Page visits
When you open a page we record your IP address, the page, the site you came from, your browser's user-agent string, and the approximate location our network provider (Cloudflare) derives from your IP — country, region, city and time zone. We use this to see how the site is used and to stop abuse. These records are deleted after 12 months.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand which pages people use and how they found us (for example,
which social post or link brought them here). It only sets cookies (_ga and
_ga_…) if you choose Accept All in the cookie banner. Those cookies
hold a random ID so repeat visits can be recognised, and last up to two years.
If you decline, no analytics cookies are set. Google may still receive basic, cookieless signals that a page was viewed, which it uses to estimate overall traffic without identifying you. Google keeps analytics data for up to 14 months; see Google's privacy policy.
You can change your mind at any time in , or by clearing this site's data in your browser. Your choice is stored in your own browser and is never sent to us.
Contact form and "Report a mistake"
If you send us a message, we keep your name, email address, message and IP address so we can reply. If you report a mistake on a festival page, we keep what you wrote, the email address if you gave one, and your IP address. The IP address is used to stop spam and, for contact messages, to show us the approximate location a message came from, using our page-visit records. It is removed after 12 months; the message itself is kept until you ask us to delete it.
Signing in with Google
If you sign in, Google tells us your email address and a Google account ID, and we keep both so we can recognise your account. We do not receive your Google password. Signing in sets cookies that keep you signed in; they are removed when you log out. Your account stays until you ask us to delete it.
Likes
If you are signed in and like a festival, we save that like against your account so we can show it to you again. You can remove a like at any time. Likes are deleted along with your account.
Services we rely on
Loading the site involves these providers, each of which receives your IP address:
- Cloudflare — carries all traffic to the site and protects it from attacks.
- Google Analytics — visit statistics, as described above.
- Google — signing in, if you choose to.
- SoundCloud — the radio player. It is SoundCloud's own player and may set its own cookies under SoundCloud's privacy policy.
- CARTO — the map tiles on the live map.
- cdnjs — the map library.
Your rights
You can ask us what we hold about you, to correct it, or to delete it. Send the request through the contact form and we will reply within 30 days.