Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how ReelMasala ("we", "us") handles information when you visit reelsmasala.com (the "Site"). By using the Site you agree to this policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

1. Information we collect

• Information you give us. If you use our contact form or email us, we receive your name, email address and message. We use it only to reply and keep a record of the conversation.
• Technical data. Like every website, our hosting and security provider (Cloudflare) processes your IP address, browser type, device information, referring page and the pages you visit. This is needed to deliver, secure and protect the Site against abuse.
• Cookies and similar technologies. These are described below.

We do not offer user accounts, and we do not knowingly collect sensitive personal data.

2. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use the following:

• Strictly necessary: your theme (dark/light) and your cookie-consent choice, stored in your browser.
• Analytics (only with consent where required): Google Analytics, which helps us understand how visitors use the Site, such as popular pages and time on site. We use IP anonymization.
• Advertising (only with consent where required): cookies set by Google and our other advertising partners, used to serve, personalize, limit and measure ads.

You can change your choice at any time with the Cookie settings link in the footer, or by blocking or deleting cookies in your browser settings.

3. Advertising and Google AdSense

We may show ads served by Google AdSense and other third-party ad networks to keep the Site free.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies, including the DoubleClick cookie, enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also learn more at How Google uses information from sites that use its services.
• You can opt out of many third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices, and in the EU/UK at www.youronlinechoices.eu.

Other advertising partners. We may also work with Adsterra and Monetag. These networks and their demand partners may use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to collect device and browsing information for ad delivery, frequency capping, fraud prevention and measurement. Their own policies apply: Adsterra Privacy Policy and Monetag Privacy Policy. We do not control the cookies these third parties use.

Consent in the EEA, UK and Switzerland. Visitors in these regions are asked for consent before personalized ads or analytics cookies are used. We use Google Consent Mode, and where enabled, a Google-certified consent management platform that supports the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework. If you decline, you may still see non-personalized ads.

4. Google Analytics

Google Analytics collects information such as the pages you visit, the time you spend and your general location (city or country), using cookies. Google may process this data on servers outside your country. Learn more at How Google uses data from partner sites. You can opt out with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

5. Third-party content and links

Movie and TV data and images come from The Movie Database (TMDB). Trailers are embedded from YouTube and load only when you press play; YouTube's privacy policy then applies. Links to streaming services and other sites are governed by their own privacy policies.

6. How we use information

We use information to:

• operate, secure and improve the Site;
• answer your messages;
• measure traffic;
• show ads that keep the Site free;
• comply with the law.

We do not sell your personal information for money.

7. Your rights (GDPR / UK GDPR)

If you are in the EEA, UK or Switzerland, you have the right to:

• access, correct or delete your personal data;
• restrict or object to its processing;
• data portability;
• withdraw consent at any time.

Our legal bases are consent (analytics and advertising cookies), legitimate interests (security and basic operation) and contract or steps you request (replying to messages). You may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

8. Your rights (California, CCPA/CPRA, and other US states)

California and other US state residents may request to know, delete or correct personal information, and may opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. To opt out, use Cookie settings to reject advertising cookies, use the opt-out links above, or enable Global Privacy Control in your browser. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

9. Children's privacy (COPPA)

The Site is a general-audience site and is not directed to children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA/UK). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

10. Data retention and security

We keep contact messages only as long as needed to handle your request. Hosting logs are kept by our providers for limited periods. We use HTTPS and reasonable safeguards, but no method of transmission is 100% secure.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date above shows when it last changed.

12. Contact

Questions or requests about privacy: hello@reelsmasala.com, or use our contact page.