Who we are
AI On Air operates this website and decides how information is used for its artist accounts and community features. For privacy questions or requests, email hello@aionair.co.uk.
Google and email sign-in
Google Firebase Authentication handles artist sign-in. If you choose Google, Google shares basic account information with Firebase, including your account identifier, email address and verification status, and available name and profile picture. AI On Air uses your verified email and account identifier to recognise your account, protect access and connect you to your artist profile. Your email is not displayed publicly by the account system.
Google sign-in does not give AI On Air access to your Gmail, contacts or Google Drive, or reveal your Google password. We do not request those permissions. You choose the artist name and content displayed on your profile; signing in does not automatically publish a profile.
If you use email and password instead, Firebase manages the credentials and verification emails. Sign-in information is used to operate and secure your account, not to publish your Google account details or send marketing emails.
Profiles and community activity
We store the profile details you provide, drafts, publication approvals and account links. These can include your artist name, biography, pictures, official links and optional music. Publication requires the relevant artist and station approvals. Public profiles and approved public posts can be read without an account.
Account features also store your chosen display name, posts, comments, follows, saved posts, reactions, blocks, reports and notifications. Posts and comments are reviewed before appearing. When you choose the new private-profile settings, your approved bio, profile picture and cover remain visible, together with only the approved links or featured track you select. Posts and remaining content are restricted to approved followers. Existing private profiles keep their previous visibility until you save new privacy choices. You can also take your entire profile offline without deleting it.
Direct messages are stored to deliver conversations between signed-in accounts. Inboxes are off until the profile owner enables them. Messages are not public: the application limits conversation access to its participants. Hosting and service providers process stored information to run the service. Do not send passwords or other sensitive information in messages.
Listening and information on your device
Listening needs no AI On Air account. RadioKing delivers the stream and processes connection information such as IP address, player details and connection timing. It provides station listening statistics. Read RadioKing’s privacy information.
The website uses browser storage for sign-in sessions, player preferences and locally saved tracks. Saved track titles and personal star ratings stay in that browser profile on that device; they are not synced through your account. Clearing site storage can remove your list and settings and sign you out. Private/incognito browsing may discard the list when the session ends. Export list creates a CSV copy of track details and ratings, not music files, and does not automatically restore them. Hosting services process technical request information to deliver pages and protect the service. Abuse-prevention controls also use limited technical identifiers and activity records.
Weekly chart voting
The weekly chart uses a signed, essential browser cookie lasting up to one year to remember your ballot. We store a pseudonymous browser identifier, the week, selected track and update time. One choice per browser counts each week; changing it replaces the earlier choice. This is separate from player likes. Completed results are public aggregates. Ballots are retained for chart history and vote-integrity review; contact hello@aionair.co.uk about deletion or your privacy choices. Clearing the cookie removes our ability to recognise your browser.
Why we use information
We use information to provide the account features you request, display content you approve, respond to enquiries, moderate content and prevent abuse. Our legitimate interests are operating the station and maintaining a secure, respectful artist community. Where we ask for permission to publish your profile or use your work, you can contact us to withdraw that permission. We may retain records where needed to meet legal obligations or resolve a dispute.
Who processes it
Google/Firebase provides authentication; our website hosting and database services are provided through OpenAI Sites and Cloudflare. RadioKing provides streaming. These providers may process information outside the UK under their applicable data-protection arrangements. Information you choose to publish is shared with visitors; private account records are used to operate and administer the service.
For provider details, see Firebase privacy and security, Google’s privacy policy and Cloudflare’s privacy policy. Contact us for information about the arrangements applying to your data.
How long information is kept
Account, profile and conversation records remain stored while needed to provide those features. There is no automatic account-expiry period. Retention depends on whether the account or content is still in use, an unresolved request or dispute, and security or legal needs. Contact us to request deletion; we will explain any information that needs to be retained. Removing a Google connection does not itself delete your AI On Air account or previously published content.
Your choices and rights
You can listen without an account, edit your profile, change profile visibility, disable your inbox and block other accounts. Google connections can be managed in your Google Account. Content that was public may already have been copied by others.
You can ask us for access to your personal information, correction, deletion, restriction or a portable copy where applicable. You can also object to processing based on legitimate interests. Send requests or withdraw publication permission through hello@aionair.co.uk. We may need to verify that the account is yours.
If you are unhappy with how your information is handled, you can complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or your local data-protection authority.
For the Alexa skill, see our separate Alexa privacy notice.