Privacy Policy

Data We Collect

• Email address — for authentication and password recovery
• Pseudonymous handle — your chosen display name
• Posts and comments — content you submit to the platform
• Structured data — optional production details (rates, hours, platform) you include in posts
• Tool email opt-ins — an email address you give a free tool to receive your result, stored only if you tick the box asking for casting and scam updates. No account required, and it is stored separately from accounts.
• Usage data — tool usage counts (Red Flag Checker, Rate Check) for rate limiting

Data We Do NOT Collect

• Real names
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Government IDs
• Payment information

Children's Privacy

StageBlind accounts are for adults. You must be 18 or older to create an account, post, or track gigs — reading the public tools, casting listings, and rate pages requires no account and is open to anyone. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18.

We ask you to confirm you are 18 or older when you create an account. We do not collect a date of birth and we cannot verify age, so beyond that we depend on notice. If you are a parent or guardian — or anyone — who believes a minor has created an account here, email admin@stageblind.com and we will delete the account and the data attached to it. See the Terms for the full eligibility rule.

How We Use Your Data

• To provide and maintain the platform
• To display your posts and comments under your pseudonymous handle
• To send password recovery emails
• To send watch alert notification emails when new content matches topics or companies you chose to watch (you can unsubscribe at any time by removing the watch)
• To send a weekly digest of new casting listings and scam alerts. For accounts this is on by default; for tool email opt-ins it is what you ticked the box for. Every digest carries a one-click unsubscribe link.
• To send one follow-up email about two days after you scan a casting call and ask us to email you the result — asking whether you took the gig. One email, and it is not repeated for that scan.
• To enforce rate limits and prevent abuse
• To generate anonymized, aggregate statistics (e.g., average pay by platform)

AI Tools

When you use the Red Flag Checker, Contract Reviewer, or Scanner, your input text is sent to OpenAI for analysis. We do not store your input text or the AI response on our servers. OpenAI processes the text under their API data usage policy, which states that API inputs are not used to train their models. No personal information is required to use these tools.

Data Sharing

We do not sell your data. We do not share your email with third parties except as needed for AI tool analysis (OpenAI). Your posts are publicly visible under your pseudonymous handle (this is the core function of the platform). We may share anonymized, aggregate data.

Data Retention

Your account and post data is retained as long as your account is active. Removed content is soft-deleted (not displayed but retained for audit). You may request full account deletion by contacting us.

Your Rights

• Request a copy of your data
• Request deletion of your account
• Edit or delete your posts (within 24 hours of posting)
• Unsubscribe from watch alert emails by removing the watch on any company or topic page
• Unsubscribe from the weekly digest and tool follow-up emails using the link at the bottom of any of them

Cookies & Analytics

We use essential cookies for authentication (Supabase session tokens). For aggregate traffic measurement we use Vercel Analytics, which is cookieless and collects no personally identifying information. We do not use tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or cross-site tracking.

Hosting

StageBlind is hosted on Vercel (frontend) and Supabase (database). Your data is stored in Supabase's infrastructure. Both providers maintain their own privacy and security practices.

Aggregate Community Data

When you log a gig on StageBlind, anonymized data — such as rates, ratings, and company names — may be included in aggregate community statistics visible on company pages, rate lookups, and platform scorecards. No individual gig details, usernames, dates, or combinations that could identify a specific person are ever displayed to other users. Aggregate statistics require a minimum number of reports before they are shown publicly.

Community Casting Listings

StageBlind may display publicly-sourced casting notices (from government film commissions, nonprofit theaters, festival open calls, and similar public sources) and casting notices submitted by users who opt in while using our Red Flag Checker or related tools.

What we store for casting listings: the listing text, source URL or attribution, submission timestamp, the submitting user's account ID (for opt-in submissions only), moderation status, and redaction metadata (what fields were removed before publication).

What we redact before publication: personal contact information pasted into submitted listings (phone numbers, personal email addresses, home addresses), and other personally-identifiable information that does not belong in a public casting notice. Casting directors' business contact information may be displayed when it originates from a public source that already publishes it.

Requesting removal: if a listing mentions you, your production, or your copyrighted content and you want it removed, email dmca@stageblind.com (for copyright claims) or admin@stageblind.com (for other removal requests). See our DMCA policy for the formal takedown procedure.

Copyright / DMCA

StageBlind complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe content on the platform infringes your copyright, see our DMCA policy for our designated agent's contact information and the formal notice procedure.

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.