Privacy Policy
Controller
Matthias Schenk, THE AUDIO SHIFT, sole proprietor, Brigittenstrasse 9, 20359 Hamburg, Germany. Email: schenk@theaudioshift.com, telephone: +49 163 6159795.
Hosting and access data
This website is hosted by STRATO GmbH, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, Germany. Technically necessary connection data are processed when you access the website. These may include your IP address, date and time, requested file, transferred data volume, HTTP status, browser and operating system information, and referring page. The purposes are reliable and secure website delivery and attack detection. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR; the legitimate interest is the secure operation of this website. STRATO processes hosting data under a data processing agreement pursuant to Article 28 GDPR. According to STRATO, IP addresses used to detect and prevent attacks are retained for a maximum of seven days. Evidence necessary to investigate specific security incidents or pursue legal claims may be retained longer. Connection data are technically necessary; without them the website cannot be delivered.
Cookies and external services
The website code does not set cookies or use local storage or session storage. No analytics, advertising services, external fonts, social media embeds or contact forms are included. Images, stylesheets and icons are loaded from our own webspace. Language selection depends solely on the page path; the selection is not stored persistently.
Contact
When you contact us by email or telephone, we process your contact details and the content of your enquiry to handle and respond to it. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR for enquiries relating to a contract or pre-contractual steps, and otherwise Article 6(1)(f) GDPR based on the legitimate interest in responding to business enquiries. Data are deleted once the enquiry has been concluded unless statutory retention duties or evidence necessary for establishing, exercising or defending legal claims require further retention. Providing information is voluntary; without sufficient contact information we may be unable to respond.
Recipients and transfers
Hosting providers and, where used, communication service providers receive data only insofar as necessary to operate the website and handle your enquiry. Data are disclosed to authorities only when legally required. The website does not call external services that transfer visitor data to third countries for advertising or analytics purposes.
Your rights
Subject to the applicable legal conditions, you have the rights of access (Article 15 GDPR), rectification (Article 16), erasure (Article 17), restriction of processing (Article 18) and data portability (Article 20). Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time with future effect. No automated decision-making, including profiling, within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR takes place.
Right to object
Where processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you may object at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation under Article 21 GDPR. Please send your objection to the contact address above.
Right to complain
Under Article 77 GDPR you may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the country of your habitual residence, workplace or the alleged infringement. For Hamburg: the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, datenschutz-hamburg.de.
Last updated: 20 October 2026