Privacy Policy

Cliffhangr is a diary for the shows you watch. Diaries are private things, and we built the app accordingly: in this first version of Cliffhangr, your data lives on your device, we run no ads, and we sell nothing to anyone. This policy explains, in plain language, what little we handle and how.

1. What the app stores

Everything you create in Cliffhangr v1 is stored locally on your iPhone:

• Your diary and logs — the shows you mark as watched, and when.
• Ratings and reviews — your half-star ratings (0.5–5) and review text.
• Lists and watchlists — anything you rank, collect, or plan to watch.
• Profile details — a display name and avatar color, if you set them.

None of this leaves your device unless you explicitly share it (for example, by exporting a list or using the iOS share sheet). If you delete the app, this data is deleted with it. We recommend backing up via your normal device backup if your diary matters to you — we cannot recover it for you, because we never had it.

2. What we don't collect

• No account is required in v1, so we hold no emails, passwords, or profiles on a server.
• No advertising identifiers, ad networks, or ad tracking of any kind.
• No sale, rental, or sharing of personal data with data brokers — ever.
• No reading of your activity on other apps or platforms. Cliffhangr catalogs shows; it does not connect to ReelShort, DramaBox, ShortMax, GoodShort, FlexTV, or any other service.

3. The website

This website is a set of static pages. It has no login, no comment forms, no analytics scripts, and no third-party embeds. It does not set cookies. Our hosting provider may keep standard, short-lived server logs (IP address, requested page, browser type) for security and capacity purposes, as virtually all web hosts do.

4. Community content shown in the app and on this site

The community ratings and reviews displayed today are illustrative sample content bundled with the catalog. When social features ship (following friends, shared activity feeds), anything you choose to publish — reviews, ratings, lists marked public — will be visible to other users, and we will update this policy before that release with details on accounts, storage, and deletion.

5. Diagnostics

If the app crashes, Apple may offer us anonymized crash reports through standard App Store mechanisms, but only if you have opted in to sharing analytics with app developers in your iOS settings. These reports contain no diary content.

6. Children

Cliffhangr is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. Micro-drama plotlines about secret billionaire husbands are, frankly, not for kids anyway.

7. Changes to this policy

If we change how Cliffhangr handles data — for instance, when optional accounts and sync arrive — we will update this page, change the effective date above, and call out material changes in the app before they take effect.

8. Contact

Questions, concerns, or data requests: hello@cliffhangr.app. We read everything, usually between episodes.