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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 2025

1. Data Controller

Name: Alexander Jeanrenaud

Activity: Freelance Musician & Bagpipe Tutor

Address: Edmundstraße 6, 12051 Berlin, Germany

Email: alexander.jeanrenaud@gmail.com

Phone: +49 1573 1622 670

2. Personal Data We Collect

Contact Form Information

When you reach out via our contact form or directly via email, we collect:

  • Full name
  • Email address
  • Type of inquiry (gig, bagpipe lesson, or other)
  • Your message content (such as date, location, or goals)
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3. Cookies, Local Storage & External Media (YouTube)

Protecting your privacy is essential to us. We do not use third-party analytics, tracking scripts, or advertising pixels.

✓ Self-Hosted Web Fonts

All typography (including Inter and Source Serif Pro) is served locally from our own web server. No IP address or user request is ever transmitted to Google Fonts CDNs.

✓ Essential Local Storage

Pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and § 25(2) TDDDG, only strictly necessary preferences are kept on your device:

  • preferred_language: Remembers your chosen language (English or German).
  • carlin_cookie_consent_v1: Stores your consent preference for external media.

✓ External Media & YouTube (GDPR 2-Click Consent)

Embedded performance videos are routed through YouTube’s privacy-enhanced domain (youtube-nocookie.com). They are only loaded after you give explicit consent (Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG). Prior to consent, only a static placeholder is displayed and no connection to Google servers is established.

For more information on Google’s data processing practices, please consult the Google Privacy Policy.

You can review, modify, or revoke your consent for external media at any time:

4. How We Use Your Personal Data

We use your contact details to:

  • Respond to your inquiries about bagpipe performances or tuition
  • Provide tailored musical quotes and coordinate schedules
  • Send booking confirmations and logistics updates
  • Maintain business records in compliance with legal obligations

5. Legal Basis for Processing

  • Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, § 25(1) TDDDG): When submitting the contact form or opting into external YouTube embeds.
  • Performance of a Contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR): To fulfill booking agreements and provide piping services.
  • Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR): Maintaining business records and secure website operations.

6. Data Storage and Retention

We retain your business correspondence and inquiry records as long as necessary to fulfill the requested performance or tuition, and in accordance with statutory commercial and tax retention requirements. When no longer required, data is deleted.

7. Data Sharing

We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties, except where explicit consent was granted (e.g., coordinating with an event planner or venue) or where legally mandated.

8. Your Rights Under GDPR

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

Right of Access (Art. 15): Request a copy of your personal data.
Right to Rectification (Art. 16): Correct inaccurate data.
Right to Erasure (Art. 17): Request deletion of your data.
Right to Restriction (Art. 18): Restrict further processing.
Data Portability (Art. 20): Receive data in a structured format.
Withdraw Consent (Art. 7(3)): Revoke consent at any time.

9. Privacy Contact & Requests

For any questions or to exercise your rights, please contact:

Email: alexander.jeanrenaud@gmail.com (Subject: "Privacy Request")

10. Supervisory Authority

Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit

Alt-Moabit 59-61, 10555 Berlin, Germany

Website: www.datenschutz-berlin.de