Source: https://www.bitwig.com/en/privacy_policy.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 00:33:48+00:00

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Bitwig GmbH, Schwedter Str.13, 10119 Berlin, Germany, (hereinafter: „We“) is the operator of the website https://www.bitwig.com and therefore the controller of the personal data of the users (hereinafter: “You”) of the website in terms of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Data Protection Act (“BDSG- neu”).
Fredrik Astevall, Bitwig GmbH, Schwedter Str. 13, 10119 Berlin, contact@bitwig.com.
(1) We protect your privacy and your personal data. We collect, process and use your personal data in accordance with the content of these data protection regulations and the applicable German data protection laws, including but not limited to the German Data Protection Act (“BDSG- neu”).
(2)	Personal data in the sense of this internet privacy means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes but is not limited to your name, your e-mail address and possibly your address and your telephone number as well as your credit card and bank details and your value added tax specifications, should you be a registered trader.
(3)	Personal data also include information about your usage of our website. In this context, we collect your personal data as follows: information about your visits to our website, such as the extent of the data transfer, the location from which you retrieve data from our website as well as other connection data and sources that you retrieve. For more detailed information see § 7 and § 8.
(1)	Some personal data may only be processed with your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw this consent at any time for the future. "For the future" means that your withdrawal has no effect on the processing of data that we have made between the granting of your consent and your withdrawal. You do not have to justify your withdrawal. An informal message via e-mail to contact@bitwig.com is sufficient.
(2)	We process personal data that we require to fulfill or conclude a contract with you or to carry out pre-contractual measures on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
(3)	Other personal data we process according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR for the protection of our legitimate interests, e.g. for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services.
(4)	In addition, it may be necessary to process personal data in order to fulfill a legal obligation that we are subject to (Article 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR) or to protect your vital interests (Article 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR).
(4) The data will be deleted within 7 days.
The cookies we use will only store the information about your use of the website as explained above. This is not done by an assignment to you personally, but by assigning an identification number to the cookie ("Cookie ID"). A combination of the cookie ID with your name, your IP address or similar data that would allow a mapping of the cookie to you does not occur.
(2)	The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, as we have a legitimate interest in improving the operation of our website and using the data for direct marketing purposes.
(3) We use the data that we process using cookies that are technically necessary in order to optimize our website and simplify its use.
We use the data that we process using cookies that are not technically necessary to align our website with your individual interests.
(4) The duration of storage varies depending on whether the cookies are session cookies or temporary cookies. Session cookies are automatically deleted after you leave our website. Temporary cookies are stored on your device for a certain period. Cookies that we use for statistical purposes are automatically deleted after a defined period.
To offer you simple and convenient transactions, we have teamed up with 2checkout (formerly Avangate) to provide a secure and reliable platform for selling our software products online. The entire order process is carried out by 2checkout; all personal data collected in this context is processed by 2checkout. 2checkout undertakes to comply with the requirements of the GDPR.
We do this to be able to communicate with you regarding the purchase (e.g. to confirm the order) and to ship the goods to your address.
To simplify the payment process for our sales of physical goods and merchandise, the payment process is carried out by 2checkout; all personal data collected in this context is processed by 2checkout. 2checkout undertakes to comply with the requirements of the GDPR.
We have no access to your password. Changing the password is only possible by means of a password reset process.
(2) Since we require the data to be able to fulfil our contract with you, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Furthermore, the processing of data from your user account serves our legitimate interest, so that the processing is also based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
(3) Setting up a user account and the data transmitted to us in this context are essential for providing you with our services in full. You need to set up a user account in order to activate the software and receive free upgrades and a notification as soon as the eligibility expires.
Your user account’s data also enable us to determine whether you are the holder of a valid license and whether you comply with its terms, in particular whether you activate the software on no more than three computers.
(2) We use this data exclusively to activate the software and to provide you with updates.
(3) Since this data is necessary for the performance of the contract regarding the use of our Software, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
(4) The information will be stored for as long as you have an active account.
(1) In case of a crash of the software you have the possibility to send us a crash report and thus inform us about the issue. In this case your description of the issue and further background information about the issue will be transmitted to us.
(2) The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The stored data enables us to fix the issue and provide you with a functioning software.
(3) We use this data solely to fix the issue.
(4) The data will be stored for as long as we need to fix the software.
(1) If you are interested in receiving our newsletter, you can inform us by activating the respective checkbox when setting up your user account. By doing so, you grant us your consent to use your e-mail for sending our newsletter.
We use MailChimp, a service of Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. The data we need from you for the newsletter distribution will be stored on the servers of MailChimp in the USA. The data is synchronized in real time with our database. Furthermore, MailChimp enables an analysis of our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see which users have opened our newsletter and how often.
MailChimp guarantees compliance with European data protection standards in the USA through certification according to the "EU-US-Privacy-Shield". Furthermore, we have concluded a data processing agreement with MailChimp, in which MailChimp pledges to protect the data of our customers and not to pass it on to third parties.
