The fine print

Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 6, 2026

Take A Mic (“Take A Mic,” “we,” “us”) runs the karaoke line at takeamic.com. This page explains, in plain English, what we collect, why, how long we keep it, and how to get it deleted. Take A Mic is operated by Alex Harrison in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The short version

• Singers don’t need an account. We only collect the name you type, the songs you request, and any dedication you add.
• DJs and bars sign in with an email link. No passwords.
• Payments go through Stripe. We never see or store card numbers.
• We don’t sell your data, and we don’t run ads.
• Email support@takeamic.com and we’ll delete your data.

What we collect

Singers

• Display name. Whatever name you type to get in line. It doesn’t have to be your real name. It shows on the room’s line, the DJ’s screen, and the TV screen in the venue.
• Song requests. The song title and artist you pick, plus the karaoke video matched to it.
• Optional dedications and notes. If you add a dedication or performance note, it’s shown to the DJ and may be shown on screen in the room.
• Queue history. When you sang and in which room, so the DJ can see past songs, spot repeats, and estimate wait times.

DJs and bars

• Email address. Used for passwordless sign-in (we email you a one-time link) and for account messages.
• Venue and room settings. Room codes, host settings, sign/QR assignments, and video feedback (thumbs up/down on karaoke videos).
• Billing records. Stripe gives us a customer ID, subscription status, and payment status. We don’t receive or store your card number.

Technical data

• Our host, Cloudflare, processes your IP address and basic request data to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. We use a one-way hash of your IP address for short-term rate limiting on sign-in and checkout, and those records are cleared within about a day.
• We keep basic server logs for troubleshooting.

Cookies and local storage

• DJ session cookie. When a DJ signs in, we set one secure, HTTP-only cookie that keeps you signed in for up to 30 days. It isn’t used for tracking or ads.
• Local storage on your phone. We save your singer name in your browser so it’s filled in next time, plus a small note of which spot in line is yours. This stays on your device. Clear your browser data to remove it.
• We don’t use advertising cookies or third-party analytics trackers.

Who we share it with

We use a few service providers to run Take A Mic. They only get what they need to do their job:

• Cloudflare: hosting, database, and security.
• Stripe: subscription billing and payments. Stripe’s privacy policy covers card details you give them.
• Resend: sends our sign-in and account emails.
• YouTube (Google): karaoke video search and playback (see below).
• Apple iTunes Search and Deezer: song title lookups when you search for a song. We send the search words, not your name.

Venues and DJs running a room can see the names, songs, and dedications for their room. We may also disclose information if the law requires it.

We don’t sell or rent personal information, and we don’t share it for advertising.

YouTube API Services

What we do with YouTube data: when someone searches for a song, we ask the YouTube Data API for matching karaoke videos and store public video information (video ID, title, channel name, length, view counts, and embeddability) so we can pick a good video quickly and avoid repeat searches. Videos play in the official YouTube embedded player, which YouTube operates under its own terms and privacy policy.

Stored YouTube data is refreshed or deleted within 30 days. Every day we re-check stored video information that is older than 30 days with YouTube. Details are updated if the video is still available, and removed if it’s gone, private, or no longer embeddable. Cached search results older than 30 days are deleted.

How long we keep things

• Singer names, song requests, dedications, and queue history: kept while the venue’s room is in use so DJs can see past songs and repeats. We delete them on request (see below), and when a venue asks us to close its account.
• DJ/bar email and account: kept while the account is open, and deleted on request when you close it, except for what we must keep for tax, accounting, or legal reasons.
• Sign-in links expire after 15 minutes and are cleared within a day. Sign-in sessions last up to 30 days.
• Billing records are kept by Stripe and by us as long as required for tax and accounting purposes.
• YouTube data: refreshed or deleted within 30 days, as described above.

Deleting your data

Email support@takeamic.com and tell us what you want removed. Singers: include the name you used, the room code or venue, and roughly when you sang. DJs and bars: email us from the address on your account. We’ll confirm and delete it within 30 days. You can also ask us what we have about you or ask us to correct it.

Kids

Take A Mic is meant for venues and adults, and isn’t directed at children under 13. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you think a child gave us information, email us and we’ll delete it.

Security

We use HTTPS everywhere, store sign-in tokens only as one-way hashes, use secure HTTP-only cookies, and keep access to our systems limited. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we’ll update it here and change the effective date at the top. If a change is significant, we’ll make reasonable efforts to let DJ and bar account holders know by email.

Contact

Take A Mic
Las Vegas, NV, USA
support@takeamic.com

Also see our Terms of Service.

See you at the mic.