1. Scope

This policy covers GigRelay's current 30-Day Houston DJ Beta application/waitlist site (gigrelay.app) and will extend to the full GigRelay platform (native gig marketplace, DJ profiles, in-app messaging, and future subscription billing) as it launches. If you apply to the beta today, this is what happens to your information right now — and what will change once the full product goes live.

2. What we collect

Today (beta application / waitlist form)

• Email address
• Whether you're applying as a DJ or as a venue/client
• If applying as a DJ: years DJing paid events, whether you own your own sound & lighting equipment, and (optional) your Instagram/TikTok/Facebook handle

Once the full platform launches

• DJ profile information: stage name, legal name, phone number, home address and travel radius, bio, event types and music genres you cover, profile photo, and social/portfolio links
• Client/venue information: contact details, event details, and (kept private until a DJ is booked) the event address
• In-app messages between DJs and clients
• Booking and contract records (e-signatures, event terms)
• Reviews and ratings
• Billing information, handled directly by our payment processor (Stripe) — GigRelay does not store your full card number

We never ask for or accept information from anyone we know to be under 18. See Age requirement.

3. How we use it

• To review and respond to your beta application
• To match DJs with relevant gigs and clients with relevant DJs
• To operate in-app messaging, bookings, contracts, and reviews
• To send you account, match, and booking-related communications
• To send occasional product/launch updates by email, which you can unsubscribe from at any time
• To improve GigRelay — for example, understanding which beta applicants are most active so we can decide who locks in founding pricing
• To detect and prevent spam, fraud, and abuse of the platform

4. Who we share it with

We don't have our own server-side database yet — the beta application data you submit today is stored with these third-party services, each of which has its own privacy practices:

• Kit (ConvertKit) — holds your beta application (email + the fields listed above) as our email/applicant management tool.
• Zapier — reads new applications from Kit to notify our team; it does not store your data beyond passing it through.
• Netlify — hosts the gigrelay.app website.
• Cloudflare — provides our domain's DNS, security, and (once enabled) privacy-friendly, cookie-free traffic analytics.

Once the full platform launches, we also expect to use:

• Stripe — for subscription billing. Stripe processes and stores payment details directly; GigRelay never sees or stores your full card number.
• Supabase — as our production database for accounts, profiles, gigs, messages, and bookings.
• Anthropic (Claude API) — to power AI-assisted features such as drafting a pitch message on a DJ's behalf. Only the specific content needed for that feature (e.g., a gig description) is sent; it is not used to build an advertising profile of you.

We do not share your personal information with anyone else for their own marketing purposes.

5. We do not sell your personal information

GigRelay does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

6. Cookies & analytics

The beta site uses Cloudflare Web Analytics, a privacy-first analytics tool that does not use cookies and does not track you across other websites. It tells us how many people visit the page and roughly how they got there — nothing more.

7. How long we keep it

Beta application data is kept for as long as needed to run the beta and evaluate founding-member eligibility, and afterward for as long as you remain a GigRelay user. If you ask us to delete your data (see below) and you have no active booking, contract, or legal obligation that requires it, we will delete it within a reasonable time.

8. Your rights & choices

• Access or correct — email us and we'll tell you what we have on file and fix anything that's wrong.
• Delete — email us and we'll remove your beta application / account data, except where we're required to keep records (e.g., completed bookings/contracts, tax records).
• Unsubscribe — every email we send has an unsubscribe link; you can also ask us directly.

Contact admin@gigrelay.app for any of the above.

9. Location & address privacy

By product design, a client's exact event address and a DJ's exact home address are never shown publicly — only a general area, zip code, and approximate distance are visible before a booking is confirmed. Full addresses are shared only between the two parties directly involved once a booking is locked in, through in-app chat.

10. Age requirement

GigRelay is only for people 18 years of age or older who are legally able to enter into contracts. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.

11. Security

We rely on reputable, security-conscious vendors (Cloudflare, Netlify, and — going forward — Stripe and Supabase) and follow reasonable practices to protect your information. No online service can guarantee perfect security, and we'll notify affected users if we ever learn of a breach involving personal information, as required by law.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as GigRelay grows past the beta stage. If we make a material change, we'll post the update here with a new "last updated" date, and for significant changes we'll try to notify active users directly.

13. Contact

Questions about this policy or your data: admin@gigrelay.app