(2) The processing takes place only with your consent and therefore on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time for the future and thus unsubscribe from the newsletter. "For the future" means that your withdrawal has no effect on the processing of data that we have made between the granting of your consent and your withdrawal. You do not have to justify your withdrawal. An informal message by e-mail to contact@bitwig.com is sufficient.
(3) We process the data exclusively in order to send you our newsletter.
(4) The data that we have stored in order to send you the newsletter will be deleted as soon as you cancel the newsletter.
(2) We process this data only with your consent and therefore on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
(3) We store this data in order to answer your inquiry and, if necessary, follow-up questions. In addition, we store the data to provide you with technical support and to ensure the usability of our product.
(4) We store the data you enter in the contact form until your request has been processed or for as long as it is necessary to ensure the usability of our product.
(1) This website provides a section "Questions and Answers - Q&A". In this section, users of the website and our products can exchange information about both the website and the products, ask questions and answer questions from other users.
(3) The data is processed for the sole purpose of providing our users with a platform on which they can exchange information about our products and find answers to questions about our software.
(4) The personal data processed in this context will be deleted as soon as you require us to do so.
We have embedded the “Follow us on Facebook”- Plugin on our website. This is a plugin from the social network "Facebook", provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
Regardless of whether you have a Facebook account and are logged in or not, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server and informs Facebook that you are visiting our website with your IP address.
Depending on which page of our website the plugin is embedded, you will be directed to a corresponding Facebook page by clicking the "Follow us on Facebook" plugin. If you are logged into your Facebook account during this process, Facebook can associate your visit to our website directly with your Facebook account. If you do not wish to do so, you must log out of your Facebook account before visiting our website.
We have embedded a Twitter plugin on our website. This is a feature of the Twitter social network, Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
Regardless of whether you have a Twitter account and are logged in or not, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Twitter server and informs Twitter that you are visiting our website with your IP address.
Depending on which page of our website the plugin is embedded, you will be directed to a corresponding Twitter page by clicking the "Follow us on Twitter" plugin. If you are logged into your Twitter account during this process, Twitter can associate your visit to our website directly with your Twitter account. If you do not wish to do so, you must log out of your Twitter account before visiting our website.
We have embedded the "Follow us on YouTube" plugin on our website. This is a feature of the social network YouTube offered by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
Regardless of whether you have a YouTube account and are logged in or not, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the YouTube server and informs YouTube that you are visiting our website with your IP address.
Depending on which page of our website the plugin is embedded, you will be directed to a corresponding YouTube page by clicking the "Follow us on YouTube" plugin. If you are logged into your YouTube account during this process, YouTube can associate your visit to our website directly with your YouTube account. If you do not wish to do so, you must log out of your YouTube account before visiting our website.
We have embedded YouTube videos on our website. This is a feature of the social network YouTube offered by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
Regardless of whether you have a YouTube account and are logged in or not, a direct connection between your browser and the YouTube server is established by embedding the videos and YouTube receives the information that you have visited our website with your IP address.
We have embedded several SoundCloud plugins on our website. This is a feature of the SoundCloud social network operated by SoundCloud Limited, Berners House, 47-48 Berners Street, London W1T 3NF, UK.
Regardless of whether you have a SoundCloud account and are logged in to it or not, a direct connection between your browser and the SoundCloud server is established by embedding the plugins and SoundCloud receives the information that you have visited our website with your IP address.
Depending on which page of our website the plugins are embedded, you will be directed to a corresponding SoundCloud page by clicking on a plugin. If you are logged into your SoundCloud account during this process, SoundCloud can map your visit to our website directly to your SoundCloud account. If you do not wish to do so, you must log out of your SoundCloud account before visiting our website.
We have embedded an Instagram plugin on our website. This is a feature of the Instagram social network operated by Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
Whether you have an Instagram account and are logged in or not, the integration of the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Instagram server and sends Instagram the information that you have visited our website using your IP address.
Depending on which page of our website the plugin is embedded, you will be directed to a corresponding Instagram page by clicking the plugin. If you are logged into your Instagram account during this process, Instagram can map your visit to our website directly to your Instagram account. If you do not wish to do so, you must log out of your Instagram account before visiting our website.
(1) Our website uses Google Analytics. This is an analysis tool provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. We use this technology to make your website more interesting. Google Analytics uses text files, so-called "cookies", which are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website. The information provided by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IT anonymization is activated on this website, Google will shorten its IP address beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US 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 the activities on this website and to provide other services related to the use of the website and the use of the Internet to the operators of the website. The IP address provided by Google Analytics within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data provided by Google.
(4) If you only want to accept our own cookies, but not the cookies of our service providers and partners, you can choose the setting in your browser "block third-party cookies".
(1) Right to withdraw your consent acc. Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR: In cases where the processing of your personal data is only possible with your consent, you can revoke this consent at any time in the future. "For the Future" means that your revocation has no effect on the processing of data that we have made between the granting of your consent and your revocation. You do not have to justify your withdrawal. An informal message via e-mail to contact@bitwig.com is sufficient.
For this purpose and / or for more information, please contact us via contact@bitwig.com. If you have any questions, comments or inquiries regarding the processing of your personal data, please also contact us at the contact details provided.

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