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1. Privacy Policy » Back to Index

With the following information we would like to demonstrate to you,


Our attitude to data protection
We take the protection of personal data very seriously and are committed to respecting the privacy of all persons using our site. We guarantee that our handling of the personal data of our site's users is in accordance with German data protection (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz BDSG) and telecommunications data protection laws (Teledienstedatenschutzgesetz TDDSG).

What are personal data and why do we use them?
Personal data include, for example, name, street address, e-mail address, phone number, age, gender, areas of interest, contents of shopping cart, methods of payment.

We retrieve, store and use for specific purposes - with your consent - only data we need to enable us to register you, for example, as a customer, newsletter subscriber or participant in one of our sweepstakes, to process an order or to send you information tailored to your individual interests.

Do we ever make your personal data available to third parties?
In principle we utilize your personal data only internally, within our own company. However, for the processing of some of our online services we also avail ourselves of other firms within the Universal group and affiliated partner organizations. We guarantee that we have obliged these companies to use your personal data solely according to our instructions and for the specific purpose we have determined. The possibility of further access to or use of the data by these firms is excluded. Besides that your personal data will only be passed on to third parties after having obtained your express consent.

Cookies
Cookies are small files that can be stored on the visitor's computer during visits to our website. They facilitate the use of our site and help us in recognizing you on your next visit. Cookies can thus serve to establish user profiles. They help us to attune the contents of our site even better to the needs of visitors. Our organization's cookies contain no information about you, only an identification number that has no significance outside of our online offerings.

Moreover, cookies pose no threat of harm to the visitor's system. If you prefer not to take advantage of cookies, you can disable (or reactivate) them by a simple procedure in your web browser.

No liability for links to websites of other online services
Please note that online services of other providers that are accessible through our websites and collect data in conjunction with newsletter subscriptions, sweepstakes, fan articles, product offers etc. are individually responsible for adhering to the legal requirements pertaining to data protection and, as a rule, have their own data protection guidelines. We assume no responsibility or liability in these cases.

Your right to alter and delete stored personal data
You have the option at any time of rescinding your consent to the processing and use of your personal data or to alter your data. If you so desire, please write to us at the e-mail contact address given on the website (Impressum).

Our right to alter this data protection declaration
We reserve the right to alter this data protection declaration at any time in accordance with the currently applicable data protection regulations.

2. Conditions of Use » Back to Index

The following "General Conditions of Use" are valid for all applications of this online offering. Reference to supplementary conditions will be made at the relevant place. The initiator of these conditions of use reserves the right to modify them at any time. By making use of the offer the user agrees to the prevailing version of these conditions.

Content of the online offer
The Label Deutsche Grammophon - a division of Universal Music GmbH (hereinafter "Label") assumes no liability for the currency, correctness, completeness or quality of the information or content provided. Liability claims against the author, whether the damage is material or non-material in nature, brought about through the use or non-use of the information provided or through the use of incorrect or incomplete information, are categorically excluded, unless evidence of intent or gross negligence on the part of the Label is produced. All offers are subject to alteration and are made without obligation. The Label expressly reserves the right, without prior announcement, to change, augment or cancel portions of pages or the entire offer, or to discontinue its publication temporarily or permanently. All e-mails received by the Label will be dealt with confidentially, and their content - unless expressly indicated otherwise - will not be shared with any third party.

References and links
Despite exercising careful control, the Label hereby expressly dissociates itself from the contents of all linked or connected pages that have been modified since the link was established. This statement applies to all links and references within our own Internet offerings as well as to external entries in guest books, discussion forums or mailing lists generated by the Label. For any illegal, inaccurate or incomplete contents, and especially for damages arising from the use or non-use of such forms of presented information, liability is borne solely by the provider of the page in question, not by the party merely referring via links to the respective publication.

Copyright and legal protection of intellectual property
The Label endeavours in all its publications to respect the copyright of the graphics, sound documents, video sequence and texts it utilizes, to make use of graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts created by the Label itself or to have recourse to graphics, sound documents video sequences and texts that are in the public domain. All brand names occurring in the Internet offers that may fall under the protection of third parties are unconditionally subject to the applicable laws of trademark protection. The copyright in published objects produced by the Label itself, such as audio and video recordings, photos and covers, is owned solely by Universal Music GmbH. Reproduction or use of such graphics, sound documents, video sequences or texts in any electronic or printed publications without the Label’s express permission is prohibited. All sound files and covers presented on this site are protected by law.

Legal applicability of this liability disclaimer
This disclaimer of liability is to be regarded as part of the Internet offer from which the reference to this page was effected. In the event that any portions or individual provisions of this text may not, no longer or not wholly correspond to the prevailing legal position, it shall not invalidate the rest of this document which shall remain in full force and effect.

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