Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

ReWatch ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Comprehensive Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of your personal data when you visit our website, use our platform, or interact with our services (collectively, the "Services"). By using the Services, you acknowledge the data practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We subscribe to the principle of data minimization and only collect information strictly necessary for the provision and optimization of the Services.

• Voluntarily Provided Information: If you register for an account, we collect your chosen username, a valid email address, and a cryptographically hashed password.
• Service Usage Data: For registered users, we sync your watch history, bookmarks, and interface preferences to enable seamless cross-device experiences.
• Automated Telemetry & Logs: We may automatically collect technical data such as IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, referring URLs, access times, and crash reports to ensure platform security and stability.
• Local Client-Side Storage: For guest (unregistered) users, watch history and preferences are stored exclusively on your local device via HTML5 Local Storage and do not transmit to our servers.

3. How We Use Your Information

We utilize the collected data under lawful bases (including contract fulfillment, legitimate interest, and consent) for the following purposes:

• To provide, operate, and maintain the Platform.
• To authenticate users and secure accounts against unauthorized access.
• To synchronize user state, watch progress, and saved items across devices.
• To identify, investigate, and prevent fraudulent activity, abuse, or security breaches.
• To analyze aggregated, anonymized metrics to improve platform performance and user experience.

4. Information Sharing and Disclosure

ReWatch does not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to data brokers, advertisers, or other third parties. We may only disclose your information under the following stringent circumstances:

• Legal Compliance: If reasonably necessary to comply with a valid legal process (e.g., subpoenas, court orders), applicable law, or governmental requests.
• Protection of Rights: To enforce our Terms of Service, protect the security or integrity of our Platform, or protect the rights, property, or safety of ReWatch, its users, or the public.
• Service Providers: We may share data with trusted infrastructure providers (e.g., cloud hosting, database providers) who act as data processors and are strictly bound by confidentiality agreements.

4.1 International Data Transfers

Personal information may be processed or stored in jurisdictions outside the user's country of residence where our service providers operate. We take reasonable measures to ensure appropriate protection of personal information.

4.2 Business Transfers

In connection with a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, asset sale, or similar transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of the transaction subject to applicable law.

5. Third-Party Interactions

Because ReWatch operates as a search index, you will interact with third-party video hosts and external services. When an external media player is embedded or linked, that third-party service may collect your IP address, deploy their own cookies, and employ tracking mechanisms. ReWatch has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the privacy practices of any third-party services. We strongly advise you to review their respective privacy policies.

6. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We utilize essential cookies and HTML5 Local Storage primarily to manage authentication sessions and store UI preferences (such as dark mode). We do not deploy intrusive tracking cookies or cross-site tracking pixels. You retain full control to clear cookies or local storage via your browser settings at any time, though doing so will log you out and reset your local preferences.

7. Data Security & Retention

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal data, including TLS/SSL encryption for data in transit and cryptographic hashing for passwords at rest. No method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure. While we employ commercially reasonable safeguards, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7.1 Data Retention Periods

• Account information: retained while account remains active.
• Security logs: retained up to 180 days unless longer retention is required by law.
• Support communications: retained as reasonably necessary to resolve inquiries and comply with legal obligations.

8. Your Privacy Rights (DPDP Act)

In compliance with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), you possess comprehensive rights regarding your personal data. You have the right to:

• Rights available under applicable law, including access, correction, updating, and erasure of personal data.

Users can execute account deletion directly from their account settings. To exercise these rights, or for any privacy-related requests, please contact us at privacy@rewatch.space. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

9. Children's Privacy

Users must meet the minimum age required under applicable law in their jurisdiction to use the Services. Where parental consent is required by applicable law, such consent must be obtained before using the Services. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected data from a minor without verified parental consent, we will take immediate steps to securely delete that information.

10. Policy Modifications

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. Significant changes will be communicated via prominent notices on the Platform. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of an updated policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.