Privacy Policy
Last updated November 11, 2026
High Tomatoes (“we”) runs hightomatoes.com, an 18+ community for rating and reviewing movies. This policy explains what we collect, why, who helps us run the site, and the choices you have. Questions: support@hightomatoes.com.
What we collect
- Account details: email address, username, display name and date of birth (to confirm you're 18 or older). Passwords are stored only as secure hashes.
- What you post: ratings, reviews, replies, the influence of your choice and dose you enter. Reviews and replies are public and shown with your username.
- Your lists and settings: watchlist, release-alert and “What's new” email preferences, and when and where (country) you agreed to those emails.
- Age check: when anyone (signed in or not) passes the age gate we log the date of birth entered, IP address, browser and time.
- Newsletter: the email address you enter in the newsletter box and the IP address it came from.
- Security and email records: IP addresses used for rate limiting and your last sign-in; a log of emails we sent you (address, subject, result, never the message body).
- Usage statistics: only if allowed (see Cookies): pages viewed and page-load speed, collected without cookies. Admin pages are never tracked, and links containing sign-in or unsubscribe codes are stripped before anything is recorded.
How we use it
- To run your account, show your reviews and keep the site 18+.
- To send account emails (sign-in links, security notices) and, if you opted in, release alerts and “What's new” updates.
- To prevent abuse (spam, password guessing) and keep the site secure.
- To understand which pages are used and how fast they load, so we can improve them.
We don't sell or rent personal information, and we don't use it for advertising.
Cookies
| Name | Purpose | Kept for |
|---|---|---|
| ht_session | Keeps you signed in (essential) | 30 days |
| ht_age_verified | Remembers that you passed the 18+ check (essential) | 1 year |
| ht_consent | Remembers your cookie choice (essential) | 1 year |
Usage statistics (Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights) set no cookies. In the EU, EEA, UK, Switzerland and Canada they stay off until you choose “Accept all”; elsewhere they're on unless you choose “Essential only”. Change your choice any time with “Cookie settings” at the bottom of every page.
Emails
Account and security emails are part of using the site. Release alerts and “What's new” emails are optional: turn them off in your notification settings or with the unsubscribe link in any of those emails.
Who helps us run the site
- Vercel hosts the site and provides the usage statistics.
- Cloudflare protects and speeds up the site, and tells us the visitor's country (used for the email and cookie defaults above).
- Brevo delivers our emails.
- Our database runs on our own server.
These providers process data only to provide their service to us.
How long we keep it
- Account, reviews, watchlist and settings: until you delete your account or ask us to.
- Email send log: 90 days. Rate-limit records: 1 hour. Sign-in sessions: up to 30 days.
- Newsletter address: until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it.
Your choices and rights
You can see and edit your profile and settings in your account. To get a copy of your data, correct it, or delete your account and reviews, email support@hightomatoes.com. Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK, Canada or California) you may have further rights, such as objecting to processing or complaining to a data-protection authority; we'll honor them.
18+ only
High Tomatoes is for adults. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 18; if we learn we have, we delete it.
Changes
If we change this policy we'll update the date above, and for significant changes we'll tell signed-in members.
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