administrative authority by virtue of applicable law.

8. Duration of retention of Personal Data

  • The Personal Data collected will be erased six (6) months after you unsubscribed from the Get Sound Trax Set of Services for which you have registered on the Website, unless Get Sound Trax has a legal obligation to retain some Personal Data for a longer period of time.

9. Your rights

  • you can ask to Get Sound Trax, by sending an e-mail to getsoundtrax@gmail.com, whether Get Sound Trax processes some of your Personal Data.
  • you can also access and help Get Sound Trax ensure your contact information and preferences are accurate, complete and up to date by logging in your Get Sound Trax account if you have created one.
  • you can (i) ask Get Sound Trax to provide you with a copy of your Personal Data, (ii) request that Get Sound Trax corrects your Personal Data if it is inaccurate or, in some cases, delete Personal Data unless Get Sound Trax has a legal obligation to retain some Personal Data .
  • you also have the right to ask for the restriction of the processing or to object to the processing of Personal Data relating to you as well as the right to data portability (as the case may be). When applicable, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent made prior to such withdrawal.
  • Please note that access, modifications, corrections, deletion requests can be made usually through your Get Sound Trax account or at getsoundtrax@gmail.com. Get Sound Trax can request in some cases proof of your identity (copy of identity card or passport) to be sure to respect your Personal Data and not to send them to a wrong person.
  • Newsletters, e-mails that you receive will always include the possibility to unsubscribe from the receipt of any message in the future.

10. Others

  • This Get Sound Trax Privacy Policy shall not restrict the rights that Get Sound Trax may have with regard to any natural person in virtue of specific agreements or other piece of legislation.
  • Get Sound Trax may update its Get Sound Trax Privacy Policy from time to time. When Get Sound Trax updates its Privacy Policy, a notification will be posted on the Website. Last version updated on February 14, 2020