Privacy Policy
**1. Data Controller**
The controller responsible for processing personal data on this website and in connection with the violin lessons offered is:
Vlad Valentin Ebert
Vogelherdweg 5
93167 Falkenstein
Germany
Email: vladvalentinebert@gmail.com
Website: www.violinschool.de
**2. General Information on Data Processing**
Protecting your personal data is important to me. Personal data is processed only where necessary to operate this website, communicate with prospective students, and arrange, provide and administer violin lessons, or where another applicable legal basis exists.
Personal data is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable German data protection legislation.
**3. Website Hosting by Wix**
This website is operated using the Wix.com platform.
The provider is Wix.com Ltd., Yunitsman 5 St, Tel Aviv, Israel. Wix provides the technical infrastructure used to operate and deliver this website and may process website visitors’ personal data in doing so.
This may include IP addresses, browser and device information, access times, pages visited and technical log data.
Processing takes place to ensure the secure, stable and technically functional operation of this website, on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. My legitimate interest is the secure and reliable operation of my website.
Wix processes personal data within the framework of applicable data protection legislation and provides corresponding data processing agreements. Wix also indicates that personal data relating to its customers and their website visitors may be processed as part of its services.
Where data is processed in countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, this takes place on the basis of the safeguards required by applicable law, particularly European Commission adequacy decisions or appropriate contractual safeguards.
**4. Contact Enquiries and Contact Form**
If you contact me through this website’s contact form, by email or through another channel, the information you provide will be processed to respond to your enquiry.
This may include your name, email address, telephone number, message content and any additional information you provide voluntarily.
Where your enquiry relates to entering into or performing a tuition agreement, processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
For other enquiries, processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. My legitimate interest is the appropriate handling of and response to enquiries.
Data submitted through the contact form may be processed through Wix as part of the technical provision of the form.
**5. Data Processing in Connection with Violin Lessons**
Personal data relating to students and, where applicable, their parents or legal guardians is processed when arranging, providing, organising and administering violin lessons.
This includes names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, contract and lesson details, scheduling information, and payment and billing information.
Where processing is necessary to enter into and perform the tuition agreement, it is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Where personal data must be processed or retained to comply with legal obligations, particularly tax or accounting retention requirements, processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Personal data is disclosed only where necessary to administer the agreement or fulfil legal obligations. Recipients may include banks, tax advisers or bookkeeping providers, tax authorities, and IT and communication service providers used in connection with the lessons.
Personal data is generally retained only for as long as necessary to provide and administer the tuition relationship. Statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.
**6. Online Violin Lessons**
Depending on the arrangements agreed upon, online lessons may be provided using FaceTime, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or WhatsApp Video.
Personal data required for the respective connection is processed in this context. This may include names or user identifiers, connection data, audio and video data, and technical information about the device used.
Processing takes place to provide the agreed online lessons, on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Depending on the service used, personal data may also be processed by the respective provider. That provider’s privacy policy also applies.
**7. Cookies and Consent Management**
This website uses cookies and similar technologies.
Strictly necessary cookies may be used where required for the operation and basic functions of the website.
Non-essential cookies and similar technologies, particularly those used for analytics, are used only where you have given your consent through this website’s cookie banner.
The legal basis for storing information on your device or accessing information on it, where consent is required, is Section 25(1) of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG). Any subsequent processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
You may withdraw or change your consent at any time through this website’s cookie settings. Withdrawal takes effect for future processing.
Wix provides cookie and consent management functions for this purpose.
**8. Google Analytics 4**
This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google, where you have first given your consent through the cookie banner.
For users within the European Economic Area, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, is involved in providing the service.
Google Analytics is used to analyse website usage statistically and improve the website.
Information processed may include page views, interactions with the website, devices and browsers used, approximate location information, and the time and duration of visits.
Google Analytics is used on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR in conjunction with Section 25(1) TDDDG.
Google states that individual IP addresses of users in the European Union are neither logged nor stored in Google Analytics. IP addresses are used to derive approximate location information and are then discarded.
You may withdraw your consent at any time through this website’s cookie settings, with effect for future processing.
The retention period for data processed through Google Analytics depends on the retention settings in the Google Analytics account and applicable legal requirements.
Where Google processes data outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, transfers take place on the basis of the applicable legal safeguards.
**9. Spam Protection / Google reCAPTCHA**
Spam protection may be used for the contact form to detect and prevent automated or abusive submissions.
Wix Forms includes built-in spam protection mechanisms and may use Google reCAPTCHA for this purpose. Technical information, such as IP addresses, browser and device information, and information about website usage, may be processed.
This processing protects the website and its contact form against spam, misuse and automated attacks.
The legal basis for processing personal data is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. My legitimate interest is the security and functionality of my contact form.
Where the use of particular technologies requires consent under Section 25 TDDDG, the relevant access takes place only on the basis of valid consent.
**10. Embedded YouTube Videos**
This website may contain embedded YouTube videos. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, or companies affiliated with Google.
When an embedded video loads, information about your visit to this website may be transmitted to Google or YouTube. This may include technical device and connection information, as well as information about your use of the video.
YouTube videos are embedded only on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and, where required, Section 25(1) TDDDG.
You may withdraw your consent at any time through the cookie settings.
**11. Data Retention**
Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this Privacy Policy, personal data is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil the relevant processing purpose.
Where statutory retention obligations apply, the relevant data is retained for the legally required period and subsequently deleted, unless another legal basis for its retention exists.
**12. Your Rights**
Subject to the applicable legal conditions, you have the right to access your personal data, have inaccurate data corrected, request erasure, restrict processing and receive your data in a portable format.
Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time, with effect for future processing.
Where personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object under the applicable legal conditions.
**13. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority**
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data.
The relevant authority for private businesses and self-employed individuals in Bavaria is:
Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA)
Promenade 18
91522 Ansbach
Germany
Email: poststelle@lda.bayern.de
BayLDA is the data protection supervisory authority for the non-public sector in Bavaria, including self-employed individuals and freelance professionals.
**14. SSL/TLS Encryption**
This website uses an encrypted connection to protect the transmission of confidential content and personal data.
An encrypted connection can generally be recognised by “https://” in your browser’s address bar.
**15. Changes to This Privacy Policy**
This Privacy Policy may be updated if the services used, technical arrangements or legal requirements change.
Last updated: September 2026