Last updated: May 22, 2026
OnDeck is a crowd-sourced party music web app developed by ChasingTowers LLC. A host starts a party; guests join from their phones to add songs and vote. This policy describes what information OnDeck collects and how it is used.
Host accounts. When you host a party you sign in with Google (via Firebase Authentication), which provides your name and email address. If you choose native Spotify playback, you also connect a Spotify account, which provides your Spotify display name, email, and subscription level (e.g. Premium); OnDeck uses that connection only to control playback on your own device during your party. In the default Free mode no Spotify account is connected — catalog search runs through an application-level Spotify token and playback is via YouTube.
Guests. Guests join with a chosen display name (anonymous sign-in) or, optionally, by signing in with Google. We store the display name you choose and an anonymous account identifier.
Party activity. We store the songs you submit, your up/down votes, your presence in a party, and host-configured party settings. This data is stored in Google Cloud Firestore.
OnDeck does not collect your location, contacts, photos, or device sensors.
Information is used solely to operate the party experience: showing the live queue, tallying votes, attributing song submissions, managing the "golden mic," generating song suggestions, and playing music through the host's connected account.
When a party's queue is empty, OnDeck sends the title and artist of the currently playing song to Google's Gemini API to generate a list of musically similar songs. No personal information about you is sent — only the song metadata.
OnDeck relies on the following third-party services, each governed by its own privacy policy:
We do not sell your information or share it with advertisers. Within a party, your chosen display name, song submissions, and vote counts are visible to the host and other guests — that is the nature of a shared queue. We do not share data with third parties beyond the service providers listed above that are necessary to operate the app.
Party and queue data is retained in Firestore to keep the experience working across reloads. A host may save a party's playlist to their own library or export it as a file. Parties automatically close after the host has been disconnected for over an hour. You can stop participating at any time by leaving the party, and a host can delete saved playlists from their library.
You can sign out at any time, disconnect Spotify from the host page, end a party, or delete saved playlists. To request deletion of data associated with your account, contact us using the information below.
OnDeck is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by the "Last updated" date above.
For questions about this privacy policy, contact ChasingTowers LLC at Buffalo, NY.