Privacy Statement

Last update: June 2021

Who are we and what do we do?

We are TicketSwap B.V., acting under the name TicketSwap. You can find our contact information at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. TicketSwap is a safe, convenient and fair place to buy and sell e-tickets for concerts, festivals, sports events, theatre and days out, with a focus on fraud prevention by strict checks and collaborations with organizations and partners (the Services). You can find more information about us and our Services on our Website: www.ticketswap.com (and all its subdomains for other countries) (the Website) or on the mobile application offered under the name TicketSwap (the App).

In this Privacy Policy we explain which personal data we collect through our Services, Website and App. We also explain for which purposes we use personal data, how we secure them and how long we store them. At the bottom of this Privacy Policy we explain what rights you have with regard to your personal data and how you can exercise these rights.

Privacy and relevant legislation

We care about your privacy. We comply with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which replaced various privacy laws in European Member States as of 25 May 2018 and with the Dutch Telecommunications Act (Telecommunicatiewet, DTA). This legislation will be referred to hereinafter as the Relevant Legislation.

Personal Data

In this Privacy Policy the notion of “personal data” is understood as all the information by which you can be, directly or indirectly, identified. This definition is in accordance with the Relevant Legislation.

Which personal data do we collect and for which purposes do we use them?

We can collect various sorts of personal data of you when you use our Website, App and/or Services:

(Personal) Data

Purpose(s)

General Information

Name, date of birth, gender, city and country of residence, telephone number, email address and avatar

We use

your general information to contact you in the right manner;
your email address to send you information and updates about your transaction(s); Based on your (optional) consent we may also send you information about topics that might be interesting;
your avatar, city and country of residence to personalize your account;
your telephone number to check whether it is real and it belongs to you. When you sell tickets, the verification of your phone number (and not the number itself) will be shown on our Websites to make buying second hand tickets safer for (potential) buyers. When your ticket is sold we send a text message to your telephone number.
Your date of birth and gender are used to personalize tickets through the Secure Swap service.

Payment Information

Bank account, tokenized payment details and bank account holder name

We use

your payment information to enable us - and the processors we work with – to process and record your payments.

Know Your Customer (KYC)

Standard verification

We use

Based on the country of your bank, we are required to ask some of personal details, which are processed and verified by Stripe:

City
Address
Postal code
State
Date of birth
Last 4 digits of Social Security Number (SSN)

Additional verification

When Stripe performs additional verifications, more information is requested and handled by Stripe (documents are not shared with TicketSwap):

Copy of identity document
Screenshot of bank statement

Social Media Information

Apple Login

We use

Your name and email address to (enable you to) complete your account. Depending on your Apple security session we either get your real email address or Apple relay email address.

Facebook app specific ID and Twitter ID

your Facebook ID, avatar, name, Facebook email address, friends and your residence to (enable you to) complete your account (optional). These "Facebook data" will be shown on our Websites and mobile apps when you sell tickets to make buying second hand tickets safer for (potential) buyers. We further use Facebook IDs for marketing purposes, as described further in this document.
Your Twitter ID, username, name, location, followers count, friends count, number of status updates, security status, verification status and account creation date to complete your account. The “Twitter data” will be shown on our Websites and mobile apps when you sell tickets to make buying second hand tickets safer for (potential) buyers.

Google Login

Your Google ID, Google Mail. First Name, Last Name, Location, This "Google data" will be shown on our Websites and mobile apps when you sell tickets to make hand tickets safer for (potential) buyers. We further use Google Mail and Google ID for marketing purposes, as described further in this document.

Instagram

Your Instagram Public profile will be used by TicketSwap Apps based on the user confirmation. We may use Instagram public profile for some marketing purposes as described further in this privacy policy.

Electronic Identifiers

IP address, cookies and pixels

We use

Your IP address, cookies and pixels in order to communicate with you in a language you speak and to show you content that relates to your location.

Fraud Prevention

Personal and technical information

We use

We use personal data to prevent (users that have committed) fraud.

Why can we process your personal data?

