This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is processed when you visit alimabeats.com or use the ALIMA Web App, contact ALIMA, subscribe to the newsletter, download content, submit comments or interact with external music and social platforms.
This Privacy Policy applies to the official ALIMA artist website at https://alimabeats.com and the ALIMA Web App at https://alimabeats.com/app/, whether accessed in a browser or added to your device’s Home Screen.
The website and Web App provide artist information, music releases, news articles, photographs, free digital downloads, the ALIMA Vault, curated playlists, public comments on selected articles, contact options, newsletter registration and links or embedded content from external music and social media platforms.
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Personal data is processed only where there is a lawful basis under the General Data Protection Regulation.
Depending on the relevant activity, processing may be based on the following legal grounds:
This website and the ALIMA Web App are hosted using services provided by IONOS. When either service is accessed, the hosting infrastructure may automatically process technical information required to deliver and secure the requested content.
This information may include:
Processing is carried out to provide the website and app, maintain technical stability, identify errors, prevent misuse and defend against attacks.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest is the secure, stable and efficient operation of the website and app.
IONOS processes hosting data as a service provider and processor where applicable.
You may contact Arthur Weprich / ALIMA through the contact form, email or another communication channel made available on the website.
When you use the contact form, the following information may be processed:
The information is used solely to receive, evaluate and respond to your enquiry.
If your enquiry relates to a booking, collaboration or another potential agreement, processing may be based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
For general questions, press enquiries or other communication, processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest is the efficient handling of incoming communication.
Please do not send confidential or particularly sensitive personal information through ordinary email or social messaging services unless it is necessary and an appropriate secure method has been agreed.
Visitors may submit public comments on selected articles and other content on alimabeats.com.
When you submit a comment, WordPress may process the following information:
Your submitted display name and the content of an approved comment may be displayed publicly on the website.
Your email address and IP address are not intended to be displayed publicly.
Comments from new contributors may be held for moderation before they become publicly visible.
Once a contributor has had a comment approved, subsequent comments may be published automatically, subject to anti-spam and moderation controls.
Comments may be rejected, edited for technical reasons, marked as spam or removed where they contain unlawful content, spam, abusive material, malicious links or content unrelated to the discussion.
This website uses the WordPress plugin Antispam Bee to detect and reduce automated and unwanted comment spam.
For this purpose, comment information and technical characteristics of the submission may be analysed to determine whether a comment appears to be genuine or automated spam.
Processing for moderation and spam prevention is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest is protecting the website, maintaining useful public discussions and preventing automated abuse.
When submitting a comment, you may be offered an optional checkbox allowing your name and email address to be remembered in your browser for future comments.
If you activate this option, WordPress stores corresponding information in cookies on your device so that the fields do not need to be entered again on your next visit.
This function is optional. Where consent is required, the legal basis for storing or accessing this information is Section 25(1) TDDDG together with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
The website may display or link to music players, videos, pre-save pages, social media content or other external content.
Possible providers include:
When external content is actively embedded and loaded, the relevant provider may receive technical information such as your IP address, browser data, the visited page, device information and the time of access.
If you are logged in to an account with the external provider, the provider may associate the interaction with your account.
Where required, embedded content is based on your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG.
The external provider is independently responsible for its subsequent processing of information under its own privacy policy.
This section supplements the information above about hosting, cookies and external media. It applies to the official ALIMA Web App at https://alimabeats.com/app/, whether you open it in a browser or add it to your device’s Home Screen. An ALIMA app account is not required.
The Web App retrieves release information, news, Vault content and images from alimabeats.com, including publicly available WordPress content. When you open the app or request content, our hosting provider IONOS may process technical request and server-log data, such as your IP address, date and time, requested file or URL and browser information, as described in section 02. The purpose is to provide and secure the app and keep its content up to date. The legal basis for the associated processing of personal data is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (secure and reliable operation).
The app uses browser storage to remember selected releases/favourites, the dismissal of its installation help, and previously retrieved release, artwork, news and Vault information. It can also store SoundCloud playlist metadata so that its music player can identify tracks. Session storage is used, for example, to remember whether you closed the compact player during the current session. A service worker and the browser’s Cache Storage keep essential app files available and support faster loading and limited offline access. These app preferences and caches are stored locally in your browser; the app does not create an ALIMA account or upload your favourites to a dedicated ALIMA account service.
Storage strictly necessary to deliver functions you expressly request may fall under Section 25(2) TDDDG; where consent is required for a particular storage or access operation, it must be obtained separately. Any associated processing of personal data for app operation is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR where applicable. Locally saved settings and cached content may remain until you clear this site’s browser data, your browser removes them, or a later app update replaces the cache. Removing the Home Screen icon alone does not necessarily delete browser data. You can manage or clear the stored information through your browser’s website-data settings.
