Popkorner

Privacy Policy

Effective date: September 10, 2026

Popkorner ("we", "us", or "our") is an app for discovering and tracking movies and television series. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This policy explains what we collect, why, and how you can control it.

1. Data We Collect

Data Type What Why
Account info Email address, display name Create and manage your account
Sign in with Apple Apple-provided identity token Authenticate without a password
Profile photo An image you optionally upload Personalize your profile
Reviews, ratings & reactions Your Pop/Top/Flop verdicts, emotion and custom reactions, spoiler flags, and short text reviews for movies and series Save and share your opinions
Library & season progress Movies and series you mark as "to watch" or "watched" and, for a series, the highest released season you say you have completed Track what you have watched, what is next, and future seasons
Search input Titles, actor or creator names, and other terms you enter in Search Return matching movies, series, and people
Cinema Weather location Your current device location, which may be precise or approximate depending on your iOS settings, after you grant permission Request a local forecast from Apple Weather and show Cinema Weather
AI feature input Natural-language descriptions you submit to AI-powered search, questions you ask about a movie or series, and custom reaction text Return movie or series suggestions and answers, suggest an emoji for a custom reaction, and check custom reaction text for prohibited content
Device motion Accelerometer and gyroscope data (processed on-device only) Interactive 3D card effects; never transmitted to any server
Subscription information Subscription status, product, purchase and expiration dates, and a random account identifier Provide and restore Popkorner Premiere access, prevent fraud, and understand subscription performance
Usage & diagnostics Which screens you open, actions you take (such as tapping a verdict or reaction), performance timings, crash and error reports, your IP address, and your approximate location (country and city) Understand how the app is used, fix bugs, improve performance, see which countries the app is used in, and investigate abuse or security problems

Cinema Weather asks iOS for your current location only when it needs a local forecast and you have granted location access while using the app. iOS may provide a precise or approximate location depending on your settings. The location is sent to Apple Weather to retrieve the forecast, cached temporarily in the app's memory, and not saved to Popkorner's database or used to create a location history. You can deny or change location access in iOS Settings; the rest of the app remains available.

Separately, our analytics provider works out an approximate country and city from your internet connection. This does not use your device's location services.

2. Data We Do NOT Collect

3. How We Collect Data

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following services to operate the app:

We do not use any advertising or ad-targeting third-party services.

5. Links to Other Sites

The app may contain links to external websites (such as TMDB movie or series pages and streaming services). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies independently.

6. How We Use Your Data

We use your data solely to provide and improve the Popkorner app:

We do not use your data for advertising or to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

We process your current location with your consent when you enable Cinema Weather. You can withdraw that consent at any time in iOS Settings. We process AI feature input to provide the search, question, or reaction feature you request. Our legal basis for moderating custom reaction labels is our legitimate interest in keeping user-generated content safe.

Our legal basis for analytics and crash reporting is our legitimate interest in maintaining and improving the app. You can turn off analytics at any time in Settings, under Privacy.

Turning off usage analytics in Popkorner disables optional usage and diagnostics analytics. It does not disable the subscription records required to validate purchases and provide Premiere access.

7. Data Storage & Security

Your data is stored in Supabase's cloud infrastructure with the following protections:

International Data Transfers

Datadog processes analytics and diagnostics data in the United States. OpenAI may process AI feature input outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States. Where required, these transfers use recognized safeguards. Datadog is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and also relies on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. OpenAI's Data Processing Addendum uses adequacy decisions or Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of European Economic Area data. OpenAI Data Processing Addendum.

8. Data Retention

We retain your data for as long as your account is active. When you delete your account, we permanently and irreversibly delete the following from the app, immediately:

Popkorner does not persist the text of your ordinary or AI-powered search queries or movie and series questions in its database. Our AI feature usage logs store only your random account identifier, the time of the request, and token usage for rate limiting and abuse prevention. A custom reaction label that you confirm is stored as part of your review. Deleting your account also deletes these usage logs and confirmed custom reactions from Popkorner.

OpenAI states that API data is not used to train its models unless the API customer opts in, and that API inputs and outputs may be retained in abuse-monitoring logs for up to 30 days unless longer retention is required for safety or legal reasons. See OpenAI's API Data Controls. Apple handles location used for weather forecasts under Apple Weather & Privacy.

Analytics and diagnostics data held by Datadog is keyed to your random account identifier — not your email or name — and is retained for a limited period in line with Datadog’s retention policy. Deleting your account removes your data from the app immediately; you can also stop new analytics collection at any time from Settings.

9. Your Rights

You have the right to:

If you are located in the European Economic Area, you also have the right to request portability of your data and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. In France, the relevant authority is the CNIL (cnil.fr). If you are unsatisfied with how we handle your data or a data request, please contact us first at privacy@popkorner.app so we can try to resolve it directly.

For data requests beyond what the app provides, contact us at privacy@popkorner.app.

10. Children's Privacy

Popkorner is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum digital age of consent in your country, if higher). We do not knowingly collect personal information from such children. If we learn we have collected data from a child under the applicable age minimum, we will delete it promptly. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by updating the "Effective date" above. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, contact us at:

privacy@popkorner.app