Uw privacy op Deezer
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| 1 | ## Deezer Privacy Policy | |
| 1 | ## Your privacy on Deezer | |
| 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | ### As updated on May 2020. | |
| 3 | ### Updated December 2021 | |
| 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | At Deezer, we care about your privacy and we want you to know how we process your personal data. | |
| 5 | At Deezer, we care about your privacy and we want you to be comfortable with how we use your personal data. This Privacy Notice is therefore designed to provide you with transparent and important information on how we [collect](), [use](), [retain](), [protect]() and [share]() your data, and how you can exercise your [rights]() over it. | |
| 6 | 6 | |
| 7 | We updated our Deezer service, which now include new settings that allow you to better control how Deezer can use and share your personal data. | |
| 7 | If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or our privacy practices, would like to contact our Customer Care or Data Protection Officer, or would like to submit a complaint, you can contact us through this [form](https://support.deezer.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new). | |
| 8 | 8 | |
| 9 | Alongside these new settings, we also have updated our Privacy Policy to provide you with more transparent and precise information on how Deezer - acting as a data controller - collects, uses, shares, retains, and protects your personal data. | |
| 9 | ## Collection of personal data | |
| 10 | 10 | |
| 11 | Please take the time to read this Privacy Policy carefully, it is very important to us that you fully understand: | |
| 11 | Personal data includes data that directly identifies you (such as your name), data that indirectly identifies you (such as your email address or phone number), and data that can be linked to you (such as your listening history or favorite content). | |
| 12 | 12 | |
| 13 | - [What personal data of yours we collect]() | |
| 14 | - [Why we use your personal data]() | |
| 15 | - [How we share your personal data]() | |
| 16 | - [How long we keep your personal data]() | |
| 17 | - [How we protect your personal data]() | |
| 18 | - [How you can exercise your rights]() | |
| 13 | Although registering with Deezer does not require you to provide data that directly and personally identifies you, we consider any data that may be linked to you as personal, and we treat it as such. | |
| 19 | 14 | |
| 20 | If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, settings, or our use of your personal data, you can contact our Customer Service and/or our Data Protection Officer via [this form](https://support.deezer.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new). | |
| 15 | We collect the following personal data when you sign up to Deezer and use our service. | |
| 21 | 16 | |
| 22 | ## What personal data of yours we collect | |
| 17 | #### Contact info | |
| 23 | 18 | |
| 24 | "Personal data" refers to any information that enables Deezer to directly or indirectly identify you. | |
| 19 | Name, email address\*, phone number, social logins, age\*, gender | |
| 20 | Provided by you or your service provider when you sign up to Deezer | |
| 25 | 21 | |
| 26 | Your personal data can be either directly provided by you, indirectly provided by third parties (for instance, when you sign up for the Deezer service via a telecommunication operator), or automatically collected by us when you use the Deezer service. Where we ask you to provide your personal data, we specify those for which collection is mandatory. We thank you for providing us with complete and accurate data. If you do not provide us with complete and accurate data, we may not be able to provide you with the Deezer service. | |
| 22 | #### Identifiers | |
| 27 | 23 | |
| 28 | You will find the categories of personal data below that we collect in the context of the Deezer service with, for each of them, an indicative list of personal data which may be concerned. | |
| 24 | User ID\*, device IDs | |
| 25 | User ID assigned by us when you sign up to Deezer, device IDs collected by us when you use Deezer. | |
| 29 | 26 | |
| 30 | ### Personal data we collect when you sign up for the Deezer service | |
| 27 | #### Financial info | |
| 31 | 28 | |
| 32 | <table><tbody><tr><td>Account data</td><td><ul><li>Your login details (user ID, email address and password)</li><li>Your profile information (username, age, gender, language, profile picture)</li><li>Your personal information (first and last names, date of birth, phone number, home address, photo)</li><li>Your settings (communication preferences, editorial preferences, personalized advertising, public/private profile)</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> | |
