Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 5, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how MovieRat ("we", "us") collects, uses and protects your information when you use the MovieRat mobile application and related services.
Information we collect
- Account information: your email address (used for passwordless sign-in), display name, optional avatar, country and language preferences.
- Activity data: titles you rate, save to your watchlist, comment on, and recommendations you send to or receive from friends.
- Social connections: friend relationships you create inside the app.
- Subscription status: whether you have an active MovieRat Plus subscription. Payment is processed entirely by Google Play or the Apple App Store — we never see or store your payment details.
How we use your information
- To operate the service: sign-in codes by email, personalized recommendations, friend features.
- To improve suggestion quality based on your ratings and preferences.
- To verify subscription entitlements.
We do not sell your personal data.
Third-party services
- TMDB (The Movie Database) — provides movie and TV metadata. Your search queries are forwarded to TMDB to fetch results. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
- Google AdMob — shows advertisements to free-tier users. AdMob may collect advertising identifiers as described in Google's Privacy Policy.
- Google Play Billing / Apple In-App Purchase — processes subscription payments.
- Brevo — delivers transactional emails (sign-in codes).
Data retention & deletion
Your data is retained while your account is active. You can request deletion of your account and all associated data at any time by emailing demirgoonur@gmail.com. We will complete deletion requests within 30 days.
Security
All traffic between the app and our servers is encrypted with TLS (HTTPS). Authentication uses short-lived tokens; we never store passwords.
Children
MovieRat is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.
Changes
We may update this policy; material changes will be announced in the app. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.
Contact
Questions or requests: demirgoonur@gmail.com