Cinflix Privacy Policy

Background

When you register at Cinflix, we ask you for personal information. We use this information to process your orders and to communicate with you about the status of your orders. We also use your email address to send you newsletters, only if you have subscribed to them. If you no longer want to receive the newsletters, simply access the My Account section of the website, and update your preferences to No

Collection and Use of Information

When you first register at Cinflix, we ask for your email address, which becomes your username and a password. At this time, you have an option to join our newsletter. Our Newsletters are only used to provide reviews of new DVDs and changes to our sites and promotions.

When you place your first order for the Cinflix Service, we ask you for your full name, physical address, telephone number and credit card number so we can ship your rental DVDs. We will use your telephone number only if there is an order-related issue, not for marketing purposes. You must certify that you are at least 18 years old. (People under 18 cannot use Cinflixs services.) Our secure server stores this information so that placing future orders will be quicker and easier. If you want to update your address or change credit cards, go to Your Account and make the appropriate changes. You must be signed in to access Your Account.

Cinflix does not offer an Affiliate program, so we will not share or receive any personal or other information, about our users with any other company, or entity. Cinflix will not sell, rent or disclose your personally identifying information to third parties.

We also track your order and billing history so you can access Your Account and immediately determine which DVDs you've rented and how you paid for them. This information is also used to remove rented titles from your rental queue.

Cinflix users should not post personal information on any review page, as this information is made public.  At sign up and from the My Account section we provide you with a Nick Name section where you can type a Nick Name that will be used in such postings.

Cinflix also collects non-personal information from it users, to provide better service to it is customers. Some of the information we collect is the number and titles of DVDs currently in rental queues. Statistics on the type of movies rented. User reviews and ratings of movies, made voluntary by Cinflix Members.

Viewing and Updating Your Information on Cinflix

You can always access the personal information you have provided to Netflix by going to Your Account. You can make changes to this information to update your account anytime.

Cookies

As you browse the Cinflix site, cookies are placed on your computer's hard drive. (Cookies are small pieces of data that are sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your hard drive.) Cookies allow us to track the items you select, and help us match your address and credit card information with your order so you don't need to retype the information each time you visit our site.

If your browser is set to not accept cookies, you will not be able to use the Cinflix site or service.

We also use cookies to gather usage information, such as the number and frequency of visitors to our site and its various pages. Third parties may serve some of these cookies for billing. We analyze this data to determine which parts of our site customers like and which parts need improvement. Automatically logged information is also used to analyze trends and to administer the site.

Security and Access

For transmitting your personal information to us, we use a secure server (SSL), which encrypts all of your personal information. This encryption process ensures that the information you give us is protected against unauthorized access.

You can access Your Account from every page on the site to update and correct your name, email address, password, postal address, credit cards, and mailing list preferences. Please note that you must be signed in to Netflix to access this information.

We have implemented technology and security features, as well as strict internal guidelines, to safeguard the privacy of your personal information from unauthorized access or improper use. We will continue to enhance our security procedures as new technology becomes available. While we make every effort to ensure that your information is secure on our system, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.

Contact

If you have questions concerning your account, please contact Customer Service. If you have questions concerning this privacy policy, please contact privacy@cinflix.com.

Last Updated: November 2003