RadioPicks

1. Listening without an account

RadioPicks works without signing in. Searching, playing stations and keeping favourites need no account, and in that case we receive nothing that identifies you. Favourites you save are kept in your browser's local storage on this device and are not sent to us.

2. The optional account

An account exists for one reason: to sync your favourite stations between your devices. If you create one, we store:

• Your name and email address, and whether the address has been verified.
• Your password, as a one-way hash — never the password itself. If you sign in with Google instead, Google tells us your name, email address and profile picture, and we keep no password.
• Your favourite stations — each station's name, stream address, logo address and tags.
• Sign-in sessions — a session token, its expiry, and the IP address and browser type it was created from, so you stay signed in and can be signed out.

When you sign in, favourites you saved on that device before signing in are added to your account. When a new account is created, the studio receives an email with its name and email address, so we know the service is being used.

This data is used only to run your account and sync your favourites. We do not sell it, share it for advertising, or use it to build a profile of you.

3. Where the data is kept

• Hosting — the app and its server run on Vercel, which keeps standard request logs (such as IP address and time of request) for a limited period.
• Database — account data and synced favourites are stored with Turso, in a data center in the United States.
• Email — verification and password-reset emails are sent through Resend, which receives your email address for that purpose.
• Sign in with Google — if you use it, the sign-in takes place with Google under your Google account.

4. Network connections

Apart from our own server, RadioPicks connects to:

• radio-browser.info — the public station directory. Your search text and chosen language go to it, and when you play a station from the directory, the app reports that station's play to the directory, as its community counts listens. No identifier for you is sent.
• The stations themselves — audio and station logos are fetched from the servers of the broadcasters you play. When a station only offers an unencrypted (http) stream, the stream passes through our server so the browser will play it; we pass it on and do not record what you listen to.

Each of these services receives your IP address, as with any connection on the internet, and handles it under its own privacy policy.

5. Analytics and advertising

The app contains no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. The separate information page at radiopicks.me uses the studio's website analytics (Google Analytics) to count visits to that page; it does not apply to the app.

6. Deleting your data

• Your account — open Settings and choose Delete Account. This permanently deletes your account, your synced favourites and your sessions from our database.
• Favourites without an account — they live in your browser; clearing the site's data in your browser removes them.

If you cannot sign in to delete your account, email us from the address on the account and we will delete it.

7. Children

RadioPicks is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.

8. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.