Welcome to MyGear. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you use our gear management service. MyGear is a service designed for musicians and audio professionals to manage, track, and value their equipment collections.
We collect the following categories of data:
Account Information: Email address, display name, and encrypted password when you create an account.
Profile Data: Avatar URL, musician/audio professional type, and language preference.
Gear Collection Data: Brand, model, category, condition, purchase price, current value, purchase date, images, and notes about your equipment.
Wishlist Items: Equipment you want to purchase, including target prices and priorities.
Price Data: Price estimates and historical price data from external sources such as Reverb, Thomann, and Sweetwater.
Usage Data: Interactions with our service, search history, and device information for service optimization.
We use your data for:
Account Management: To authenticate you and provide access to your account.
Gear Portfolio Management: To store, organize, and display your equipment collection.
AI-Powered Recognition: To automatically identify equipment via photo uploads.
Price Comparison and Tracking: To provide current and historical price information.
Service Improvement: To analyze and improve our functionality.
Communication: To inform you of important changes or updates.
We never sell your data to third parties.
We share data only in the following limited circumstances:
Service Providers: With trusted partners who help us deliver our service, including hosting (Supabase/EU), AI providers for gear recognition, and price data aggregators.
Legal Requirements: When we are legally obligated to comply with legal processes, government requests, or applicable laws and regulations.
Protection of Rights: To protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property.
We implement industry-standard security measures:
Encryption: All data is encrypted in transit (TLS/SSL) and at rest.
Access Control: Strict access controls and Row Level Security (RLS) policies ensure only you have access to your data.
Secure Infrastructure: Our backend runs on secure EU-based servers with regular security updates.
Password Security: Passwords are securely hashed using modern algorithms.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) you have the following rights:
Right of Access: You can request a copy of all personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You can have incorrect or incomplete data corrected.
Right to Erasure: You can request deletion of your data ('right to be forgotten').
Right to Data Portability: You can receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Right to Object: You can object to certain forms of processing.
Right to Restriction: You can request restriction of processing in certain circumstances.
Contact us at feedback@mygear-music.com to exercise any of these rights.
We only use essential cookies necessary for the operation of our service:
Session Cookies: To keep you logged in and maintain a secure session.
Authentication Cookies: To verify your identity with requests.
Preference Cookies: To store your language and display preferences.
We do not use advertising or tracking cookies. We do not track you across other websites.
We retain your data as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:
Account Data: Until you delete your account.
Gear Data: Until you manually delete items or close your account.
Price History: Historical price data is retained for trend analysis.
Backups: Security backups are retained for a maximum of 30 days.
After account deletion, we delete your data within 30 days, except where legally required to retain.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of changes by:
- Posting the new policy on this page - Changing the 'Last updated' date at the top - Sending you an email for significant changes
We recommend you review this policy periodically.
If you have questions about this privacy policy or want to exercise your rights, contact us:
Email: feedback@mygear-music.com
We aim to respond to all privacy-related requests within 30 days.