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Privacy & Cookies

Last updated: 18 October 2026

This is a general privacy notice for Movie Cast, a browser-based movie draft simulation game operated through moviecast.app.

Information we collect

Movie Cast does not ask you to sign up or provide your name or email. Gameplay takes place in your browser; connected normal runs send decisions to our server for verification as described below. Your generated share-card image is created on your device. If you choose to share or download it, that action is handled by your browser and device.

Our hosting provider may process technical information needed to deliver and protect the website, such as IP address, request time, browser information and security logs.

Movie posters are delivered directly by The Movie Database (TMDB). When a poster is shown, your browser requests that image from TMDB's image server, which may receive your IP address and standard request and device information. The game does not send your draft or cast choices with that image request.

Saved on this device

Your local Movie Cast records, including normal-run film statistics and Daily Challenge progress and results, are stored in your browser on this device using local storage. They are not an account, are not uploaded to Movie Cast, and do not sync between browsers or devices. The daily award counts shown in My Studio History are an exception: they are stored with your anonymous studio on the server.

Clearing your browser's site data, using private browsing, or changing device or browser may remove or separate these records. This local storage is used to preserve your progress and statistics; it is not used to identify you personally.

Anonymous studio profile

When the studio connection is available, the game automatically creates an anonymous studio profile. No email address, password or real name is required. Our server stores a randomly generated profile identifier, a generated studio name, creation time and an expiry time for access to that profile.

A necessary cookie named __Host-moviecast-player lets the game recognise your browser on return visits. It lasts for up to one year from creation, unless your browser removes it earlier. The server stores a hash of its secret token; the token is not shared with analytics or included in public studio names.

When you start a normal studio run and the connection is available, the server records a run identifier linked to your anonymous profile, the selected cinema eras, your Famous Faces setting, a server-generated random seed, the rules version and the start time. A random request identifier prevents duplicate registrations. Offline runs continue locally without server registration.

When a connected three-film normal run is completed, the game submits its recorded gameplay decisions, including casting selections, genres, film types, rerolls and casting-risk choices, for server verification. The server independently calculates the film results and Studio Score. It stores verified film details, critic and box-office totals, the verification time and a hash of the submitted decision record. Verification-attempt times are kept briefly to limit repeated requests.

The public daily leaderboard shows generated studio names, ranks, highest and lowest verified Studio Scores, verified run counts, and critic and box-office totals for each studio’s best run. The leaderboard API also provides the cinema eras selected for that best run. Records are grouped by the UTC date on which verification finishes; previous dates remain available. The leaderboard does not publish profile access tokens or internal player identifiers.

After each UTC day, the server records any Best Studio, Elite Run and Stinker awards earned by anonymous studios. The game reads your studio's award totals for display in My Studio History. Daily awards remain associated with that anonymous studio; no name or email is needed.

Your anonymous profile is separate from the local statistics and Daily Challenge history described above. Clearing cookies or switching browsers can leave you unable to access it. Recovery and cross-device synchronisation are not currently available.

Analytics and tags

Google Tag Manager manages the Google Analytics 4 measurement tags used on Movie Cast. These non-essential tags are blocked until you make an appropriate choice in the CookieYes consent banner. If you reject optional analytics, the analytics cookies and related measurement tags remain disabled for your visit.

Analytics may record general usage events such as starting a studio, releasing a film, completing a run, or downloading a share card. We do not send your full cast, personal messages, or other unnecessary personal information to analytics services.

Cookies and similar technologies

Some technologies are strictly necessary to operate, secure and remember basic site choices. CookieYes records and applies your consent choices. Optional analytics technologies are described in the CookieYes preference centre, where you can accept, reject or change your choices. No advertising tags are currently active.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings, although blocking necessary storage may affect some site functions.

Why we use information

• To deliver, secure and troubleshoot the website.
• To understand general site usage where you have consented to analytics.
• To remember consent preferences.
• To comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

Data retention and transfers

We keep information only for as long as needed for the purposes described above. Hosting and analytics providers may process data in countries outside the UK or European Economic Area using the safeguards they describe in their own terms.

Your choices and rights

You can refuse optional cookies in CookieYes and change your choice later through the consent settings link on the site. Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection or portability of personal information. Privacy questions and rights requests can be sent to hello@moviecast.app.

Changes to this notice

We may update this notice when the site, analytics, consent tooling or advertising partners change. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last reviewed.