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Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 6, 2026

RoadyGoat ("we," "our," or "the app") is a location-based music discovery app that helps you find local artists and music as you travel. This policy explains what data we collect and how we use it.

What We Collect

Location Data

RoadyGoat uses your device's GPS location to find artists from nearby towns and songs that reference the places you visit. When you use the app, your coordinates (latitude and longitude) are sent to our server to match your location against our music database. Your location is used to build your playlist. When a song plays, finishes or is skipped; when you like, dislike, pin or vote on a song; when the DJ plays a segment or you rate a story or the DJ; or when you report an artist’s hometown as wrong, the app sends that event with your location (coordinates, usually with place names such as the town and state) and the time, and our servers keep it, tied to the random device identifier described below. The app also records when a listening session starts and ends, and where, and our servers keep a list of the towns where the DJ has played for your device and on which days, so the app can tell a local from a visitor. We use these records to rank songs and artists, run the GOAT standings, and tune what plays.

If you grant background location access, the app monitors for city and state changes so your playlist updates automatically as you travel. A blue indicator bar appears whenever background location is active. You can revoke location access at any time in your device's Settings.

Device Identifier

The app generates a random identifier and keeps it in your device’s keychain, so it stays the same if you delete and reinstall the app. It is sent with the records described above and with requests such as song pinning, so the app can recall your pinned songs and tune your playlists. Tied to this identifier, our server also keeps a running score of the genres you favor (built from the songs you like, dislike, pin, pick from the queue, skip or finish, and used to rank what plays next), the artists you block, so they stay out of your playlists, and which DJ stories you have heard, so they aren’t repeated. The identifier is not linked to your Apple ID or name. Votes on state, city and team songs use a separate random voter identifier, and votes on this website use one kept in your browser. If you include an email address with feedback, it is stored with that feedback, and with the device identifier unless you turn off “Include my location & current song.”

Apple Music

If you grant Apple Music access, RoadyGoat uses the MusicKit framework to search Apple Music's catalog and play songs. When you like a song, the app adds it to a playlist named “RoadyGoat” in your Apple Music library, and removes it if you unlike it. If you choose to import one of your Apple Music playlists, the app lists your playlists so you can pick one, then sends the artist and title of each song in that playlist to our server, which matches the artists to their hometowns. We do not access your Apple Music listening history. If you do not have an Apple Music subscription, the app plays 30-second preview clips instead.

Spotify Account Data

If you connect your Spotify account, we access the following through Spotify's API:

Your Spotify access token is held in memory only during your session. We do not store your Spotify credentials, tokens, or any Spotify account data on our servers.

Preferences and Listening Activity

Your settings (genre preferences and discovery bias) are stored locally on your device using standard iOS storage. Your liked and disliked songs are kept on your device and are also sent to our servers, as described under Location Data.

Song & Artist Submissions

If you submit an artist or song through our website or app, we collect the artist name and hometown you provide. Photo submissions ask for the photographer’s name; the other forms ask for your name only if you choose to give it.

Newsletter

If you sign up for the free RoadyGoat newsletter, we collect your email address. Signups and delivery are handled by beehiiv, our newsletter provider, which stores your address to send you the newsletter and may record standard email statistics, such as whether an email was opened. Its signup form can also note which page or link brought you to it. Every newsletter includes an unsubscribe link, and you can email us to have your address deleted.

Feedback

If you send feedback from the app, we receive your message and an email address if you choose to give one, so we can reply. Unless you turn off “Include my location & current song,” the feedback also includes your location (to about 100 meters), ZIP code and county, the song playing, your app settings, your device model, iOS and app version, and the app’s device identifier.

Crash Reports

If the app crashes or freezes, or iOS reports that it stopped the app in the background or flagged heavy processor use, the app sends a diagnostic report on a later launch: the error, when it happened, the app and iOS versions, the device model, and where in the app’s code it happened. These reports do not include your location or the device identifier.

What We Don't Do

Third-Party Services

RoadyGoat integrates with the following third-party services:

We only access data from these services with your explicit permission and only for the features described above.

Data Storage

RoadyGoat has no user accounts. What our servers keep about your device is tied to its random identifier, not to your name: the records described under Location Data (plays, ratings, votes, pins, DJ segments, reports, session times and the list of towns and days) and the genre score, blocked artists and story history described under Device Identifier. Music service session data is stored temporarily on your device. Our servers also store the publicly available artist and location data that powers the music discovery engine, diagnostic reports, and anything you choose to send us, such as submissions and feedback. Newsletter signups go to beehiiv. A few signups made on this website in late September 2026, before signups moved to beehiiv, are kept on our servers until they are moved there.

Your Rights

You can revoke RoadyGoat's access at any time:

To have your email address, feedback or a submission deleted, email us at the address below and we will remove it.

Children's Privacy

RoadyGoat is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes

If we update this policy, we'll post the changes here with a new "last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email us at dustin.yates143@gmail.com.

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