Privacy policy
How SpotWave Radio handles personal data, cookies, accounts, station submissions and third-party radio streams.
Effective date: April 30, 2026
Who we are
SpotWave Radio operates the website spotwaveradio.com, an online radio directory that helps listeners discover stations by country, genre and language. This policy explains what information we process when you use the website, create an account, save stations, contact us or submit station details.
Information we collect
We may process account details such as name, email address and password hash; station representative submissions; messages sent through contact or stream issue forms; moderation history; technical data such as IP address, browser type, device data, language preference, approximate location derived from the request, log records and security events. We do not intentionally publish radio stream source URLs as user-facing SEO links.
How we use information
We use information to provide the website, play radio through our embedded player, manage accounts and favorites, review station representative requests, moderate user submissions, prevent spam and abuse, maintain security, improve catalog quality, respond to messages, comply with legal duties and measure essential service performance.
Cookies and local storage
We use essential cookies and local storage to keep sessions secure, remember language, player, cookie consent and favorite station preferences, and protect forms from abuse. If analytics or advertising tags such as Google Tag Manager are enabled later, they should be configured through the admin panel and disclosed in this policy before production use.
Third-party services and radio streams
Radio playback may connect your browser to third-party streaming providers, radio stations, CDN services or external websites. Those third parties may receive technical data from your request and process it under their own privacy policies. External links are provided for convenience and are not controlled by SpotWave Radio.
Sharing and retention
We do not sell personal data. We may share limited information with hosting, database, email delivery, security, analytics, advertising or moderation service providers where needed to operate the website. We keep personal data only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described here, unless a longer period is required for legal, security, accounting or dispute-resolution reasons.
Your choices and rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to processing of your personal data, and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. You can contact us at [email protected]. We may need to verify your request before acting on it.
Children, security and updates
SpotWave Radio is not intended for children under the age required by local law to use online services without parental consent. We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information, but no online service is completely secure. We may update this policy from time to time and will publish the current version on spotwaveradio.com.