1. Introduction

Welcome to WatchFreeMovies247.com ("the Website," "we," "us," or "our"). We respect your privacy and are committed to transparency regarding how information is handled when you use our Website and its services, which primarily involve providing access to embedded movie content from third-party platforms.

This Privacy Policy explains the types of information that may be processed automatically by us or via third-party services (such as embedded video players from Dailymotion or YouTube, analytics services like Google Analytics, and advertising partners like Google AdSense) during your visit, and how that data is managed. Please note that user registration, account creation, or direct submission of personal identification information (like name or email) is not required to access the movie content on our Website.

2. Information We Handle and Third-Party Data Collection

Our approach to data handling is centered on minimizing direct collection of personal information while enabling the functionality of our free movie streaming service, which relies on third-party technologies.

• No Direct Personal Information Collection for Streaming: To watch movies on WatchFreeMovies247.com, you are not required to create an account, register, or provide personal identification information such as your name, email address, or phone number directly to us.
• Contact Information (Voluntarily Provided): If you choose to contact us (e.g., for support or inquiries), we will collect the information you voluntarily provide, such as your email address and the content of your message, solely for the purpose of responding to your communication. You can do this via our Contact Us page. For DMCA notices, please use the specific contact method detailed in our Terms and Conditions.
• Automatically Collected Log and Usage Data: Like most websites, our servers (or those of our hosting provider) automatically log standard technical information when you visit. This "Log Data" may include your IP address (which can sometimes be used to infer your general geographic location), browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, the pages you visited on our site, dates and timestamps of your visit, and time spent on those pages. This data is used for operational purposes such as monitoring website traffic, ensuring security, troubleshooting technical issues, and understanding how our Service is used to improve it. This data is generally aggregated or anonymized and not used to personally identify you.
• Information Collected by Integrated Third-Party Services: Our Website integrates services from third parties, which are essential for providing movie content and supporting our free service. These third parties may collect information directly from your device using cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies when you interact with our Site or their embedded content:
  • Embedded Content Providers (e.g., Dailymotion, YouTube): When you play an embedded movie, the platform providing the video (such as Dailymotion or YouTube) may place cookies on your device and collect data about your interaction with their player. This data can include viewing statistics, device information, IP address, and potentially information for ad targeting or content recommendation, all subject to their respective privacy policies.
  • Analytics Providers (e.g., Google Analytics): We use analytics services like Google Analytics to gather aggregated and anonymized data about site traffic, user demographics (if available through Google's signals), and user behavior (e.g., popular pages, session duration). This helps us understand our audience and improve the Website's functionality and content. Google Analytics uses cookies for this purpose.
  • Advertising Partners (e.g., Google AdSense): To support our free service, we display advertisements from third-party ad networks like Google AdSense. These networks may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your visits to our Site and other websites (such as IP address, browsing activity, and inferences about your interests) to serve ads that are more relevant to you (personalized advertising). This may include data for ad measurement and to prevent ad fraud.

We do not control the data collection or privacy practices of these third-party services. We encourage you to review their privacy policies to understand how they collect, use, and share your information. Links to some key third-party policies are provided in Section 4.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies from Third Parties

While WatchFreeMovies247.com does not set its own first-party cookies for user tracking or identification (as no registration is required), the Third-Party Platforms and services integrated into our Website (such as embedded video players from Dailymotion or YouTube, Google Analytics, and Google AdSense) extensively use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies. These technologies are placed on your device directly by these third parties when you visit our Site and interact with their services or embedded content.

These third-party cookies and trackers are used for various purposes, including:

• Essential Functionality: Enabling core features, such as video playback within embedded players, and remembering your preferences (e.g., volume settings for a video).
• Performance and Analytics: Collecting anonymous data on how users interact with the Website and the embedded content, helping us and the content providers understand usage patterns, identify popular content, and improve services.
• Advertising and Personalization:
  • Serving advertisements that support the free availability of our Service.
  • Measuring the effectiveness of advertisements (e.g., how many times an ad was shown or clicked).
  • Potentially personalizing the ads you see based on your browsing activity across different websites and inferred interests. This is often referred to as interest-based advertising or behavioral advertising.
• Content Recommendation: Some embedded platforms might use this data to recommend other videos or content they think you might like, either on our Site or when you visit their own platforms.

