Privacy Policy
Effective June 5, 2026
Concert Club is an iPhone app that streams live concert recordings from the Internet Archive. This policy explains what data the app handles, why, and how to control it. Plain English, no legalese.
The short version
- We don't sell your data, run ads, or share data with advertising networks.
- The App Store build of the app sends anonymous usage analytics to Google Firebase Analytics so we can see which features are used and which playback paths break.
- Your favorites, downloads, listen history, and library state live on your phone and never leave it.
- Internet Archive sign-in, the Nearby tab, and Apple Music library matching are all optional. They only do anything if you opt in.
What we collect
Anonymous usage analytics (Firebase)
The App Store build of Concert Club logs events to Google Firebase Analytics. Debug builds we run during development log nothing — the analytics code is compiled out. The events we log are:
- Screen views (which tab or detail view you opened)
- Search terms (truncated to the first 100 characters)
- Show views — Internet Archive identifier, show title, artist
- Track plays — track title, show identifier, show title, artist
- Saves and un-saves of shows and songs
- Track downloads
- Shares
- Review submissions (identifier, title, star rating)
- Open full player
Each event includes the content metadata above plus the standard Firebase Analytics defaults — an anonymous installation ID, device model, language, country, app version, OS version. We never attach your name, email, or Internet Archive account to any analytics event.
Internet Archive account (optional)
Signing in is optional. We only ask if you want to post a review.
When you sign in, your email and password are sent over HTTPS to
archive.org/services/xauthn/. We never store your
password. The Archive returns an S3 access key and secret key for
future requests; we save those in the iOS Keychain, and your
screenname and email in iOS UserDefaults. All of this lives on your
device only. Signing out clears every piece of it.
Reviews you post
Reviews you submit are sent to archive.org/services/reviews.php
and stored by the Internet Archive. Their
terms and privacy policy
govern that data.
Apple Music library access (optional)
If you grant Concert Club access to your Apple Music library, the app reads your library on-device to surface live recordings of artists you already listen to. None of your library is transmitted to us or to any third party. You can revoke this any time in Settings → Concert Club → Media & Apple Music.
Location (optional)
The Nearby tab asks for location permission so it can show venues near you on a map. Your location is used on-device to sort and filter venues. You can revoke permission any time in Settings → Concert Club → Location.
Local app data
Your favorites, saved songs, downloaded tracks, listen history, hidden artists, and similar app state are stored on your device using Apple's SwiftData and UserDefaults. This data only leaves your device if you have iCloud Backup turned on, which is a system feature you control in iOS Settings.
What we do with it
We use the anonymous analytics to:
- Understand which features get used and which don't
- Find playback failures and crashes
- Decide what to build next
We don't profile you, retarget you, or pass data to advertising networks. There are none in the app.
Who we share it with
- Google (Firebase Analytics). Anonymous event data described above, governed by Google's privacy policy.
- Internet Archive (archive.org). Audio streams, search queries, and — if you opt in — your login and reviews. The Archive logs IP addresses and request metadata per their standard server logs.
- Apple. App Store distribution and standard iOS telemetry handled by Apple, governed by Apple's privacy policy.
We don't share data with anyone else.
Children
Concert Club isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect data from them.
Your choices
- Disable analytics: delete the app. (We don't have a per-feature analytics toggle yet — if you want one, email us.)
- Disable Nearby: revoke location permission in iOS Settings.
- Disable Apple Music matching: revoke Media & Apple Music permission in iOS Settings.
- Sign out of the Internet Archive: Settings tab inside the app → Sign out. Clears your credentials and screenname locally.
- Delete everything: delete the app. Local data goes with it.
Changes
If this policy changes materially, we'll bump the effective date and surface the change in-app the next time you open Concert Club.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email hi@cameron.software.