Last Updated: August 20, 2026
Bay Rock respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how Bay Rock and its operator, Maryland Media One, LLC, may collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, use our digital services, participate in contests or surveys, communicate with the station, or otherwise interact with Bay Rock.
By using the Bay Rock website or submitting information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Depending on how you interact with Bay Rock, we may collect the following types of information.
You may voluntarily provide information including:
Name
Email address
Telephone number
ZIP code
Date of birth or age range
Gender, when voluntarily provided
Contest entries
Listener survey responses
Requests and dedications
Messages sent to the studio
Comments or feedback
Information submitted through contact forms
Information necessary to award or deliver prizes
You are not required to provide personal information simply to listen to Bay Rock or browse most areas of our website.
When you use our website or digital services, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
IP address
Browser type
Device type
Operating system
Pages visited
Referring website
Approximate geographic location
Date and time of visits
Website interactions
Streaming or listening activity
Cookie and similar technology information
This information may be collected by Bay Rock or by service providers that help us operate our website, streaming services, mobile services, advertising, analytics, and other digital products.
Bay Rock may use information we collect to:
Operate and improve our website and digital services
Provide our audio stream and related services
Understand how listeners use Bay Rock
Conduct audience research
Improve programming, music, features, and promotions
Administer listener surveys
Conduct contests, giveaways, and promotions
Contact contest winners
Respond to listener requests and inquiries
Send station news, promotions, or contest information when you have elected to receive them
Measure website and advertising performance
Prevent fraud, abuse, or misuse of our services
Maintain security
Comply with legal obligations
Protect the rights and property of Bay Rock and others
Survey responses may also be analyzed in aggregate to better understand Bay Rock's audience and listening preferences.
If you voluntarily subscribe to Bay Rock emails, newsletters, contest alerts, or promotional communications, we may use your email address to send those communications.
You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in the communication or by contacting Bay Rock.
Entering a contest, completing a listener survey, or contacting Bay Rock does not automatically enroll you in marketing communications unless you separately agree to receive them.
Bay Rock may provide listeners with the ability to text the station, enter contests by text message, send requests, communicate with personalities, or receive promotional messages.
Standard message and data rates may apply.
Providing a mobile telephone number for a contest, request, survey, or other interaction does not automatically constitute consent to receive ongoing promotional text messages unless you expressly opt in.
If you opt in to promotional text messages, instructions for opting out will be provided as required.
When you enter a Bay Rock contest or promotion, we may collect information necessary to administer the promotion, determine eligibility, contact winners, and deliver prizes.
Winner information may be publicly announced or used for promotional purposes as permitted by the applicable contest rules and law.
Additional terms may apply to individual contests. Please review the official rules associated with each promotion.
Information provided through Bay Rock listener surveys may be used for:
Audience research
Music and programming decisions
Marketing research
Promotional planning
Advertising and sponsorship planning
Understanding listener demographics and preferences
Survey results may be combined and reported in aggregate form.
Personally identifiable survey information will not be sold to unrelated third parties for their own marketing purposes.
Bay Rock and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, analytics technologies, and similar tools to help operate and improve the website.
These technologies may be used to:
Remember preferences
Understand website traffic
Measure page performance
Determine how visitors use the site
Measure advertising effectiveness
Prevent fraud or abuse
Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Some website functions may not operate properly if cookies are disabled.
Bay Rock may use third-party services to provide website hosting, analytics, streaming, advertising, contest administration, email delivery, text messaging, social media integration, and other functionality.
These providers may collect information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
Our website may also contain links or embedded services from companies such as streaming providers, social media platforms, advertisers, sponsors, or other third parties.
Bay Rock is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites or services that we do not control.
Bay Rock may display advertisements from local, regional, or national advertisers.
Advertising providers or website technology partners may use cookies or similar technologies to measure advertising performance or deliver advertising.
Bay Rock does not sell personally identifiable listener information to advertisers for their independent direct marketing use unless we have obtained appropriate consent.
We may provide advertisers with aggregated or anonymous information about our audience, such as general demographic information, website traffic, survey results, or campaign performance.
Bay Rock may disclose information to service providers or contractors that perform services on our behalf, including:
Website hosting
Streaming
Analytics
Email services
Text messaging services
Contest administration
Prize fulfillment
Advertising technology
Technical support
Data security
These providers may access information only as reasonably necessary to perform their services.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:
Comply with applicable law or legal process
Respond to lawful governmental requests
Investigate fraud or security incidents
Protect Bay Rock, our listeners, or others
Enforce our terms, contest rules, or other agreements
If Bay Rock or Maryland Media One, LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction subject to applicable law.
Bay Rock does not sell personally identifiable listener information in the ordinary meaning of selling a customer list for monetary compensation.
Where applicable privacy law defines "sale," "sharing," or targeted advertising more broadly, consumers may have additional rights regarding certain uses or disclosures of their information.
Depending on applicable law and whether particular legal requirements apply to Bay Rock's processing activities, Maryland residents may have rights regarding their personal data, including the ability to request:
Confirmation of whether personal data is being processed
Access to certain personal data
Correction of inaccurate personal data
Deletion of certain personal data
A copy of certain personal data
Information concerning categories of third parties receiving personal data
Opt-out of certain sales, targeted advertising, or profiling activities
Bay Rock will process valid privacy requests as required by applicable law.
Certain information may be exempt from these rights, and Bay Rock may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
To make a request regarding personal information Bay Rock may have about you, please contact us through the Contact section of the Bay Rock website and indicate that your message concerns a Privacy Request.
Please include enough information for us to reasonably identify the information or account associated with your request.
We may request additional information solely for purposes of verifying your identity or processing your request.
Bay Rock retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including:
Contest administration
Audience research
Communications
Business operations
Fraud prevention
Legal compliance
Recordkeeping
Different types of information may be retained for different periods.
Bay Rock uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information.
However, no website, Internet transmission, electronic storage system, or digital communication method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Bay Rock's website and services are intended for a general audience and are not directed specifically to children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate parental consent.
If we become aware that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected inappropriately, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
Individual contests may establish higher minimum age requirements.
Bay Rock maintains profiles and pages on third-party social media platforms.
Information you provide directly to those platforms is governed by the privacy policies and terms of those platforms.
Information that you publicly post or submit to Bay Rock through social media may be visible to others.
Our website may link to advertisers, sponsors, ticket providers, news sources, community organizations, social media services, or other third-party websites.
A link from Bay Rock does not mean that Bay Rock controls or is responsible for that website's privacy practices.
We encourage users to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information.
Bay Rock may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, technology, business practices, or applicable law.
When material changes are made, the updated policy will be posted on this website with a revised Last Updated date.
Continued use of the website following an update constitutes acknowledgment of the revised Privacy Policy.
Questions about this Privacy Policy or Bay Rock's privacy practices may be submitted through the Contact page at:
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