Seentinel privacy policy

Seentinel is developed by Menno Menninga (MenNow-IT), based in the Netherlands. This policy explains what the app does with your data. It applies to the app only, not to this website.

What the app collects

App activity (stored locally)

Your watchlist and viewing progress are stored in a database on your device. They are never uploaded.

Search terms (sent to your metadata provider)

What you search for is sent to whichever metadata provider you selected in the settings, so it can return results. Nothing about your own list goes with it.

Device and advertising identifiers (for the ads)

To show ads, the Google AdMob SDK reads your advertising ID along with technical details about your device, such as model, Android version and an approximate location derived from your IP address. This happens inside the ad SDK; we never receive this data ourselves. It gets nothing about your watchlist, your progress or what you search for. Within the EU you are asked first whether ads may be personalised; you change that answer under Ad preferences in the app, and you can reset or delete your advertising ID in the Android settings.

Third parties

TheTVDB

One of the two metadata providers you can choose between in the settings. Supplies series and film details plus artwork. See their privacy policy.

The Movie Database (TMDB)

The other metadata provider you can choose. Supplies details, artwork, ratings and where a title can be watched. See their privacy policy.

Trakt

Optional, and only if you sign in yourself: the app then reads your existing watch history from Trakt so you do not have to start from scratch. Traffic goes one way, the app never writes anything back to Trakt. See their privacy policy.

Google AdMob

Selects and shows the ads in the app and measures whether they were displayed. Receives your advertising ID, IP address and device details; it does not receive your watchlist, your progress or your searches. In the European Economic Area the app asks for your consent before any personalised advertising is loaded. See their privacy policy.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you may request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal data we hold about you. Data that never leaves your device is outside our reach: uninstalling the app removes it. For anything else, write to info-seentinel@mennow-it.nl and you will hear back within thirty days.

Children

The app is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes

When this policy changes, the date at the top of this page changes with it. Material changes are announced in the app's release notes.

Contact

Menno Menninga, MenNow-IT, the Netherlands · info-seentinel@mennow-it.nl