Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

When you create an account, we collect:

• Account information: Email address, username, display name, and password (stored securely hashed)
• Profile information: Language preferences, audio preferences, privacy settings, and profile visibility
• Usage data: Anime lists, watch status, ratings, episode progress, and list activity
• Social data: Friend connections, recommendations sent/received, and activity feed entries

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide and maintain the Service
• Personalize your experience (recommendations, title language, content filters)
• Enable social features (friends, shared lists, recommendations)
• Send notifications about anime you're subscribed to
• Improve the Service based on usage patterns

3. Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. Your data may be visible to other users based on your privacy settings:

• Public profiles: Your display name, anime lists, and activity may be visible to all users
• Friends-only profiles: Only accepted friends can see your lists and activity
• Private profiles: Your information is hidden from other users

You can control your profile visibility in your Settings.

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services to provide anime data:

• MyAnimeList / Jikan API — anime metadata, episodes, characters
• TMDB — season grouping data
• AniList — community ratings, content tags

These services have their own privacy policies. We do not share your personal data with these services.

5. Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored in a secured database. Passwords are hashed using industry-standard algorithms. We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information, but no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

6. Cookies

We use essential cookies for authentication and session management. We also store your theme preference (light/dark mode) and cookie consent preference in your browser's local storage.

7. Advertising and Third-Party Cookies

We may display advertisements on the Service through third-party advertising partners, including Google AdSense. These partners may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to:

• Serve ads based on your interests and prior visits to this and other websites
• Measure the effectiveness of advertisements
• Personalize advertising content

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.

8. Data Retention

We retain your data for as long as your account is active. You may delete your account at any time, which will remove your personal data. Some anonymized usage data may be retained for service improvement.

9. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Correct inaccurate data via your profile settings
• Delete your account and associated data
• Export your anime list data
• Control your profile visibility and privacy settings

10. Children's Privacy

The Service is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of significant changes via the Service.

12. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please use our Feedback Hub to reach us.