| 29 | Payment info\*, transactions\* | |
| 30 | Provided by you when you subscribe to a paid plan or a try & buy offer. | |
| 33 | 31 | |
| 34 | Please note that during sign-up, you may be required to complete a Google reCAPTCHA, which helps us to secure the Deezer service. The use of Google reCAPTCHA is subject to [Google Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) and [Google Terms of Service](https://policies.google.com/terms). | |
| 32 | #### Location | |
| 35 | 33 | |
| 36 | ### Personal data we collect when you subscribe to a Deezer service paid plan | |
| 34 | Coarse location (IP address) | |
| 35 | Collected by us when you sign in and use Deezer. | |
| 37 | 36 | |
| 38 | <table><tbody><tr><td>Subscription data</td><td><ul><li>The paid plan which you have subscribed to (Deezer Premium, Deezer Family, Deezer Student, Deezer HiFi)</li><li>The details of the transaction carried out (date of the transaction, amount paid, currency, payment method and where applicable, credit card details)</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> | |
| 37 | #### Usage data | |
| 39 | 38 | |
| 40 | ### Personal data we collect when you use the Deezer service | |
| 39 | Product interaction (including listening data)\*, advertising data\* | |
| 40 | Collected by us when you use Deezer or when you interact with ads. | |
| 41 | 41 | |
| 42 | <table><tbody><tr><td>Usage data</td><td><ul><li>Your listening history (artists, albums, songs, playlists, podcasts and audiobooks you listen to, videos you watch, playlists you create)</li><li>Your listening habits (name, manufacturer, brand and type of device used for streaming, moments when you stream)</li><li>Your favorite content (artists, albums, songs, playlists, videos, podcasts and audiobooks you like)</li><li>Your interactions on the Deezer service (your comments, users following you and users you follow)</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Technical data</td><td><ul><li>Information on your device (type of device you are using, unique device identifier, hardware model, version of the operating system, hardware and software settings, browser type, cookie or similar technology, system language)</li><li>Information on your navigation on the Deezer service (IP address, date and time of connection, pages that you accessed, the date and time you accessed these pages, your search queries)</li><li>Information on your internet connection (internet service provider, type of connection: 3G, 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi, xDSL, cable, optical fiber etc.)</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> | |
| 42 | #### User content | |
| 43 | 43 | |
| 44 | ### Personal data we collect when you contact our Customer Service | |
| 44 | Photos, audio data\*, Customer Care requests | |
| 45 | Provided by you when you use Deezer or when you contact our Customer Care. | |
| 45 | 46 | |
| 46 | <table><tbody><tr><td>Request data</td><td><ul><li>Details on your claim or request (including date, time, subject and petition)</li><li>Content of your exchanges with the Customer Service</li><li>All data deemed as necessary for handling your claim or request</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> | |
| 47 | #### Search history | |
| 47 | 48 | |
| 48 | ### Other personal data we may collect | |
| 49 | Searches performed on Deezer\* | |
| 50 | Provided by you when you search content on Deezer. | |
| 49 | 51 | |
| 50 | <table><tbody><tr><td>Participation data</td><td><ul><li>Data we may collect to enable you to participate in initiatives we carry out (for instance, events, competitions or satisfaction surveys)</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Additional data</td><td><ul><li>Data that we may collect from time to time with your consent (your voice, your contacts, your precise location, etc.)</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> | |
| 52 | #### Diagnostics | |
| 51 | 53 | |
| 52 | ## Why we use your personal data | |
| 54 | Crash data, performance data | |
| 55 | Collected by us if the experience crashes while using Deezer. | |
| 53 | 56 | |
| 54 | We use your personal data to enable you to enjoy the Deezer service, and also to meet our legal and regulatory obligations. In any case, we do not make any automated decisions based solely on automatic processing which produce legal effects on you, or similarly significantly affect you. | |
| 57 | Data marked with an \* is required to allow you to sign up to Deezer, to subscribe to one of our paid plans or try & buy offers, or to use our service and its features. | |
