(updated October 2024)
This Cookie Management Policy (hereinafter "Cookie Policy") refers to the websites and applications (hereinafter "Sites") published by TuneControl LLC, or one of its affiliates, including TUNECONTROL hereinafter "TuneControl", or "We", "Our"), which are used by artists, producers, managers, independent labels, clients, fans or simple visitors (hereinafter "You", or "Your"). Its purpose is to provide you with all relevant information regarding the use of cookies on our Sites.
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Why a cookie management policy?
The purpose of this cookie management policy is to inform you about the cookies that are active on Our Sites, about your rights regarding the acceptance or rejection of these cookies and their consequences, about the purposes of these cookies and the duration of their retention.
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What is a cookie?
Cookies (or trackers) are computer files containing a certain amount of information stored on your devices (computer, smartphone or tablet) when you visit our sites. Cookies are useful because they allow us to recognise your device/terminal when you return to our sites, and thus improve your experience and navigation on our sites or offer you a personalised service, for example by storing information about your preferences in order to recognise you on your next visits. Third-party companies may also deposit cookies when you visit our sites for purposes such as audience measurement or advertising. Only the issuer of a cookie can read or modify the information contained therein. The list of these third-party companies is available on our sites (to be adapted if it appears in the Preference Centre).
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What is the role of TuneControl?
As publishers of Our Sites, we are responsible for processing the cookies we store on them and we ensure control over the cookies stored by third parties. When we determine together with a third party the purposes and means of the cookies used, we are jointly responsible with that third party for the processing of the data. When third parties act as subcontractors, they act on our behalf and on our behalf (for example, advertising agencies).
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How can I set my cookie preferences?
You can configure which cookies you accept or reject in the Preference Center accessible from any page of the Site. You can change your options/preferences at any time. Changing or rejecting certain settings may have an impact on the proper functioning of the Sites. Accepting cookies constitutes your consent. If you continue browsing by closing the Preference Center, all cookies will be rejected. In addition to the configuration options offered in the Preference Center, you can follow the procedure for using certain cookies specific to your device. For more information, please contact us at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. We remind you that in this case, access to certain promotions or functions of the Sites may be affected. Our Sites are not necessarily compatible with browser do-not-track signals.
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Which cookies are strictly necessary?
Technical cookies are strictly necessary to allow you to browse, use the features of the Sites and access secure areas (for example, access to your account/customer area). They are activated in response to your actions on the Sites. They do not store any personal data and do not require your consent. Without these cookies, certain features cannot be provided. You can configure your browser to block these cookies, in which case some parts of the Site will not be able to function.
These are cookies that technically allow you to:
- Keep your choices in the Preference Center;
- Authenticate you and ensure this authentication (for example, by limiting automated or unexpected access attempts);
- To keep in memory the contents of a shopping basket on a commercial site and, after the purchase, to bill you for the product(s) and/or service(s);
- Personalize the interface (choice of language or presentation of a service), when such personalization is an intrinsic and expected element of the service. These cookies are used to create an identifier from data automatically collected from a device for specific characteristics (e.g. IP address). This identifier can be used to re-identify a device;
- To mark the load of equipment contributing to a communication service;
- Allow paysites to limit free access to a sample of content (predefined amount and/or for a limited period of time);
- Measure audience (only in cases where consent is not required) if:
- Cookies are strictly limited to measuring the audience of the Sites (measuring performance, detecting navigation problems, optimising technical or ergonomic performance, estimating the power of the necessary servers, analysing the content consulted) on Our behalf only;
- They do not allow global tracking of your browsing on different sites or applications;
- The data collected is only used to compile anonymous statistics;
- The data collected cannot be cross-referenced with other data or transmitted to third parties.
6. What are optional cookies?
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Audience measurement or analytics cookies: These collect information that allows us to know how you use the Sites (for example, which pages are visited most frequently or if an error message is displayed on the site). They require consent when the partners sending the cookies indicate that they are reusing the data for their own purposes.
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Cookies to measure ad performance: Audience and product development analytics, including ad performance, and measuring the effectiveness of personalised content and advertising.
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Cookies to measure content performance: analysis and measurement of the audience, performance and effectiveness of content that you have viewed or interacted with. Cookies may be used to improve existing products, content and programs, or to develop new products.
- Cookies that allow market research to be carried out to generate audience data, allowing third-party partners to better understand the audiences that visit the Sites, use the applications and view the advertisements.
7. What functional cookies are used to provide a more personalized experience?
These cookies store information about you, such as the country from which you are visiting the site, the language used or the region you are in. This information can be used to offer you a more relevant experience based on your choices. The information collected by these cookies may be made anonymous. The cookies cannot be used to track browsing activity on other sites. They may be activated by us or by third parties whose services are used on the pages of the Sites. If you reject them, some or all of the services on the Site may not function properly.
- Cookies used to store and/or access information stored on a device/terminal are identifiers of your device/terminal or other information that may be stored or accessed on your device/terminal directly by the partners.
- Cookies to link different devices/terminals to you or to the same household.
- Precise geolocation cookies: to collect and process precise geolocation data (with an accuracy of a few meters) in support of one or more purposes.
- Cookies for matching and combining offline data sources: These allow data obtained offline to be combined with data collected online in support of one or more purposes.
- Cookies that allow active analysis of terminal characteristics for identification: They allow third parties to create an identifier using data collected through active analysis of a terminal for identification of specific characteristics (e.g. font or screen resolution). They can also be useful for re-identifying a terminal on the basis of the identifier created.
8. What cookies are used for advertising targeting?
These cookies collect information about your browsing habits in order to make the advertising offered more relevant to your interests. They are used both to limit the number of times an advertisement or advertising campaign is displayed and to measure its effectiveness. They are usually placed by a third party advertising agency with our consent. They record the websites visited and this information may be shared with advertisers. Often these cookies will be linked to a site feature provided by a third party organisation. If you do not accept these cookies, advertising will be less targeted.
- They allow the selection of standard advertisements based on the editorial content viewed, the application used, the approximate location (at least 500 metres radius) of the type of terminal used, the IP address, the URL, etc.
- Or to create a personalized profile and select personalized ads or content based on your interests (collection of your activity, interests, sites, applications or content viewed, demographic or location data).
- Product development cookies: These cookies allow third-party partners to use information to improve their existing products by adding new features. They also allow the development of new products and the creation of new models and algorithms using machine learning.
9. What are social media and/or music platform cookies?
These cookies allow you to share your experience on social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus, Pinterest, etc.) and/or music platforms (Deezer, Spotify, Apple Music, etc.). These cookies are not under the control of TuneControl. Even if you do not use the share buttons or associated applications, social networks may still follow your browsing if your session/account is open on your computer at the time. This collection of information may be linked to advertising or targeting activities in accordance with the privacy or confidentiality protection policy of each social network.
You can choose to accept or reject all optional cookies and change your choices at any time through the Preference Center.
10. How long are cookies kept?
We store cookies for 6 months, except for certain audience measurement cookies which are stored for 13 months (only those for which consent is not required).
For more information, please consult our privacy policy.