Effective Date: 01 08 2026
Mirat Cultural Rights Limited (“Mirat”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly. As a company registered in England and Wales, we process personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and other relevant data protection laws. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share and protect your personal information when you use our website, become a member, or use any of our services. This Privacy Policy applies to personal data collected through www.mirat.co.uk, www.mirat.krd, and any other official Mirat online services operated by Mirat Cultural Rights Limited.
1. Who We Are
Mirat Cultural Rights Limited is a company registered in England and Wales (Company No. 17155091). Mirat provides music rights administration, royalty collection, publishing administration, neighbouring rights administration, licensing and digital distribution services for music creators and rights holders. Data Controller: Mirat Cultural Rights Limited. Email: privacy@mirat.co.uk Website: www.mirat.co.uk
2. Personal Information We Collect
Depending on the services you use, we may collect personal information including your full legal name, artist or stage name, date of birth, nationality, government-issued identification where required, email address, telephone number, postal address, country of residence, membership records, copyright ownership information, musical works and recordings, royalty information, bank account details, payment information, tax information where legally required, IP address, browser information, device information, login activity, cookies and website analytics.
3. How We Collect Your Information
We collect information directly from you when you apply for membership, register works or recordings, submit forms, contact us, or use the Mirat website or member portal. We may also receive information from copyright collection societies, neighbouring rights organisations, publishers, digital distributors, digital service providers, royalty reports, public copyright databases and other trusted partners involved in the administration of your rights.
4. Why We Process Your Information
We process your personal information to administer your membership, verify your identity, register musical works and recordings, manage copyright ownership, administer publishing and neighbouring rights, distribute digital releases, collect and distribute royalties, communicate with you, investigate ownership disputes, prevent fraud, improve our services, comply with legal obligations and fulfil our contractual responsibilities as a music rights administrator. We process your information only where we have a lawful basis to do so.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
Depending on the circumstances, we process your personal information because it is necessary to perform our contract with you, comply with legal obligations, pursue our legitimate interests as a rights management organisation, or because you have given your consent where consent is required.
6. Sharing Your Information
We only share your personal information where necessary to provide our services or comply with legal obligations. Your information may be shared with copyright collection societies, neighbouring rights organisations, publishers, digital distributors, digital service providers, payment providers, banks, identity verification providers, trusted technology providers, professional advisers, auditors and government authorities where required by law. All third parties are required to protect your information appropriately and only process it for authorised purposes. Mirat does not sell, rent or trade your personal information. The responsibility for declaring and paying taxes on royalty income remains with the copyright holder. Mirat does not provide tax advice or submit personal or corporate tax returns on behalf of members.
7. International Transfers
Because music rights administration operates internationally, your personal information may be transferred to organisations outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs, Mirat ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place, including contractual protections, adequacy regulations or other lawful transfer mechanisms required under UK GDPR and applicable data protection laws.
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and to comply with legal, accounting and regulatory requirements. Membership records are normally retained for the duration of your membership and for an appropriate period afterwards where required by law. Royalty and financial records are retained for the period required by applicable accounting and tax legislation. Identity verification documents are securely deleted after verification unless legal obligations require them to be retained for longer. Website analytics and technical logs are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for security, operational and analytical purposes.
9. Your Rights
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to request access to your personal information, request correction of inaccurate information, request deletion where legally permitted, request restriction of processing, object to certain processing activities, request data portability where applicable, and withdraw your consent where processing relies on consent. To exercise your rights, please contact us at privacy@mirat.krd If you are not satisfied with our response, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority.
10. Security
Mirat takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure. These measures include secure servers, encrypted communications, access controls, identity verification procedures, regular security monitoring, restricted staff access and secure backup systems. Although we take reasonable precautions, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
11. Cookies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to improve functionality, security, performance and user experience. For more information, please see the Mirat Cookie Policy.
12. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, legal obligations or business practices. Where significant changes are made, we will notify members through our website or, where appropriate, by email. The latest version of this Privacy Policy will always be available on the Mirat website.
12. Changes to this Privacy Policy
If you have concerns about how we process your personal data, please contact us first using the details in this Privacy Policy. You may also refer to our Complaints & Dispute Resolution Policy. This does not affect your right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
13. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how Mirat processes your personal information, please contact: Mirat Cultural Rights Limited Email: privacy@mirat.co.uk Website: www.mirat.co.uk