Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 7, 2026
Pirate 98.3 respects the privacy of its listeners, visitors, assorted internet wanderers, and anyone else who happens to drift aboard this website.
This Privacy Policy describes, in reasonably official-sounding language, how information may be handled when you visit Pirate98.com.
Information We Collect
Pirate 98.3 does not require visitors to create an account, establish a profile, provide a username, surrender a password, or otherwise identify themselves simply to listen to the station or browse the website.
We do not intentionally collect personally identifiable information from ordinary visitors unless that information is voluntarily provided through a contact form, request form, email, or similar communication.
In other words, if you do not give us your information, we generally do not have it.
Tracking and Advertising
Pirate 98.3 does not operate an advertising network, does not sell visitor information, and does not intentionally build detailed marketing profiles about its listeners.
We are not particularly interested in knowing which brand of toothpaste you buy, what you searched for at 2:17 in the morning, or whether you spent six minutes staring at the Now Playing page.
We do not use visitor information for targeted advertising.
Cookies
The website itself does not intentionally use cookies for advertising, behavioral profiling, or unnecessary surveillance.
However, standard website software, hosting providers, embedded media players, security systems, or other technical services may use temporary cookies or similar technologies as part of their normal operation.
Such technologies may be necessary for basic website functions and are not used by Pirate 98.3 to create personal listener profiles.
Streaming Services
Pirate 98.3 uses third-party streaming infrastructure to deliver its audio programming.
When you listen to the station, the streaming provider may automatically receive technical information normally associated with an internet connection, such as an IP address, browser type, device information, connection time, or similar server-log information.
This information is generally necessary for operating an internet audio stream and may also be used for technical troubleshooting, audience statistics, network security, and service reliability.
Pirate 98.3 does not sell this information.
Server Logs
Like virtually every website connected to the internet, our web server or hosting provider may automatically create standard server logs.
These logs may include information such as:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Operating system
- Requested pages or files
- Date and time of access
- Referring website
- General technical connection information
Such information may be retained temporarily for security, maintenance, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and the ancient internet tradition of figuring out why something suddenly stopped working.
Information You Voluntarily Provide
If you contact Pirate 98.3, submit a song request, send a message, or otherwise voluntarily provide information, we may receive whatever information you choose to include.
That information will generally be used only for the reason it was provided, such as responding to a message or processing a request.
Please do not send us your Social Security number, bank account information, nuclear launch codes, family secrets, or anything else we have absolutely no reason to possess.
Sharing of Information
Pirate 98.3 does not sell, rent, lease, barter, trade, auction, raffle, or otherwise commercially distribute personal information belonging to website visitors.
Information may be disclosed when reasonably necessary to operate the website, comply with applicable law, respond to a valid legal requirement, protect the security of the website, or prevent misuse of our services.
Otherwise, we would prefer to keep things simple.
The Pirate Fleet
Pirate 98.3 is part of The Pirate Fleet, which includes Pirate 98.3, Pirate 100.3, and Pirate 100.3 Turbo.
The websites within the Pirate Fleet may link to one another so listeners can easily move between stations.
Following a link to another Pirate Fleet website may subject you to the privacy practices and technical systems used by that particular website.
External Links
Our website may occasionally contain links to websites operated by other people or organizations.
Once you leave Pirate98.com, we cannot control what another website does, what information it collects, what cookies it uses, or what complicated document its attorneys decided to call a privacy policy.
Visitors should review the privacy practices of external websites if they are concerned about how those websites handle information.
Children’s Privacy
Pirate 98.3 does not knowingly operate services intended to collect personal information from children.
Because the website does not require visitor accounts or registration, we generally have no practical way of determining the age of someone simply listening to the station.
Data Security
Reasonable technical and administrative measures are used to help protect the website and its systems.
However, no website, server, internet connection, computer system, pirate ship, or other technology can guarantee absolute security.
Visitors therefore use the website and internet stream at their own reasonable discretion.
Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may occasionally be updated if the website, technology, applicable laws, or services used by Pirate 98.3 change.
Any revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
We are unlikely to send a message in a bottle announcing the changes.
Contact
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy may be submitted through the contact options available on Pirate98.com.
In practical terms: Pirate 98.3 does not require accounts, does not sell your information, does not run targeted advertising, and has very little interest in tracking what you do.
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