Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 5, 2026

Music Connect is a mobile app for musicians, bands, teachers, producers and DJs to find each other, share their work and talk. It is operated by Morteza Saedi, an individual based in California, United States ("we", "us"). This policy explains what we collect, why, and what you can do about it.

Information you give us

• Account: email address and password (stored hashed, never in plain text), display name, handle, and date of birth. We use your date of birth to confirm you are old enough to use the app and to apply extra protections if you are under 18. It is never shown to other users.
• Profile: bio, city, instruments, genres, roles, what you are available for, and your profile photo. Everything on your profile is visible to other signed-in users, and to the public if we later publish web profiles.
• Content: posts, photos, videos, captions, comments, reactions and direct messages you send.
• Support: anything you write to us by email.

Information collected automatically

• Approximate location: only if you turn on "Near me" and grant permission. We store a coarse location so we can show people near you, and you can revoke it in your device settings at any time.
• Usage: which posts you view, like or repost, and basic interaction counts. Views on a video are counted once per account.
• Device and diagnostics: device model, operating system version, app version, and crash or error reports.

How we use it

• To create and run your account, and to show your profile and content to others.
• To power search and discovery, including distance-based results when you enable location.
• To deliver messages and notifications.
• To keep the service safe: enforcing our Terms, handling blocks and reports, and preventing abuse.
• To fix bugs and improve the app.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with advertisers.

Companies that process data for us

We use a small number of service providers who handle data on our behalf under contract, and only for the purposes above:

• Supabase — database, authentication and file storage.
• Mux — video upload, processing and streaming.
• Expo — app delivery, crash reporting and push notifications.
• Cloudflare — this website.

We may also disclose information if we are legally required to, or where we believe it is necessary to prevent serious harm.

Other people

Anything you post publicly can be seen, saved or shared by other users. Direct messages are visible to you and the people in the conversation, and are stored on our servers — treat them as private but not encrypted end-to-end.

How long we keep it

We keep your account data while your account exists. When you delete your account, we remove your profile, photos and videos, and clear the content of your posts, comments and messages. Some records may remain in backups for a short period before they expire, and we may keep limited information where we are required to.

Your choices

• Edit or delete: change your profile at any time in Settings, delete individual posts, and delete your whole account from Settings → Delete account.
• Location: turn off in your device settings.
• Discoverability: turn off "Show me in Discover" in Settings → Privacy.
• Blocking: block anyone from their profile; manage your list in Settings → Privacy.

California residents

Under the CCPA you may request access to the personal information we hold about you, ask us to delete it, and ask us to correct it. We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioural advertising. We will not treat you differently for exercising these rights. Email us to make a request.

Europe and the UK

If you are in the EEA or UK, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, or a copy of your data, and object to certain processing. We process your data to perform our contract with you, to meet legal obligations, and for our legitimate interest in running and securing the service. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.

Age and younger users

Music Connect is for people aged 13 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13, and we do not allow them to create accounts. If we learn that a child under 13 has an account, we delete it and the information with it. If you believe this has happened, email us and we will act quickly.

Users aged 13 to 17

Teen accounts get stronger defaults, which we enforce on our servers, not just in the app:

• The profile is hidden from Discover and search unless the teen chooses otherwise in Settings.
• Only people the teen follows can start a conversation with them, and an adult can never start a conversation with a teen who does not follow them.
• We store only a city for teens, never a precise location.
• A teen's age is never shown to other users.

Parents and guardians may contact us at any time to review the information we hold about their child, ask us to correct or delete it, or delete the account. We will verify that you are the parent or guardian before acting.

Security

Data is encrypted in transit, access to our systems is restricted, and database rules limit what each account can read and write. No service can promise perfect security, but we take this seriously and will notify you if a breach affects your data.

International transfers

We are based in the United States and our providers store data there. If you use the app from elsewhere, your information is transferred to and processed in the US.

Changes

If we make a significant change to this policy we will update the date above and let you know in the app before it takes effect.

Contact

Questions or requests: musicconnectapp@yahoo.com