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Family Film Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 28, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Family Film App. We value and respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal data you share with us. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process and protect your information when you use our mobile application.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By downloading, installing or using our application, you accept the practices described in this policy.

2. Who We Are

Family Film App is a mobile application developed for Android that helps groups of people decide which movies or series to watch together, based on individual preferences and viewing history of each member.

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Information You Provide to Us

  • Account information: when you register in our application, we collect information such as your name, email address and password.
  • Content preferences: we collect information about the movies and series you have watched and those you want to watch.
  • Group information: data related to the groups you create or join within the application.
  • Communications: when you communicate with us directly, we may keep records of that communication.

3.2 Automatically Collected Information

  • Device information: we collect information about your mobile device, including model, operating system, unique identifiers and mobile network data.
  • Usage data: information about how you use our application, including the features you use, the time you spend in the application and interactions performed.
  • Log and error data: through Firebase Crashlytics, we collect error and performance logs to improve application stability.

4. How We Use Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, maintain and improve our application and its functionalities.
  • Personalize your experience within the application.
  • Process and manage your groups and movie recommendations.
  • Send you notifications related to the application, if you have given your consent.
  • Analyze and understand how users use our application to improve it.
  • Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent or unauthorized activities.
  • Resolve technical problems and errors.
  • Comply with applicable legal obligations.

5. Third-Party Services and Data Processing

5.1 Firebase

We use various Firebase services (Google LLC) for the operation of our application:

  • Firebase Authentication: to manage user registration and login.
  • Firebase Firestore: to store and sync user, movie and group data.
  • Firebase Crashlytics: to collect information about application errors and crashes.

Information collected by Firebase is processed in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy and our agreements with Google.

5.2 TMDB API

We use The Movie Database (TMDB) API to obtain information about movies and series. Any interaction with this API is subject to TMDB's Privacy Policy.

6. Sharing Information

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

  • With service providers who help us operate, maintain and improve our application (such as Firebase).
  • When necessary to comply with applicable law, legal processes or government requests.
  • To protect the rights, property or safety of our application, our users or others.
  • In connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, acquisition or sale of assets.
  • With your consent or as directed by you.

7. Data Security

We implement technical, administrative and physical security measures designed to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse or alteration. These measures include:

  • Encryption of sensitive data.
  • Restricted access to personal data.
  • Regular monitoring and testing of our systems.
  • Implementation of industry-standard security protocols.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

When you delete your account, we delete your personal information from our systems and from Firebase, although we may retain certain information in anonymous or aggregated form for analytical purposes.

9. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights related to your personal data, which may include:

  • Access: right to request a copy of your personal data.
  • Rectification: right to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Deletion: right to request deletion of your personal data.
  • Restriction: right to request limitation of processing of your data.
  • Data portability: right to receive your data in a structured and transferable format.
  • Objection: right to object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances.

To exercise these rights, contact us through the means provided in the "Contact Us" section of this policy.

10. Children's Privacy

Our application is not directed to persons under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. If we discover that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 years of age, we will take steps to delete that information as soon as possible.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy in our application and updating the "Last updated" date at the beginning of this policy.

We recommend that you periodically review this policy to stay informed about how we protect your information.

12. Account and Data Deletion

When you request deletion of your account, we commit to:

  • Delete your user profile and all associated personal information from our systems.
  • Delete all your data stored in Firebase (Authentication and Firestore).
  • Unlink your movie preferences and group participation.

The deletion process is permanent and cannot be reversed. It may take up to 30 days for all data to be completely deleted from our systems and backups.

13. International Data Transfers

To provide our application, we may transfer, store and process your information in countries other than yours. We ensure that these transfers are made in accordance with applicable data protection laws and take steps to ensure that your personal data receives an adequate level of protection.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, contact us through:

15. Consent

By using our application, you accept the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use our application.