There are several grounds from the Relevant Legislation on the basis of which we are allowed or required to process your personal data:

Consent: For sending newsletters and direct marketing through email, push notifications and other channels we request your permission. This permission can also easily be withdrawn through the unsubscribe link in each newsletter.
Performance of the agreement: We process your general information, payment information, social information and electronic identifiers to provide our Services to you as a user.
Legal obligation: We are required to store certain general information and payment data in our records for Tax Authorities, such as invoice data, IP address, bank account details, phone number and your country of residence.
Legitimate interest: For processing general information, payment information, social information and electronic identifiers, in order to log user activities to identify and prevent unlawful use of the account and Services.

Are under the age of sixteen?

If you are younger than sixteen years, you are not allowed to register your profile on our Websites or Apps. This is because the law (GDPR) gives us strict rules on the personal data of minors.

How long do we keep the personal data?

It is our policy to store and process personal data that is essential in providing you with the best service possible. We do not store or process personal data we don’t use.

We keep the personal data as long as we need them for the purposes stated above:

Personal data in our accounting records for Tax Authorities are stored for at least 10 years after you have bought or sold on our Platform;
Personal data we process to prevent (users that have committed) fraud we store for at least 5 years after your last login.

All other personal data used within the context of your account we store for 3 years after your last login. If your account is inactive we will send you a notification after 3 years and remove your account and personal data if your account remains inactive. We will remove your personal data if you delete your account as well.

Do we share your personal data with others?

TicketSwap does not sell, trade or rent personal data to third parties. We make use of “Data Processors” however to assist us in our Services. Within this context these Data Processors receive personal data from us which they process by our order. By means of “Data Processing Agreements” we contractually obligate all the Data Processors we work with, not to process the personal data for any other purpose than as instructed by us. These Data Processors are required to follow our instructions strictly. They will, therefore, not use the personal data for their own purposes. We will verify that all our Data Processors comply with the Relevant Legislation.

We may transfer personal data outside the EU, if one of our Data Processors is established outside the EU. The personal data will only be transmitted to countries and/or parties offering an adequate level of protection which meets the European standards. We will check inter alia whether an organization outside the EU is listed in the Privacy Shield List and whether the level of protection of the third country has been approved by the European Commission. To learn more about the Privacy Shield Program, see here.

Transfer of data outside the EU will always be in accordance with the Relevant Legislation (such as Article 76(1) of the Dutch Data Protection Act – replaced as per 25 May 2018 by Chapter 5 of the GDPR).

The Data Processors we use for the processing of the personal data are listed in Annex 1.

We may share generic aggregated data with our business partners and trusted affiliates. In such cases the data will be fully anonymized.

How do we protect personal data?

We protect all personal data we process from unauthorized and unlawful access, alteration, disclosure, use and destruction. For instance, we take among other things the following technical and organizational measures to protect the personal data:

Security of our network connections through Secure Socket Layer (SSL);
The (access to) data is secured with passwords and two factor authentication;
All new employees are trained about data privacy during onboarding;
Periodic training about data privacy to all employees;
Restricted access to databases containing personnel information to senior employees;
Pre-employment background screening of all employees.

Third-party websites

You can find (hyper)links on our Website which link to the websites of partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors or other third parties. We do not have control of the content or links which appear on these websites and we are not responsible for the practices of websites linked to or from our Website. Furthermore, these websites, including their content and links, may constantly change. These websites may have their own privacy policies, user terms and customer policy. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which are linked to or from our Website, are subject to the terms and conditions and policy of such website.

Cookies

We use cookies on the Website to enhance your experience when you use our Services. A cookie is a simple small text file that can be stored on your computer, when you visit the Website. This text file identifies your browser and/or computer. When you revisit our Website, the cookie ensures, for instance, that our Website recognizes your browser or computer.

We use the following types of cookies:

Technical cookies: Technical cookies are essential to the operation of our Website. They allow you to navigate through our Website and to use the functions incorporated in it.

Analytical or statistical cookies: Analytical cookies are used to check the quality and effectiveness of the Website. For instance, we can see how many users visit the Website and which pages are visited. We use this information to improve our Website and Services.

Tracking cookies: Tracking-cookies monitor the click and surf behaviour of our visitors. By means of these cookies we can see whether and when you look at your profile and whether you click through to our Website. We may also use these cookies to show you ads based on your interests. For more information about cookie tracking used for advertisements customized to your interests and how you can opt-out to these cookies you can use Your Online Choices or Cookiebot.