| 55 | 58 | |
| 56 | Further information on how we use cookies and similar technologies can be found in your cookies settings. | |
| 59 | ## Use of personal data | |
| 57 | 60 | |
| 58 | ### Providing the Deezer service | |
| 61 | We use your data only when we have a legal basis to do so. Depending on the circumstances, we may process your data with your consent, because it is necessary to fulfill [our contract with you](https://www.deezer.com/legal/cgu) or comply with the law, or because we believe that the processing is in our or others' legitimate interests (provided that such interests don't override your interests, rights, and legitimate expectations). | |
| 59 | 62 | |
| 60 | We use your account data, subscription data, usage data and technical data for the purpose of enabling you to enjoy the Deezer service, in particular by: | |
| 63 | We don't use any algorithms to make any decision that would significantly affect you without human review. We only use your data for the purposes described below. | |
| 61 | 64 | |
| 62 | - Streaming music and other content such as podcasts, radio stations and audiobooks; | |
| 63 | - Creating, sharing and subscribing to playlists; | |
| 64 | - Getting personalized content recommendations (in particular via Flow - your personal soundtrack by Deezer); | |
| 65 | - Getting news and updates from artists and podcasters you follow and/or listen to. | |
| 65 | #### App functionality | |
| 66 | 66 | |
| 67 | This use of your personal data is necessary for us to provide the Deezer service to you, in accordance with the [contract which binds us to you](https://www.deezer.com/legal/cgu). | |
| 67 | We use your data to enable you to sign in to Deezer, search and play audio content, manage your favorites and playlists, and share content with other people. | |
| 68 | 68 | |
| 69 | ### Improving, securing and monitoring the Deezer service | |
| 69 | #### Contact info | |
| 70 | 70 | |
| 71 | We use your account data, subscription data, usage data and technical data for the purpose of: | |
| 71 | Email address, phone number, social logins | |
| 72 | 72 | |
| 73 | - Improving existing features and overall performance of the Deezer service; | |
| 74 | - Developing new features and new services for the Deezer service; | |
| 75 | - Ensuring the ongoing security, confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of the Deezer service; | |
| 76 | - Measuring and analyzing audience and usage of the Deezer service. | |
| 73 | #### Identifiers | |
| 77 | 74 | |
| 78 | This use of your personal data is necessary for us to meet our legitimate interest of offering the best Deezer service possible to our users. | |
| 75 | User ID, device IDs | |
| 79 | 76 | |
| 80 | ### Promoting the Deezer service | |
| 77 | #### Location | |
| 81 | 78 | |
| 82 | We use your account data, subscription data, usage data, technical data and participation data for the purpose of: | |
| 79 | Coarse location | |
| 83 | 80 | |
| 84 | - Providing you with information on the Deezer service and its features, as well as on our paid plans and special offers; | |
| 85 | - Providing you with tailored offers; | |
| 86 | - Inviting you to participate in events and competitions we organize, and giving you the chance to win tickets and other prizes; | |
| 87 | - Inviting you to participate in customer satisfaction surveys and give us your feedback on the Deezer service. | |
| 81 | #### Usage data | |
| 88 | 82 | |
| 89 | This use of your personal data is necessary for us to carry out direct marketing initiatives and improve the Deezer service, which are in the legitimate interest of Deezer. | |
| 83 | Product interaction | |
| 90 | 84 | |
| 91 | ### Broadcasting third party advertisements (only if you are a Deezer Free service user) | |
| 85 | #### User content | |
| 92 | 86 | |
| 93 | We use your account data, subscription data, usage data and technical data for the purpose of showing you tailored advertisements for partners' services and products. | |
| 87 | Audio data | |
| 94 | 88 | |
| 95 | These advertisements can be: | |
| 89 | #### Search history | |
| 96 | 90 | |
| 97 | - Broadcast directly in the Deezer service (audio, video or display): by default, broadcast ads are personalized to your profile. This helps us to optimize the profitability of our advertising campaigns by providing you with ads that are adapted to your profile (using limited data such as gender, age, what music you listen to and how you use the Deezer service), and therefore is in the legitimate interest of Deezer. You can opt out from receiving personalized advertising in your settings at any time. Once you have opted out, personalized advertising will be substituted by generic advertising. | |
