We use functions (widgets) of the social media network SoundCloud from SoundCloud Limited, Rheinsberger Str. 76/77, 10115 Berlin, Germany on our website. You can recognize the widgets by the familiar orange logo. By using functions such as playing music, data is transmitted to SoundCloud, stored and evaluated. In this data protection declaration, we show you what data is involved, why we use SoundCloud and how you can manage or prevent your data or data transmission.
What is SoundCloud?
The social media network SoundCloud is an online music platform that is used to exchange and distribute audio files. Musicians and podcasters offer their audio files for download on SoundCloud. With SoundCloud you can also embed the audio files in other websites. And that's exactly what we did. Typical for SoundCloud are the graphical representations of the audio files in wave form and the comment bar. Registered users can listen to and comment on pieces of music or podcasts at any time.
Why do we use SoundCloud on our website?
Our goal is to provide you with the best possible service on our website. We don't just mean our products or services. Holistic customer service also includes how comfortable you feel on our website and how helpful our website is for you. Thanks to the embedded SoundCloud playback function, we can deliver acoustic content directly to you free of charge. You don't have to follow any link first to listen to an audio file, you can start right away from our website.
What data is stored on SoundCloud?
As soon as you visit one of our websites that has a widget (like or share button or playback function) installed, your browser connects to a SoundCloud server. You can transfer your data to SoundCloud, manage and save it there. For example, SoundCloud finds out your IP address and which page (in this case ours) you visited and when. If you have a SoundCloud account and are logged in while you are surfing our website, the data collected will be assigned directly to your account. You can only prevent this by logging out of SoundCloud while you are on our website. In addition to the information mentioned above, the cookies also store data about your user behavior. For example, whenever you click a button, play or pause a piece of music, this information is stored in the cookies. The widget or SoundCloud is thus able to recognize you and sometimes the widget is also used to provide you with personalized content. SoundCloud not only uses its own cookies, but also third-party cookies such as Facebook or Google Analytics. These cookies enable the company to obtain more information about your behavior on external websites and on its own platform. As the website operator, we do not receive any information about your user behavior from the SoundCloud cookies. The data transfer and therefore also the information about technical devices and your behavior on the website takes place between you and SoundCloud.
In the following we show cookies that were set when you go to a website that has SoundCloud functions integrated. This list is only an example of possible cookies and cannot claim to be complete. In this example, the user does not have a SoundCloud account:
Example cookie 1
● Name: sc_anonymous_id
● Value: 208165-986996-398971-423805311249178-0
● Purpose: This cookie makes it possible to include files or other content in websites and saves a user ID.
● Expiry date: after 10 years
● Annotation: The sc_anonymous_id cookie is set immediately when you are on one of our websites that has a Soundcloud function built in. You don't have to interact with the function yet.
Example cookie 2
● Name: __qca
● Value: P0-1223379886-1579605792812311249178-7
● Purpose: This cookie is a third-party cookie from Quantcast and collects data such as how often you visit the site or how long you stay on the site. The information collected is then passed on to SoundCloud.
● Expiry date: after one year
Example cookie 3
● Name: Sclocale
● Value: de
● Purpose: The cookie saves the language setting that you have preset.
● Expiry date: after one year
Example cookie 4
● Name: _soundcloud_session
● Value: /
● Purpose: We were unable to find any specific information about this cookie.
● Expiry date: after the session ends
Example cookie 5
● Name: _session_auth_key
● Value: /
● Purpose: With the help of the cookie, session information (i.e. user behavior) can be saved and a client request can be authenticated.
● Expiry date: after 10 years
SoundCloud also uses other third-party cookies such as _fbp, _ga, gid from Facebook and Google Analytics. SoundCloud uses all of the information stored in the cookies to improve its own services and to display personalized advertising.
How long and where is the data stored?
In principle, the collected data remains stored with SoundCloud as long as a user account exists or it is necessary for SoundCloud in order to achieve the business objectives. How long exactly is stored varies depending on the context and legal obligations. Even if you do not have an account and personal data has been saved, you have the right to request data deletion.
How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
If you have a SoundCloud account, you can use "Settings" to manage data processing or delete your entire account. However, you can also manage, delete or deactivate cookies in your browser according to your requirements. The approach always depends on the browser you are using. If you decide to delete or deactivate cookies, please note that not all functions may then be available. The following instructions explain how you can manage, delete or deactivate cookies in your browser:
● Chrome:
Clear, enable, and manage cookies in Google Chrome ● Safari:
Manage cookies and website data with Safari on Mac ● Firefox:
Delete cookies and website data in Firefox ● Internet Explorer:
Deleting and managing cookies ● Microsoft Edge:
Delete cookies in Microsoft EdgeWe hope we have given you a good overview of the traffic through SoundCloud. If you would like to find out more about the data protection guidelines and the general handling of data by SoundCloud, we recommend the company's data protection declaration at
https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy.
