PRIVACY POLICY OF THE VK MUSIC APPLICATION

This personal information privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the Policy) determines the procedure for processing and protecting information about individuals using the VK Music Mobile App (hereinafter referred to as Users).
The purpose of this Policy is to adequately protect User information, including their personal data, from unauthorized access and disclosure.
This Policy applies to all information that V Kontakte LLC and/or its affiliates, including all persons belonging to the same group with V Kontakte LLC (hereinafter referred to as Mobile App Administration), and/or Mobile App Administration partners may receive about the User during his use of the VK Music Mobile App and during implementation of any agreements and contracts with the User by Mobile App Administration. The User's consent to this Policy, expressed by him in the framework of relations with one of the listed persons, applies to all other listed persons.
Relations related to collection, storage, distribution and protection of User information are governed by this Policy, License Agreement (https://vk.com/terms/music) and the current legislation of the Russian Federation.
Using the VK Music Mobile App means the User's unconditional consent to this Policy and the terms and conditions for processing his personal information specified therein.
In case of disagreement with these conditions, the User must immediately stop any use of the VK Music Mobile App.
By registering and/or logging in to the VK Music Mobile App using VK ID, the User agrees to the User Information Protection Rules of VK ID as a tool of the VK Ecosystem (a common space for user interaction, services included in the Ecosystem, and specialized tools designed to increase convenience use of services familiar to Users) located at https://id.vk.com/privacy.
1. USER PERSONAL INFORMATION PROCESSED BY MOBILE APP ADMINISTRATION
  • 1.1. For purposes of this Policy, "User personal information" means the following:
    • 1.1.1. Personal information that the User provides about himself on his own initiative when registering (creating an account) in the VK Ecosystem or in VK on the website www.VK.com, VK.ru or in Odnoklassniki on the website www.ok.ru (hereinafter referred to as the Social Network), or later when editing their pages on the Social Network, or in the process of using the VK Music Mobile App, including the User's personal data, and which may be available to other Internet users.
    • 1.1.2. Other information about the User, the processing of which is provided for by the terms and conditions of use of the VK Music Mobile App.
  • 1.2. This Policy applies only to the information processed during the VK Music Mobile App use. Mobile App Administration does not control and is not responsible for processing of information by third-party websites, to which the User can go using the links available in the VK Music Mobile App.
  • 1.3. Mobile App Administration does not verify the accuracy of the personal information provided by the User and is not able to assess its legal capacity. However, Mobile App Administration proceeds from the fact that the User provides reliable and sufficient personal information and keeps this information up to date.

2. PURPOSES OF USER PERSONAL INFORMATION PROCESSING
  • 2.1. Mobile App Administration collects and stores only the personal information that is necessary to use the VK Music Mobile App or to fulfil agreements and contracts with the User, except for cases where the legislation provides for mandatory storage of personal information for a period specified by law.
  • 2.2. Mobile App Administration processes the User personal information for the following purposes:
    • 2.2.1. Identification of the party within the framework of the VK Music Mobile App, agreements and contracts with Mobile App Administration;
    • 2.2.2. Communication with the User, including sending notifications, requests and information regarding the VK Music Mobile App use, execution of agreements and contracts, as well as processing requests and applications from the User;
    • 2.2.3. Improving quality of the VK Music Mobile App, its ease of use, developing new features;
    • 2.2.4. Targeting advertising materials.
  • 2.3. To achieve the goals specified in clause 2.2. of this Policy, the User agrees and instructs Mobile App Administration to carry out, and also instruct Mobile App Administration’s affiliated persons and/or partners to carry out processing, including collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, changing), comparison, extraction, use, depersonalization, blocking, deletion and destruction of the User personal information, including the results of automated processing, including in the form of integer and/or text values and identifiers, transfer of the User personal information to Mobile App Administration’saffiliates and/or partners in pursuance of such processing instruction, as well as to collect (receive) the User personal information from Mobile App Administration’saffiliates and/or partners and to co-operative its processing.

