Last update: 23 January 2025
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY
(Because group websites)
This policy (the "Policy") informs you of the conditions under which we collect and process your personal data when you visit Because Group websites. The Policy covers the following topics:
- 1. Personal data controller
- 2. Data subjects
- 3. Categories of personal data collected
- 4. Purposes and legal basis for processing your personal data
- 5. Retention periods for your personal data
- 6. Recipients of your personal data
- 7. International transfers
- 8. Your rights
- 9. Changes to this policy
1. Personal data controller
The because groupe company responsible for processing personal data on this site (the "Site") is indicated in the table accessible by clicking this link: privacy@becausegroup.Tv
By accessing this table, you can find out the identity of the data controller for this site by referring to the line where the site address is reproduced. This table also provides you with the email contact address of the data controller for this site.
In the policy, the because groupe company responsible for processing personal data is referred to as the "Company".
2. Data subjects
The data subjects are the visitors to the site.
3. Categories of personal data collected
3.1 Data collected directly from you
We collect and process the following categories of personal data that you provide directly to us when you subscribe to a newsletter or use a contact form on the site:
- Identification information, including for example your first and last name when you provide this information via our contact forms.
- Contact details, including for example your email address when you subscribe to one of our newsletters.
If you contact us to exercise your rights in accordance with article 8 of this policy, we will also collect and process the information you provide in this context.
Finally, we automatically collect online browsing information about you when you visit the site, using cookies or other tracers. For more information, please see our cookie policy
3.2 Data collected indirectly
The site may contain links to online music and/or merchandising stores and online ticketing services. These platforms are managed by third parties. During your browsing and purchases on these platforms, the responsible third parties may collect and process personal data about you. As a matter of principle, these third parties act as independent data controllers and do not share any personal data with us.
As an exception, some of these third parties may share with us information about your identity and purchases, as well as the contact details you provided, in the following situations:
- Online music and/or merchandising stores: where we are responsible for fulfilling orders you have placed on the third-party platform and/or providing after-sales service.
- Ticketing: where necessary to enable us to ensure the proper conduct and security of the event for which you purchased one or more tickets.
In addition, these third parties may also ask for your consent to share your contact details (e.G. Email address) with us so that we can send you information and offers about our activities. This sharing and our use of your data for this purpose will be subject to your prior consent.
In any case, we invite you to review the privacy policies provided by these third parties on their own websites.
3.3 Social networks and online music listening platforms
The site may contain links to social media platforms (facebook, instagram, etc.) and online music listening platforms (spotify, deezer, soundcloud, etc.). These social media and online music streaming platforms are managed by third parties who act as independent data controllers for your personal data and do not share data with the company. We invite you to consult the privacy policies made available by these third parties on their platforms.
4. Purposes and legal basis for processing your personal data
We collect your personal data for the following purposes, and on the following legal bases:
| Purposes | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Send you marketing messages (newsletters and other information/offers about our activities). | Your consent. |
| Share your contact details with our partners, so that they can send you marketing messages (newsletters and other information/offers about their activities). | Your consent. |
| Fulfill the orders you place on third-party purchasing and ticketing platforms and, where applicable, provide after-sales service, where we are responsible for these actions. | Contractual performance. |
| Ensure the proper conduct and security of the event for which you purchased one or more tickets. | Our legitimate interest. |
| Process your requests regarding the exercise of your rights in accordance with section 8 of this policy. | Your consent. |
For online stores operated by the third party company Ochre Music Limited, certain categories of data about you may be used for the following purposes: (i) to enable the display of targeted content and advertising and to measure the effectiveness of such displays; and (ii) to improve Ochre Music Limited's online store, products/services, marketing as well as customer relationships and experiences. These processing activities will be carried out by Ochre Music Limited and Because Music Limited as joint data controllers. The detailed conditions of such processing, including the categories of data processed, are described in detail in the privacy policy made available to you on the online store.
The purposes for which we use cookies and other trackers set via the Site are described in our Cookies Policy, which can be consulted by clicking here. Except for those with purely technical purposes, we obtain your consent before setting cookies and other trackers on your device.
RETENTION PERIODS FOR YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We retain your personal data for a limited period of time and in a secure manner. The length of time we keep your personal data depends on the purposes for which it was collected and the legal and regulatory requirements.
