Privacy Policy
At SETNATION, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data in compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and international data protection standards.
1. Information We Collect
When you use SETNATION, we collect information you provide directly to us as well as data gathered automatically:
- Account Data: When you register as a curator, we collect your display name, chosen @handle, email address, avatar image, and authentication credentials.
- Community Activity: We store your DJ Set submissions, upvotes, bookmarked favorite mixes, timestamp submissions, and discussion comments.
- Technical & Log Data: Like most web applications, our servers automatically log internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, referring URLs, operating system, and timestamp information for security and spam prevention.
- Cookie & Local Storage Data: We store your UI preferences, search states, and cookie consent preferences locally in your browser.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use collected data solely for legitimate business and platform operations:
- To calculate and publish real-time daily, weekly, and all-time DJ Set rankings and curator leaderboards.
- To personalize your experience, including rendering your saved collection and tracking your voting history.
- To detect and prevent vote manipulation, fraudulent bot submissions, and abusive conduct.
- To communicate essential account updates, password reset requests, or platform announcements.
3. Cookies & Consent Management
SETNATION complies with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ePrivacy Directive. We categorize cookies into three clear tiers:
Essential for site security, session maintenance, and authentication. Always active.
Anonymized telemetry to help us understand which genres and features are most popular. Optional.
Utilized by YouTube's embedded player to deliver video streaming and remember your playback progress.
4. Third-Party Integrations & YouTube API
Our service integrates with YouTube API Services to retrieve public metadata and render audio-visual players. By interacting with YouTube content on SETNATION, you are subject to the Google Privacy Policy. We do not sell your personal data to any third party.
5. Your Rights Under GDPR & CCPA
Depending on your location, you have statutory rights regarding your personal information:
- Right of Access: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You may update or correct your profile information at any time.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You may request the permanent deletion of your curator account and associated data.
- Right to Restrict or Object: You may withdraw cookie consent at any time via the cookie settings.
6. Data Security & Retention
We implement industry-standard encryption (TLS/HTTPS), access controls, and firewall defenses to safeguard your personal data. We retain personal data only as long as necessary to provide platform services or comply with legal obligations.
7. Contact Our Privacy Team
To exercise any of your data protection rights or ask questions regarding this Privacy Policy, contact our Data Protection Officer at privacy@setnation.com.