Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 6 April 2026

1. Introduction
2. Information We Collect
3. How We Use Your Information
4. Legal Basis for Processing
5. Information Sharing
6. Data Retention
7. Your Rights
8. Data Security
9. International Transfers
10. Children's Privacy
11. Changes to This Policy
12. Contact Us

1. Introduction

常州鲸途国际贸易有限公司 (referred to as "JINGTU", "we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process, and disclose your information when you interact with our band, website (jingtu.com), music, merchandise, and related services.

Our official company details are:

Company Name: 常州鲸途国际贸易有限公司
Business Registration Number: 91320411MADH337131
Address: Xinbei District, Longhutang Subdistrict, Longye Road, and Fengyuan Building 3, Room 02008, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China

By using our services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our services to you, including when you interact with us as a fan, customer, or business partner for JINGTU (the death metal band). This may include:

Personal Data:

Identity Data: Name, username or similar identifier.
Contact Data: Email address, postal address, telephone numbers.
Financial Data: Payment card details (processed by secure third-party payment processors; we do not store full card details), billing address when purchasing merchandise or music.
Transaction Data: Details about payments to and from you and other details of products or services you have purchased from us (e.g., concert tickets, albums, merch).
Profile Data: Your interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses related to the band, music, or merchandise.
Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

Usage and Technical Data:

Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services, such as pages visited, duration of visit, and interactions with content.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Information collected via cookies and similar tracking technologies. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more details.

Business-Specific Data:

Client Engagement and Project Data: Information related to our interactions with promoters, venues, record labels, and other professional partners (e.g., contract details, booking schedules, riders).
Professional Communication Records: Records of communications with music industry professionals, media, and other stakeholders.
Service Delivery and Performance Data: Data related to the delivery of performances, recording sessions, and other artistic and business activities.
Billing and Invoicing Information: Financial records pertaining to band revenue, expenses, and payments from partners.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information for various purposes related to our death metal band business:

To provide, operate, and maintain our website and services.
To process and fulfill your orders for merchandise, music, and event tickets.
To send you transactional communications, such as order confirmations and shipping updates.
To send you marketing and promotional communications about JINGTU (the band), new releases, tour dates, and exclusive content, if you have opted in.
To manage our relationship with you, including notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy.
To improve, personalize, and expand our website, music, and merchandise offerings.
To understand and analyze how you use our website and services to enhance your experience.
To develop new products, services, features, and functionality related to our band.
To detect and prevent fraud, spam, or other malicious activity.
To comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
To facilitate and manage business arrangements with promoters, venues, and music distributors.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We will only process your personal data when we have a valid legal basis to do so:

Consent: Where you have given us clear consent for a specific purpose (e.g., subscribing to our newsletter).
Contractual Necessity: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (e.g., processing an order for merchandise).
Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests (e.g., improving our website, preventing fraud).
Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation (e.g., tax records).

We may share your personal information with:

Service Providers: Third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, website hosting, analytics, email delivery, and merchandise fulfillment. These providers are obligated to protect your information.
Business Partners: Promoters, venues, record labels, or distributors for purposes such as concert bookings, music distribution, or collaborative marketing, but only to the extent necessary.
Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).
Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
Aggregated Data: We may share aggregated or anonymized data (which cannot be used to identify you) with third parties for analytics, research, or marketing purposes.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

The duration of our ongoing relationship with you and the services we provide (e.g., active fan club membership, pending orders).
Legal obligations that require us to retain data for a certain period.
The existence of legitimate interests (e.g., fraud prevention, improving our services).

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right to Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): Request the deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability: Request to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Right to Restriction of Processing: Request us to limit the way we use your personal data.
Right to Object to Processing: Object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing or certain other purposes.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the "Contact Us" section below.

8. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have procedures in place to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

9. International Transfers

As 常州鲸途国际贸易有限公司 is based in China, and our death metal band JINGTU operates globally, your data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your country of residence, including China. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. We will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws.

These safeguards may include relying on a recognized legal mechanism such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission or equivalent measures under other applicable laws, where necessary.

10. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

Company Name: 常州鲸途国际贸易有限公司
Account Name: Franz Zimmer
Address: Xinbei District, Longhutang Subdistrict, Longye Road, and Fengyuan Building 3, Room 02008, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China
Email: privacy@jingtu.com