If you do not want cookies to be sent to your computer, you can change this in the cookie settings of your browser. Please note that some of the functions or services of our Website may not operate, or not so well, without cookies. If you want to opt-out from tracking cookies, click here:

Amendments to this Privacy Policy

We aim at constantly improving our Website and Services. That is why from time to time we can update this Privacy Policy. If we change our Privacy Policy significantly, we will state so on our Website and App together with the reviewed Privacy Policy. We may also notify before using our services that our Privacy Policy has been updated. You need to agree to the updated Privacy Policy before you can continue to use our Website and App.

Your rights and our contact data

As laid down in the Relevant Legislation, you have the right to:

Access a copy of the personal data we process of yours. You can find a copy of the personal information we process of you here;
Ask us to rectify, review or remove your personal data from our systems;
Object to our processing of your personal data;
File a complaint with your National Data Protection Authority, if you believe that we process your personal data unlawfully. See here a list of all National Data Protection Authorities in the European Union.

Please note that you can also edit or delete your personal data by logging in to your personal account.

If you want to exercise your aforementioned rights or when you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding the manner in which we handle your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer through the contact data below. We will do our best to respond to any of the above requests within 30 days.

TICKETSWAP B.V.,

acting under the name TicketSwap

Rokin 75

1012KL Amsterdam

The Netherlands

No. Chamber of Trade and Industry: 59084952

VAT number: NL8533.10488.B01

Telephone: +31 20 308 06 76

E-mail: info@ticketswap.com

The Data Processors we use for the processing of personal data in order to deliver our Services are listed hereunder:

