Privacy Policy

This policy explains how Art Holding Swiss (the “Organiser”, “we”) collects and uses your personal data when you use swissmusiccompetition.ch and enter the Swiss Music Competition. We handle your data in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Who is responsible

The data controller is Art Holding Swiss. For any privacy request, contact us at artholdingswiss@gmail.com.

2. What data we collect

• Application & contact data — your name, email address, telephone number and country, which you provide during checkout.
• Entry data — the category you enter and the recording or video link you send us to be evaluated.
• Payment data — your entry fee is processed by Stripe. We receive confirmation of payment and billing details, but we never see or store your full card number.
• Technical & usage data — standard information such as IP address, device and browser type, and pages visited, collected automatically for security and analytics.

3. How we use it (and legal basis)

• To register and manage your entry, evaluate it and communicate results — to perform our contract with you.
• To process your entry fee — to perform our contract with you.
• To send you information about your application and the competition — contract / legitimate interest.
• To measure and improve our advertising and website — based on your consent and our legitimate interest.
• To comply with legal, accounting and tax obligations.

4. Payments — Stripe

Card payments are handled by Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., which acts as an independent processor. Your card details are entered on Stripe’s secure checkout and are subject to Stripe’s own privacy policy. We recommend reviewing it at stripe.com/privacy.

5. Cookies & advertising (Meta Pixel)

This site uses the Meta (Facebook) Pixel to understand how visitors arrive from our advertisements and to measure entries. The Pixel sets cookies and shares certain events (such as page views and completed entries, including the amount paid) with Meta Platforms, Inc. This may be used to show you relevant ads. Where required, we rely on your consent for this processing. You can control or block these cookies through your browser settings and manage ad preferences in your Facebook/Instagram account. We do not sell your personal data.

6. Who we share data with

• Stripe — payment processing.
• Meta Platforms — advertising measurement (via the Pixel).
• Hosting & infrastructure providers — to operate and serve this website.
• The competition jury — receives your submitted performance for evaluation.
• Authorities, where we are legally required to disclose information.

Some of these providers are located outside Switzerland/the EU. Where data is transferred abroad, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

7. How long we keep it

We keep your entry and contact data for as long as needed to run the competition and to meet legal, accounting and tax obligations, after which it is deleted or anonymised.

8. Your rights

You may, subject to law, request to:

• access the personal data we hold about you;
• correct inaccurate data;
• delete your data or restrict its processing;
• object to processing or withdraw a consent you have given;
• receive your data in a portable format;
• lodge a complaint with your data-protection authority (in Switzerland, the FDPIC).

To exercise any of these rights, email artholdingswiss@gmail.com.

9. Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. The current version is always published on this page with its “last updated” date.