We are Paarti, Inc. and Paarti Ltd (together “Paarti”), and we run paarti.live. Paarti is a revolutionary live-streaming platform that connects people through the power and joy of music. Our contact details are set out at the end of this Privacy Policy.
What does this Policy cover?This Privacy Policy explains our use of personal data through our website, if you choose to contact us and our use of business contact details.
What personal data do we collect and why do we use it?The table below explains who we collect personal data about, what that personal data is and the purpose. The last column sets out the ‘lawful basis’ we rely on for processing that personal data which is a requirement of data protection rules. Essentially, companies may only process personal data if they can identify a lawful basis from a list set out in the legislation.
| Individual | Personal Data | Source and Purpose | Lawful Basis for Processing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individuals who contact us. | Contact details provided and correspondence. | This information is given to us by you. It is used to respond to the query and keep a record of it. | Our legitimate interests as a business in responding to and keeping a record of correspondence. |
| Clients and potential clients. | Contact details provided and correspondence. Contracts. | This information is given to us by you or from publicly available information (for example on your website). It is used for us to fulfil contracts and engage in business discussions. | Our legitimate interests as a business in responding to and keeping a record of correspondence. Some information is also necessary for us to perform our contract – for example certain contact details. |
| Suppliers and contractors. | Contact details and provided correspondence. | This information is given to us by you or from publicly available information (for example on your website). It is used for us to fulfil contracts and engage in business discussions. | Our legitimate interests as a business in responding to and keeping a record of correspondence. Some information is also necessary for us to perform our contract – for example certain contact details. |
| Candidates | CV, contact details, reference information and correspondence. | This is information given to us by you or from third party referees. It is used to assess the suitability of candidates applying for a position with us. | Our legitimate interests of assessing the suitability of candidates applying for a position with us. Any health or other sensitive information is only collected if you have chosen to give it to us/ consented. |
| Website visitors. | Information from cookies, such as usage data and hardware and software information. | This information is collected via analytics cookies when you use our website. | We rely upon your consent for non-essential cookies. |
| Account holders. | Your display name, username, photo, bio, gender, age, location, chat conversations with other users, usage data, payment information, purchase history, age verification information. | This information is given to us by you when you create a Paarti account and use the Paarti service. We use this information to provide you with all of the features Paarti has to offer, such as interacting with other concert-goers, watching concerts and allowing you to purchase tickets. | Necessary for the performance of the contract between us and you and for our legitimate business interests in providing your with the service. |
| Paarti meet-up users. | Your meet-up profile pictures, display name, social media account details, gender, age, sexual orientation/ interested in, chat conversations, video and voice chats with other users, usage data. | This information is given to us by you when you create a Paarti meet-up account and use the Paarti meet-up service. We may collect some information from your social media profile to verify your age. We only use this information if you have signed up to Paarti meet-up to enable matchmaking and to ensure you are who you say you are. | Necessary for the performance of the contract between us and you and with your consent where necessary. |
| Content creators. | Your name, pictures, social media account details, livestreaming content (note that livestreaming content will not be saved). | This information is given to us by you or your agent (or similar) for the purpose of providing your services as a content creator to us and ticketholders. | Necessary for the performance of the contract between us and you. |
We keep your information only for as long as is necessary for the relevant purpose. For example, if we have a contract with you, this will be for 6.5 years after expiration or termination, in order to assist us with any contractual claims. We use a number of criteria for determining the retention period including obligations under law, our need to defend or bring contractual claims within the statutory limitation period and consideration of the original purpose we collected it for.
Who do we share your personal data with?Data may be shared in the following circumstances:
If you do not provide the personal data necessary, we may not be able to respond to your query or consider your application or request.
Do we make automated decisions concerning you?Automated decisions are those made without human intervention that have a legal effect on you or other similarly significant effect (for example determining whether you are eligible for a job). We do not carry out this type of processing activity.
Do we use cookies to collect personal data on you?
We use and may allow others to use cookies and similar technologies
(e.g., web beacons, pixels) on our website. We use cookies to analyse
trends (on an anonymous basis), remember your preferences,
authenticate you as a verified user and allow you to use certain
social features). We use Google Analytics to gather information about
your use of our website and analyse data to help us maintain and
improve our website. Click
here
to opt out of Google Analytics cookies.
Some web browsers have a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) feature that tells a
website that a user does not want to have his or her online activity
tracked. If a website that responds to a DNT signal receives a DNT
signal, the browser can block that website from collecting certain
information about the browser’s user. Not all browsers offer a DNT
option and DNT signals are not yet uniform.
We may sometimes transfer your personal data to countries outside the
UK and/or European Economic Area (or between the two), for example if
we are using a supplier based elsewhere. You can find the list of
member states by clicking on the following link:
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Glossary:European_Economic_Area_(EEA). The privacy laws in countries outside the European Economic Area
and UK may be different from those in your home country.
Where we transfer data to a country that has not been deemed to
provide adequate data protection standards, we always have security
measures and approved model clauses or other adequate safeguards in
place to protect your personal data. Please contact us if you would
like more details about our safeguards for data transfers.
By law, you have a number of rights when it comes to your personal
data. Further information and advice about your rights can be obtained
from the data protection regulator in your country. In the UK this is
the Information Commissioner’s Office.
We usually act on requests and provide information free of charge, but
may charge a reasonable fee to cover our administrative costs of
providing the information for:
Alternatively, we may be entitled to refuse to act on the request in
some circumstances.
Please consider your request responsibly before submitting it. We’ll
respond as soon as we can. Generally, this will be within one month
from when we receive your request but, if the request is going to take
longer to deal with, we’ll come back to you and let you know.
| Rights | What does this mean? | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The right to be informed | You have the right to be provided with clear, transparent and easily understandable information about how we use your information and your rights. This is why we’re providing you with the information in this Privacy Policy. If you have any additional questions, for example regarding transfers and locations of data or our legitimate interests basis, do please get in touch. |
| 2. | The right of access |
You have the right to obtain access to your information (if we are
processing it), and certain other information (similar to that
provided in this Privacy Policy).
This is so you’re aware and can check that we’re using your information in accordance with data protection law. |
| 3. | The right to rectification | You are entitled to have your information corrected if its inaccurate or incomplete. |
| 4. | The right to erasure | This is also known as the ‘right to be forgotten’ and, in simple terms, enables you to request the deletion or removal of your information where there is no compelling reason for us to keep using it. This is not a general right, there are exceptions. |
| 5. | The right to restrict processing | You have rights to ‘block’ or suppress further use of your information. When processing is restricted, we can still store your information, but may not use it further. We keep lists of people who have asked for further use of their information to be ‘blocked’ to make sure the restriction is respected in future. |
| 6. | The right to data portability | You have rights to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services. This is not a normal scenario for companies of our nature but if you have any questions you can contact us. |
| 7. | The right to object to processing | You have the right to object to certain types of processing, including processing for direct marketing or where we are relying on our legitimate interests for processing. |
| 8. | The right to lodge a complaint | You have the right to lodge a complaint about the way we handle or process your personal data with your national data protection regulator. |
| 9. | The right to withdraw consent | If you have given your consent to anything we do with your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time (although if you do so, it does not mean that anything we have done with your personal data with your consent up to that point is unlawful). This includes your right to withdraw consent to us using your personal data for marketing purposes. |
If you are unhappy with how we’ve handled your information or have further questions on the processing of your personal data, contact us here: Paarti Inc, 75 Broadway, Suite 202, San Francisco, CA 94111 USA, support@paarti.live .