Privacy Policy

Effective Date: Jul 15, 2020

Last Updated: 2 October 2026

This version applies from 1 November 2026. The previous version (last updated 4 February 2026) remains available at https://paidtabs.com/legal/privacy/2026-02-04.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and share your personal information through our Service.

PaidTabs (or the “Service”) is an online marketplace operated by Tabbit AB that connects music transcription providers (“Providers”) with buyers (“Buyers”).

Providers list their original transcription work of public domain or otherwise owned or licensed works as digital products for sale, and Buyers purchase these products through paid transactions. Full Deliverables are accessible only through completed purchases; a limited preview (a sample page and a short audio excerpt) is displayed to allow Buyers to assess a listing.

Please review the Terms of Service for information on the terms that apply for using PaidTabs.

We at PaidTabs respect the privacy concerns of the users of this Service and have created this privacy policy to explain the following:

• 1. The information we collect
• Information you provide to us
• Information we collect automatically
• Information we receive from other sources
• 2. How we use your information
• 3. Why and to which parties we disclose your data
• 4. Data retention
• 5. How to control your privacy
• 6. International data transfers
• 7. Information for Users in the EEA, United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Brazil
• 8. Information for Users in Certain U.S. States
• 9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
• 10. Contact us

1. The information we collect

We collect certain information when you use PaidTabs. This includes information you provide to us, information we collect automatically, and information we receive from other sources.

1.1 Information you provide to us or which is available in the Service

• Account information. When you create a PaidTabs account (either as a Provider or a Buyer), you will create a username and password, and provide a way of contacting you (such as an email address and/or phone number). You may also need to provide information on your birthdate. In some cases, you may be required to verify your account or provide additional information (like a verified phone number) to your account. For Buyers, it is not necessary to add name or username.
• Content you create. This includes any content that you upload to the marketplace. For example, you may write messages to other users, upload digital products for sale, or exchange files with other users through the Service as part of a transaction. This also includes your profile information and any other information other than the above that you provided when you created your account.
• Payment information. If you buy any original transcription work through PaidTabs, you may need to submit a valid payment method and associated billing information, including your full name and billing address to the third-party payment supplier(s), like Stripe and PayPal, which handle all payments on the Service. If you sell any original transcription work through PaidTabs, you may need to submit bank account information, other payment information and copies of government-issued identification and other KYC information required under applicable law to identify users in accordance with regulatory obligations, to the third-party payment supplier(s). If we decide to process our own payments in the future, we would receive and process this information ourselves. We process certain data relating to commission paid to us, which is based on the sales made on PaidTabs.
• Other information you provide. We collect information you provide when using PaidTabs. This includes any social media links, preferred transcription genres, and your WhatsApp phone number. You can decide whether you add this information or not. You can delete this information anytime you want.
• User communications. We may review and analyse messages between users for security, policy enforcement and dispute resolution processes.

1.2 Information we collect automatically

We also collect information automatically from you when you use PaidTabs. This includes:

• Information about your device. We collect information about the device you are using to access the Service. This includes information like your IP address, operating system information, browser information, and information about your device settings.
• Information about your use of the app or website. For example, we collect log and event information related to how and when you use our Service (such as the pages you visit, the activities you engage in, or the embedded content you interact with).
• Other information that we collect automatically. When you take certain actions on other sites, we may receive information about you. For example, when we advertise for PaidTabs on third party platforms, if you click on the ad, we may receive information about which ad you saw and on which platform. Similarly, we may also receive certain information when you click on a referral link, such as which website you came from.

The information stated above may be collected through cookies (small text files placed on your computer or device) and similar technologies. First-party cookies are placed by us (and our third-party service providers) and allow you to use the Service and to help us analyze and improve your experience and the Service. You can find more information about our use of cookies in the Cookie Policy. You can control cookies as described in the “How to control your privacy” section below. The Service uses the following types of cookies:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are required for the Service to function and to meet our legal obligations. If you try to use tools to disable these cookies, parts of the Service may not work properly.
• Functional Cookies: These help us provide enhanced functionality on the Service like remembering language preferences. Disabling these could affect some service functionality.
• Performance Cookies: These allow us or our third-party analytics providers to learn how you and others use and engage with the Service so we can understand and improve it. Disabling these could affect some service functionality.

1.3 Information we receive from other sources

• We may receive information about you from other sources, including from other users and third parties, and combine that information with the other information we have about you. For example, if you interact with our social media account on another platform, we may receive certain information about you like your username on that platform.

