Privacy

Channel Sixteen is a free radio with no ads, no account and no tracking. Here is everything we keep, why, and for how long. Last updated: 11 November 2026.

When you listen

• No cookies, no analytics. There is no advertising, no tracking pixel and no analytics service on channelsixteen.com.
• Your browser. The player stores a random identifier and a few player settings in your browser's local storage. It never leaves your device, except with a message you choose to send us.
• The stream. Like any web server, our streaming server and our host, Cloudflare, process your IP address and the name of your player app to deliver the music and count how many people are listening. We use these counts only as totals.
• Fonts and speakers. The typefaces are served by Google Fonts and, in Chrome, the speaker button loads Google's Cast library. As with any web request, Google receives your IP address when your browser fetches them. They set no cookie and tell us nothing about you.
• Abuse protection. When you send something through the site, your IP address is kept for between 10 minutes and one day to limit spam, then deleted automatically.

When you write to us

• Song requests and messages. Your text and the random identifier of your browser reach the host privately. A reply, if there is one, is kept so that your player can show it on your next visit.
• Mix submissions. Your name, email, links and Instagram handle are used to listen to your mix, answer you, and credit you if your mix airs.
• Partner applications. Your channel name, email, Instagram handle and the files you upload (logo or brand guide) are used to study your application. Files from declined applications are deleted after 90 days.
• Donations. Payments go through Buy Me a Coffee or Ko-fi, never through us. We receive only the name and message you choose to share, and may thank you with them on the site.

YouTube

Channel Sixteen uses YouTube API Services to publish videos on its own YouTube channel. Our app, CH16 Uploader, only signs in to the Channel Sixteen account. It does not access, collect or store any data about viewers or other YouTube users. When you watch our videos on YouTube, the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy apply.

What we never do

We never sell, rent or share your data for advertising. Nobody else receives it, apart from the services that make the radio work: Cloudflare (website), Upstash (database), Telegram (messages to the host), Google (fonts, speaker casting) and our streaming server, hosted by Hetzner.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete anything we hold about you. Email hi@channelsixteen.com and it will be done within 30 days. You can also clear the player's data at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser.