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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the MoviePal mobile application and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the MoviePal Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

  • Application refers to MoviePal, the software program provided by the Company downloaded by You on any electronic device.

  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to [MoviePal]

  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Service refers to the MoviePal Application.

  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself.

  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address

  • First name and last name

  • Movie preferences and ratings

  • Watchlist data

  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), device type, device version, the screens of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those screens, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Movie Data

We collect information related to your movie preferences, including:

  • Movie ratings and reviews you provide

  • Movies you add to your watchlist

  • Search queries for movies

  • Interaction data with AI recommendations

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including providing personalized movie recommendations through our AI system

  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service and provide access to personalized features

  • To provide AI-powered recommendations: to analyze your movie preferences and viewing history to suggest relevant movies and content

  • To improve our recommendation algorithm: to enhance the accuracy and relevance of our AI-powered movie suggestions

  • To contact You: To contact You regarding updates, new features, or important service notifications

  • To provide customer support: To respond to Your requests, questions and provide technical support

  • For analytics: To understand how users interact with our Service and improve user experience

  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for data analysis, identifying usage trends, and to evaluate and improve our Service

Sharing of Your Personal Data

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, including AI/ML services for generating recommendations

  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition

  • With law enforcement: Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities

  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent

Third-Party Services

Our Service may use third-party services for:

  • Movie Database APIs (such as The Movie Database - TMDb and Just Watch) to provide movie information, posters, and metadata

  • AI/Machine Learning Services to power our recommendation engine

  • Analytics Services to understand app usage and performance

  • Cloud Storage Services to store and process data

These third-party service providers have access to Your Personal Data only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use Your information for any other purpose.

Data Retention

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Usage Data is generally retained for analytics purposes. Movie preference data and watchlist information will be retained as long as Your account is active, unless You request deletion.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of Your jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service through account settings.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by:

Please note that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation to do so.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us. We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect Your Personal Data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us.

COPPA Compliance

In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), if We discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, We will delete such information from our files immediately.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy within the app and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You can request access to your personal data

  • Right to Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate personal data

  • Right to Erasure: You can request deletion of your personal data

  • Right to Data Portability: You can request transfer of your data to another service

  • Right to Object: You can object to processing of your personal data for certain purposes

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

  • By email: [contact@moviepalapp.com]

  • Through the app's contact form

For users in the European Union, our Data Protection Officer can be reached at: [contact@moviepalapp.com]

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the MoviePal mobile application and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the MoviePal Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

  • Application refers to MoviePal, the software program provided by the Company downloaded by You on any electronic device.

  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to [MoviePal]

  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Service refers to the MoviePal Application.

  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself.

  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address

  • First name and last name

  • Movie preferences and ratings

  • Watchlist data

  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), device type, device version, the screens of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those screens, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Movie Data

We collect information related to your movie preferences, including:

  • Movie ratings and reviews you provide

  • Movies you add to your watchlist

  • Search queries for movies

  • Interaction data with AI recommendations

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including providing personalized movie recommendations through our AI system

  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service and provide access to personalized features

  • To provide AI-powered recommendations: to analyze your movie preferences and viewing history to suggest relevant movies and content

  • To improve our recommendation algorithm: to enhance the accuracy and relevance of our AI-powered movie suggestions

  • To contact You: To contact You regarding updates, new features, or important service notifications

  • To provide customer support: To respond to Your requests, questions and provide technical support

  • For analytics: To understand how users interact with our Service and improve user experience

  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for data analysis, identifying usage trends, and to evaluate and improve our Service

Sharing of Your Personal Data

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, including AI/ML services for generating recommendations

  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition

  • With law enforcement: Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities

  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent

Third-Party Services

Our Service may use third-party services for:

  • Movie Database APIs (such as The Movie Database - TMDb and Just Watch) to provide movie information, posters, and metadata

  • AI/Machine Learning Services to power our recommendation engine

  • Analytics Services to understand app usage and performance

  • Cloud Storage Services to store and process data

These third-party service providers have access to Your Personal Data only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use Your information for any other purpose.

Data Retention

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Usage Data is generally retained for analytics purposes. Movie preference data and watchlist information will be retained as long as Your account is active, unless You request deletion.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of Your jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service through account settings.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by:

Please note that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation to do so.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us. We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect Your Personal Data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us.

COPPA Compliance

In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), if We discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, We will delete such information from our files immediately.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy within the app and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You can request access to your personal data

  • Right to Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate personal data

  • Right to Erasure: You can request deletion of your personal data

  • Right to Data Portability: You can request transfer of your data to another service

  • Right to Object: You can object to processing of your personal data for certain purposes

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

  • By email: [contact@moviepalapp.com]

  • Through the app's contact form

For users in the European Union, our Data Protection Officer can be reached at: [contact@moviepalapp.com]