Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2025

1. Introduction

Worth Your Time ("we", "our", or "us") operates an AI-powered movie recommendation service. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our service.

2. Information We Collect

Account Information

When you create an account, we collect information through our authentication provider, Clerk. This includes your email address, name, and profile picture if you choose to provide one.

Movie Preferences

To provide personalised recommendations, we collect your movie preferences including:

  • Favourite movies and genres
  • Streaming services you have access to
  • Content preferences (e.g., language, ratings)
  • Movies you've watched and your ratings
  • Your watchlist

Usage Data

We collect analytics data through PostHog to understand how you use our service. This includes pages visited, features used, and general interaction patterns. This data helps us improve the service.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Generate personalised movie recommendations using AI
  • Provide verdicts on whether specific movies match your taste
  • Remember your preferences and watch history
  • Improve our recommendation algorithms
  • Communicate service updates when necessary

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services to operate our platform:

Clerk (Authentication)

Handles user authentication and account management.View Clerk's Privacy Policy

OpenRouter / Google Gemini (AI)

Your movie preferences and queries are sent to OpenRouter's API, which uses Google's Gemini model to generate recommendations. Your data is processed according to their privacy policies. We do not use your data to train AI models.View OpenRouter's Privacy Policy

TMDB (Movie Database)

We use The Movie Database (TMDB) API to fetch movie information, posters, and metadata.View TMDB's Privacy Policy

PostHog (Analytics)

Provides analytics to help us understand usage patterns and improve the service.View PostHog's Privacy Policy

5. Data Retention

We retain your data as follows:

  • Account and preferences: Until you delete your account
  • Recommendation cache: Automatically cleared periodically
  • Movie poster cache: Up to 30 days in your browser

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

  • Access: Request a copy of your personal data
  • Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data
  • Deletion: Request deletion of your data
  • Portability: Request your data in a portable format
  • Objection: Object to certain processing of your data

Self-Service Data Management

You can manage your data directly from your account:

  • Reset Data: Clear all your preferences, watch history, and cached data while keeping your account. Go to Settings → Account → Reset Data.
  • Delete Account: Permanently delete your account and all associated data. Go to Settings → Account → Delete Account. This action is immediate and cannot be undone.

For any other data requests, contact us at worthyourtime@bhekani.com

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your data. All connections use HTTPS encryption. Authentication is handled by Clerk, an industry-standard authentication provider. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

8. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for users under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us.

9. International Transfers

Your data may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own, including the United States, where our service providers operate. These countries may have different data protection laws than your country.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: worthyourtime@bhekani.com