Be the CriticPrivacy Policy
Be the Critic is made by American Made Games. We built it to collect as little as possible: only what the app needs to share your ratings with your club. We don't sell data, show ads, or track you across other apps or websites.
What never reaches us
Your Ticket Stubs (your personal list of ratings) and any pass-the-phone groups are stored on your phone. If you use iCloud, they're also stored in your own iCloud account so they come back on a new phone; we can't access it. You can also save a backup file from Settings › Backup, which stays wherever you put it. We never receive any of it.
If you only use the app on your own (Solo mode), nothing you do in it reaches us.
What we store for online clubs
| Data | Why | Who can see it |
|---|---|---|
| The display name you choose | Shows who gave each rating | Members of your clubs |
| Clubs you create or join, their names, and the movies added to them | Lets your club share a list of movies | Members of that club |
| Your ratings, and who picked each movie | Calculates scores, standings and recaps | Members of that club |
| A random ID created by the app for you (each person sharing an Apple account gets their own) | Keeps your ratings tied to you without an account | No one; it isn't shown in the app |
We don't ask for your email, phone number, real name, contacts, location or photos. There's no chat or messaging in the app, and it doesn't send notifications. Club names never appear on our web pages; an invite page shows only the invite code.
Share cards
Share cards are images the app makes on your phone. Nothing is shared until you choose to share it. Club names are left off unless you turn on "Show club name" for that card.
What we don't keep
- Our web server doesn't keep visitor logs.
- The app's server keeps short technical logs, which include IP addresses, for up to 3 days to fix problems. Then they're deleted.
- We don't use analytics, advertising or crash-reporting services. Apple may give us anonymous, aggregated statistics about installs and crashes if you've chosen to share them with app developers in your iPhone settings.
How long we keep it
- Club data stays until you delete it, or until the club has had no activity for 12 months. Then the club and everything in it is deleted automatically.
- Server backups are kept for 14 days, so deleted data disappears from backups within 14 days.
Deleting your data
In the app, go to Settings › Delete my data. This removes your display name and ratings from every club and deletes your identity on our server. A club's owner can also delete the whole club. Your Ticket Stubs and groups stay on your phone until you delete the app. If you can't use the app, email us at developer@americanmadegames.com and we'll delete your data within 30 days.
You can also ask us for a copy of your data, or ask us to correct it, at the same address.
Who else handles your data
- DigitalOcean hosts our server in Kansas City, USA. They store the data on our behalf and can't use it for anything else.
- Apple distributes the app through the App Store, and stores your iCloud backup in your own account.
We'll only share data beyond this if the law requires it. Because we store so little, there's little we could hand over.
Security
All data travels over encrypted connections (HTTPS). The server only accepts administrative logins with security keys, installs security updates automatically, and keeps each app's data separate.
Children
Be the Critic isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you think a child has given us personal information, contact us and we'll delete it.
Your choices
Wherever you live, you can ask us to see, correct, delete or get a copy of your data. Email developer@americanmadegames.com and we'll answer within 30 days. We only use your data to run the app you asked for. Our server is in the United States.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. If a change affects what we collect, we'll tell you in the app first.
Contact
American Made Games · developer@americanmadegames.com