Usage analytics and privacy

We use analytics to understand whether visitors find useful content and return to the fan archive.

A dedicated pseudonymous cookie distinguishes browsers. We record pages, key actions, language, device category, approximate country and the first source of each session. Votes, cheers and lounge posts contribute only their successful save, never their text. For LIDIO, we measure playback states, observed listening time, feature use and errors, without video IDs, search terms or playlist names. Analytics identifiers are separate from participation and moderation identifiers.

Raw events are retained for 90 days. Browser and session records are removed in scheduled batches 90 days after their last activity. The cookie renews for up to 90 days on use; 30 minutes of inactivity starts a new session. Analytics tables do not store names, email addresses, post text, raw IP addresses or full URLs. Separate short-lived network hashes protect requests.