Managing Cookies and Your Choices:

• Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can typically set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some parts of our Service, particularly the embedded video content, may not function properly.
• Third-Party Opt-Outs: For advertising cookies, you can often opt out of personalized advertising from many third-party ad networks. For example:
  • Google AdSense users can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
  • You can also visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out page at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/ or the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) opt-out page at http://optout.aboutads.info/ to learn more about interest-based advertising and to opt-out of seeing DAA member companies' interest-based ads.
• Cookie Consent Banners: Where legally required (e.g., in the EEA/UK), you may be presented with a cookie consent banner or tool when you first visit our Site. This tool allows you to manage your preferences for certain types of non-essential cookies used by third parties.

Please be aware that opting out of personalized advertising does not mean you will no longer see ads; it means that the ads you see may be less relevant to your interests.

4. How Information is Used

The information handled by us or collected by integrated third-party services is used for the following primary purposes:

• To Provide and Enable the Service: This includes enabling the core functionality of the Website, such as displaying embedded video content from Third-Party Platforms (e.g., Dailymotion, YouTube).
• To Operate and Maintain the Website: Log data is used to monitor the performance of our Website, ensure its security, troubleshoot technical issues, and manage server capacity.
• To Analyze and Improve the Service (via Third Parties): Aggregated and anonymized usage data collected by analytics services (like Google Analytics) helps us understand how users interact with our Site, which content is popular, and how we can improve the user experience and functionality.
• To Display Advertising (via Third Parties): Advertising revenue from networks like Google AdSense allows us to offer our Service free of charge. These networks use cookies and other data to display ads, measure their effectiveness, and in some cases, personalize them based on your interests.
• To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may use or disclose information if required by law, subpoena, or other legal process.
• To Respond to User Inquiries: If you contact us directly, we will use the information you provide to respond to your questions or concerns.

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures in cooperation with our hosting provider to help protect the log data and any voluntarily provided information we handle. However, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. The security of data collected by integrated Third-Party Platforms (such as Dailymotion, YouTube, Google Analytics, and Google AdSense) is governed by their respective security practices and policies. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or from our Website or handled by these third parties.

6. International Data Transfers

Information collected by us (such as server logs) or by the Third-Party Platforms and services integrated into our Website may be stored and processed in any country where we or these third parties maintain facilities, including but not limited to Israel, the United States, and various European countries. By using our Service, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside of your country of residence, which may have different data protection rules than those of your country. We and our third-party partners will take steps to ensure that any such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws and that your data remains protected to the standards described in this Privacy Policy and the policies of the respective third parties.

7. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction (e.g., if you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) under GDPR, California under CCPA/CPRA, or other regions with specific data protection laws), you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These can include:

• The right to access information held about you.
• The right to request correction of inaccurate data.
• The right to request erasure of your data (the "right to be forgotten"), under certain conditions.
• The right to object to or restrict certain types of processing.
• The right to data portability.

Exercising Your Rights:

• Data We Handle Directly: Since WatchFreeMovies247.com does not require user registration and primarily handles anonymized log data or voluntarily provided contact information, the scope for exercising some of these rights directly with us may be limited. If you have contacted us and wish to have that correspondence deleted, please let us know via our Contact Us page.
• Data Handled by Third Parties: For information collected by Third-Party Platforms (Dailymotion, YouTube, Google Analytics, Google AdSense, etc.), you will need to exercise your rights directly with those entities. Their privacy policies (linked in Section 4 where applicable) provide information on how to do so. This includes managing your cookie preferences and ad personalization settings directly with them or through industry opt-out tools (see Section 3).

You can also ask general privacy questions via our Contact Us page. If you are unsatisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.

8. Children's Privacy

The Website is not intended for or directed at individuals under the age of 18 (or the equivalent minimum age in the relevant jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data from minors. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a child under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information from our records as quickly as possible. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data without your consent, please contact us so we can take appropriate action. For content viewed via Third-Party Platforms, please also refer to their respective policies regarding children's privacy.

9. Links to Other Websites and Embedded Content

This Privacy Policy applies only to the WatchFreeMovies247.com website. Our Service contains embedded content from and may link to other websites that are not operated or controlled by us (Third-Party Platforms). We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of these third-party sites. If you click on a third-party link or interact with embedded content, you will be directed to that third party's site or service, and their privacy policy will apply. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit or third-party service you use.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised Privacy Policy on this page, with an updated "Last Updated" date at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of the Website after any modifications to the Privacy Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please do not hesitate to contact us. For privacy-specific inquiries, you can also reach out through our dedicated contact channels.