Privacy Policy

Account Information:

• Email address (required)
• Display name
• Password (encrypted)
• Profile customization preferences including avatar and biography

Usage Information:

• Listening history and play counts
• Playlists created and followed
• Search queries and browsing behavior
• Device information and IP address

Cookies We Use:

• Session cookies for authentication
• Analytics cookies to understand usage patterns
• Preference cookies to remember your settings

Core Platform Services:

• Provide and maintain our streaming service
• Process your subscription and calculate artist payouts
• Enable personalized recommendations

Analytics and Improvement:

• Analyze usage patterns to improve our service
• Develop new features based on user behavior
• Optimize platform performance and reliability

Artist Transparency:

• Calculate fair payment distribution to artists
• Provide artists with aggregated listening data
• Share individual user payout breakdown (anonymized where appropriate)

With Artists and Labels:

We share aggregated listening data with artists and labels to calculate payouts. Individual user data is anonymized unless required for payment transparency under our fair payment model.

Service Providers:

• Payment processing providers (for subscriptions)
• Cloud hosting and infrastructure providers
• Analytics and performance monitoring services

Legal Requirements:

We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or to protect our rights, property, or safety.

Account Management:

• Access and update your profile information
• Download your listening data and history
• Delete your account and associated data

Cookie Settings:

• Manage cookie preferences through your browser
• Opt out of non-essential cookies

Privacy Center:

• Control who can see your listening activity
• Adjust recommendation settings
• Manage marketing communications preferences

Your Rights:

• Right of access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Right to rectification — request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to erasure — request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
• Right to restrict processing — request that we limit how we use your data
• Right to data portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Right to object — object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing
• Right to withdraw consent — withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent

Lawful Basis for Processing:

• Contract performance — to provide our streaming service and process your subscription
• Legitimate interests — to improve our platform, prevent fraud, and ensure security
• Consent — for optional features such as personalized recommendations and marketing communications
• Legal obligation — to comply with applicable laws and regulations

Your Rights:

• Right to know — request details about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you
• Right to delete — request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions
• Right to correct — request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Right to opt out — opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information
• Right to non-discrimination — we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information:

catalog.fm does not sell your personal information to third parties. We do not share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. If our practices change in the future, we will update this policy and provide you with an opt-out mechanism.

Categories of Information Collected:

• Identifiers (e.g., email address, display name, IP address)
• Internet or other electronic network activity (e.g., listening history, browsing behavior)
• Commercial information (e.g., subscription details, payment history)
• Inferences drawn from the above (e.g., music preferences, recommendations)