Legal Notice

Operator

Questions, takedown requests, or anything else: contact matthias.machold@gmx.at.

Data Protection

Movie Swiper is designed to work without accounts. The site collects only what is needed to make group swiping function:

• Nickname. The display name you type when you create or join a group. Visible to other members of your group.
• Session token. A random identifier stored both in our database and in a cookie called ms_session. The cookie lasts 48 hours and is used solely to keep you signed in to your group on the same device. It is not used for analytics or tracking.
• Group code, join time, last-seen time. Used to assemble the group and show who is currently active.
• Swipe decisions. For each movie shown to you, whether you picked like or pass, with a timestamp. This is the whole point of the app — your swipes are compared with your group's to find matches.

We do not collect your name, email address, IP address logs, or any third-party analytics. There are no advertising trackers.

Is swipe history personal data?

Possibly. Under the GDPR (Art. 4(1)), data is “personal” whenever it can be linked to an identifiable person. Because nicknames are user-chosen and may include real names or recognizable handles, the combination of nickname + swipe history could allow someone to be identified by people who already know them. We therefore treat this combination as potentially personal data. If you do not want your swipes to be associated with you in any way, pick a nickname that does not identify you.

Retention

Group data (members, swipes, matches) is kept for as long as the group exists. To have your data removed, send an email to the address above mentioning your group code and nickname.

Third parties

Movie metadata and poster images are loaded from The Movie Database (TMDB). When those assets load, your browser contacts TMDB directly; their privacy terms apply to that connection. Movie Swiper is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.