PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: May 24, 2026 • Owned and Operated by Blizzard Broadcast Center
1. Information Collection and Consent
The Beat (“we,” “our,” or “the Station”) values the privacy of our listeners. This Privacy Policy details how we gather, utilize, and secure information when you visit our website, listen to our streams, and submit data through our digital contact dispatch boards.
By interacting with our station website, listening to our Shoutcast/Liquidsoap stream URLs, or sending demotapes, you consent to the details documented below.
2. What Data We Collect
- Technical Analytics: Streaming bitrates, listener volume selections, play/pause timings, and standard device log details parsed automatically during stream buffer handshakes.
- Contact Dispatches: Name, email address, phone numbers, and inquiry types (e.g. Advertising bookings, DJ demos, music submissions) submitted voluntarily through our portals.
- Mixtapes & Demos: Audio files, tracklists, and social profiles uploaded or linked during music submissions.
3. How We Use and Share Data
We use collected data strictly to route audio files cleanly, compile real-time listener counts for advertising audits, reply to submissions, and keep local broadcast operations compliant.
We do *not* lease or sell your contact addresses or submission files to external third-party brokers. Shared data is limited to complying with federal FCC programming rules and optimizing stats endpoints with our hosting provider (AsuraHosting).
