Privacy in Concert Tracking: Who Sees Your Shows?

By Alexandra P. · Published 2026-08-06 · 7 min read

Founder of Gigvault — the concert tracker for live music fans.

On Gigvault, your concert diary is private by default. New profiles are hidden until you switch on "Public profile" in Settings → Privacy, every photo or video you upload defaults to "Private" (only you can see it), and nobody can tag you in a concert photo without your approval. Even "public" content is only visible to signed-in Gigvault users — never to anonymous visitors or search engines.

Concert tracking is personal. Your diary says where you were on specific nights, which artists you love, and who you were with. So before you trust an app with ten years of show history, "who can see my concerts?" is exactly the right question to ask.

This guide answers it for Gigvault — not with vague reassurances, but with the actual switches, what each one does, and the few things that are not configurable, stated plainly.

The Short Answer: Private by Default

When you create a Gigvault account, your profile starts hidden. Until you flip the "Public profile" switch yourself, strangers cannot open your vault, browse your concert history, or see your stats. That's not a promo claim — it's the database default for every new account, and the visibility rules are enforced on the server, not just hidden in the app.

Three separate layers each have their own controls:

- Photos & videos (Moments) — visibility chosen per upload: Private, Friends, or Public

- Your profile — one master switch, plus per-section toggles

- Your concert attendance — follows your profile setting: hidden profile means hidden shows

Who Can See Your Concert Photos and Videos

Every time you upload a moment to your concert diary, the app makes you choose a visibility level before the upload starts — there is no silent default-to-public:

- Private — "Only you can see this moment." It never appears in any feed, on any concert page, or on your profile. This is the pre-selected default.

- Friends — "Your connections see it in their feed." Only people you've accepted as friends. The server checks the friendship on every request — strangers get nothing, even via the API.

- Public — "Appears on the concert page for everyone." Other signed-in Gigvault users browsing that concert's page will see it, with your username attached.

You can change your mind later

Visibility isn't locked in at upload. Open your Diary tab, pick any moment, and switch it between Private, Friends, and Public at any time — or delete it entirely, which removes both the database entry and the stored file.

Photo tags require your approval

Tagging on Gigvault is deliberately strict:

- Only your friends can tag you — strangers can't, and the server rejects the attempt outright.

- Every tag starts as pending. You get a notification and decide: confirm or decline.

- You can remove a tag of yourself at any time, even after confirming it. The photo owner can't re-add it against your will without going through approval again.

Who Can See Your Profile

The master switch lives in Settings → Privacy → Profile Visibility → "Public profile" ("Allow anyone to view your vault").

- Switched off (the default): strangers who open your vault URL get nothing — the server returns no profile at all. Your friends still see you in shared contexts like their feed and friends list.

- Switched on: other signed-in Gigvault users can view your vault: username, display name, bio, avatar, city, favorite genres, and — only if you've added them yourself — your social media links.

Two things are worth knowing either way:

- Your email address, date of birth, and real name are never shown to anyone. They're blocked at the database-permission level — no profile view, friend or stranger, can read them.

- Anonymous visitors can't view profiles at all. Every profile lookup requires a signed-in account, so your vault isn't sitting on the open web for search engines or random visitors.

Below the master switch, "Show top artists" lets you keep your vault public while hiding your favorite-artists section, and "Show concert diary" under Connection Privacy hides the full diary view from people visiting your vault. And if a specific person is the problem, Settings → Account → Blocked Users cuts them off from messaging you entirely — direct messages on Gigvault are friends-only in the first place, so strangers could never message you anyway.

Who Can See Which Concerts You've Attended

Your attendance list — past shows and upcoming ones — follows your profile setting, enforced by row-level rules in the database:

- Profile hidden (default): only your friends can see which shows you've attended or plan to attend. Everyone else gets zero rows — not a limited view, none.

- Profile public: signed-in users can see your concert list on your vault, and your attendance can appear in social features like "people at this show."

This matters most for upcoming concerts: a planned show reveals where you'll physically be on a future date. If that thought makes you uncomfortable, keep your profile off — your wishlist and plans stay between you and your accepted friends, and your private Concert Wrapped stats keep working exactly the same.

What's Not Configurable — The Honest List

A privacy page that only lists the good news isn't a privacy page. Here's what you currently can't fine-tune on Gigvault:

- Attendance visibility works per timeframe, not per show. You can hide your upcoming plans while keeping past shows visible, or the other way round — both switches sit under Connection Privacy and are enforced on the server, not just in the app. What you cannot do is hide one individual concert while showing the rest of that timeframe.

- Public moments live on the concert page. Once you set a moment to Public, anyone signed in who visits that concert's page sees it and your username. Switching it back to Private or Friends removes it from that page again.

- Aggregate numbers are always counted. Artist and festival pages show totals like how many fans logged a show. Your attendance contributes to those counts — anonymously, as a number, never with your name.

Your 60-Second Privacy Check

- Open Settings → Privacy.

- Decide on "Public profile." Off = friends-only concert tracking. On = your vault is visible to signed-in users.

- If public, review "Show top artists" and "Show concert diary."

- When uploading moments, remember the default is Private — nothing goes to your friends' feed unless you pick Friends or Public.

- Check pending photo tags in your notifications; decline any you don't want.

Your Data Stays Yours

Privacy also means exit rights. In Settings you'll find "Export your data" — your complete concert history as CSV or JSON, no support ticket needed — and "Delete Account," which permanently removes your account and data. Consent toggles for personalization and marketing emails sit in the same Privacy tab, off unless you opt in.

Related Reads

- How to Remember Every Concert You've Ever Been To — build the diary itself

- What is Concert Wrapped? — your stats, shareable only when you choose

- Everything Gigvault does — the full feature tour

Track Every Show — Share Only What You Want

A concert diary shouldn't force you to choose between remembering everything and broadcasting everything. Log every gig, keep the entire vault to yourself, and open up exactly as much as you like — per photo, per section, per friendship.

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