Popcorn Panic Privacy Policy
In short
- Popcorn Panic keeps your information on your device and, for the features described under “What leaves your device”, on our server and with the services listed there.
- No tracking and no ads. Popcorn Panic doesn’t track you across other companies’ apps or websites and doesn’t show ads.
- No analytics or crash-reporting services are built in.
- No account: you don’t sign in, and we don’t know who you are.
Who we are
Popcorn Panic (“Popcorn Panic: Movie Night” on the App Store) is published by Marketgence Technologies LLC (“we”, “us”). This policy explains what happens to your information when you use Popcorn Panic on your iPhone or iPad. Questions: support@marketgence.com.
What stays on your device
Popcorn Panic keeps these on your device, in the app’s own storage that other apps can’t read:
- Your player name, avatar and colour.
- A random player ID created for this installation.
- Your spin history, stats and achievements.
- Your Watch Later list and movie collections.
- Settings such as sound and haptics.
Like other app data, it may be included in your device backups (iCloud Backup or a computer backup) if you use them.
What leaves your device
| What | Why | Sent to | When | Linked to you |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your display name in party rooms (a random fun name unless you change it) | To show who is in the room and who picked each movie | Our party backend; shown only to the other players in the same room | Only when you host or join a party room | Yes |
| A random player ID created for this installation, sent when you join; the server turns it into a per-room seat ID and doesn't store the ID itself or show it to other players | To keep your seat, picks and votes when you reconnect | Our party backend | Only when you host or join a party room | No |
| Party game data: your movie picks, votes, ready status, avatar and colour | To run the shared spin and show the room to everyone in it | Our party backend; shown to other players in the room | Only while you're in a party room | Yes |
| Movie search text | To find movies | The Movie Database (TMDB) | When you search, and only when the app uses TMDB's online movie data; otherwise search runs on the built-in movie list on your device | No |
We don’t sell your information, and it isn’t used for advertising.
Our server
For each party room, by room code: each player's display name, avatar and colour, a per-room seat ID, their movie picks, votes and ready status, the current round, the last 30 winners with the name of the player who picked each, win counts and streaks by name, and the IDs of players the host removed. Rooms are private: there is no public list, and names are shown only to players in the same room.
Where it runs: our party backend (a Cloudflare Worker with Durable Objects in Marketgence Technologies LLC's own Cloudflare account). How long it’s kept: Players who leave are dropped after about 2 minutes while someone is still in the room. The whole room, including names, history and win counts, is deleted automatically 24 hours after the last player leaves.
Services we use
These outside services receive data from Popcorn Panic to make it work. Each handles that data under its own privacy policy.
- Cloudflare (hosting our party backend)
- Runs our party rooms and invite pages on a Cloudflare Worker in Marketgence Technologies LLC's own account. Data may be processed wherever Cloudflare's network runs, including the United States. What it receives: Party room data (display name, avatar, colour, picks and votes, and a player ID the server turns into a per-room seat ID) plus normal request data such as your IP address, which is used only for per-minute rate limits and not stored. Only when you host or join a party room, check a room code or open an invite link. Room data as described in this policy. Our own logs hold event names and error types only; request logs are off. Privacy policy: cloudflare.com.
- The Movie Database (TMDB)
- Licensed source of movie information: search, trending lists, details, ratings, posters, cast and trailer lists. Credited in Settings with the TMDB logo and the notice that the app uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. What it receives: Your search text and the movies you open, plus normal request data such as your IP address; no player ID or name. Only when the app uses TMDB's online movie data; otherwise it uses its built-in movie list. Under TMDB's own policy. Privacy policy: themoviedb.org.
- YouTube (Google)
- Plays movie trailers inside the app with YouTube's privacy-enhanced player. What it receives: Normal request data such as your IP address and device information; YouTube may use cookies under Google's policy. Only when you open a trailer. Under Google's own policy. Privacy policy: policies.google.com.
Permissions
Popcorn Panic doesn’t ask for access to your camera, microphone, photos, location, contacts or other protected information.
Tracking, ads and analytics
Popcorn Panic doesn’t track you: it doesn’t link information about you with information from other companies’ apps, websites or data brokers, and it doesn’t use an advertising identifier.
Popcorn Panic doesn’t show ads.
It has no analytics or crash-reporting services. If you’ve chosen to share analytics with app developers in your iPhone’s settings, Apple may share crash reports with us; Apple doesn’t include your identity.
Accounts
There are no accounts in Popcorn Panic. You don’t sign in or give us your name or email address.
Purchases
Popcorn Panic has no in-app purchases.
Children
Popcorn Panic isn’t directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from them.
How long data is kept, and deleting it
Information on your device stays until you delete it. You can delete it in the app: Spin History ▸ Clear removes your spin history. There's no single control that erases everything; deleting the app removes all data stored on the device. Deleting Popcorn Panic removes the information it keeps in its own storage on your device; copies in your backups remain until you delete those.
On our server: Players who leave are dropped after about 2 minutes while someone is still in the room. The whole room, including names, history and win counts, is deleted automatically 24 hours after the last player leaves. Party room data can't be deleted from the app. The host can remove a player from the room. To have a room's saved data deleted, contact us with the room code.
Cloudflare (hosting our party backend): Room data as described in this policy. Our own logs hold event names and error types only; request logs are off.
The Movie Database (TMDB): Under TMDB's own policy.
YouTube (Google): Under Google's own policy.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example in the European Union, the United Kingdom or California), you may have the right to know what information we hold about you, to get a copy, to correct or delete it, and to object to how it’s used. To make a request or a complaint, email support@marketgence.com. You can also contact your local data-protection authority.
Changes to this policy
If we change how Popcorn Panic handles information, we’ll update this page and its effective date, and list the change below.
- : Party rooms now run on our own Cloudflare account instead of Rork's hosting. Every room is private and joined only by invite link or code; the Open rooms list is gone. A room's data is deleted automatically 24 hours after the last player leaves.
- : Named The Movie Database (TMDB) as the licensed source of the app's movie information and posters, with the TMDB logo and notice the app now shows in Settings.
- : First version on apps.marketgence.com. The app had no earlier privacy policy.
Contact
Marketgence Technologies LLC · support@marketgence.com