| 91 | Searches | |
| 98 | 92 | |
| 99 | Please note that, as a Deezer Free service user, you cannot turn off broadcast advertising completely, as it is the compulsory counterpart of the provision of our free music streaming service, and therefore is necessary for the performance of the [contract which binds you to us](https://www.deezer.com/legal/cgu). Should you wish to enjoy an ad-free Deezer service, we invite you to subscribe to one of our [paid plans](https://www.deezer.com/offers). | |
| 93 | ### Product personalization | |
| 100 | 94 | |
| 101 | - Communicated by email, SMS or push notification: we do not send you ads for partners' services and products by email, SMS or push notification unless you give us your express consent to do so in your settings. | |
| 95 | We use your data to enable you to personalize your profile and playlists, and to provide you with content recommendations based on your listening history and favorite content. | |
| 102 | 96 | |
| 103 | ### Handling your requests to Customer Service | |
| 97 | #### Contact info | |
| 104 | 98 | |
| 105 | We use your account data, subscription data, usage data, technical data and request data for the purpose of managing your request to our Customer Service, for instance: | |
| 99 | Name, age, gender | |
| 106 | 100 | |
| 107 | - When you contact our Customer Service and submit a technical or functional query; | |
| 108 | - When you want to exercise the statutory rights that you hold over your personal data. | |
| 101 | #### Identifiers | |
| 109 | 102 | |
| 110 | This use of your personal data is necessary for us to comply with our obligations deriving from the contract which binds us to you, or when it comes to your statutory rights over your data, with the data protection laws and regulations which Deezer is subject to. | |
| 103 | User ID, device IDs | |
| 111 | 104 | |
| 112 | ### Processing your payment (only if you are a paid subscriber) | |
| 105 | #### Location | |
| 113 | 106 | |
| 114 | We use your account data, subscription data, usage data and technical data for the purpose of: | |
| 107 | Coarse location | |
| 115 | 108 | |
| 116 | - Processing your payment; | |
| 117 | - Accountability and tax; | |
| 118 | - Fighting against fraud, to detect and prevent fraudulent payments or usage of the Deezer service. | |
| 109 | #### Usage data | |
| 119 | 110 | |
| 120 | This use of your personal data is necessary for us to process your payment, in accordance with the contract which binds us to you, to comply with accountability and tax regulations which Deezer is subject to and to prevent fraud which is Deezer's legitimate interest. | |
| 111 | Product interaction | |
| 121 | 112 | |
| 122 | ## How we share your personal data | |
| 113 | #### User content | |
| 123 | 114 | |
| 124 | ### Personal data we share | |
| 115 | Photos | |
| 125 | 116 | |
| 126 | We share your personal data with the following categories of recipient: | |
| 117 | #### Search history | |
| 127 | 118 | |
| 128 | <table><tbody><tr><td>Technical providers</td><td><ul><li>Hosting and storage platform providers</li><li>Telecommunication network and service providers</li><li>Maintenance service providers</li><li>Security solution and service providers</li><li>Data analytics and computing solution providers</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Marketing providers</td><td><ul><li>Customer relationship management service and solution providers</li><li>Advertising solution and network providers or agencies</li><li>Communication and marketing service providers or agencies</li><li>Social network operators (such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat or Pinterest)</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Payment providers</td><td><ul><li>Payment solution and service providers</li><li>Background check service providers</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Partners</td><td><ul><li>Artists and music labels</li><li>Telecommunication operators</li><li>Product manufacturers</li><li>Retailers</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Deezer group</td><td><ul><li>Parent company</li><li>Subsidiaries and affiliates</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Authorities</td><td><ul><li>Administrative and judicial authorities</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Purchasers</td><td><ul><li>Purchasers or prospective purchasers of our business which we would enter into negotiations with</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> | |
| 119 | Searches | |
