Privacy Policy

ciniq collects
nothing.

Effective Date: August 20, 2026 · Version 1.0

Data We Collect

None. ciniq does not collect any personal information, usage analytics, advertising identifiers, or location data. There is no account to create — no email, phone number, real name, age, or photo is ever requested or stored.

Your Identity

On first launch, ciniq creates a local profile: a handle and a device identifier. The handle is assembled from a fixed vocabulary — an adjective and a word from cinema — and you can change it at any time by choosing different words. You are never asked for your real name, and free text is not accepted for a handle, so a handle cannot carry personal information. The device identifier is a random value generated on your device; it is stored in the iOS Keychain and identifies nothing outside the app. Your ratings and readings are stored locally using Apple's standard storage and are not accessible to Labham LLC.

Your Ratings and iCloud

Ratings, auditions and watch history are kept on your device and are synchronised through your own private iCloud database so they are available on your other devices and survive reinstalling the app. Labham LLC has no access to your private iCloud data. If you are not signed in to iCloud, ciniq works exactly the same on the device you are using.

Trading Cards — One Person at a Time

A ciniq card carries one film's title and year, your reading of it on ten dimensions, your handle, and an optional single line you write yourself. It never carries contact information, and it is addressed to one person — there is no feed, no profile, and no broadcast.

A card reaches its recipient in one of two ways. If you have paired with that person, ciniq uses Apple's CloudKit as a relay: your device writes a record addressed to the recipient's device identifier into a shared public CloudKit database, and their device reads it. Apple operates this relay — Labham LLC runs no server of its own and stores nothing. Your Apple ID is never visible to the other person, and the relay cannot introduce one person to another: a record can only be found by the device it was addressed to.

Otherwise a card travels as a link you send through iMessage or any app you choose. The reading is carried in the part of the link after the "#" symbol, which web browsers never transmit to any server — so the contents of a card are not logged anywhere, including by us.

Pairing

Pairing happens deliberately, in person or by a link you send: one person scans or opens the other's code, which contains only a handle and a device identifier. Both sides then hold each other's handle locally. Contacts are stored on your device only, are never uploaded to Labham LLC or any third party, and ciniq never reads your phone's address book. You can remove anyone from your circle at any time.

Communication Between People

ciniq has no chat. The only free text that can travel is a single optional line attached to a card, written for one named recipient. There is no public surface, nothing is discoverable, and nobody is told when you read someone's card.

Importing What You Have Watched

ciniq can import a watch history you export from a streaming service, so it stops recommending films you have already seen. The file is read and matched on your device. It is never uploaded anywhere, and Labham LLC never sees it.

Where to Watch (Optional)

ciniq can look up where a film is streaming, but only if you choose to enter your own Watchmode API key in Settings, and only when you tap a specific film. The lookup sends that film's title to Watchmode under your key. Leave the field empty — the default — and ciniq makes no such calls at all.

The Film Canon

The festival and prize data in ciniq comes from Wikidata, which is published under CC0, and from public festival archives. It is bundled with the app and read offline. No request is made when you browse it.

In-App Purchases

ciniq+ is a one-time in-app purchase processed entirely by Apple through StoreKit. Labham LLC does not receive or store any payment information. Apple's privacy policy governs that transaction.

The Website

Card and pairing links may open a page on ciniq.app. These are static pages; the card is carried after the "#" symbol, which is never sent to the server, so link contents are not logged. As with any website, your web host's standard server logs may record the IP address and timestamp of a page request. Labham LLC does not process or retain these logs beyond standard hosting.

Third-Party Services

ciniq does not integrate any third-party analytics, advertising, crash-reporting, or tracking SDKs.

Children's Privacy

ciniq does not knowingly collect any data from anyone, including children under 13. There is nothing to collect. Because the app has no chat, no public profiles, and no way for one person to reach another except through a code or link shared deliberately, there is no open channel through which a child could be contacted.

Changes to This Policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a revised effective date.

Contact

Labham LLC
Email: Contact us
Website: labham.com