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Privacy policy

Last updated 6 October 2026

RetLabel Studios, a brand of REAL8 (REAL8 Business Group), Vinkeniersweg 4, 9506 Grimminge (Geraardsbergen), Belgium, info@real-8.com, +32 456 99 50 62 is the controller for the personal data processed on the Platform.

What we collect

  • Account data: name, e-mail address, password (encrypted), @handle, country, and optionally year of birth, gender, photo and bio.
  • Listening data: which tracks you play, for how long, from which part of the site, the device type, and your country. IP addresses are only stored as a daily changing, irreversible hash.
  • Messages and files you send through the Platform.
  • For artists, dancers and promoters: the details in your agreement (Annex A), payout details (IBAN) and statements.

Why

  • To provide the Platform: streaming, playlists, messages, portals (contract).
  • To count streams and pay artists, and to fight artificial streams (contract and legitimate interest).
  • To show artists aggregated statistics that never identify individual listeners (legitimate interest).
  • To meet legal obligations, such as accounting and tax (legal obligation).

Sharing

We do not sell your data. We use processors for hosting (webhosting provider in the EU) and e-mail. Artists see only aggregated statistics. When you message someone, they see your name and @handle.

Retention

Account data as long as you have an account. Raw listening events for 25 months, aggregated statistics longer. Contract and payout data 7 years (legal obligation).

Your rights

You can view, correct, download (Account → Download my data) and delete your data (Account → Delete account), object to processing, and complain to the Belgian Data Protection Authority (gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be). Questions: info@real-8.com.

Cookies

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