Privacy Policy 

Ensuring your privacy is our top priority, and we believe in keeping you informed, respecting your choices, and giving you control over your personal data. In this section, we will provide you with details on the type of data we collect, the reasons why we collect it, how long we keep it, your privacy rights, and the steps you can take to exercise them.
 

 

www.halfmoonfestival.com (the “Website”) is owned and operated by Jao Entertainment Group Co., Ltd, its subsidiaries, and affiliates (“Halfmoon,” “us,” “we,” and “our”). This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) explains the Website’s information gathering, use and sharing practices, including what information is collected, how that information is acquired, maintained, stored, shared, and/or used, and how you may access and update certain information you have provided to us. This Privacy Policy is independent from our offline personal data collection practices.

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This Privacy Policy will explain how we protect your information and what choices you have about how it is stored or used. For some features and services available on the Website, we may collect and transfer personal information to a third-party service provider or use a third-party service provider to collect information for us.

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In some cases, you may also choose to visit third-party websites through links on our Website, and those websites may collect and use your personal and non-personal information. We encourage you to review each third-party's policy before disclosing your personal information. Please note that we do not have control over and are not liable for the privacy practices of these third-party websites.

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Information Collection: How we collection information from you

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• You Send Email Communications: When you contact us via email, the email address you use to communicate with us will be subject to this Privacy Policy. We may collect, store and use the email address you used to communicate with us to inform you about our products and services, unless you opt out of receiving such communications, to answer questions, resolve concerns or send you other information related to our Website and our services. We may also share your email address with our third-party service providers, subsidiaries, or any other affiliated company. The contents of your email communications with us, including any information, resumes, ideas, concepts, or inventions, will not be considered confidential and will not be subject to this Privacy Policy. We may keep a record of your communications with us and use the contents of those communications for any purpose.

 

• You Sign Up for Newsletters, Create an Account or Registration: To use certain features of the Website, you may be required to provide Personal Information such as your name, username, password, email address, mailing address, zip code, telephone number, date of birth, financial information, age verification, and/or country of residence.

 

• Surveys: We may use third-party services to help operate some of the services and other features offered on the Website, such as customer surveys. We may receive Personal Information you provide when participating in any of these services or features, as well as other non-personal information collected by our third-party service providers through your use or access of these features.

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• When you make a purchase with us or one of our official (ticket) partners: your name, first name, postal and email address, date of birth, phone number, details of the order you placed with us, as well as your sex and nationality (optional).

• Any personal information or images you share on the Halfmoon Festival social platforms.
   

• Ticket information we assign to you, linked to the ticket(s) you buy.

• Transactional information about your purchase as well as spending, consumption, and implied location data when you do transactions on the festival site.
   

• Bank information for reimbursement purposes.

• Interest in specific products and services on our websites, e.g. when using the price simulator.
   

• When you participate in a competition: depending on the competition, we may ask you for additional personal data, e.g. a video of yourself.
   

• Video, images, and other media that can identify you on the festival site, for security and in promotional media at our events.

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• We may also receive information from our partners, including ticket agencies, venues where our events are held, and artists who share your data with us. This information will be used for the purposes described in this privacy policy. In cases where the law requires it, our partners will obtain your consent before sharing your data with us to ensure that it is used in accordance with this policy.

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• As part of our data collection process, we may receive personal data from various sources, including social media platforms such as Instagram, Google, and Facebook. These platforms act as data controllers and collect your personal data. They obtain your consent, where legally required, to share your data with us so that we can use it for the purposes described in this privacy policy.

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Tags of your Personal Data 

To better understand your needs and preferences, we may create tags that categorize you as our client based on your previous purchases, festival visits, and activity on our platforms. These tags will be used to provide you with personalized content on our website, in our emails, and other communication channels.

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Please note that these tags will be based solely on the data that you have already provided to us, and we will not harvest any external data to create them.

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Sensitive "Special Category" Personal Data

At Halfmoon Festival, we do not actively process personal data that can be considered sensitive. However, certain information such as nationality, meal preferences, and special requests regarding injuries or disabilities may reveal sensitive data. Our customer service team is trained to handle this data with the utmost care and respect. Tickets containing sensitive data of this type will be flagged and deleted one year after the respective event.

 

Personal Data of Minors 

Our products and services are not intended for minors, and individuals must be at least 18 years old to attend the Halfmoon Festival. We will never knowingly or intentionally collect personal data of minors.

In cases where minors intend to use our products and services, they must be supervised by the holder of parental responsibility over the child. The privacy of minors will be protected, and holders of parental responsibility will be encouraged to actively participate in their children's (online) activities.

 

Personal Data of Non-Customers 
You are considered a customer of Halfmoon Festival when you make a purchase or create an account with us. However, we may collect personal data about individuals who are not yet customers of Halfmoon Festival through various channels, such as competitions, promotions/actions, and our websites/apps, with the aim of offering them the most relevant range of our products and services. In doing so, we guarantee your right to information and will obtain contractual consent, as required by law, from third parties who collect your data in this context.

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Please note that your use of social media platforms is governed by their respective privacy policies, and we are not responsible for the use of your data on these platforms.

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For what purposes do we process your personal data?