2. How we use your information

• We use your information for the following purposes:

Personal data	Purpose	Legal Basis	Retention Period
Account information	To provide you with the Service.	To fulfill our contract with you	During the period which you have an account.
	To protect our Service to detect and prevent fraud or malware, or any conduct or use of the Service in breach of applicable laws, the Terms of Service or other applicable regulations. Such information may be used to create systems and models that can be automated to more swiftly detect, categorize, and take action against prohibited content or conduct.	Legal obligation and/or our legitimate interest to protect us, our Service and our users, which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes.	During the period of the process and up and until the expiry of the statute of limitation period (up to 10 years).
	Protect ourselves from legal claims.	Our legitimate interest to protect us, our Service and our users, which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes.	During the period of the claim and until the expiry of the statute of limitation period (up to 10 years).
	To contact you to verify your account, provide information about changes, in connection with purchases.	To fulfill our contract with you.	During the period which you have an account in the Service or until the relevant matter related to the contact has been settled.
	Marketing.	Consent or our legitimate interest to market our products and services, which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes.	Until you withdraw your consent or opt-out from receiving marketing.
	Customer service	To fulfill our contract with you and our legitimate interest to provide customer service to you, which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes.	Until the relevant matter has been resolved.
	Regulatory reporting or requirements.	Legal obligation.	For the duration of the relevant regulatory requirement (e.g. 7 years for bookkeeping).
Content you create	To provide you with the Service.	To fulfill our contract with you	During the period which you have an account.
	To protect our Service to detect and prevent fraud or malware, or any conduct or use of the Service in breach of applicable laws, the Terms of Service or other applicable regulations. Such information may be used to create systems and models that can be automated to more swiftly detect, categorize, and take action against prohibited content or conduct.	Legal obligation and/or our legitimate interest to protect us, our Service and our users, which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes.	During the period of the process and up and until the expiry of the statute of limitation period (up to 10 years).
	Marketing.	Consent or our legitimate interest to market our products and services, which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes.	Until you withdraw your consent or opt-out from receiving marketing.
	Customer service	To fulfill our contract with you and our legitimate interest to provide customer service to you, which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes.	Until the relevant matter has been resolved.
	Develop the Service.	Our legitimate interest to develop and improve the Service (both generally and personally to you, e.g. so you see content relevant for you) which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes.	During the period in which the development or improvement is taking place.
	Regulatory reporting or requirements.	Legal obligation.	For the duration of the relevant regulatory requirement (e.g. 7 years for bookkeeping).
Payment information	To provide you with the Service	To fulfill our contract with you and provide you with a payment option.	During the period which you have an account.
	Regulatory reporting or requirements.	Legal obligation (if and to the extent applicable to us; noting that the majority of the payment data is processed by third-party suppliers).	For the duration of the relevant regulatory requirement (e.g. 7 years for bookkeeping).
Other information you provide	Marketing.	Consent or our legitimate interest to market our products and services, which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes.	Until you withdraw your consent or opt-out from receiving marketing.
	Customer service	To fulfill our contract with you and our legitimate interest to provide customer service to you, which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes.	Until the relevant matter has been resolved.
	Develop the Service.	Our legitimate interest to develop and improve the Service (both generally and personally to you, e.g. so you see content relevant for you) which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes	During the period in which the development or improvement is taking place.
User communications	Security and dispute resolution processes	Our legitimate interest in maintaining the security and integrity of the Service, enforcing our terms and policies, preventing misuse, and handling disputes or legal claims relating to the Service and purchases made through it	During the period in which the user has an account, or for as long as necessary to investigate and handle a security incident, policy enforcement matter, dispute or legal claim, including any applicable limitation period.
Information about your device	Develop the Service.	Our legitimate interest to develop and improve the Service (both generally and personally to you, e.g. so you see content relevant for you) which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes	During the period in which the development or improvement is taking place.
Information about your use of the app and website	Develop the Service.	Our legitimate interest to develop and improve the Service (both generally and personally to you, e.g. so you see content relevant for you) which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes	During the period in which the development or improvement is taking place.
Other information (e.g. ad tracking)	Develop the Service.	Our legitimate interest to develop and improve the Service (both generally and personally to you, e.g. so you see content relevant for you) which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes	During the period in which the development or improvement is taking place.
Cookies	Develop the Service.	Our legitimate interest to develop and improve the Service (both generally and personally to you, e.g. so you see content relevant for you) which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes	During the period in which the development or improvement is taking place.
Third-party information	Develop the Service.	Our legitimate interest to develop and improve the Service (both generally and personally to you, e.g. so you see content relevant for you) which overrides your interest that we do not use your data for such purposes	During the period in which the development or improvement is taking place.

• You may opt out of receiving any marketing communications directly in the relevant message.

