Privacy

liveaux is a guide to what's on in the city (concerts, exhibitions, films, theatre and more) with a personal log of the events you went to, and a personal library of what you watch, read, play and listen to at home. Where you've been and what you like says a lot about you, so we keep as little as we can, keep your log and library private unless you choose otherwise, and let you take or delete your data whenever you like.

Without an account

You can browse the agenda without an account. We don't use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies, and pages don't load anything from other companies: fonts and styles come from liveaux itself. Our web server keeps short technical logs (IP address, page, time) to keep the site running and safe.

What we store when you sign up

• Account: your email address, a hashed password (we can't read it), an optional name, and when you signed up and last logged in.
• Your log: the events you marked with I was there, with the rating and note you added.
• Your library: the films, series, books, games, albums and other things you add, with their status, score, progress, dates and notes; your check-ins (what and when, and through which app); your lists and your collection.
• A secret token: for your calendar feed, Plex or Jellyfin and the API, if you use them. You can replace it at any time.
• Reviews, comments and likes: what you write about events and titles, which reviews you liked, and anything you reported to us.
• Saved events and follows: the events you saved and the venues, artists and organisers you follow.
• Pages you manage and events you submit: which venue, organiser or artist pages you help run, and events you sent in for review.

Why

Only to run liveaux for you: to log you in, show you your log and your saved events, and let you manage pages. That is the service you signed up for (GDPR article 6(1)(b)). We send email only for things you asked for: confirming your address, resetting your password, and news about an event you submitted.

Who can see your log and library

Your log is private by default: only you can see it. If you switch on Public log in your settings, anyone with the link can see your name, the events you logged, your ratings and notes. Your email address is never shown. Switch it off and the page is gone at once.

The same goes for your library: private by default, and public only when you switch on Public library. Lists are private unless you make a list public; a public list also has an RSS feed. Others can see how many people on liveaux track a title, never who.

The people who run liveaux can technically reach the database to fix problems, and look at your data only when that is needed.

Reviews and comments are public

Unlike your log and library, reviews and comments are public, with your name: anyone can read them, also without an account, and they are listed on your reviews page. Your email address is never shown; if you haven't chosen a name yet, we ask for one first. A review shows your score for that title or event, so that score is public too. Likes are counted, not listed. Delete a review or comment yourself whenever you like. If someone reports it, a person at liveaux reads it, and may hide it when it breaks the rules.

Where details about films, books and music come from

When you search the library, liveaux asks TMDB (films and series), AniList (anime and manga), Open Library (books), MusicBrainz (albums), the Apple Podcasts directory and IGDB (games) for details. Those requests come from our server and contain only what you searched for, never who you are. Covers are fetched by our server too and served from liveaux, so your browser doesn't contact these services.

Who else gets your data

Nobody buys or receives your data. We use a hosting provider and an email service to run the site; they process data only on our behalf, under a data processing agreement.

How long we keep it

For as long as you have an account. When you delete your account, your account, log, library, check-ins, lists, collection, reviews, comments, likes, reports, saved events, follows and submissions are removed straight away. Copies in backups disappear when those backups are replaced. Events you published on a venue or organiser page stay online, because they belong to that page.

Your rights

• See and take your data: download everything as a file, at any time.
• Correct it: edit your name, email, log entries and notes yourself.
• Delete it: delete your account yourself, or remove single events from your log.
• Object or complain: email privacy@liveaux.eu. You can also complain to your data protection authority.

Cookies

We only set the cookies the site needs to work: one to keep you logged in and one to protect forms against forgery. No consent banner, because there is nothing to consent to.

Questions

Email privacy@liveaux.eu. When this statement changes, the date at the top changes with it.