The Web App offers three distinct external media services. ALIMA Radio and the curated SoundCloud playlist use a SoundCloud player and its Widget API. The Spotify playlist uses Spotify’s official embedded player. The YouTube playlist uses a visible YouTube player through youtube-nocookie.com (privacy-enhanced mode). Privacy-enhanced mode does not make the YouTube player anonymous or prevent all transmission of data.
Each provider’s player is optional and is loaded only after you actively select that service and agree to load it. Before that choice, the app does not load that provider’s embedded player. Consent is requested separately for SoundCloud, Spotify and YouTube; declining one player does not prevent you from using the other app sections. The app’s player consent choices are retained only for the current open app session, not permanently in an ALIMA user account.
When you activate a player, a connection is established to the relevant provider. The provider may receive your IP address, browser/device data, the page or referrer, time of access and information about your use of its player. The provider may store or access cookies and similar technologies and, if you are signed in there, may associate activity with your account. Processing and possible transfers to countries outside the European Economic Area depend on the respective provider and are explained in its own privacy policy. For ALIMA’s consent-based activation of these optional third-party players, the relevant legal bases are Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG where applicable. The external providers determine their subsequent processing under their own responsibilities.
You may decline any player or withdraw its consent at any time in the app: open the information icon at the top, select Legal & Privacy, then use Privacy settings to stop and disable the relevant service. Withdrawal removes the player from the app and stops playback; it does not automatically erase information or cookies the external provider has already stored or received. You can remove stored cookies and site data through your browser settings. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal. You can continue to use ALIMA news, release information, Vault links and other core sections without enabling these players.
Ordinary links to Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube and other external websites are distinct from embedded players: when you choose such a link, your browser opens the external service, which processes data under its own policy. Feedback comments and newsletter subscriptions take place on the ALIMA website and are described in the corresponding sections of this Privacy Policy.
This website contains links to external platforms, including artist profiles, streaming services, pre-save pages, social media accounts and messaging services.
External links may include:
A standard external link does not normally cause the external platform to receive information from this website until you select the link.
Once you select an external link, you leave alimabeats.com. The external provider may then process information under its own responsibility, terms and privacy policy.
Arthur Weprich (ALIMA) has no control over the scope, purpose or duration of processing carried out by those external providers.
The ALIMA Vault offers selected free digital content such as wallpapers, artwork, visual packs, ZIP archives and other fan assets.
No payment information is required for the free downloads currently offered through the Vault.
When a file is downloaded, the hosting server may process the same technical server-log information described in the hosting section, including the IP address, requested file and time of access.
This processing is necessary to deliver the selected file, maintain website security and prevent technical misuse.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest is the reliable provision and protection of the download service.
This website uses WordPress and may use technical security, anti-spam, backup and maintenance functions to protect the website, its content and public interaction features.
Such functions may process IP addresses, request information, error data, comment information or other technical identifiers where necessary to:
Processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest is the security, integrity and proper operation of the website.
Public WordPress user registration is currently not offered. Public comments may be available on selected articles.
WordPress administrator login functions and corresponding administrative cookies are reserved for authorised website management.
Personal data is not disclosed to third parties without a lawful basis.
Depending on the website or Web App function used, recipients or categories of recipients may include:
Service providers acting as processors are used, where required, on the basis of appropriate data processing agreements.
Some external providers may process personal data outside Germany, the European Union or the European Economic Area.
This may particularly apply to newsletter, music, video, social media, pre-save and messaging providers.
Where personal data is transferred to a country without an EU adequacy decision, the relevant provider may use safeguards such as:
Despite these safeguards, processing in a third country may involve risks because foreign authorities may have access rights that do not correspond fully to European data-protection standards.
Personal data is retained only for as long as it is required for the relevant purpose or while a legal obligation requires continued storage.
The following criteria generally apply:
Data may be retained for longer where this is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Subject to the requirements of applicable law, you may have the following rights:
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
To exercise your rights, contact: contact@alimabeats.com.
Additional information may be requested where it is reasonably necessary to verify your identity and protect personal data from unauthorised disclosure.
Where personal data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to that processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
Following an objection, the relevant personal data will no longer be processed unless compelling legitimate grounds for the processing can be demonstrated which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Where personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you may object at any time.
After your objection, the data will no longer be processed for direct marketing.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes applicable data-protection law.
The supervisory authority responsible for North Rhine-Westphalia is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
Kavalleriestraße 2–4
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
Telephone: +49 (0)211 38424-0
Email: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
Arthur Weprich (ALIMA) does not use personal data collected through this website to make decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal effects or similarly significant effects concerning visitors.
Automated spam filtering may be used to assist with identifying unwanted or abusive comments.
Such filtering does not produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning visitors.
Personal data collected through this website is not sold to data brokers or other third parties.
This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, its functions, the external providers used or the applicable legal requirements change.
The version published on this page applies. The date of the latest update is displayed at the top of this Privacy Policy.
For questions about this Privacy Policy, the use of your personal data or the exercise of your data-protection rights, please contact Arthur Weprich (ALIMA).