Your personal data will be collected and processed by Halfmoon Festival under the legal bases mentioned below to fulfill the following purposes:

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Based on the performance of the relevant contracts executed between you and Pacha; in particular:

• To ensure your access, use, and enjoyment of the functions of the Website. The downloading, installation, browsing, and use of our Website are subject to the applicable terms and conditions.

• To respond to and manage requests for booking our services, including payment management. Please note that the reservation, booking, and enjoyment of our services are subject to the applicable terms and conditions.

• To manage the provision of the services you contracted, as well as any additional services booked by you or on your behalf, including payment management. Please note that the reservation, booking, and enjoyment of our services are subject to the applicable terms and conditions.

 

How and why your personal data is being used:

 

Proportionality

At Halfmoon Festival, we only process personal data that is necessary to achieve the intended purpose. We strive to ensure that the processing of your personal data is proportional and in line with the purpose for which it was collected.

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We process your personal data when necessary for:

• the preparation, execution, or termination of our contract with you;

• compliance with legal or regulatory provisions; and/or

• protecting our legitimate interests, such as improving our products and services, anonymized reporting and statistics, and preventing fraud and other legal violations. We always aim to balance our interest with respecting your privacy, especially if you are a minor.

 

If we do not require your personal data for any of these reasons, we will always ask for your consent before processing your personal data. If you choose not to give your consent, or if you withdraw your consent, you may not be able to take full advantage of the services we offer.

 

Consent for Commercial Purposes

With your explicit consent, we may inform you about upgrades and additional services linked to your ticket purchase, such as vouchers for restaurants, accommodation, transportation and more.

Additionally, with your explicit consent, you may receive commercial emails to inform you about Halfmoon Festival-related events, artists, surveys, themes, and videos.

 

During the registration process for a Halfmoon Festival account, you will be asked for your consent for these purposes. Please note that your consent is not required for the operation of your Halfmoon Festival account.

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Control your data

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1. The right to be informed
   You have the right to receive clear and transparent information about how we use your personal data and the rights you have in relation to it. This is why we have provided you with this Privacy Policy.

2. The right of access
   You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you and certain other information, as set out in this Privacy Policy. This is so you can verify that we are using your personal data lawfully.

3. The right to rectification
   You have the right to have any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you corrected.

4. The right to erasure
   Also known as the "right to be forgotten", this right enables you to request the deletion or removal of your personal data where there is no compelling reason for us to keep using it. However, there may be some exceptions.

5. The right to restrict processing
   You have the right to request that we stop processing your personal data, but still retain it. We keep lists of people who have asked for their personal data to be restricted to ensure the restriction is respected in future.

6. The right to data portability
   You have the right to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services. For example, you can transfer your personal data from us to another service provider.

7. The right to object to processing
   You have the right to object to certain types of processing of your personal data, including direct marketing.

8. The right to lodge a complaint
   If you are not satisfied with how we handle or process your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority. The contact details for the UK Information Commissioner’s Office are provided below.

9. The right to withdraw consent
   If you have given your consent to us using your personal data for a particular purpose, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This includes your right to withdraw consent to us using your personal data for marketing purposes. However, this does not affect any processing that has already taken place with your consent.

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Cookies and other Technologies

We may use cookies and other technologies on our website to enhance your experience. Cookies are small amounts of data that are sent to your browser from a website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. These cookies do not contain personal data that can identify individuals, but they may be used to track your activity on our website for statistical analysis purposes.

 

Although some cookies are required to fully use our services and features, you can always refuse to accept cookies by changing your browser settings. However, some cookies such as first-party functional and performance cookies are mandatory, while others can be switched off.

 

Security of your personal data 

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and accidental loss, destruction, or damage. We use high-grade encryption to transmit your personal data securely across the internet when you provide it to us through our website. 

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In some cases, we may share your personal data with third parties who are required to have appropriate technical and organizational measures in place to protect your personal data. However, we may be compelled by law to disclose your personal data to a third party, such as a government body, and we have limited control over how that data is protected by that party.

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We may allow other third parties to access your information for some of the purposes described in this privacy policy or for other purposes approved by you. If there is a data breach, it can be reported to us via email at info@halfmoonfestival.com. We have an internal policy to prevent and report possible data breaches, and based on the outcome of an impact assessment, we can notify affected data subjects and the relevant data protection authorities of the breach.

 

Data Retention 

We will not retain your data longer than necessary. Your personal data stored in your Halfmoon Festival account will be removed automatically once you decide to delete your account. Data processed outside of your account will be removed once the processing activity is completed, except when we are legally required to keep the records for a specified retention time.

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Miscellaneous

This privacy policy does not prejudice our right to take further actions against certain users of our products and services based on an agreement, the law, regulations, etc. We implement data privacy, data protection, and data security by design and by default where possible.

 

Complaints 

If we are unable to handle your data subject request optimally, you have the right to file a complaint with our Data Protection Officer via email at info@halfmoonfestival.com or your own local data protection authority.

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Updates

We may make changes to this privacy policy from time to time, including as part of the GDPR. The latest version of our privacy policy is always available on www.halfmoonfestival.com.

 

Contact

If you have any questions, comments, or requests regarding this privacy policy, please contact us via email at info@halfmoonfestival.com

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