| 129 | 120 | |
| 130 | Please note that some of these recipients are located in countries that are outside the European Union / European Economic Area, and do not ensure a level of personal data protection which is deemed as equivalent as the level of personal data protection which is ensured by the Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (GDPR). | |
| 121 | ### Payment and royalties | |
| 131 | 122 | |
| 132 | Most of these recipients outside the European Union / European Economic Area are located in the United States of America, and have certified their compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which were designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a mechanism to comply with data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce. | |
| 123 | We use your data to process your payment when subscribing to a paid plan or a try & buy offer, fulfill our tax and accounting obligations, and pay royalties to music labels and record companies. We use an external payment provider and therefore don't store your payment method details. | |
| 133 | 124 | |
| 134 | For recipients who would not be located in the European Union / European Economic Area, or would not be located in a country with an adequate level of personal data protection (Article 45 of the GDPR), or would not be not compliant with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, we shall take all necessary measures to check that they provide appropriate safeguards, such as the implementation of standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission (Article 46.2 of the GDPR). | |
| 125 | #### Contact info | |
| 135 | 126 | |
| 136 | For more information on cross-border data transfers, please reach out to our Data Protection Officer. | |
| 127 | Email address, phone number | |
| 137 | 128 | |
| 138 | ### Personal data you share | |
| 129 | #### Identifiers | |
| 139 | 130 | |
| 140 | When you use the Deezer service, you can: | |
| 131 | User ID | |
| 141 | 132 | |
| 142 | - Make your profile accessible to other users of the Deezer service ("public profile"); | |
| 143 | - Share content or activity with your friends by private messaging or on social media; | |
| 144 | - Connect third party devices to our user account, such as connected headphones, connected speakers, streaming devices; | |
| 145 | - Connect third party apps to our user account, such as alternative audio players, data analysis apps, data portability apps. | |
| 133 | #### Financial info | |
| 146 | 134 | |
| 147 | You can manage your profile, social media accounts, devices and apps in your settings. | |
| 135 | Payment info, transactions | |
| 148 | 136 | |
| 149 | ## How long we keep your personal data | |
| 137 | #### Location | |
| 150 | 138 | |
| 151 | We keep your personal data for no longer than is strictly necessary for the purposes for which we collect and use them. | |
| 139 | Coarse location | |
| 152 | 140 | |
| 153 | The specific periods of time for which we retain your personal data are specified below: | |
| 141 | #### Usage data | |
| 154 | 142 | |
| 155 | | Purpose | Data | Retention | | |
| 156 | | --- | --- | --- | | |
| 157 | | Providing the Deezer service | | |
| 158 | - Account data | |
| 159 | - Subscription data | |
| 160 | - Usage data | |
| 161 | - Technical data | |
| 143 | Product interaction | |
| 162 | 144 | |
| 163 | | Duration of your registration to the Deezer service, then archived for up to 5 years (except for cookies which are retained for up to 25 months) | | |
| 164 | | Improving, securing and monitoring the Deezer service | | |
| 145 | ### Security and fraud prevention | |
| 165 | 146 | |
| 166 | - Account data | |
| 167 | - Subscription data | |
| 168 | - Usage data | |
| 169 | - Technical data | |
| 147 | We use your data to monitor and ensure the ongoing security, confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of our service, and to prevent fraudulent use. | |
| 170 | 148 | |
| 171 | | Duration of your registration to the Deezer service, then archived for up to 5 years (except for cookies which are retained for up to 25 months) | | |
| 172 | | Promoting the Deezer service | | |
| 149 | #### Contact info | |
| 173 | 150 | |
| 174 | - Account data | |
| 175 | - Subscription data | |
| 176 | - Usage data | |
| 177 | - Technical data | |
| 151 | Name, email address, phone number, social logins | |
| 178 | 152 | |
| 179 | | Up to 3 years after the end of your registration to the Deezer service (except for cookies which are retained for up to 25 months) | | |
| 180 | | Broadcasting third party advertisements | | |
| 153 | #### Identifiers | |
| 181 | 154 | |
| 182 | - Account data | |
