Privacy

The short version

BackstageIL has no accounts, no ads and no cookies. We count visits anonymously, without identifying anyone. The only personal information we get is what you choose to give us when you send something.

Who we are

BackstageIL runs this site. You can reach us at info@backstageil.com.

What we receive

What you send through the form: your message, any files, and your name and email only if you add them. We use it to check and improve the site's information and to reply. Files stay private and are never published as they are; photos lose their location data. Your name and email are deleted once we've handled your message. To stop spam we keep an anonymous code of your connection that changes every day, never your IP address.

Emails you send us: your address and what you write. We use them only to reply and to act on your request, such as a correction, and delete them when they're no longer needed.

Vendors directory: we publish the business details a vendor asks us to list (name, description, regions, logo, photos, and a business phone and email). A vendor can ask us to change or remove them at any time at info@backstageil.com.

Technical logs: like any website, our hosting provider receives technical data such as your IP address and browser type to deliver the pages and keep the site secure. We don't use it to identify you. Error reports from our server contain no IP addresses or other personal details.

Visit counts: to see which pages are useful, we count visits anonymously. This uses no cookies and doesn't store your IP address. Each visit is turned into a one-way code that changes every day, so we see totals (pages viewed, the site you came from, country, type of device) but can't tell who you are or follow you from one day to the next.

Your theme choice: if you switch between light and dark, the choice is saved in your own browser and never reaches us. You can clear it in your browser settings.

Cookies

The site doesn't use cookies.

Services we use

A few service providers help us run the site: hosting, error reports, anonymous visit counts, file storage and email delivery. Each receives only what it needs for its job. If you donate, the donation platform and its payment providers handle the donation under their own privacy policies and may share your name and message with us; we use them only to thank you.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete personal information we hold about you by writing to info@backstageil.com. We answer within 30 days.

Changes

If we ever add advertising or any tracking beyond the anonymous visit counts, we'll update this page first and ask for your consent wherever the law requires it, before anything is collected.