3. Why and to which parties we disclose your data

• To facilitate marketplace transactions. When a Provider lists a digital product for sale, we display relevant product information (such as titles, descriptions, and previews) to enable Buyers to browse and purchase. When a Buyer completes a purchase, we disclose the necessary information to both parties to facilitate delivery of the product. We may also disclose certain aggregated transaction information (such as the total number of views for or purchases of a specific digital product) to Providers to help them understand and improve their business on PaidTabs. We may also disclose your information as you otherwise instruct us or provide us your consent to do so.
• With our suppliers. We may provide information to IT and payment suppliers we use to carry out specific work for us. This includes payment processors like Stripe and PayPal that process transactions on our behalf and cloud providers like Google that host our data and our Service. We may also provide limited information (cookies) to advertising platforms to help us reach people that we think will like our products and to measure the performance of our ads shown on those platforms. We do this to help bring more users to PaidTabs and make the Service as good as possible, and provide only the information required for the suppliers to provide their services. This may include information like the fact that you installed our app or registered to use PaidTabs.
• To comply with regulatory requirements. We may disclose information to authorities if required by law or regulations, including meeting national security or law enforcement requirements. Where allowed and feasible, we will attempt to provide you with prior notice before disclosing your information in response to such a request or requirement.
• To third parties asserting claims. We disclose a user's identity, contact details or transaction data to a third party asserting an intellectual property or other legal claim against that user only where we are required to do so by law, by a court order or by a competent authority, or where the user consents. We inform the user where the law allows.
• To enforce our policies and rights. We may disclose information if needed to enforce our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, or other policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of ourselves and others.
• Sale, Acquisition, or Transfer of Assets. We may disclose information if PaidTabs is evaluating and/or engaging in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale, transfer, or change in ownership of PaidTabs or any of its assets.
• Aggregated or de-identified information. We may disclose information that has been aggregated or anonymized such that it cannot be used to identify you. For example, we may share aggregated user statistics in order to describe our business to partners or the public.

4. Data retention

• The periods for which we store personal data are described above. The following information you can delete directly in the Service: Payout information (this is linked to the payment supplier so it is not any data which we process or which is deleted directly in our systems), username, social media links, preferred transcription genres, phone number and disable notifications. All of this information can be deleted without affecting your possibility to use the Service, however, if you are a Provider and delete payout information, you cannot receive payments from any sales of your digital products.
• In addition to as set out above, we will retain and use your data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our rights.
• Records of notices about content, statements of reasons, contests and our decisions are retained for ten years.
• Data used for internal analysis purposes is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of the Service, or if we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

5. How to control your privacy

• We believe that users should be able to tailor their PaidTabs experience to their preferences, including privacy. And while local laws may require different things, we believe that our users should have at least the same basic ability to shape their experience no matter where they are in the world. Here’s how you can control how we process your information, how to delete or correct certain information, and how to request access to your information. Users in certain places may have specific rights under their local laws. You can learn more about these in the relevant sections below.
• Be aware of the PaidTabs spaces you choose to participate in You can choose what to participate in and what information you add to our Service. You can choose who to engage with (e.g., one or more particular users), and, to some extent, what information to include in your profile.
• Disable or delete your account. You can disable or delete your account via the User Settings menu in the Service. Disabling your account stops the processing of new data but allows you to reactivate your account without interruption to you. Deleting your account permanently deletes information or anonymizes data.
  • You may update, amend, or delete your information at any time by signing in to your Account in the Service, visiting the account settings section, where you can manage your personal information. You may also contact us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.
  • We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

5.1 Access your information

• If you want to see what information we have collected about you, you can request a copy of your data. You should receive your data packet within 30 days. Data is delivered in common digital formats including CSV, JSON, and any other file format you used when uploading attachments to the Service. Contact our Help Center if you want to make such a request.

5.2 Manage cookies

• To control how information is collected and used from cookies on the Service, you can take one or more of the following steps.
• You can disable and manage some cookies through your browser settings. You will need to manage your settings for each browser you use. You can find instructions for how to manage Cookies in popular browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari (iOS), Safari (Mac), and Opera.
• To disable analytics cookies, you can use the browser controls discussed above or, for certain providers, you can use their individual opt-out mechanisms, such as Google Analytics Opt-Out.
• Your mobile device may also include browser settings to manage the use of cookies. Your device may also have settings to control the collection and use of information in your apps.
• Depending on where you are accessing our Service, you may be able to adjust your cookie preferences at any time through a cookies banner or by selecting “Cookie Settings” from the footer or menu on our website.
• If you disable or remove cookies, some parts of the Service may not function properly. Information may be collected to remember your opt-out preferences.
• Questions or concerns about your privacy? You can email us at [email protected]

6. International data transfers

• We are based in Sweden, and may transfer data to other countries, including to the United States. Where we store information may depend on a variety of factors, including the locations of our users and suppliers. We use these suppliers (which may act as data processors) to provide the best possible version of the Service. Before transferring any data to countries outside of the EU/EEA, we will ensure that such transfer is subject to appropriate or suitable safeguards in accordance with applicable laws. You can contact us to receive more information about the safeguards used and receive a copy of them.

