Privacy Policy

This policy explains what personal data The Bit You Missed (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, why we collect it, and the choices you have. We are the data controller for the information described here. If you have any questions, reach us at theBitYouMissed@outlook.com.

Information we collect

Information you give us

• Account details — you sign in with Google or Apple. If you sign in with Google, we receive your email address from Google and keep nothing else from your Google account. If you sign in with Apple, we receive your email address (or, if you choose Hide My Email, a relay address Apple makes for us) and an identifier Apple gives your Apple ID for this app. We do not ask Google or Apple for your name, your photo or your contacts.
• What you tell the app about a showing — the film you pick and roughly how far into it you are. This stays on your device: it is what the app needs to decide where a recap should stop, and it is not sent to us or stored on our servers.

Information collected automatically

• Technical data — IP address, browser and device type, and similar information gathered through cookies and analytics.
• Usage data — how you interact with the app, which helps us fix bugs and improve the experience.

Payment information

Subscriptions are bought inside the app, through the Apple App Store or Google Play, and the store takes the payment. Your card details go to the store and never reach us. From the store we receive only what we need to manage your access, such as the subscription's status and renewal date.

How we use your information

• To provide and maintain the app.
• To create and secure your account and manage your subscription.
• To monitor performance, diagnose errors, and prevent abuse.
• To understand how the app is used so we can improve it.

Legal bases for processing

Under UK data protection law we rely on the following legal bases:

• Contract — to run your account and provide the service you sign up for.
• Legitimate interests — to keep the app secure, prevent abuse, and improve it.
• Consent — for anything non-essential, which you can withdraw at any time.
• Legal obligation — where we must retain information to comply with the law.

Cookies and analytics

Two things, and no advertising trackers at all:

• Essential cookies — keep you signed in and the app functioning. These cannot be turned off.
• Analytics — Vercel Analytics gives us aggregate usage counts. It sets no cookie and does not follow you between sites.

There is no advertising pixel on this site, and no third party is told which films you look at.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell your personal data. We share it only with service providers who help us operate the app, and only as needed to perform their service:

• Supabase — database and authentication.
• Apple and Google — in-app subscriptions, if you buy one.
• Vercel — hosting and analytics.
• Google — sign-in, if you choose to use it.
• Apple — sign-in, if you choose to use it.

We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect the rights, safety, and property of our users or of The Bit You Missed.

International transfers

Some of our providers process data outside the UK. Where that happens, we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or equivalent contractual protections, to keep your data protected.

Data retention

We keep your personal data for as long as your account is active. You can delete your account yourself at any time: in the app, open Settings, then Account; on the website, go to your Account page. We delete your account record and every session at once. We keep one thing after that: a one-way fingerprint of your email address (and of your Apple ID's identifier, if you signed in with Apple) and the date your free month began, so that signing in again with the same Google account or Apple ID does not start a second free month. The fingerprint holds no address, and we can only match it when that address or Apple ID signs in again. Rate-limit records that name your email expire within an hour, and we clear them out within a week. Apple and Google keep their own records of a store purchase, under their own privacy policies. Deleting your account does not cancel a store subscription; cancel that in the store.

Your rights

Subject to UK data protection law, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Ask us to correct inaccurate data.
• Ask us to delete your data.
• Object to or restrict certain processing.
• Receive a copy of your data in a portable format.
• Withdraw consent where we rely on it.

To exercise any of these rights, email theBitYouMissed@outlook.com. You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your data, including encrypted connections and hashed passwords. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date above, and for significant changes we will provide a more prominent notice.