Terms and Privacy

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This translation is provided for convenience. In case of any discrepancy, the Spanish version prevails.

Who provides the service

Beatpoll is a trade name. The provider of the service and the controller of your personal data is Alberto Reyes Calzada, a private individual based in Spain. For any question about these terms, your data or the service in general, write to bettodatatech@gmail.com.

What Beatpoll is

Beatpoll is a tool for a host to run the music at a party together with the guests: the host creates a party and shows it on a screen; guests join by scanning a QR code, with no account and nothing to install, and from there they can search and vote for songs, add their own, chat and upload photos that are shown on the party screen.

The music is YouTube videos: they are searched with the YouTube API Services and played in the official YouTube player, inside the party screen. Beatpoll does not host, download or stream any audio or video itself.

Terms of use and YouTube

Beatpoll uses the YouTube API Services. By using Beatpoll, you agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service. Google's processing of YouTube-related data is governed by the Google Privacy Policy.

Beatpoll never asks you to sign in to YouTube or Google, and does not access any YouTube or Google account, neither the host's nor the guests'.

Terms of use

By using Beatpoll, as a host or as a guest, you accept these terms.

• Acceptable use. Do not use Beatpoll for anything illegal, or to share content that is offensive, harasses other people or infringes third-party rights (for example, photos of someone who does not want to appear). Do not try to overload the service or get around its limits.
• The host is responsible for their party: for who they let in, for what is played and shown on their screen, and for moderating the chat and photos. Beatpoll is meant for private parties. If it is used in a venue or business, public performance licences for the music and compliance with the YouTube Terms of Service are the responsibility of whoever uses it.
• What you share stays yours. By uploading a photo or writing in the chat, you allow us to show it to the participants of that party and, if you allow it when uploading a photo, to include it in the album download at the end.
• No warranty. Beatpoll is provided as is, without any guarantee that it will always be available or error-free, and it may change or be discontinued. Playback depends on YouTube: a video may stop being available at any time.
• Liability. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect damages arising from the use of Beatpoll or from content shared by users.
• Breaches. We may remove content or close accounts that breach these terms.
• Paid plans. Beatpoll is currently free. When paid plans exist, their prices and terms will be shown before any payment.
• Governing law. These terms are governed by Spanish law, without prejudice to the rights you have as a consumer under the law of your country.

What data we collect

If you are a host: your email address and your encrypted password (to sign in, via Supabase Auth), your name if you provide it, and your parties' settings. If you connected a Spotify account in an earlier version of Beatpoll, we no longer use that data and have deleted it.

If you are a guest: the nickname you choose when joining (no email or account needed), a device identifier stored in your browser (to remember that you already joined if you come back), and what you choose to share during the party: songs you vote for or add, chat messages and photos you upload. All of this is visible to the other guests of that same party and on the host's screen.

Music searches: the text you type in the search box is sent to YouTube (through our server, never with your personal data) to get results. We keep that text and its results for a while, not linked to any person or party, to avoid repeating the same search. For each song added, we store the video identifier, title, artist, thumbnail and duration.

Search limit: so that nobody uses up the searches available to everyone, each new search is logged for one day with your device identifier and an encrypted digest of your connection (never your IP address in plain text). It is deleted after that day.

What we use this data for

Only to make the party work: searching and playing songs, showing the song list, syncing votes and chat in real time, and showing uploaded photos. We do not sell data to third parties, we do not use it for advertising, and we do not do any behavioural analysis beyond what the app needs to work.

Who we share data with

To provide the service, we work with these providers, each with its own privacy policy:

• Supabase — database, authentication and photo storage (hosted in the European Union).
• Vercel — web application hosting.
• YouTube (Google) — music search and video playback in its official player. It receives the search text and, through its player, technical data from the screen where videos play (see "Cookies"). See the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.
• Payment provider — once paid plans exist (there are none right now), payments will be handled by a specialised external provider, which we will name before you pay. We will never see or store your payment details.

How long we keep data

A party's data (queue, chat, photos, guests) is kept until the host deletes it. The host can delete a party, or their whole account, at any time from the dashboard — this also deletes the related data of that party's guests.

Data coming from YouTube (titles, artists, thumbnails and video identifiers) is refreshed or deleted at least every 30 days, as YouTube requires; if a video no longer exists, it is deleted. Stored searches are deleted after 30 days and the search-limit log after one day.

Your rights

You can ask us to access, correct or delete your data by writing to bettodatatech@gmail.com. If you are a guest without an account, tell us the party (name or code) and your nickname so we can find your data.

Minors

Beatpoll is meant for parties organised by an adult (the host), who decides who joins. We do not ask for or check guests' age; if you organise a party with minors, the host is responsible for who joins and what they share.

Cookies

Beatpoll only uses technical cookies: one to remember the language you choose and, if you are a host, those of your session. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies.

The party screen includes the YouTube player, which is served directly by Google. That player may store or read cookies and other data on the device where it plays, and YouTube may show its own content or ads in it, under the Google Privacy Policy. Beatpoll neither controls nor receives that data.

Changes to this document

If we change anything relevant on this page, we will update the date above. Continued use of Beatpoll after a change means you accept it.