Your personal data will be kept in our active database for no longer than the following periods:
| Data types | Data retention period |
|---|---|
| Data used for marketing purposes (newsletter and other information/offers on our activities). | Until you withdraw your consent or three years after your last contact with us. |
| Data used to process your orders and/or provide after-sales service. | Duration of the contractual relationship. |
| Data used to ensure the proper conduct and security of the events for which you purchase one or more tickets | Until the end of the events concerned. |
| Data used to process your requests regarding the exercise of your rights in accordance with section 8 of this policy. | Until the complete processing of your requests. If you wish to exercise your right to object to the processing of your personal data for the purposes described above, we will keep your email address on our objection list for 3 years. |
The active retention periods indicated above may be followed by an intermediate archiving period to meet our legal, accounting and tax retention obligations, as well as to be able to manage any claims, within the applicable limitation periods.
The above retention periods do not prevent you from exercising your rights as detailed in section 8 of the Policy.
6. Recipients of your personal data
Some of your personal data may be communicated to the following recipients, only to the extent necessary and permitted by applicable regulations:
- Authorized persons within the company who need access to it as part of their duties.
- The company's subcontractors acting on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions: service providers in charge of hosting and/or maintaining the site and our it systems; service providers in charge of sending our newsletters and other email; service providers in charge of providing the software solutions used to implement the processing described above.
- If applicable: our service providers in charge of the logistical processing and delivery of your orders on the online stores, as well as our service providers responsible for the public reception and/or security at the venues of the events for which you purchased one or more tickets.
- With your consent: third-party companies listed on certain collection forms (e.G., newsletter subscription), so that they can send you marketing messages about their own activities.
- As required by law: judicial authorities.
- As required by law: public administrations authorized to have access to certain personal data about you (tax authorities, social security and pension organizations).
- Legal auxiliaries (lawyers, bailiffs) in the event of pre-litigation or litigation.
Finally, we would like to inform you that mergers, splits or sales of our assets may involve the transfer of files containing personal data to certain third parties, as well as their examination, for example in the context of audits. In the event of such an operation, we will implement appropriate guarantees and security measures to ensure the confidentiality of your personal data.
7. International transfers
If applicable, your personal data may be transferred to countries outside the european union. We ensure that such transfers are made to a country recognized as providing an adequate level of personal data protection by the european commission, or are governed by one of the appropriate safeguards under the gdpr, including in particular the standard contractual clauses drawn up by the european commission. Should you have any questions or require further clarification, we invite you to send us an e-mail to the company's contact email address (see article 1).
8. Your rights
In application of the regulations on the protection of personal data, you have the following rights:
- Access and rectification: you have the right to access your personal data free of charge and, if necessary, to request rectification.
- Deletion: you can request the deletion of all or part of your personal data in the following cases:
- When their processing is no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were processed;
- When you exercise your right to object under the conditions indicated below;
- Where the data has been processed unlawfully; or
- When their deletion is required to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject. - Withdrawal of your consent: where we process your personal data based on your prior consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time and for the future.
- Objection: you can object, for reasons relating to your particular situation, which you will be required to inform us of, to processing operations whose legal basis is our legitimate interest.
If you exercise this right, we will cease to carry out the processing concerned, unless (I) there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests and your rights and freedoms, or (ii) for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. - Limitation: you can request the limitation of the processing of your personal data in the following cases:
- When you dispute the accuracy of your personal data - for a period that allows us to carry out the necessary checks;
- When the processing is unlawful but you object to the deletion of the data and instead request the restriction of their use;
- When the processing is no longer necessary but you wish us to retain the data for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
- When you exercise your right to object - for the period necessary to verify whether we have compelling legitimate grounds for continuing the processing. - Portability: you can request the portability of personal data processed on the basis of the performance of your contract, as indicated in section 4 of the policy.
You may exercise these rights at any time, or ask any other question relating to the processing of your personal data by the company, by sending an e-mail to the company's contact address (see article 1). To facilitate the processing of your request, we invite you to specify the subject of your message by specifying "Exercise of rights related to my personal data".
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the cnil.
9. Changes to this policy
The company may amend this policy. We will ensure that you are informed of these changes, but we invite you to consult the policy on a regular basis.