Our Commitment to Your Privacy: The 9Anime Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 28, 2025

At 9Anime, we understand that your privacy is paramount. This policy is designed to be clear, transparent, and easy to understand, explaining exactly what information we collect, why we collect it, and how we protect it. We only collect data necessary to provide you with the best possible anime streaming experience.

1. Information We Collect and Why

We collect specific types of information to ensure the service is personalized, secure, and functions correctly. This includes:

• **Account & Identity Data:** When you create an account, we collect your username, email address, and a securely encrypted password. This is essential for logging you in and securing your account.
• **Viewing & Preference Data:** We track your watch history, favorited series, and bookmarks. This data is collected solely to save your progress, offer personalized recommendations, and improve the content discovery experience.
• **Technical & Usage Data:** We automatically log technical details such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and usage patterns. This is critical for diagnosing technical issues, preventing abuse, and ensuring the stability of our platform.
• **Cookies & Local Storage:** We use cookies to keep you logged in across sessions and to remember your display preferences (e.g., language, theme). We also use anonymized usage data to analyze site traffic and understand how our platform is used, which helps us make it better.

2. How We Utilize Your Data

Your data is used exclusively to enhance your experience and maintain the integrity of the 9Anime service:

• **Personalization:** To tailor anime recommendations and save your precise watch progress.
• **Service Improvement:** To analyze usage trends and make informed decisions about platform updates and feature development.
• **Security & Integrity:** To monitor for and prevent fraudulent activity, abuse, and unauthorized access.
• **Communication:** To send you essential service-related notifications, such as new episode alerts, only if you have opted in.

3. Our Commitment to Data Security

We treat your data with the utmost seriousness. We employ industry-standard security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction:

• **Encryption in Transit:** All data transfers between your browser and our servers are secured using SSL/TLS encryption.
• **Secure Password Handling:** Your password is never stored in plain text. We use robust, one-way hashing algorithms to ensure that even we cannot access your original password.
• **Access Control:** Access to personal data is strictly limited to authorized staff members who require it to perform their duties.
• **Proactive Monitoring:** We conduct regular security audits and monitoring to quickly identify and address potential vulnerabilities.

4. Third-Party Services and Data Sharing

To provide our service, we rely on trusted third-party partners. We only share the minimum necessary data required for them to perform their function:

• **Content Delivery:** We use external video hosting and Content Delivery Network (CDN) providers to stream content quickly and reliably.
• **Analytics:** We use analytics services to understand aggregated user behavior. This data is typically anonymized.
• **Advertising:** Our advertising partners may use cookies to serve relevant ads. You will always have the option to manage or opt-out of personalized advertising through your browser settings or the ad provider's controls.

5. Your Rights Over Your Data

You have full control over your personal information on 9Anime. We respect your rights to:

• **Access and Portability:** Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• **Correction:** Edit or update your profile information at any time.
• **Deletion (Right to be Forgotten):** Delete your account and all associated personal data. We will process deletion requests within 30 days.
• **Opt-Out:** Manage your preferences for marketing and non-essential communications.

6. Data Retention Policy

We retain your personal data only for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the service. Once you delete your account, your personal information will be permanently removed from our active databases within 30 days. We may retain some anonymized, aggregated data for analytical purposes, which cannot be linked back to you.

7. Policy Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page. Your continued use of 9Anime constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact our legal and compliance team at: [email protected]