Who we are
Backstage.dj is operated by an individual based in Switzerland. For any privacy related requests, contact us at support@backstage.dj
What data we collect
- Account data: email address, display name, chosen username
- Profile data: bio, photos, social links, genre tags (voluntarily provided)
- Usage data: pages visited, presskit views, downloads (anonymized IP hash, referrer, user agent)
- Downloads by promoters and agencies: when you download an artist's rider or EPK while logged in, that artist can see your name, company, approximate city and country (from your IP address) and the date.
- Presskit views by promoters and agencies: when you view an artist's presskit while logged in as a promoter or agency, that artist can see your name, company, role, approximate city and country (from your IP address), how many times you viewed it and when you last did. Turn on Browse privately in Settings to stop this; it also hides your earlier views.
- DJ contests: when you enter a contest, your entry (mix link, track list, note, the rules you accepted, the date) and a copy of your city, country and genres at that moment. The organiser and their jury see your entry and your presskit, never your email address. When you run a contest, its details and the people you invite to your jury (email address).
- Payment data: handled entirely by Stripe, we never store card details
- Communications: booking enquiry messages sent via platform
- Booking requests sent without an account: your name, email, optional company or venue and the request. They reach the artist only after you confirm your email; unconfirmed requests are deleted after 7 days. The artist (and their managing agency) sees your email to reply. To have a request deleted, write to support@backstage.dj.
Google Sign-In
If you sign up or log in with Google, we receive your name, email address and profile picture from your Google account. We use them only to create your Backstage.dj account and sign you in. We do not request access to any other Google data (such as Gmail, Drive or Contacts). We do not sell this data, share it for advertising, or use it to train AI models. Backstage.dj's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. You can delete your account and this data at any time from Settings.
Why we collect it (legal basis)
- Contract performance: to provide the Backstage.dj service
- Contract performance: running DJ contests you create or enter (entries, confirmation and result emails)
- Legitimate interest: platform analytics and security, and showing artists which logged-in promoters and agencies viewed or downloaded their presskit (you can object with Browse privately)
- Consent: marketing emails (opt-in only)
How long we keep it
- Account data: until account deletion
- Usage analytics: 12 months rolling
- Presskit views and downloads: 12 months, then deleted
- DJ contest entries and jury scores: 24 months after the event, then deleted (the contest page stays as an archive)
- Booking messages: 24 months
- Payment records: 10 years (Swiss legal requirement)
- Unconfirmed guest booking requests: deleted after 7 days.
Your rights (GDPR Article 15-22)
- Right to access your data
- Right to rectification
- Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
- Right to data portability
- Right to object to processing
- Right to lodge a complaint with Swiss FDPIC or your local EU data protection authority
To exercise your rights, email support@backstage.dj
Deleting your account
You can delete your account at any time in Settings: your account, your profile and public page, and the data linked to them (including data received from Google Sign-In) are permanently deleted and cannot be restored; only payment records we must keep by law are retained, as described above.
Third party services used
- Supabase (database and file storage)Zurich, Switzerlandhttps://supabase.com/privacy
- Vercel (hosting)Functions in Frankfurt (Germany), static files through its global network, US companyhttps://vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy
- Cloudflare (network security and delivery: processes IP addresses and request data of every visit)US company, global networkhttps://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
- Stripe (payments)US companyhttps://stripe.com/privacy
- Google (sign-in with Google)US companyhttps://policies.google.com/privacy
- Google Gemini (AI bio writer in the app and the public DJ bio generator, no account needed: it only receives the text you type into them; your Google account data is never sent to any AI)US companyhttps://policies.google.com/privacy
- Resend (transactional email)Ireland (EU), US companyhttps://resend.com/legal/privacy-policy
- PostHog (product analytics: cookie-free until you accept cookies)EU servershttps://posthog.com/privacy
Where your data is stored
- Your account, presskit and files are stored in Switzerland (Zurich) with Supabase.
- The app runs on servers in Frankfurt, Germany (Vercel).
- Static files (such as images and scripts) are delivered through Vercel's global network.
- Emails are sent from Ireland (EU) by Resend.
- Product analytics are processed by PostHog on its EU servers, cookie-free until you accept cookies.
Some providers are US-based companies or may process limited data outside Switzerland and the EU (for example in the USA):
- Stripe: payment data.
- Google: sign-in with Google, and the text you type into the AI bio writer or the public DJ bio generator (Gemini).
- Cloudflare (network security and delivery: processes IP addresses and request data of every visit), US company, global network.
- Vercel and Resend: US companies (hosting and email delivery).
These transfers rely on the EU-US and Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework or on standard contractual clauses.