Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller Identification

This Privacy Policy applies to the operations of Lanternshowza Media & Entertainment Ltd. (Company Registration No. C-98412), having its registered principal place of business at Level 4, Portomaso Business Tower, Church Street, St. Julian's STJ 4011, Malta ("Lanternshowza", "We", "Us", or "Our"). We are committed to protecting the privacy and personal security of visitors using lanternshowza.asia in strict compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR) and Maltese Data Protection Law.

2. Data Collection Categories

We process personal data gathered directly when you interact with our services, submit inquiries, or browse our site:

Identification Information: Name, contact email address, telephone numbers submitted via VIP booking forms or newsletter subscriptions.
Technical Telemetry: Anonymized IP addresses, browser types, screen resolutions, operating systems, referring URLs, and geographical region data.
Transaction & Reservation Records: Information concerning event ticket inquiries, venue preference selections, and boat party booking confirmations.

3. Purpose & Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data under the following GDPR legal bases:

Performance of Contract (Art. 6(1)(b)): Facilitating ticket inquiries, club VIP passes, and custom boat party arrangements.
Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): Maintaining site performance, preventing fraudulent activity, and refining our Maltese nightlife guides.
Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): Delivering specialized event newsletters and marketing analytics tracking (managed via cookie preferences).

4. Data Retention Policies

We store personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was gathered, including satisfying legal, accounting, or reporting mandates. Support inquiry data is retained for a maximum of 24 months before irreversible anonymization or deletion.

5. Your European Privacy Rights

Under GDPR legislation, you possess the right to: access your stored data, rectify inaccurate details, request data erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"), restrict processing, exercise data portability, and lodge complaints with the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) in Malta (idpc.org.mt).