Who we are

The Vinyl Alliance is an association based on the Austrian “Vereinsgesetz” and aims to strengthen awareness and image of vinyl records worldwide.

Which personal data do we collect and why

Contact forms
If you fill out the contact form on our website, subscribe to our newsletter or if you contact us via e-mail, we use the data you have given us to answer your request. Data will be stored up to six months for further requests. We do not share this data with others without your prior permission.

Cookies
Our websits use Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc. („Google“). Google Analytics uses so called „Cookies“, small text files, that are stored on your computer and which enables us to analyse the way you use our website.

User information generated by cookies are in general transferred and stored on a Google server in the US. We have installed an IP-anonymization that shortens your IP address and allows only a rough localisation. Your full IP address is transferred to Google only in exceptional cases, where it will be shortend.

Google will use this information on our behalf to

• analyse your usage of our website,
• generate a report about website activities and to
• provide us with other services related to website and internet usage.

Your transfered IP address is not merged with other Google data. You can prevent the usage of cookies in your browser settings. Please note that this can limit the functionality of our websites.

Furthermore you can prevent the transfer and the analysis of cookie generated data (including your IP address) by Google. In order to do so, download a plugin from the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) and install it in your browser.

Alternativly you can prevent data collection from Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An Opt-Out-Cookie is installed, that prevents future data collection when you visit our websites: deactivate Google Analytics.

Find more information about usage and data protection in regards to Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/.

Your rights

In regards to your data collected and saved by us, you have the following rights: disclosure, correction, deletion, limitation, transfer, revocation and objection. If you believe that the usage of your data breaches current data protection laws or that your data protection rights are being violated, you can send a complaint either to us or the data protection authority.

Contact us at: info@vinylalliance.org