Privacy Policy

Updated June 2026

This policy explains what The Red Thread (“we”, “the app”), operated by Rachel Forbes, collects, why, and your choices. We keep it minimal: we only collect what the app needs to work.

What we collect

Account info: your email address (and, if you use social sign-in, the basic identifier that provider returns), and the username you choose.
Content you create: ratings, reviews, watchlist entries, release reminders, content-warning votes, tags, problem reports, titles you suggest to friends (with any note you add), and feedback you send us.
Your connections: the people you follow and the people who follow you.
Your preferences: your region, streaming services, favorite genres, and notification settings.
Device & technical data: a push-notification token (only if you enable notifications), authentication tokens, and basic error logs.

We do not collect your contacts, precise location, or advertising identifiers.

How we use it

To provide your account, sync your ratings and watchlist across your devices, power community and social features (following, the activity board, suggestions, and reviews), keep the catalog and content warnings accurate, send the notifications you’ve turned on, and fix bugs. We do not sell your personal data, and we do not use it for third-party advertising.

What others can see

The Red Thread is social, so some of what you do is visible to others:

Your username and profile are visible to other users.
People you’ve approved to follow you can see your reviews, your ratings, the titles you’ve watched or want to watch, and your recent activity.
A title you suggest to a friend, and any note you include, is sent to that friend.

You control your audience: follow requests need your approval, you can unfollow or remove a follower, you can block someone to stop them interacting with you, and you can delete any review you’ve written.

Service providers

Your account and content are stored with our hosting provider (Supabase). Push notifications are delivered through Expo and the Apple and Google push services. Account and support emails are sent through Brevo. Catalog and availability data come from third-party sources (Movie of the Night, TVmaze, Wikidata); those services receive catalog identifiers, never your personal data.

Your choices

You can edit or remove your ratings, reviews, watchlist, tags, votes, reminders, and suggestions at any time in the app, and manage who can follow you (approve, unfollow, remove, or block). You can turn each type of notification on or off in Profile → Notifications. You can permanently delete your account and all associated data from Profile → Delete account. Deletion is immediate and irreversible.

Security

Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Your sign-in session is stored encrypted on your device, passwords are hashed (we never see them), and access to your data is restricted to your own account. If a data breach ever affects your information, we will notify affected users and the relevant authorities as required by law.

Children

The Red Thread is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

Contact

Questions or requests? Email support.theredthread@gmail.com (or use the Send Feedback option in the app), and we’ll follow up.