This privacy policy provides information on how Borealis – a festival for experimental music (hereinafter “Borealis”, “we”, or “us”) collects and processes personal data of people who visit our website, borealisfestival.no. Last updated October 14, 2025.
Responsibility for Personal Data Processing
Borealis – a festival for experimental music (org. no: 985 703 167) is the data controller.
This means that we are responsible for ensuring that all processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Contact
If you have questions regarding this privacy policy or our processing of personal data, you can contact us at:
Post: Borealis – a festival for experimental music, Strandgaten 207, 5004 Bergen, Norway
Email: post@borealisfestival.no
Phone: +47 456 85 370
Information We Collect
We collect information in two main ways:
- Information you provide to us: When you sign up for our newsletter.
- Information collected through the use of our website and services: The website uses only technically necessary cookies required for its operation. These do not collect personal datafor marketing or analysis, and the website does not actively collect visitor statistics.
Sharing Personal Data with Service Providers
We use service providers to process personal data on our behalf. In some cases, providers may transfer and store personal data on servers outside the EU/EEA.
Domeneshop hosts the website.
Mailchimp is used for newsletter distribution. Registration, sending, and unsubscribing are handled via Mailchimp. Recipients can unsubscribe at any time using the link in the emails.
Cookies
The website borealisfestival.no uses only technically necessary cookies required for the website to function.
These cookies do not store any personal data for marketing or analysis, and no consent from visitors is required.
For more information about cookies, see https://www.aboutcookies.org.
Retention and Deletion
Personal data is stored only as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected.
Once data is no longer needed, it is securely deleted from our systems.
Rights
You have rights regarding the processing of your personal data, including access, rectification, deletion, restriction, and data portability. For more information, see The Norwegian Data Protection Authority.
You can exercise your rights by sending an email to post@borealisfestival.no.
We will respond as soon as possible, and no later than 30 days.
You also have the right to file a complaint with the Norwegian Data Protection Authority if you believe we are not complying with data protection laws. However, we hope that you will contact us first so that we can resolve the issue.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this policy. Any changes will be posted on this website. Some changes may require renewed consent.