tvshowly Privacy Policy

Personal Information

If you choose to create or use an account, we may collect and store limited account information such as:

• Email addresses
• Authentication provider information, such as Apple or Google
• Basic profile fields such as a display name and, if you choose to upload one, a profile photo

You can still play the games without creating an account.

Gameplay Data

When you play while signed in, tvshowly stores your game history in Supabase, linked to your account. This includes:

• The game and puzzle date, your attempts, and your guesses
• Your progress and results, including solved or revealed games
• Start and completion times and elapsed time

We use these records to resume your games and calculate your results and streaks when you sign in on another device.

If you play without signing in, game progress is saved locally in that browser or mobile app. Your guesses and current progress are sent to our server to run the game, but are not saved as account history. Local guest progress may remain until you clear the browser's site data or remove the app's local data.

On the website, after signing in, you can choose to import this browser's older or guest history into your account. Imported history is stored separately as unverified history and does not count toward your new synced results or streaks. Importing does not remove the original history from your browser. Mobile guest progress does not automatically become signed-in history.

Saved Shows and Personal Features

If you sign in, tvshowly stores the shows you save and lightweight status selections such as Watching, Interested, or Caught Up.

This information is used to power My Shows, Tonight suggestions, account pages, Connections-related features, and related product features.

If you choose to provide them, tvshowly may also store your selected streaming services and networks so we can tailor recommendations, highlight shows that may not be included in your current subscriptions, and improve features like Tonight, My Shows, and related discovery tools. This information is optional and can be updated or removed at any time.

tvshowly is intentionally lightweight and does not currently support episode-by-episode tracking, messaging, or social feeds.

Profile Photos

If you choose a profile photo in the mobile app, the app prepares a smaller copy on your device before uploading it to tvshowly. The stored photo has a public image URL and may appear to your accepted Connections. Anyone with that direct URL may be able to view the photo, so choose one you are comfortable sharing. You can replace or remove it in Account settings.

Connections, Notifications, and In-App Sharing

If you choose to use Connections, tvshowly may store invite and connection relationship data, in-app notifications, and records of shows shared to one of your accepted connections.

This information is used to support optional product features such as accepted connections, connection invites, notification history, social recommendation surfaces, Watching With, and in-app show sharing.

Accepted connections may see limited in-app signals derived from your saved-show states, such as aggregated recommendations or lightweight labels indicating that a connection is watching, has saved, or is caught up on a show. These features are intended to stay inside tvshowly and are not public profiles or public feeds. The notifications described here are an in-app inbox; the current apps do not register a device for push notifications.

Authentication

tvshowly uses Supabase Authentication for email magic links and optional Apple or Google sign-in.

When you sign in, authentication and session data may be handled by Supabase as part of securely providing account access.

iPhone Widgets

If you add a tvshowly widget, the app may save a recent Tonight recommendation, its poster, or a This Week in TV headline in on-device widget storage so iOS can display it without opening the app. The Tonight widget can reveal a show from your saved list to anyone who can see your device screen. The app clears its personal widget snapshot when you sign out; you can also remove a widget from your device at any time.

Analytics

tvshowly uses Vercel Analytics to understand aggregate site traffic and basic performance information.

In the iOS and Android apps, we also record limited first-party usage for signed-in accounts: whether you opened the app, saved a show, used a Tonight action, or opened a weekly edition on a given UTC day, and whether you used iOS or Android. These daily records are linked to your account so we can count return visits without counting the same person twice across devices. They do not include show titles, search text, article URLs, exact event times, IP addresses, advertising identifiers, or device identifiers.

We use this information to improve tvshowly, not for advertising or cross-site tracking. Usage reports show aggregate counts. Records outside the most recent 90 UTC days are removed in batches as usage is recorded or reported. Cleanup can continue across subsequent requests after a period of inactivity. Deleting your account also deletes its usage records. This app usage measurement does not use a third-party analytics SDK.

• This helps us understand overall usage trends and site health
• We do not use this for advertising, behavioral profiling, or cross-site tracking

We may review basic technical logs (e.g., server errors) to ensure the site is functioning properly.

Cookies and Device Storage

tvshowly uses browser cookies and device storage to make the website and apps work. This may include:

• local storage or similar browser storage to remember daily game progress, streaks, and related game state on your device
• authentication/session cookies or similar session mechanisms to keep signed-in users logged in and enable features like My Shows, Tonight, and account pages
• secure storage in the mobile apps for sign-in sessions and local guest-game progress

We do not use this storage for:

• advertising
• cross-site tracking
• building advertising profiles

You can clear browser storage or cookies at any time in your browser settings, though doing so may reset saved game state or sign you out. Removing an app's local data can likewise remove guest progress or sign you out of that app.

Retention and Service Providers

Account information and saved-show, connection, notification, and synced-game records are kept while your account is active and removed through the account-deletion process. Limited technical logs may be retained for service operation and security. Supabase provides authentication, database, and image storage; Vercel hosts the website and API. Apple, Google, and email providers process sign-in information when you use those methods.

Deleting Your Account

To delete your account on the website, sign in and open Account & Settings, scroll to Delete account, and type DELETE to confirm. You may be asked to sign in again to verify that it is you.

In either mobile app, open Account and choose Delete your account. The app also requires you to confirm the deletion.

Deletion removes your account, profile, saved shows, preferences, connections, in-app notifications and shares, synced and imported game history, and first-party mobile usage records. Uploaded-photo cleanup may continue after the account is removed; the deletion result will tell you if it is still in progress. This cannot be undone. Guest history stored in a browser or app is not automatically deleted with the account; clear that device's site or app data to remove it.

See account deletion instructions.

Sharing Features

tvshowly allows users to share results, public show pages, and show recommendations to accepted connections inside the app. These sharing features:

• Are initiated by the user
• Do not automatically post content anywhere
• May create a public link to a show page when you choose to share one externally
• May create an in-app notification when you share a show with an accepted connection

Third-Party Data Sources

tvshowly uses external entertainment data providers, including TMDB and TVmaze, to support search, metadata, and scheduling-related product features.

Children’s Privacy

tvshowly is a general-audience game and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to This Policy

As tvshowly evolves, we may update this Privacy Policy to reflect new features or capabilities. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:

hello@tvshowly.com