50/50 Global EDM Privacy Policy.

Last updated: January 1, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how 50/50 Global EDM ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal data in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom, specifically the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

This policy applies to artists, collaborators, website visitors, and anyone who interacts with our services.

1. Who We Are

50/50 Global EDM is the Data Controller responsible for your personal data.

Our Contact Details:

  • Name: 50/50 Global EDM

  • Email: legal@5050globaledm.net for privacy inquiries, e.g., privacy

2. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data, which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data: This includes your first name, last name, artist name, and a unique identifier.

  • Contact Data: This includes your billing address, email address, and telephone numbers.

  • Financial Data: This includes bank account details for royalty payments.

  • Technical Data: This includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website.

  • Usage Data: This includes information about how you use our website and services.

  • Marketing and Communications Data: This includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data).

3. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Performance of a Contract: To process and manage artist agreements, including the distribution of music and payment of royalties.

  • Legitimate Interests: To improve our services, communicate with you about our business, and maintain the security of our website and systems.

  • Legal Obligation: To comply with a legal or regulatory obligation, such as tax laws or a court order.

  • Consent: Where we have your explicit consent to do so for a specific purpose, such as sending you marketing communications.

We have set out below a more detailed description of how we plan to use your personal data and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so.

  • To Manage Artist Agreements: We use Identity, Contact, and Financial Data to create, manage, and execute contracts with artists and other partners.

  • To Process Royalty Payments: We use Financial Data to accurately calculate and distribute royalties and earnings to you. Earnings can be held or compromised if artist, Dj, Label breaches exclusive agreement by using multiple distributors with same content thereto.

  • To Communicate with You: We use Identity and Contact Data to inform you about important updates, news, and opportunities related to your work with us.

  • To Improve Our Website and Services: We may use Technical and Usage Data to analyze how our services are used and to make improvements.

  • To Comply with Legal Obligations: We will process your data as required to meet our legal duties, for example, to respond to a request from a legal authority.

4. Disclosures of Your Personal Data

We may need to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes mentioned in Section 3.

  • Business Partners and Service Providers: We may share your data with partners, distributors, and other service providers who help us run our business and fulfill our obligations to you (e.g., digital distributors, accounting firms, and legal advisors).

  • Legal and Regulatory Authorities: We may disclose your data where required to do so by law, court order, or governmental regulation.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

5. International Transfers

Your personal data may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area (EEA). Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK or EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

  • We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the UK or European Commission.

  • Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved for use in the UK which give personal data the same protection it has in the UK.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have rights in relation to your personal data. You have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a "data subject access request").

  • Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.

  • Request erasure of your personal data.

  • Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest.

  • Request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

  • Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party.

  • Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data.

  • Right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's supervisory authority for data protection issues.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us using the details in Section 1. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights).

7. Cookies

Our website may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

8. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this policy will reflect the most recent changes. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on our website or by contacting you directly.