| 183 | - Subscription data | |
| 184 | - Usage data | |
| 185 | - Technical data | |
| 155 | User ID, device IDs | |
| 186 | 156 | |
| 187 | | Duration of your registration to the Deezer service, then archived for up to 3 years (except for cookies which are retained for up to 25 months) | | |
| 188 | | Handling your requests to Customer Service | | |
| 157 | #### Financial info | |
| 189 | 158 | |
| 190 | - Account data | |
| 191 | - Subscription data | |
| 192 | - Usage data | |
| 193 | - Technical data | |
| 194 | - Request data | |
| 159 | Payment info, transactions | |
| 195 | 160 | |
| 196 | | Duration of the handling of your request, then archived for up to 5 years | | |
| 197 | | Processing your payment | | |
| 161 | #### Location | |
| 198 | 162 | |
| 199 | - Account data | |
| 200 | - Subscription data | |
| 201 | - Usage data | |
| 202 | - Technical data | |
| 163 | Coarse location | |
| 203 | 164 | |
| 204 | | Duration of your subscription to the Deezer service, then archived for up to 10 years | | |
| 165 | #### Usage data | |
| 205 | 166 | |
| 206 | ## How we protect your personal data | |
| 167 | Product interaction | |
| 207 | 168 | |
| 208 | We have measures in place to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure including, without limitation, the following measures: | |
| 169 | #### Diagnostics | |
| 209 | 170 | |
| 210 | - We implement and maintain sophisticated technical measures to ensure that your personal data is confidentially and securely recorded and used; | |
| 211 | - We restrict and limit access to your personal data, and monitor who accesses, uses, and transfers your personal data; | |
| 212 | - Employees who have access to your personal data are required to comply with our data privacy and confidentiality requirements; | |
| 213 | - Business partners and third-party service providers with whom we share your personal data are required to comply with any applicable data privacy and confidentiality requirements. | |
| 171 | Crash data, performance data | |
| 214 | 172 | |
| 215 | ## How you can exercise your rights | |
| 173 | ### Analytics and audience insights | |
| 216 | 174 | |
| 217 | Under applicable data protection laws and regulations, you have the right to: | |
| 175 | #### Identifiers | |
| 218 | 176 | |
| 219 | - Access, rectify or erase your personal data; | |
| 220 | - Restrict or object to its processing; | |
| 221 | - Tell us that you do not wish to receive marketing information; | |
| 222 | - In some circumstances, require the transfer of your personal data to you or a third party; | |
| 223 | - To the extent our processing of your personal data is based upon your consent, withdraw your consent, without affecting the lawfulness of our processing based on your consent before its withdrawal; | |
| 224 | - In some countries, set guidelines for the retention, erasure and communication of personal data for after your death. | |
| 177 | User ID, device IDs | |
| 225 | 178 | |
| 226 | We are fully committed to enable you to exercise the rights you hold over your data: | |
| 179 | #### Location | |
| 227 | 180 | |
| 228 | - Some of these rights can be exercised directly in your settings, such as the rights to rectification and erasure of your personal data, or the right to set your communication preferences; | |
| 229 | - As for the exercise of your other rights (access to and portability of your personal data, restriction or objection to the processing of your personal data, set of guidelines for the retention, erasure and communication of your personal data after death), please contact us via [this form](https://support.deezer.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new). | |
| 181 | Coarse location | |
| 230 | 182 | |
| 231 | Please note that we reserve the right to check your identity before we respond to your request. | |
| 183 | #### Usage data | |
| 232 | 184 | |
| 233 | If you are not fully satisfied with our response, you can also complain about our processing of your personal data to the relevant data protection authority. | |
| 185 | Product interaction, advertising data | |
| 234 | 186 | |
| 235 | ## Changes to our Privacy Policy | |
| 187 | #### Diagnostics | |
| 236 | 188 | |
| 237 | We regularly review our compliance with our Privacy Policy (at least once per year), in particular to ensure that it complies with new laws and regulations regarding data protection. | |
| 189 | Crash data, performance data | |
| 190 | ||
| 191 | ### Deezer's communication | |
| 192 | ||
