1. Introduction & Overview
Welcome to Live Music Venues ("we", "our", or "us"). We operate the online directory accessible at https://www.livemusicvenues.us.com. This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our website, search directory, submit venue listings, or communicate with us.
By using Live Music Venues, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third-party data brokers.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information in several ways to provide and improve our music directory services:
- Direct Submissions: When you submit a venue via the "Add Venue" portal, submit a review, or send an inquiry via our contact form, we collect the details provided such as your name, email address, venue name, contact telephone, and stage descriptions.
- Public Business Information: Our directory indexes publicly available live music business information including physical street addresses, business hours, public contact emails, phone numbers, and website links for the benefit of concertgoers and musicians.
- Usage & Device Data: When you visit our website, our edge servers (Cloudflare) automatically record basic technical data such as your IP address, browser type, referring pages, device operating system, and approximate geographic location (city/state level) to optimize load performance and defend against malicious attacks.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use collected data strictly for legitimate operational purposes:
- To display and maintain an accurate, searchable live music directory of venues across the United States.
- To review and verify user-submitted venues, edits, and community reviews.
- To respond to customer support inquiries, feedback, and venue claim requests.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical faults, spam submissions, or abusive traffic patterns.
- To compile aggregated, non-personally identifiable analytics to understand which music genres and cities are most frequently explored.
4. Cookies & Web Tracking
Our platform uses minimal essential cookies and localized browser storage to remember user preferences (such as directory search filters, sort selections, and dark mode display settings).
We do not use invasive tracking pixels or cross-site tracking cookies. You may instruct your browser to refuse all cookies; however, some interactive directory filtering features may require local session state. For full details, see our Cookie Guidelines.
5. Third-Party Service Providers
We partner with trusted infrastructure providers to deliver high availability and secure operations:
- Cloudflare Inc.: Provides serverless hosting (Pages), D1 database, DDoS protection, and edge SSL caching.
- Interactive Map Services (Leaflet / OpenStreetMap): Used to display venue street locations on geographical maps without harvesting personal identification data.
- Font & Icon Repositories (Google Fonts, Font Awesome, CDNJS): Used to deliver typography and UI iconography.
6. Your Rights & Venue Claim Requests
Regardless of your location, we respect your rights regarding your personal and business data:
- Correction & Updates: If you are a venue manager and your listing contains outdated phone numbers, acoustics, addresses, or hours, you may request an immediate update via our Contact portal.
- Listing Removal: If a venue has permanently closed or you wish to request removal of proprietary contact details, submit a request and our editorial team will process it promptly.
- Data Access: You may request a summary of any personal information (such as form submissions) held by us.
7. Contact Our Privacy Team
If you have questions, feedback, or legal inquiries concerning this Privacy Policy, please reach out to our team through our official web form:
Live Music Venues Directory
Online Contact Portal: Submit an inquiry via our Contact Form