3. TERMS OF USER PERSONAL INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ITS TRANSFER TO THIRD PARTIES
  • 3.1. Mobile App Administration stores Users personal information exclusively on electronic media and processes it using automated systems, except when non-automated processing of personal data is necessary in connection with the fulfilment of legal requirements.
  • 3.2. With regard to the User's personal information, its confidentiality is maintained, except in cases where the User voluntarily provides information about himself for general access to an unlimited number of persons.
  • 3.3. User personal data are not transferred to any third parties, except for the following cases:
    • 3.3.1. The User has agreed to such actions;
    • 3.3.2. Such transfer is necessary for the User to use the VK Music Mobile App or to fulfil a certain agreement or contract with the User;
    • 3.3.3. The transfer is provided for by Russian legislation within the framework of the procedure established by law;
    • 3.3.4. Such transfer occurs as part of the sale or other transfer of the business (in whole or in part), while the acquirer transfers all obligations to comply with the terms and conditions of this Policy in relation to the personal information received by him;
    • 3.3.5. In order to ensure possibility of protecting the rights and legitimate interests of Mobile App Administration or third parties in cases where the User violates the License Agreement (https://vk.com/terms/music/en) or this Policy;
    • 3.3.6. As a result of processing of the User personal information by way of its depersonalization, the received depersonalized statistical data may be transferred to partners for research, performance of work or provision of services on behalf of Mobile App Administration.
    • 3.3.7. When the User uses VK ID, his account information may be transferred to third parties (members of the VK Ecosystem using VK ID, who provide their services and/or tools for use in the VK Ecosystem in process of using such services and/or tools by the User), at that, VK may receive from the specified third parties the User personal information in the scope specified in the VK Ecosystem User personal account, in order to fulfil agreements of VK Ecosystem participants with Users.
  • The User hereby agrees and instructs VK to transfer and receive personal information from the above persons, to the extent listed in this sub-clause, as well as process it in other ways, including by storing, accumulating, systematizing, extracting, comparing, using, filling (clarifying) and co-processing of personal information in order to fulfil agreements of VK Ecosystem participants with Users.
  • 3.4. When processing personal data of Users, Mobile App Administration is guided by the Federal Law of the Russian Federation of July 27, 2006 No. 152-FZ "On Personal Data".

4. PERSONAL INFORMATION CHANGING AND DELETING. MANDATORY DATA RETENTION
  • 4.1. The User can at any time change (update, supplement) the personal information provided by him or part of it, using the personal data editing function in the relevant section of account in the VK Ecosystem or in the Social Network.
  • 4.2. The User can also delete the personal information provided by him within a framework of specific account using the "Delete account" function. At the same time, deleting the account will result in inability to use the VK Music Mobile App.
  • 4.3. The rights provided for in sub-clauses 4.1. and 4.2. of this Policy may be limited in accordance with the requirements of the legislation. In particular, such restrictions may provide for obligation of Mobile App Administration to save the information changed or deleted by the User for the period established by the legislation and transfer such information in accordance with the procedure established by law to a state body.

5. MEASURES TO PROTECT USER PERSONAL INFORMATION
  • 5.1. Mobile App Administration takes the necessary and sufficient organizational, legal and technical measures to protect the User personal information from unauthorized or accidental access, destruction, modification, blocking, copying, distribution, as well as from other illegal actions of third parties with it.

6. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY. APPLICABLE LAW
  • 6.1. Mobile App Administration has the right to make changes to this Policy. When making changes in the current version, the date of the last update shall be indicated. The new version of the Policy comes into force from the time it is posted, unless otherwise provided for by the new version of the Policy. The current edition is permanently available at https://vk.com/legal/vkmusic_privacy.
  • 6.2. This Policy and the relationship between the User and Mobile App Administration, arising in connection with the application of this Policy, shall be subject to the applicable law of the Russian Federation.

7. FEEDBACK. QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS
  • 7.1. The User has the right to send all suggestions or questions regarding this Policy to the address prem. 1-N, bld. 12-14, lit. A, Khersonskaya str., St. Petersburg, 191024 or to support@vk.com in the form of an electronic document bearing a qualified electronic signature in accordance with Russian legislation.