Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Sonarevo ("we", "us", "our"), operated at sonarevo.com, collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit our website. Sonarevo is a strictly informational platform and does not offer paid services.

1. Who We Are

Sonarevo is an independent music journalism platform based in Berlin, Germany. Our website at sonarevo.com provides informational content about Germany's concert scene, including venue reviews, festival coverage, and cultural analysis.

For data protection enquiries, contact us at: info@sonarevo.com

2. Data We Collect

2.1 Information you provide

When you use our contact form, we collect the information you submit, which may include your name, email address, and message content. We do not require account registration to access our content.

2.2 Automatically collected data

When you visit sonarevo.com, our web server automatically records certain technical information including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and date/time of access. This data is used for security and to understand how our site is used.

2.3 Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for full details.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the data we collect for the following purposes:

To respond to messages and enquiries submitted through our contact form.
To operate and improve the sonarevo.com website.
To detect and prevent security incidents or fraudulent activity.
To comply with legal obligations.
To analyse website usage patterns in aggregate (non-personal) form.

We do not use your data for marketing communications, targeted advertising, or profiling. We do not sell personal data.

4. Cookies

Our website uses strictly necessary cookies to function (such as remembering your cookie consent choice) and, where you have consented, analytics cookies to understand usage patterns. You may withdraw cookie consent at any time by clearing your browser's local storage or cookie data. See our full Cookie Policy.

We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data. We do not share personal data with third parties except in the following limited circumstances:

With service providers who assist in operating our website (such as hosting providers), under strict data processing agreements.
When required by law or to respond to valid legal process.
To protect the rights, safety, or property of Sonarevo or others.

6. Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained for a maximum of 24 months, after which they are permanently deleted unless a longer retention period is required by law. Web server logs are retained for a maximum of 90 days. Cookie consent records are retained for 12 months.

7. Your Rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable German data protection law, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right of access — you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification — you may request correction of inaccurate personal data.
Right to erasure — you may request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal retention obligations.
Right to restrict processing — you may request that we limit how we use your data.
Right to data portability — you may request your data in a machine-readable format.
Right to object — you may object to processing based on legitimate interests.
Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@sonarevo.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, such as the Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit.

8. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our website is served over HTTPS. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law or our practices. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last updated. Continued use of sonarevo.com after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

10. Contact

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at info@sonarevo.com or use our contact form.