Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 27, 2025

Information We Collect

Thrifty Streamer is committed to protecting your privacy. We collect minimal information necessary to provide our streaming tracking service and community review features:

Personal Information
  • Account Information: Email address and encrypted password for account creation and login
  • Profile Data: Display preferences, settings, and account customizations
  • Communication Data: Support inquiries and feedback you provide
Usage Information
  • Streaming Data: TV shows in your watchlist, viewing progress, and subscription preferences
  • Service Data: Streaming services you track and their associated costs
  • Interaction Data: How you navigate and use application features
  • Device Information: Browser type, device type, and screen resolution for optimization
Community Review Data
  • Review Content: Text content, ratings, and feedback you submit about streaming services
  • Review Metadata: Timestamps of submission, editing, and publication
  • Trust Score Data: Community participation history and moderation records
  • IP Addresses: Logged for security, spam prevention, and abuse detection (retained for 90 days)
  • Voting Data: Your votes on other users' reviews (helpful/not helpful)
  • Moderation History: Records of warnings, content removals, and appeals
Anonymous Review Display

Your reviews are displayed anonymously to the public. Public viewers see only the review content, rating, and timestamp. Your name, email, and account details remain private. Only platform administrators and moderators can see your identity for moderation purposes.

How We Use Your Information

Primary Functions
  • Service Delivery: Provide core functionality for tracking shows and subscriptions
  • Personalization: Generate personalized recommendations and cost analysis
  • Progress Tracking: Maintain your viewing history and episode progress
  • Account Management: Enable login, data export/import, and account recovery
  • Community Features: Publish your reviews (anonymously), calculate trust scores, enable voting
Content Moderation & Safety
  • Automated Screening: Use AI filters to detect profanity, hate speech, spam, and policy violations
  • Manual Review: Human moderators review flagged content with full context
  • Abuse Prevention: IP address logging helps detect spam, ban evasion, and coordinated attacks
  • Trust Score Calculation: Track your contribution history to determine review publication workflow
  • Audit Logging: Security audit logs track important events (failed logins, rate limiting, etc.)
Improvement & Analytics
  • Service Enhancement: Analyze usage patterns to improve functionality
  • Bug Fixes: Identify and resolve technical issues
  • Feature Development: Develop new features based on user needs
  • Performance Optimization: Improve app speed and reliability

Third-Party Services

To provide our services effectively, we integrate with the following third-party providers:

Data & Content Providers
  • The Movie Database (TMDb):
    • Purpose: TV show information, metadata, posters, and episode details
    • Data Shared: Search queries and show IDs (no personal information)
    • Privacy Policy: TMDb Privacy Policy
Advertising & Analytics
  • Google AdSense:
    • Purpose: Display relevant advertisements to support free service
    • Data Used: Browsing behavior, device information, and demographics
    • Control: You can opt out via Google's Ads Settings

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Essential Cookies
  • Authentication: Keep you logged in securely
  • Preferences: Remember your settings and preferences
  • Security: Protect against unauthorized access
Analytics Cookies
  • Usage Analytics: Understand how features are used
  • Performance Monitoring: Track app performance and errors
  • A/B Testing: Test new features with user groups
Advertising Cookies

Google AdSense uses cookies to:

  • Serve personalized advertisements based on your interests
  • Measure ad performance and effectiveness
  • Prevent showing you the same ad repeatedly
  • Understand which ads lead to website visits or purchases
Managing Cookies

You can control cookies through:

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction:

  • Password Encryption: All passwords are encrypted using industry-standard hashing (bcrypt)
  • Secure Sessions: HTTPOnly, SameSite cookies prevent session hijacking
  • XSS Prevention: Content sanitization protects against cross-site scripting attacks
  • CSRF Protection: Tokens prevent cross-site request forgery attacks
  • Security Headers: Content Security Policy and other headers protect against common vulnerabilities
  • Audit Logging: Security events are logged for monitoring and incident response
  • Data Retention: Security audit logs retained for 90 days for investigation purposes

Data Retention

We retain your data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide services:

  • Account Data: Retained until you delete your account
  • Reviews: Retained indefinitely for community value (anonymized if account deleted)
  • Security Audit Logs: Automatically deleted after 90 days
  • IP Address Logs: Automatically deleted after 90 days
  • Moderation Records: Retained for 1 year for pattern detection and appeals

Your Rights (GDPR Compliance)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights:

  • Right to Access: Request a copy of your personal data
  • Right to Rectification: Correct inaccurate personal data
  • Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data
  • Right to Restrict Processing: Request limitation of data processing
  • Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a machine-readable format
  • Right to Object: Object to processing of your personal data
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time
Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of these rights:

  • Data Export: Use the "Export My Data" button in account settings
  • Account Deletion: Use the "Delete My Account" option in account settings
  • Review Deletion: Delete individual reviews from your profile
  • Other Requests: Email [email protected] with your request

We will respond to all requests within 30 days as required by GDPR.

Children's Privacy

Thrifty Streamer is not directed to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately at [email protected].

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside of your country where data protection laws may differ. By using Thrifty Streamer, you consent to the transfer of your information to our facilities and to the third parties with whom we share it.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Access and update your personal information
  • Delete your account and associated data
  • Opt out of non-essential communications

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: [email protected]

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.