Data Collection Policy

What data do we collect?#

Makineo collects information about events, artists, venues, and promoters from public sources to build an up-to-date catalogue of the electronic music scene in Spain.

• Events: name, date, time, location, lineup, genre, price, image
• Artists: name, genres, social media, discography
• Venues: name, location, address, public contact details, opening hours
• Photos: event posters (flyers), always credited and linked to their source; venue images, promotional material

Where do we collect it from?#

Public and authorized sources:

Authorized scraping

• — Public venue websites (where robots.txt permits it)
• — Public event posts on social media (Facebook)
• — Public listings on industry platforms, such as Resident Advisor
• — Blogs and event pages (respecting robots.txt)

Respectful methods

• — We respect each site's `robots.txt`
• — Identified User-Agent: "MakineoBot", with a contact link
• — A single request at a time per domain, about 3 seconds apart (longer if its robots.txt asks for a higher Crawl-delay)
• — We do not use proxies or VPNs to evade blocks
• — We respect `X-Robots-Tag` headers and `noindex`

Methods we do NOT use

• — ✗ Password cracking or unauthorized access
• — ✗ CAPTCHA-bypass systems
• — ✗ Use of private APIs without consent
• — ✗ Impersonating browsers to conceal origin

Intellectual property rights#

We acknowledge that some data may be protected by copyright:

• Event descriptions: may be © of the organizer
• Images/posters: © of the photographer or venue
• Artist data: compilation © of original sources (Beatport, RA)

Our use of this data is:

• Informational: we list events for discovery purposes, not for sale
• Attributive: we link back to original sources
• Transformative: we aggregate, categorize, and enrich the data
• Non-competitive: we do not sell access to this data or charge to consult it

Opt-out for venues and artists#

If you are a venue, promoter, or artist and do NOT want your data to appear on Makineo:

Option 1: Direct email

Send an email to hola@makineo.es with:

• — Subject: "Makineo Exclusion Request"
• — Name of the venue / artist / promoter
• — Why you do NOT want to appear (no obligation to explain)
• — Proof that you are the responsible party (official email, etc.)

Timeframe: removal within 72 hours at most (usually 24-48h).

Option 2: Robots.txt (for scrapers)

If you have a public website, you can block Makineo's scraper with:

User-Agent: MakineoBot
Disallow: /

Option 3: Meta tag on your website

Add this to the <head> of your website:

<meta name="robots" content="noindex">

Personal data of venues/artists#

If our scraping incidentally captures personal data (email, phone number, private address):

• We do not publish it: we only display public information (name, city, public phone number)
• We do not share it: internal data is not passed on to third parties
• GDPR compliant: if you request access/deletion, you have rights under the GDPR (Art. 6.1.f — legitimate interest + fair processing)
• You may request: access, rectification, or erasure at hola@makineo.es

Commitments and limits#

Makineo abides by the following limits:

1. We do not scrape private social media accounts Only public content (hashtags, fan pages)
2. We do not replicate commercial databases Beatport, RA, Ticketmaster: we only reference/aggregate
3. We do not attack, block, or brute-force Non-intrusive scraping, respecting rate limits and authorized access
4. We honour third-party requests If RA, Beatport, etc. ask us to stop, we stop

Data updates#

How we keep data up to date:

• Automatic scraping: we check sources daily
• User input: users can report incorrect changes
• Direct contact: venues/artists can send us updates directly
• History: we retain a previous version of any changes

Contact for scraping-related questions#

Summary#

• ✓ We collect data from public sources in compliance with robots.txt
• ✓ We use non-intrusive methods, with no brute force or CAPTCHA-bypass
• ✓ We acknowledge IP rights and use data in an informational/transformative way
• ✓ We offer a simple opt-out for venues/artists
• ✓ We comply with the GDPR for incidental personal data
• ✓ We honour third-party requests (RA, Beatport, etc.)
• ✗ We do not sell data
• ✗ We do not replicate commercial databases