Where is my data stored, and how do I remove it?

Short version: your data lives on servers in the European Union, we don't sell it, and you can ask us to delete it.

Where it's stored

Gaytherings is a US company, and our servers are in the EU. That means EU data protection standards apply to everyone using the platform, not only people in Europe.

Your data may still be accessed from the US, since that's where we work from. When it moves across borders we use the legal safeguards required for that, like standard contractual clauses.

What we hold

The email address you sign in with, your display name, your orders, and anything you send us through support. If you upload content, we hold that too.

We don't hold your card details. Payments go through Stripe, and full card numbers and bank details never reach us.

Community is a filter, not a profile field

There's no setting anywhere that records what you are, and nobody sees what you've picked. Community works like location: a filter on a list of events.

Signed in, we keep the last pair you used so the page doesn't reset every visit. Signed out, nothing is kept at all. If you'd rather not leave a specific pair behind, all LGBTQIA+ events and United States is the broadest view there is.

Whatever we do keep is used to decide which events to show you and nothing else. We don't sell it, share it for advertising, or use it for ad targeting.

We don't sell your data

Not to advertisers, not to anyone. We don't share it for cross-context behavioral advertising either, which is the thing most platforms do that people mean when they ask this question.

Analytics is on the platform to tell us which pages work, configured so it isn't used for ad targeting.

Closing your account, or asking us to delete your data

Two ways to do it.

Close your account yourself. Open account settings and close your account. Your data is wiped, no waiting and no permission needed. Save any upcoming tickets to your wallet first, since they go with it.

Or ask us. Email support@gaytherings.com and we'll handle it. This is the route if you bought as a guest and never made an account, if you can't get into the account anymore, or if you'd just rather someone did it for you. We may need to confirm your identity first, which is what stops someone else deleting your data.

Either way, a few records stay behind by law: transaction records are kept for tax and accounting, and some data is held where we need it to settle a dispute or meet a legal obligation. Everything else goes.

You can also ask for a copy of your data, ask us to correct it, or object to how it's used. Same address.

Keeping your account secure

There's no password to steal. Sign-in codes go to your email, which makes your email account the thing worth protecting: anyone who can read your inbox can sign in as you. Two-factor authentication on your email is the single most useful thing you can do here.

Updated on: 21/08/2026