1. Who this policy covers
This draft policy describes how [Company/operator name] plans to collect, use, and protect information for Faro, an iOS app that helps people choose films based on taste, mood, and trusted people.
Launch date: [app launch date]. Website domain: tryfaro.app. Contact: [contact email].
2. Information Faro may collect
Account information
Faro may collect information needed to create and operate an account, such as name, email address, sign-in provider identifiers, account settings, and support messages.
Film taste information
Faro may store film ratings, rankings, saves, passes, picks, watch state, lists, onboarding answers, mood choices, and other actions you take in the app.
Recommendation and Taste Match information
Faro may create recommendation history, ranked taste profile data, Taste Match signals, compatibility summaries, explanation data, and signals used by Help Me Choose and Watch Together.
Close Circle interactions
If you use Close Circle features, Faro may store invitations, accepted relationships, shared taste signals, group decision context, and interactions needed to make private recommendations work.
Technical and device information
Where applicable, Faro may collect technical data such as device type, operating system, app version, crash logs, performance diagnostics, authentication events, and basic security logs.
3. How Faro may use information
- To create, authenticate, and maintain your account.
- To build and update your ranked taste profile.
- To provide Help Me Choose, Watch Together, Taste Matches, Close Circle, saved films, lists, and recommendation explanations.
- To sync your data across devices where account sync is enabled.
- To respond to support requests and data deletion requests.
- To detect bugs, protect the service, and improve app reliability.
- To comply with legal obligations and App Store requirements.
4. Third-party services
Faro may rely on third-party services to operate the app. The exact production list should be completed before launch: [third-party services].
- TMDB may be used for film metadata, posters, images, trailers, credits, genres, and related catalog information. Faro is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
- Apple may process information through App Store distribution, TestFlight, Sign in with Apple, device services, purchase handling, or crash diagnostics where enabled.
- Firebase, Supabase, or a similar provider may be used for authentication, database sync, storage, analytics, crash reporting, or operational logs if included in the production app.
- Email, help desk, or bug reporting providers may process information you send in support requests.
5. Website privacy
This static launch website does not add analytics, cookies, advertising trackers, or a backend. Hosting providers may still process ordinary server logs such as IP address, request path, browser type, and timestamp to deliver and secure the site.
6. What Faro does not do
- Faro does not sell personal data.
- Faro is not designed around public follower counts, public likes, or leaderboards.
- Faro does not use this website to track visitors with cookies or analytics scripts.
7. Sharing and Close Circle
Close Circle is intended for private, trusted interactions. People you connect with may see limited information needed for taste matching, shared picks, or Watch Together recommendations, depending on the feature and your settings.
Before launch, the final policy should describe exactly what Close Circle members can see, what remains private, and how relationship removal affects shared data.
8. Deletion and retention
You may request account or data deletion by contacting [contact email]. The final deletion process should be documented here: [data deletion process].
Some information may be retained for a limited period where needed for security, backups, legal compliance, dispute handling, or App Store records. The final retention periods should be confirmed before launch.
9. Children
Faro is not intended for children under 13. If the final launch targets a different age rating or jurisdiction-specific standard, this section should be updated before publication.
10. Security
Faro should use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards appropriate for a consumer iOS app. No method of storage or transmission is perfectly secure, so the final production controls should be reviewed before launch.
11. International use
Depending on where you live and where Faro's providers operate, information may be processed in countries other than your own. The final policy should identify the operator's jurisdiction and any region-specific rights that apply.
12. Changes and contact
Faro may update this policy as the app, providers, or legal requirements change. Material changes should be posted on this page with an updated date.
Questions or requests: [contact email].