Privacy & Cookie Policy for moviecanon.com

Last Updated: August 24, 2025

Welcome to Movie Canon. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, moviecanon.com. Please read this policy carefully.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

A. Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address, which you voluntarily give to us when you leave a comment on the site. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind; however, your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Site, such as commenting.

B. Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

C. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and other tracking technologies to help customize the Site and improve your experience. A "cookie" is a string of information that assigns you a unique identifier that we store on your computer. Your browser then provides that unique identifier to use each time you submit a query to the Site.

• Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior. Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
• Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the proper functioning of the site, such as for our comment system and voting features.
• Affiliate Link Cookies: When you click on an affiliate link (e.g., to Amazon), a cookie may be placed on your browser to track the referral for commission purposes.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

• Administer and protect our website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance).
• Deliver and manage the comment system.
• Use data analytics to improve our website, content, and user experiences.
• Monitor site traffic and analyze trends to understand what content is popular.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We do not share, sell, rent, or trade your personal information with third parties for their commercial purposes. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:

• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, hosting services, and comment moderation (e.g., Sanity.io for our database).
• Affiliate Programs: We are a participant in affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to affiliated sites. When you click on these links, you are taken to a third-party website.

4. Your Privacy Rights (U.S. Residents)

Laws in some states, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), provide residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your rights and explains how to exercise them.

• Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months.
• Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

5. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: privacy@moviecanon.com