Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are Philharmonic Oboe Quartet – POQ.
Our website address is: https://poq-berlin.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Cookies

Cookies are used at www.poq-berlin.com

Cookies are small data files stored on your device that are used for statistics and to support you as a user. By using www.poq-berlin.com, you agree that cookies are stored – as most browsers are set to automatically accept cookies.

If you do not want to accept our use of cookies, you can withdraw your consent by changing your browser settings.

You can read more about cookies at www.poq-berlin.com by going to allaboutcookies.org

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Google is POQ’s provider of web analytics tools, and Google is the data processor for the data collected for web analytics. POQ uses Google Analytics to compile statistics that we use to analyze, improve and further develop www.poq-berlin.com. Examples of what the statistics give us are: how many people visit different pages, how long the visit lasts, which websites the users come from and which browsers are used.

See Google Analytics’ security and privacy principles to learn more about how the tool collects, stores, and uses data. Site users who do not want Google Analytics JavaScript to report data on their visit can install the Google Analytics Browser Extension for opt-out. The browser extension is available to most browsers in use today.

POQ sends out newsletters via e-mail. The newsletters contain current information from POQ. Newsletters are voluntary to subscribe to, and in order to become a subscriber you have to register an email address yourself. Mailchimp is the data processor for the newsletter. Your email address is stored in a separate database table, not shared with others, and deleted when you cancel your subscription. You can cancel your subscription at any time via a link in the newsletter.

Soundcloud

Soundcloud may use cookies and other tracking technologies for storing information, including pixels (also known as a “web beacon” or “clear GIFs”), local storage, and device indetifiers, to help provide, protect and improve the Soundcloud Platform. For example, to save your preferences, personalize content, target ads based on your interests, combat fraud and abuse, and streamline the functioning of and your access to the Platform.

Who we share your data with

We do not share your data with anyone.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Contact information

You can reach us at post@poq-berlin.com

Additional information

How we protect your data

We do our best to keep your personal data safe. We use secure protocols such as HTTPS to communicate and transmit data on the site. We use anonymization and pseudonymization where practical. We monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks.

Although we do our best, we cannot guarantee the security of information 100%. We will do everything we can reasonably to prevent security breaches and to assist the authorities should any breaches occur.

If you have a user account with us, please note that you must keep your username and password secret.