| 193 | We use your data to send you important information about your account and transactions, editorial recommendations, marketing communications, or to request your feedback. When sending you an email, we use pixel tags to know whether it has been read. This helps us to optimize our email campaigns and send you fewer emails if you don't read them. You can accept or decline our communications in your [notification preferences](https://www.deezer.com/account/notifications). | |
| 194 | ||
| 195 | #### Contact info | |
| 196 | ||
| 197 | Name, email address, phone number, age | |
| 198 | ||
| 199 | #### Identifiers | |
| 200 | ||
| 201 | User ID | |
| 202 | ||
| 203 | #### Location | |
| 204 | ||
| 205 | Coarse location | |
| 206 | ||
| 207 | #### Usage data | |
| 208 | ||
| 209 | Product interaction | |
| 210 | ||
| 211 | #### Search history | |
| 212 | ||
| 213 | Searches | |
| 214 | ||
| 215 | ### Deezer's advertising | |
| 216 | ||
| 217 | If you have subscribed to a paid plan, we use your data to find audiences that are similar to your profile. If you use our free service, we use your user ad profile to display targeted ads for Deezer on our or third-party sites or apps, exclude you from certain ad campaigns, and set capping so as not to present the same ad too repetitively. You can consent or object to such use in your cookie settings. If you object, only generic and less-relevant ads will be served. | |
| 218 | ||
| 219 | #### Contact info | |
| 220 | ||
| 221 | Email address, age, gender | |
| 222 | ||
| 223 | #### Identifiers | |
| 224 | ||
| 225 | User ID, device IDs | |
| 226 | ||
| 227 | #### Location | |
| 228 | ||
| 229 | Coarse location | |
| 230 | ||
| 231 | #### Usage data | |
| 232 | ||
| 233 | Product interaction, advertising data | |
| 234 | ||
| 235 | ### Third-party advertising | |
| 236 | ||
| 237 | If you use our free service, we use your data to build your user ad profile, display targeted ads for third-party products or services on our sites or apps, exclude you from certain ad campaigns, and set capping so as not to present the same ad too repetitively. You can consent or object to such use in your cookie settings. If you object, only generic and less-relevant ads will be served. | |
| 238 | ||
| 239 | #### Contact info | |
| 240 | ||
| 241 | Age, gender | |
| 242 | ||
| 243 | #### Identifiers | |
| 244 | ||
| 245 | User ID, device IDs | |
| 246 | ||
| 247 | #### Location | |
| 248 | ||
| 249 | Coarse location | |
| 250 | ||
| 251 | #### Usage data | |
| 252 | ||
| 253 | Product interaction, advertising data | |
| 254 | ||
| 255 | ### Customer Care | |
| 256 | ||
| 257 | We use your data to handle your requests submitted to our Customer Care, or when you want to exercise the statutory rights that you hold over your personal data. | |
| 258 | ||
| 259 | #### Contact info | |
| 260 | ||
| 261 | Name, email address, phone number, social logins, age, gender | |
| 262 | ||
| 263 | #### Identifiers | |
| 264 | ||
| 265 | User ID, device IDs | |
| 266 | ||
| 267 | #### Financial info | |
| 268 | ||
| 269 | Payment info, transactions | |
| 270 | ||
| 271 | #### Location | |
| 272 | ||
| 273 | Coarse location | |
| 274 | ||
| 275 | #### Usage data | |
| 276 | ||
| 277 | Product interaction, advertising data | |
| 278 | ||
| 279 | #### User content | |
| 280 | ||
| 281 | Photos, audio data, Customer Care request | |
| 282 | ||
| 283 | #### Search history | |
| 284 | ||
| 285 | Searches | |
| 286 | ||
| 287 | #### Diagnostics | |
| 288 | ||
| 289 | Crash data, performance data | |
| 290 | ||
| 291 | ## Retention of personal data | |
| 292 | ||
| 293 | We keep your data only for so long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. The retention periods specified below start from the date of your last interaction with Deezer. | |
| 294 | ||
| 295 | ### 3 years | |
| 296 | ||
| 297 | #### Contact info | |
| 298 | ||
| 299 | Name, email address, phone number, social logins, age, gender | |
| 300 | ||
| 301 | #### Identifiers | |
| 302 | ||
| 303 | User ID, device IDs | |
| 304 | ||
| 305 | #### Location | |
| 306 | ||
| 307 | Coarse location | |
| 308 | ||
| 309 | #### Usage data | |
| 310 | ||
| 311 | Product interaction, advertising data | |
| 312 | ||
| 313 | #### User content | |
| 314 | ||
| 315 | Photos, audio data | |
| 316 | ||
| 317 | #### Search history | |
| 318 | ||
| 319 | Searches | |
| 320 | ||
| 321 | #### Diagnostics | |
| 322 | ||
| 323 | Crash data, performance data | |
| 324 | ||
| 325 | ### 5 years | |
| 326 | ||
| 327 | #### User content | |
| 328 | ||
| 329 | Customer Care requests | |
| 330 | ||
| 331 | ### 10 years | |
| 332 | ||
| 333 | #### Financial info | |
| 334 | ||
| 335 | Transactions (as required by the Monetary and financial code) | |
| 336 | ||
| 337 | ## Protection of personal data | |
| 338 | ||
