Your Privacy, Our Promise. Compliant & Clear.

Last Updated: 6 July 2026

Welcome to QT FM 80s! We are committed to protecting and respecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, process, and protect any personal information you provide when using our website and services.

1. Who We Are

For the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, the Data Controller is QT FM STUDIOS.

For all data protection enquiries, or to exercise your legal rights, please contact our team at: legal@qtfm.co.uk

2. What Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you when you interact with our station:

• Identity & Contact Data: Name, email address, and phone number (provided voluntarily if you email us, submit a form, or enter a competition).
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, device information, and approximate geographic location.
• Usage Data: Information about how you navigate our website and audio stream.

3. How We Use Your Information

We only use your data when the law allows. We rely on the following legal bases:

Consent

Where you have given us permission, such as signing up for a newsletter or accepting non-essential cookies. You can withdraw this at any time.

Legitimate Interests

We process data for our business interests, provided they don't override your rights, including:

• Audio Delivery: We use your IP address to successfully transmit the stream to your device.
• Local Services: We use approximate location to request weather data from Open-Meteo and BigDataCloud. This is processed instantaneously and is not stored.
• Analytics & Security: To keep our site safe and understand what our listeners enjoy.

4. Data Security & Retention

We have strong security measures in place to keep your data safe. We only hold your information for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or to satisfy legal and reporting requirements.

5. Advertising

We use Google AdSense to serve ads so we can keep our radio stream free. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to our site and other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising at any time via Google Ads Settings.

6. Third-Party Services

We do not sell your personal data. We use trusted providers to keep the station running:

• Streaming: Our audio is hosted by Kane Productions.
• Weather: Meteorological data provided by Open-Meteo.
• News/Sport: Syndicated via public RSS feeds from BBC News and Sky Sports.

7. Your Legal Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have rights to access, rectify, or erase your data, and to object to or restrict its processing. If you have concerns, please contact us at legal@qtfm.co.uk.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).