Privacy

tapetree lists the DJ sets, live sets and mixes artists officially release. It needs very little about you to do that, and this page says exactly what it keeps, why, and for how long.

Last updated 3 November 2026.

Who runs tapetree

tapetree.fm is run by Dylan Egan, an individual in New South Wales, Australia, who decides how the information below is used. Write to hello@tapetree.fm about anything on this page.

If you're just visiting

You don't need an account to browse sets, artists or look up a link, and tapetree sets no cookies while you do.

• Server logs. Like most websites, tapetree's servers log each request: the page asked for, the time, and your IP address. They're used to keep the site running and to stop abuse, and are deleted when the server is replaced, which happens with each update to tapetree, and within 30 days at most.
• Players. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play on a set. Then the set plays in YouTube's privacy-enhanced player, and YouTube receives what your browser sends it, under Google's Privacy Policy. Links to SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Spotify and Apple Music open those services, under their own policies.
• No analytics, no ads, no tracking. tapetree doesn't use analytics, advertising or tracking of any kind, and its fonts are served from its own servers.

If you're a member

Members sign in to pass on sets tapetree hasn't found. For that, tapetree keeps:

• Your email address, to confirm it's yours, to help you get back in if you lose every passkey, and, if you ask for it, to tell you how the links you pass on went. It's stored encrypted, and is never shown to anyone or used for marketing.
• Your passkeys. You sign in with a passkey, never a password. tapetree keeps only each passkey's public key and when it was last used; the private key never leaves your device.
• A sign-in cookie that keeps you signed in for up to 30 days, and two short-lived cookies used only while you sign in or confirm your email, which expire within minutes. They're needed for signing in, so tapetree doesn't ask before setting them.
• What you pass on: each link, the title, date and event you give it, and what became of it. The set itself is public once it's on the tree, but who passed it on never is: you can see your own, and no one else can.
• A note the person who invited you added, such as your first name, so they know who an invitation was for. Only the owner sees it.
• Who joined through a link you shared, so you can be credited privately. It's never shown publicly.

tapetree uses this to provide your membership (the lawful basis is that it's needed to provide the service you signed up for), and keeps it for as long as you're a member. Write to hello@tapetree.fm from your address to have your membership and everything above deleted; it's done within 30 days. Sets you passed on that are on the tree stay listed, since they're the artist's, but nothing links them to you any more. The database is backed up daily and each backup is kept for seven days, so deleted information is gone from backups within a week.

Reporting a problem

Anyone can report a problem with a set, without an account. tapetree keeps what you say about it. If you leave an email address to hear what's decided, it's kept encrypted and deleted once the report is decided.

Surveys

tapetree sometimes links to a short survey. Answering is up to you, and the survey runs on a separate service under its own privacy policy. tapetree's link to it never says who you are. If you leave an email address there, it's used only for what the survey says, such as an invitation to join.

Who else handles it

• Hetzner, in Falkenstein, Germany, hosts tapetree's servers, database and its backups, under a data processing agreement. Everything tapetree keeps is stored there, in the EU.
• MailPace, in the UK, sends tapetree's emails, such as sign-in codes. It receives your email address and the message.

tapetree also asks YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify and MusicBrainz about the sets and accounts passed on to it. Those requests are about the uploads, never about you. tapetree uses YouTube API Services, and by using the parts of tapetree that show YouTube content you agree to YouTube's Terms of Service.

tapetree doesn't sell or share your information with anyone else.

Your rights

You can ask to see what tapetree keeps about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to have a copy of it, or object to how it's used. Write to hello@tapetree.fm, and you'll have an answer within 30 days. If you're in the EU or UK, you can also complain to your local data protection authority, and in Australia to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

Age

You need to be 16 or over to become a member.

Changes

If this page changes in a way that matters, members will be told by email before it takes effect. The date at the top says when it last changed.