7. Information for Users in the EEA, United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Brazil

• Certain local laws, such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Brazil’s Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), require services to provide information about the information they collect, how they use it, and the lawful basis for processing it. We’ve described most of that already in the earlier portions of this Policy.
• Exercising your rights: As described in the “How to control your privacy” section above, all our users have control over their information and can directly edit or delete information from their account and limit what data we process. If you are located in certain regions, including the European Union, you may have additional rights that you can exercise through the PaidTabs app directly or by contacting us as set out below:
• Right of access to your personal data
• Right to rectify your personal data
• Right to erase your personal data
• Right to limit the processing of your personal data
• Right to the portability of your personal data
• Right to object to the processing of your personal data
• Right to withdraw consent. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal.
• Right to lodge a complaint with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Sw. Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten).
• If you have any questions about these rights or wish to exercise them, please reach out to [email protected].

8. Information for Users in Certain U.S. States

• Exercising your rights: As described in the “How to control your privacy” section above, all our users have control over their information and can directly edit or delete information from their account and limit what data we process. If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, or Virginia, you may have additional rights that you (or, in certain states, an authorized agent acting on your behalf) can exercise through the PaidTabs app directly (as described above) or by contacting us, including the right to:
• More information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected and disclosed for a business purpose in the last 12 months
• Access and/or receive a copy of certain personal information we hold about you
• Correct certain of your personal information
• Delete certain personal information we hold about you
• Receive information about the financial incentives that we offer to you, if any
• Opt out of the processing of your personal information for purposes of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects, if applicable
• You also have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising your rights. You may also have the right to opt out of “sales” of your information and “sharing/processing of your information for targeted advertising.” We do not sell the personal data of our users or share personal data for targeted advertising purposes.
• Certain information may be exempt from the requests above under applicable law. For example, we need to retain certain information in order to provide our Service to you. We also need to take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to a request. If you are an authorized agent submitting a request on a user’s behalf (where permitted), we may require proof of your written authorization before processing the request. Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to appeal our decision to deny your request.
• If you have any questions about these rights, wish to exercise them, or request an appeal, please reach out to us at [email protected].

8.1 Additional Information for Users in California

• In addition to the rights described above, consumers residing in California are afforded the right to certain additional information with respect to their personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act or (“CCPA”). If you are a California resident, this section applies to you.

Our collection and use of personal information:

• We collect the following categories of personal information: identifiers (such as your username, the email address you used to sign up, and your phone number if you’ve chosen to provide it); commercial information (a record of what you’ve bought from PaidTabs, if anything); financial data (payment information and your history of purchases from PaidTabs); internet or other network information (how you interact with the application); location information (because your IP address may indicate your general location); inference data about you (for example, what content you may be interested in); and other information that identifies or can be reasonably associated with you. For more information about what we collect and the sources of such collection, please see the “The information we collect” section above. To the extent we collect or use sensitive personal information as defined by law (such as the CCPA), we do so in accordance with applicable legal requirements, and we do not use or disclose it other than for purposes for which there is not a right to limit under the CCPA.
• We collect personal information for the business and commercial purposes described in “How we use your information” above.

Disclosure of personal information:

• We may share your personal information with third parties as described in the “How we disclose your information” section above. We disclose the categories of personal information mentioned above for business or commercial purposes.

No sale or “share” of personal information:

• The CCPA sets forth certain obligations for businesses that sell or “share” personal information. We do not sell or share the personal information of our users as defined in the CCPA. We do disclose certain information as outlined in the “How we disclose your information” section above and you can make choices with respect to your information as outlined in this policy.
• We retain personal information as described in the “Data retention” section above and in our data retention policy.
• California’s “Shine the Light” law gives residents of California the right under certain circumstances to request information from us regarding the manner in which we share certain categories of personal information (as defined in the Shine the Light law) with third parties, as defined under applicable law, for their direct marketing purposes. We do not share your personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

9. Changes to this Privacy Policy

• We will update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We always indicate the date on which the latest changes were published, and if changes are significant, we’ll notify you by emailing you or highlighting the changes within the Service.

10. Contact

• Email address [email protected]
• Mail address Annelundsvägen 8B, Alingsås, 44141, Sweden
• Company’s registration number: 5592582547