Privacy policy
English summary of the SoundNexus privacy policy
English summary provided for convenience only. In case of any discrepancy or doubt, the German version shall prevail, subject to any mandatory provisions of applicable law.
The German original is written in German and describes SoundNexus's processing of personal data for users throughout the European Union where the GDPR or other applicable data protection law applies. Mandatory data protection rights and rules remain unaffected.
This English summary is provided to make the German privacy policy easier to understand. It is not a substitute for the complete German original or for legal advice. Please refer to the German original privacy policy for the full wording.
Privacy at a glance
- Account data is processed for registration, login, communication and account administration.
- Public profiles, uploads and posts may be visible to other users and visitors depending on your settings.
- Payment details are generally processed by the relevant payment provider; SoundNexus does not store complete payment credentials.
- Uploaded audio may be automatically analyzed for metadata, previews, waveforms and optional AI features. The uploads are not used to train general AI models as part of these platform functions.
- Optional analytics, advertising and newsletter tracking can be refused or withdrawn as described in the German original.
1. General privacy provisions
SoundNexus processes personal data only as needed to operate the platform, provide services, process contracts and comply with legal duties.
2. Controller and contact
The controller is Julian-Alexander Stake - SoundNexus, c/o flexdienst - #12297, Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 74, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. Contact: support@soundnexus.eu.
3. Data processing and legal bases
Processing is based primarily on consent, contract performance, legal obligations and legitimate interests under Article 6 GDPR, depending on the purpose.
4. Website, hosting and server logs
Technical access data may be processed to deliver, secure and troubleshoot the website. Infrastructure providers include Vercel, Railway, Supabase, Cloudflare and Backblaze.
5. Cookies, local storage and analytics
SoundNexus uses necessary cookies and optional consent-based analytics and campaign cookies. Umami analytics is cookieless; Google Ads conversion tracking and the Meta Pixel are optional and consent-based.
6. Accounts and social login
Account operation may require an email address, username, password hash, profile data, settings, linked OAuth accounts and security data.
7. Profiles, uploads and user-generated content
Profiles, music, cover images, videos, forum posts, comments, notes and messages are processed to provide platform and community functions.
8. Audio analysis and AI features
Uploaded audio may be analyzed for technical metadata, previews, waveforms, embeddings, recommendations, duplicate detection and optional transcription.
9. Contact and communication
Contact requests and related communication data are processed to answer requests, provide support and meet contractual or legal requirements.
10. Newsletter and promotional email
Newsletter and promotional messages use consent-based processing. Transactional messages such as receipts and password resets are sent as needed to perform the contract.
11. Purchases, payments and Stripe Connect
Depending on the transaction, SoundNexus processes account, order, billing, tax, payment status and product data. Payments are handled by Stripe.
12. Service providers and international transfers
Service providers support hosting, storage, payments, email, analytics, security and accounting. Appropriate GDPR safeguards are used for transfers to third countries.
13. External links and affiliate links
External services and affiliate destinations apply their own privacy policies. SoundNexus does not control their cookies or tracking technologies.
14. Retention and deletion
Data is retained only as long as necessary for the relevant purpose, legal retention duties or the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
15. Automated decisions and data provision
SoundNexus does not make decisions with legal or similarly significant effects based solely on automated processing. Some data is required for accounts, payments and legal reporting.
16. Data subject rights
Under the GDPR, you may have rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection and withdrawal of consent, as well as the right to complain to a supervisory authority.
17. Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated to reflect legal requirements or changes to the services. The current version applies each time the website is visited.