Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Data Controller

Welcome to Cute Media. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information.

For the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Controller is Cute Media. Our network operates in shared association with Planet XO.

2. Information We Collect

Personal Information (Voluntary)

We collect information that you actively provide to us, such as:

• Name and email address (when you contact us or subscribe).
• Phone number (if required for a competition).

Technical Information (Automatic)

When you visit our websites or use our streaming services, we automatically collect:

• Log Data: IP address, browser type, and pages visited.
• Approximate Location: We may process your location (latitude/longitude) to provide local weather updates via our partners (Open-Meteo). This is done anonymously and is not stored.

3. Why We Process Your Data (Legal Basis)

Under the UK GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases to process your data:

A. Consent

When you explicitly agree to receive newsletters or accept non-essential cookies.

B. Legitimate Interests

We process data to:

• Deliver the audio stream to your device.
• Provide local content (like weather).
• Protect the security of our website.
• Analyze listener trends to improve our station.

C. Contract

If you enter a competition, we process your data to fulfill the terms of that contest (e.g., sending you a prize).

4. Google AdSense & Advertising

We use Google AdSense to serve ads on this website. This helps us keep our content free for you.

• Third-Party Vendors: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites.
• Advertising Cookies: Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Opt-Out: You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

For more information on how Google manages data, please see: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal information. We may share necessary data with:

• Streaming Providers: To deliver audio content to your IP address.
• Weather Services: Open-Meteo and Nominatim (for location-based weather).
• Legal Authorities: Only when strictly required by law.

6. Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device. We use them for:

• Essentials: Keeping the site running (e.g., volume settings).
• Analytics: Understanding visitor numbers.
• Advertising: Serving relevant ads via Google AdSense (see Section 4).

7. Your Rights (UK GDPR)

You have the right to request access to your data, correction of errors, deletion of your data (right to be forgotten), or to object to processing. To exercise these rights, please contact us below.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact our Data Protection team: