Liners
The fine print

Terms, Privacy & Cookies

Last updated 30 July 2026

Liners is an independent project for collectors of physical music — vinyl, CD and cassette. This page is a working draft written in plain language; it is not legal advice. If anything here is unclear, email hello@liners.me.

01Terms of Service

By creating an account or using Liners, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the service.

Your account

You're responsible for what happens under your account and for keeping your credentials safe. You must be old enough to form a binding contract in your country to use Liners. One account per person.

Your content

Your collection, diary entries, ratings, reviews and lists are yours. By posting them you grant Liners a limited licence to store and display them so the service works (for example, showing a public review to other collectors). You can export or delete your content at any time from Settings → Your data.

Acceptable use

Metadata & third parties

Album artwork, titles and related metadata are provided by third-party sources (including Spotify and Apple/iTunes previews) and remain the property of their respective owners. Liners caches this data only to display it to you.

Availability

Liners is provided “as is”, without warranties. We may change, suspend or discontinue features at any time. We aren't liable for lost data beyond what the law requires — so keep your own exports if your collection matters to you.

02Privacy Policy

This explains who runs Liners, what we collect, why, the legal grounds for it, and the control you have. It's written to meet the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and French data-protection law.

Who we are (data controller)

Liners is an independent project operated from France (European Union). For any privacy question, or to exercise your rights, contact hello@liners.me.

What we collect

Why we use it

Legal basis

We process your data on these grounds (GDPR Art. 6):

Who we share it with

We don't sell your data and we don't run advertising. We rely on a few processors to run the service:

Where your data lives & transfers

Your account and library are stored in the European Union (Supabase, Frankfurt region). Some processing — content delivery and metadata — may occur on servers outside the EU; where it does, it is covered by appropriate safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

How long we keep it

Your privacy controls

From Settings → Profile & privacy you can:

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict or object to the processing of your data, and to data portability. Where processing relies on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.

You can exercise the main ones yourself — export your collection and diary, and permanently delete your account — from Settings → Your data. For anything else, email hello@liners.me and we'll respond within one month.

Security

Data is encrypted in transit, access is restricted, and the database is protected by row-level security so each collector can only reach their own data. No system is perfect, but we take reasonable measures to keep yours safe.

Children

Liners isn't intended for children under 15. If you believe a child has given us personal data, contact us and we'll remove it.

03Cookie Policy

Liners keeps its use of browser storage to the minimum needed to work.

Essential storage

Analytics — cookieless

We measure how the site is used with Vercel Analytics & Speed Insights, which are cookieless and count aggregate page views and performance only — no cookies, no fingerprinting, no cross-site or individual tracking. Because no tracking cookies are set, no consent banner is required.

No ad tracking

We don't set advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. Clearing your browser storage will sign you out and reset local preferences, but won't touch your saved collection or diary.

04Changes & contact

Changes to this policy

We may update this page as Liners evolves. Material changes are noted by updating the date above and, where appropriate, a notice in the app.

Contact

Questions or requests about your data: hello@liners.me.

Supervisory authority

If you're in the EU and believe we've mishandled your data, you can lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority. In France that is the CNIL — 3 Place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07 — cnil.fr.

Governing law

These terms and this policy are governed by French law, without prejudice to the mandatory consumer-protection rights of your country of residence.