Processor	Purpose	Location	Explanation
Facebook	Marketing/Analytics	California, US	For Facebook we use the services of Facebook Custom Audience (see Facebook Business for more information). This means that the Facebook Data you shared with us, will be sent (back) to Facebook in a hashed format. Facebook is contractually obliged not to use said data for any other purpose than to render its audience targeting services. See here for the relevant terms. Included in the Privacy Shield list.
Firebase	Marketing/Analytics	California, US	Google Analytics for Firebase or Firebase Analytics is an analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). In order to understand Google’s use of personal data, consult Google’s partner policy. Firebase Analytics may share personal data with other tools provided by Firebase, such as Crash Reporting, Authentication, Remote Config or Notifications. This application uses identifiers for mobile devices (including Android Advertising ID or Advertising Identifier for iOS, respectively) and technologies similar to cookies to run the Firebase Analytics service. Users may opt-out of certain Firebase features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Firebase related sections of this privacy policy, if available. Personal data collected: cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and usage data. See here for the details. Moreover; We’re also using Firebase for push notifications. We send notifications to drive user re-engagement and retention to our mobile apps. Included in the Privacy Shield list.
Google Google Ads	Marketing/Analytics	California, US	Google Ads is an online advertising service developed by Google where advertisers pay to display brief advertising copy, product listings, and video content within the Google ad network to web users (Google Display Network, Google Search, YouTube etc.). These companies also use automated technologies to collect information when you click on our ads, which helps track and manage the effectiveness of our marketing efforts (such as: remarketing/retargeting/purposes). You may opt out of the automated collection of information by third-party ad networks for the purpose of delivering advertisements tailored to your interests. See here for the details and relevant terms.
Google Analytics	Marketing/Analytics	California, US	Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google. Google utilizes the personal data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the personal data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Personal data collected are cookies and usage data. See here for the details. Included in the Privacy Shield list.
Google Login API	Marketing	California, US	A Google Account is a user account that is required for access, authentication and authorization to certain online Google services, including Gmail and similar products. It is a public API and service provided by Google Inc. Google utilizes the personal data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. We use Google Login API for the fast registration process.
Google Optimize	Marketing/Analytics	California, US	Google Optimize (Optimize) is an experimentation tool developed by Google. Optimize utilizes Google Analytics cookies to target content variants to a user and a content experiment cookie to determine a user’s participation in an experiment. We are using this tool to record and track visitors’ involvement in a website experiment such as an A/B Test where half of our website users see one webpage, and the other half see another custom variant. These tests help us improve the user experience.
Google Tag Manager	Marketing/Analytics	California, US	Google Tag Manager is a tag management system created by Google to manage JavaScript and HTML tags used for tracking and analytics on websites. We use this service to load scripts into our webpages. These scripts can have tracking or advertising purposes which are also mentioned in this Privacy Policy.
Hotjar	Marketing/Analytics	Malta, EU	Hotjar is a tool that reveals the online behavior and voice of our users. By combining analysis and feedback tools, Hotjar gives us an idea of how to improve our platform. For more information refer to the Hotjar privacy policy.
Instagram	Marketing	California, US	Instagram is a photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc. The user can share any listing or anything on Instagram based on the feature that is offered on the platform. For public accounts anyone on Instagram can see the user story, while for private accounts only approved followers can see stories. Whenever we use the services of Instagram the Instagram privacy policy applies. For further Information refer to this thread.
Mailchimp	Mass Messaging	Georgia, US	We use Mailchimp to send promotional emails to our users. We share your name and email address with Mailchimp. Whenever we use the services of Mailchimp the Mailchimp privacy policy applies. Included in the Privacy Shield list.
MessageBird	Mass Messaging	The Netherlands, EU	We use MessageBird to send text messages (SMS), emails and Whatsapp messages to our users. We share your phone number, email address and message content with MessageBird. The message content could contain personal information to directly address you (e.g. name). Whenever we use the services of MessageBird the MessageBird privacy policy applies. Is established in the EU and thus needs to comply with the Relevant Legislation.
Microsoft Ads	Marketing/Analytics	California, US	Microsoft (Bing) ads an online advertising service developed by Microsoft where advertisers pay to display brief advertising copy, product listings, within the Bing ad network to web users (Bing Search). These companies also use automated technologies to collect information when you click on our ads, which helps track and manage the effectiveness of our marketing efforts (such as: remarketing/retargeting purposes). You may opt out of the automated collection of information by third-party ad networks for the purpose of delivering advertisements tailored to your interests. See here for the details and relevant terms.
Mixpanel	Marketing/Analytics	California, US	Mixpanel is a business analytics service company. It tracks user interactions with web and mobile applications and provides tools for targeted communication with them. Its tool-set contains in-app A/B tests and user survey forms. Data collected is used to build custom reports and measure user engagement and retention. Ticketswap uses Mixpanel for better reporting and user analysis. Privacy Policy of Mixpanel
Secureswap	Mass Messaging	The Netherlands, EU	For our SecureSwap service we have partnered up with various ticket providers. We have entered into data processing agreements with those ticket providers, as to safeguard your personal data as much as possible. Refer to here for the full list of partnered ticket providers and organizers. Is established in the EU and thus needs to comply with the Relevant Legislation.
Segment	Marketing/Analytics	California, US	Segment is a tool which collects customer data and send it to our analytics (e.g. Google Analytics, Firebase) and marketing (e.g. Google Adwords, Facebook Pixel etc.) stack. See here for the details. Included in the Privacy Shield list .
Stripe	Payments	California, US	In performing its services, Stripe acts as a Data Processor for TicketSwap. As a payment services provider, Stripe has its own obligations with regard to your personal data. Stripe can also be regarded as a Data Controller with regard to your personal data. For any data processing operations Stripe performs as a data controller, Stripe’s privacy policy applies. When processing payments or payouts we may use Stripe to process payments made to us and to other users. In such an event your payment information is transmitted to Stripe via an encrypted connection. Stripe uses and processes your payment information, in accordance with Stripe’s privacy policy. We only store tokenized data in connection with the processing of payments (incl. last 4 digits credit card number) ourselves. Included in the Privacy Shield list.
TransferWise	Payouts	United Kingdom, EU	TransferWise processes payouts to Sellers in a selected number of countries. We send your bank account holder name, IBAN and date of birth to TransferWise to execute the payout. Whenever you are receiving payouts as a Seller in the aforementioned countries the TransferWise privacy policy applies. refer to FAQ item about payouts.
YouTube	Video content	California, US	We use YouTube API Services. By using our Online Services, you therefore agree to be bound by the Google Privacy Policy. We don’t share any personal information.