| 339 | We take technical, physical and organizational safeguards to protect your data against unauthorized access, use or disclosure, and to prevent its loss or alteration. | |
| 340 | ||
| 341 | When implementing and improving these safeguards, we take into account the state of the art, the nature of the processing, the sensitivity of the data, and the potential threats and risks. | |
| 342 | ||
| 343 | - We implement and maintain sophisticated technical measures - such as encryption - to ensure that your data is confidentially and securely recorded and used. | |
| 344 | - We restrict and limit access to your data - via access controls - and monitor who accesses, uses, and transfers your personal data - via logs and audit trails. | |
| 345 | - Employees who have access to your data are required to comply with strong data privacy, confidentiality and security policies. | |
| 346 | - Business partners and service providers with whom we share your data are also required to comply with strong data privacy, confidentiality and security contractual requirements. | |
| 347 | ||
| 348 | ## Sharing of personal data | |
| 349 | ||
| 350 | Your data is controlled by us in France (Deezer SA, 24 rue de Calais 75009 Paris), and may be shared with service providers and partners around the world. | |
| 351 | ||
| 352 | Some of these recipients may be located in countries other than the one you are in, and these countries may not guarantee a level of personal data protection equivalent to that of your country. In such cases, we take all necessary measures to ensure that these recipients provide appropriate safeguards, such as the execution of standard data protection clauses and the implementation of adequate security measures. | |
| 353 | ||
| 354 | You can contact our Data Protection Officer through this [form](https://support.deezer.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new) for more information on data sharing. | |
| 355 | ||
| 356 | ### Service providers | |
| 357 | ||
| 358 | We regularly engage service providers to perform certain tasks on our behalf, such as hosting and storing data, operating and maintaining our infrastructures, collecting payments, or providing analytics or advertising services. In these cases, sharing is limited to the data necessary to allow our providers to perform their tasks, and we require them to protect your data. | |
| 359 | ||
| 360 | ### Partners | |
| 361 | ||
| 362 | On occasion, we may share your data - limited to what is necessary - with some of our partners, such as telecommunication operators, media companies or other retailers distributing our offers, music labels and recording companies, or audio device manufacturers. We also require them to protect your data. | |
| 363 | ||
| 364 | ### Others | |
| 365 | ||
| 366 | Finally, we may share your data with our parent companies and subsidiaries, with other companies in the event of an acquisition, merger or sale, or with law enforcement. | |
| 367 | ||
| 368 | ## Your rights on your data | |
| 369 | ||
| 370 | We are fully committed to enable you to exercise your rights on your data, some of which may be exercised directly in your settings, some of which may be exercised by contacting our Customer Care. Please see below for how to do this. | |
| 371 | ||
| 372 | ### Data access and portability | |
| 373 | ||
| 374 | You can access and get a copy of your data by contacting our Customer Care via this [form](https://support.deezer.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new). | |
| 375 | ||
| 376 | ### Data modification | |
| 377 | ||
| 378 | You can modify or correct your contact information (name, email address, phone number, social logins, age and gender) and user content (photos) directly in your [user profile](https://www.deezer.com/account), and you can change your payment method in your [subscription settings](https://www.deezer.com/payment/go.php). | |
| 379 | ||
| 380 | ### Data deletion | |
| 381 | ||
| 382 | You can delete your account in your [account settings](https://www.deezer.com/account). | |
| 383 | ||
| 384 | ### Consent withdrawal | |
| 385 | ||
| 386 | You can withdraw your consent to the use of cookies and other tracking technologies in your cookie settings. | |
| 387 | ||
| 388 | You can also unsubscribe from our communications in your [notification preferences](https://www.deezer.com/account/notifications). | |
| 389 | ||
| 390 | ### Escalation | |
| 391 | ||
| 392 | If you are not satisfied with our response, you can contact our Data Protection Officer through this [form](https://support.deezer.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new) or lodge a complaint with the applicable authority. |