VECTRA & Genesis and Audionerdz — Privacy Policy (Datenschutzerklärung)

Last updated: [Friday 26th June 2026]

This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is processed when you use the VECTRA software synthesizer and, in particular, its Genesis feature. It is incorporated into the VECTRA End User License Agreement (EULA).

1. Controller

Samuel Zimmermann, trading as “Parandroid” (sole proprietor / Einzelunternehmer)
Emmausstr. 7, 04318, Leipzig, Germany Contact for privacy matters: [info@audionerdz.net]

(We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer; we are not legally required to. If this changes, the DPO contact will be listed here.)

2. Overview — what this covers

VECTRA processes personal data in two distinct contexts:

  • (A) Licensing & activation — to deliver the product and enforce your license.
  • (B) Genesis usage data (“Interaction Data”) — to operate and improve the Genesis feature and to train the models that power it.

We design for data minimisation and pseudonymity: Genesis data is tied to a pseudonymous identifier and your license entitlement, not to your name.

3. What we process, why, and on what legal basis

3.1 Licensing & activation data

  • Data: license key, edition/entitlement, device/activation identifiers and machine-fingerprint hashes, activation timestamps, and related diagnostic events.
  • Purpose: deliver the licensed software, activate and verify licenses, prevent abuse and unauthorised use.
  • Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of the contract) and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in protecting our products against misuse).

3.2 Genesis Interaction Data

When you use Genesis, the Software transmits the following pseudonymous data:

  • the text prompt you enter;
  • the generated candidate presets and their parameters;
  • your preview, accept, and save events;
  • your parameter refinements (the edits you make to a generated sound) and the final saved parameter state;
  • technical metadata: plugin version, plugin format, platform, OS version, a pseudonymous identifier, and your license entitlement context.
  • Purpose: to operate, secure, debug, and improve Genesis, and to train and develop the machine-learning models that power Genesis and related VECTRA products.
  • Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (the data processing is integral to providing the online Genesis feature you request) and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (our legitimate interest in improving and training our products), balanced against your interests. Because using Genesis requires this processing, you may stop it at any time by disabling Genesis participation in the Software, which locks the Genesis feature (see Section 6).

3.3 What we do NOT collect through Genesis

We do not intentionally collect: saved preset names, raw audio, local file paths, operating-system usernames, email addresses, license keys, or raw hardware identifiers within Genesis Interaction Data.

4. Recipients and processors

Personal data may be processed on our behalf by infrastructure and hosting providers under data processing agreements (Art. 28 GDPR), including [hosting/server provider, e.g. Namecheap] and our own API/database servers at [audionerdz.net infrastructure]. We do not sell personal data. We do not share Interaction Data with third parties except processors acting on our instructions or where required by law.

5. International transfers

Personal data is processed within the EU/EEA where possible. Where a processor operates outside the EU/EEA, transfers are safeguarded by appropriate measures (e.g. EU Standard Contractual Clauses). [Confirm actual processor locations and list safeguards.]

6. Withdrawal and the effect on training data

You can stop Genesis data processing at any time by disabling Genesis participation in the Software. This locks Genesis and halts further uploads from your installation. Withdrawal is prospective: it does not affect the lawfulness of processing already performed. You may request erasure of your raw Interaction Data (see Section 7). However, data that has already been aggregated or anonymised — for example, incorporated into a trained model so that it can no longer be attributed to you — is no longer personal data and cannot be individually removed from such models.

7. Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to: access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20), and objection (Art. 21, including objection to processing based on legitimate interest). Where we rely on consent for any processing, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting prior processing.

To exercise these rights, contact [privacy@audionerdz.net]. Because Genesis data is pseudonymous, we may ask you to provide the pseudonymous identifier or license context needed to locate your data; if we cannot identify you from the data we hold, Art. 11 GDPR may apply.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority — in Germany, the data protection authority of your federal state (Landesdatenschutzbehörde) or the authority responsible for the controller. [Insert the competent authority for the controller’s Bundesland.]

8. Retention

We retain licensing data for as long as necessary to administer your license and meet legal obligations. We retain Genesis Interaction Data for as long as necessary for the purposes in Section 3.2; raw Interaction Data is retained no longer than necessary and is then deleted or anonymised. [Specify concrete retention periods after review.]

9. Automated decision-making

Genesis generates sounds from your prompts; this does not produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR. We do not carry out such automated decision-making.

10. Security

We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, including pseudonymisation, transport encryption, and access controls.

11. Children

The Software is not directed to children. We do not knowingly process the personal data of children.

12. Changes

We may update this Policy. Material changes will be announced by appropriate means (e.g. on our website or in-app). The “Last updated” date reflects the current version.

Return Policy: AudioNerdz Academy

Merchandise: Our merchandise is crafted on a buy-to-order basis, ensuring a personalized touch for each customer. As such, we can only process refunds for items with defects or substantial issues. While we don’t have a blanket refund policy due to the nature of our production process, your satisfaction is paramount. Should there be any significant problems, we’ll bear the responsibility and issue a refund.

Digital Products: Digital products, once delivered, are non-refundable. To guarantee the quality of our offerings, we provide ample free content and demo versions. We encourage you to explore these before making a purchase.

Course Registrations: Fees for course registrations are refundable up to four weeks before the scheduled workshop start date. In the event of a cancellation on our part, we assure a 100% refund of registration fees or any other payments made.

At AudioNerdz Academy, we prioritize your satisfaction and aim to provide transparency about our refund policies. If you have any queries or concerns, feel free to reach out to our customer support team.