Privacy notice

The data controller for the Leit Audio website and services is Leit Audio.

You can contact us at:

To create a Leit Audio account, we ask you to provide:

• your first name;
• your last name;
• your country;
• your email address;
• a password;
• your newsletter preference.

An account is required to access and download plugins made available through the account service.

We may also process information connected with your account, such as:

• account creation date;
• email verification status;
• login and authentication information;
• password-reset information;
• security-related metadata.

Passwords are handled through our authentication infrastructure and are not intended to be stored or accessible by us in plain text.

When you create an account, you can choose whether you would like to receive the Leit Audio newsletter.

Newsletter subscription is optional and is not required to create an account or download plugins.

If you subscribe, we may store information associated with your subscription, such as your email address, subscription status and information needed to record when you subscribed.

If you use the contact form, we receive the information you choose to send us, such as:

• your name;
• your email address;
• your message.

Our infrastructure and security providers may process limited technical information when you visit the website or use your account, such as:

• IP address;
• browser and device information;
• request metadata;
• approximate location derived from network data;
• login and session information;
• information needed to protect the website and accounts from spam, abuse, unauthorized access and automated traffic.

We use personal data for the following purposes.

We use your account information to create and administer your account, authenticate you and provide access to Leit Audio plugins and account functionality.

We also use account information to maintain and understand our user base, produce general statistics about our users and develop and improve Leit Audio, our plugins and our services.

For example, country information may be used to understand the geographic distribution of our users.

We use your email address to send messages that are necessary for your account, such as email verification, password resets and important security or service-related information.

These messages are part of the account service and are separate from the optional newsletter.

If you choose to subscribe, we use your email address to send you news, plugin releases, product updates and other communications from Leit Audio.

You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link included in newsletter emails.

Unsubscribing from the newsletter does not affect your account or your ability to access plugins.

If you contact us, we use your name, email address and message to read your inquiry and reply to it.

We process technical information to operate the website and account system, maintain security and protect Leit Audio and its users against spam, abuse, unauthorized access and automated traffic.

We use privacy-focused, cookieless analytics to understand basic website usage, such as page views, traffic patterns and general performance.

We do not use these analytics to follow you across unrelated websites or create third-party advertising profiles.

We rely on different legal bases depending on why personal data is processed.

We process personal data needed to create and operate your account and provide access to the account-based service on the basis that the processing is necessary to provide the service you request, in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

We process account information for purposes such as account administration, understanding our user base, producing general statistics, maintaining the service and developing Leit Audio and its products on the basis of our legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Our legitimate interests include operating and developing Leit Audio, understanding how the service is used and maintaining a sustainable user base.

If you choose to subscribe to the newsletter, we process your information for this purpose on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You may withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing.

Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before your consent was withdrawn.

We process contact-form information on the basis of our legitimate interest in receiving and responding to inquiries.

We process limited technical information for website operation, account security, spam prevention, abuse prevention and service reliability on the basis of our legitimate interests in operating and protecting the service.

We use a limited number of service providers to operate Leit Audio.

• Cloudflare — website infrastructure, hosting, account-related infrastructure, data storage, security, spam and abuse protection, Turnstile and cookieless Web Analytics.
• Resend — delivery of emails, including email verification, password resets, account-related messages, contact-form messages and newsletters.

These providers may process personal data on our behalf where necessary to provide their services.

We do not sell or rent personal data to advertisers or provide personal data to third parties for their own advertising purposes.

Some of our service providers are based in, or may process personal data in, countries outside the EU/EEA, including the United States.

Where required, personal data transferred outside the EU/EEA is protected using an applicable lawful transfer mechanism, such as an adequacy decision, the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where applicable, or Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.

You can contact us at [email protected] if you would like more information about how international transfers are handled.

We do not use advertising cookies, third-party marketing pixels or technologies intended to track you across unrelated websites.

Cloudflare Web Analytics is cookieless. Cloudflare Turnstile is used to protect the website against spam and automated abuse.

Our account system may use cookies or similar browser storage that are necessary for functions such as authentication, keeping you logged in and protecting account security.

These technologies are used for account functionality and security and not for behavioral advertising or cross-site marketing.

We keep your account information for as long as your account remains active.

If your account is deleted, we delete or anonymize the associated personal data when it is no longer needed, unless limited information needs to be retained for security, legal or dispute-related reasons.

Some information may remain temporarily in backups, logs or other technical systems in accordance with applicable retention schedules.

If you subscribe to the newsletter, we use your information for this purpose until you unsubscribe or otherwise withdraw your consent.

After you unsubscribe, we may retain limited information necessary to record that you have opted out, demonstrate compliance and prevent you from being inadvertently subscribed again.

Contact-form messages are kept only for as long as needed to handle your inquiry and any reasonable follow-up.

We normally delete contact messages within 12 months, unless we need to keep them longer for security, legal or dispute-related reasons.

Technical and security information is retained only for as long as necessary for its operational or security purpose and according to the applicable service settings and retention periods.

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

• access the personal data we hold about you;
• ask us to correct inaccurate data;
• ask us to delete your data;
• ask us to restrict processing;
• object to processing based on legitimate interests;
• receive a copy of data you have provided, where data portability applies;
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

You also have the right to object to the use of your personal data for direct marketing.

To exercise your rights, contact us at:

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority if you believe that our processing of your personal data infringes applicable data protection law. For complaints under the GDPR, you can find contact details for EU/EEA supervisory authorities on the European Data Protection Board’s website.

We may update this notice if the website, services, processing activities, service providers or legal requirements change.

If we introduce payments or begin collecting payment-related personal data, we will update this notice before doing so.