Live Music Missouri ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website www.livemusicmissouri.com (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your choices regarding that information.

By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this policy.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide
We collect information you voluntarily submit through the Site, including:

Contact Forms — Name, email address, phone number, and message content when you submit a contact or inquiry form.

Artist/Band Submissions — Band name, hometown, contact information, social media links, biography, genre, and uploaded photos when you submit an artist listing.

Venue Submissions — Venue name, address, contact information, hours, social media links, description, and uploaded photos when you submit a venue listing.

Member Accounts — Email address and password when you create an account to manage an artist or venue listing.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain technical information, including:

Device & Browser Information — Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet), browser type, operating system, and screen resolution.

Usage Data — Pages visited, date and time of visits, referring website, and general browsing patterns.

IP Address — Your IP address is collected and used to determine your approximate geographic location (country, region, city) and internet service provider. This helps us understand where our visitors are located and improve our content for Missouri audiences.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Display venue and artist directory listings on the Site
• Respond to your inquiries and contact form submissions
• Forward contact requests to the appropriate artist or venue on your behalf
• Provide and maintain member accounts for listing management
• Analyze Site traffic and usage patterns to improve content and user experience
• Identify and filter automated bot traffic from our analytics
• Monitor Site performance and troubleshoot technical issues
• Detect and prevent spam, abuse, and fraudulent submissions

3. Information Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

We may share information in the following limited circumstances:

Published Listings — Information you submit for an artist or venue listing (name, location, social links, photos, description) is intended to be displayed publicly on the Site. Email addresses and phone numbers for listed artists and venues are not displayed publicly.

Contact Forwarding — When a visitor uses a contact form on an artist or venue page, their name, email, phone, and message are forwarded to the artist or venue via email. Your contact information is shared only with the specific artist or venue you are contacting.

Legal Requirements — We may disclose information if required by law, court order, or governmental authority.

Service Providers — We use a shared web hosting provider to operate the Site. Our hosting provider may have access to server logs as part of normal hosting operations.

4. IP Geolocation

We use your IP address to determine your approximate geographic location (country, region, and city) and internet service provider. This data is resolved through free, publicly available IP geolocation services and is stored in our database to help us understand our audience demographics. IP geolocation provides only a general area — it does not reveal your street address or precise location.

5. Cookies

The Site uses a minimal number of cookies:

Session Cookie — A session cookie is used to maintain your login state if you have a member account. This cookie expires when you close your browser or after a period of inactivity.

Screen Resolution Cookie — A small cookie records your screen resolution to help us understand what devices our visitors use. This cookie contains no personal information.

We do not use third-party advertising cookies, tracking pixels, or retargeting technologies. We do not use Google Analytics or any third-party analytics platforms.

6. Third-Party Services

The Site uses the following third-party resources:

Google Fonts — Web fonts are loaded from Google's servers, which may log your IP address per Google's privacy policy.

Bootstrap — Our CSS framework is hosted locally on our server and does not contact third-party servers.

7. Data Retention

Page View Data — Traffic and analytics data (page views, IP addresses, browser information) is retained indefinitely to support long-term traffic analysis. IP addresses may be manually purged from our analytics at any time.

Contact Form Submissions — Form submissions are retained until manually deleted by our team.

Member Accounts — Account information is retained as long as your account is active. You may request account deletion by contacting us.

Directory Listings — Artist and venue listing information is retained as long as the listing is active on the Site.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information, including:

• All data is transmitted over HTTPS (SSL/TLS encryption)
• Passwords are securely hashed and never stored in plain text
• Administrative access is protected by authenticated sessions
• Database queries use prepared statements to prevent injection attacks
• Form submissions include anti-spam protections

However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.

9. Your Rights & Choices

You have the following rights regarding your information:

Access — You may request a summary of the personal information we hold about you.

Correction — Members can update their profile information through their dashboard. You may also contact us to request corrections.

Deletion — You may request that we delete your personal information, member account, or directory listing by contacting us.

Opt Out of Listing — If your artist or venue is listed and you would like it removed, contact us and we will remove it promptly.

10. Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed at children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, please contact us and we will delete it.

11. Bot & Crawler Traffic

We track visits from search engine crawlers and AI bots (such as Googlebot, Bingbot, and GPTBot) separately from human visitor traffic. This data is used solely for understanding how automated systems interact with our Site. Certain automated visitors identified as junk or malicious are blocked or filtered without being recorded.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any of your rights described above, please contact us thru our contact form at:

https://www.livemusicmissouri.com/contact