Privacy policy

Last updated 13 November 2026

Recoms is for sharing recommendations privately with friends. We collect what the app needs to do that, nothing more. We don't show ads, we don't sell data, and the app has no analytics or ad tracking.

Who we are

Recoms is made by Siebrand Jonker and Jules Brouwer in the Netherlands. We are responsible for your personal data under the GDPR (AVG). Questions or requests: [email protected].

What we collect

Your account

• Your email address, and an identifier from Apple or Google if you sign in with them.
• Your username, display name, and optionally a profile photo and short bio.
• Your choices in the app, such as which streaming services you use.

What you do in Recoms

• Your friends and friend requests.
• Recommendations you send and receive, including your note.
• Messages in a back & forth about a title.
• What you save, what you mark as watched, listened to or read, and your ratings and reviews.

Technical data

• A push notification token, if you allow notifications.
• Server logs (such as IP address, time and the request made), used to keep the service running and secure. These are kept for a short period.

On recoms.app

• Your email address if you join the waitlist.
• When you open a shared recommendation link, the usual server log data. The site sets no tracking cookies.
• The website loads its fonts from Google Fonts, which means Google can see your IP address.

Why we use it

• To provide the app (performing our agreement with you): your account, sending and receiving recommendations, your lists, notifications.
• To keep it safe and working (our legitimate interest): preventing abuse and spam, and fixing problems.
• With your consent: push notifications and the waitlist. You can withdraw consent at any time.

Who can see what

• A recommendation you send, and your note, are visible only to the friend you send it to.
• Your ratings and reviews are private unless you turn on “Show on my profile”. Friends can then see them.
• Your username, display name and photo are visible to people who look you up to add you as a friend.
• If you share a recommendation as a QR code or link, anyone with that link can see the title, your note and your display name and username.

Who helps us run Recoms

We use these services to run the app. They process data only as needed for that:

• Supabase: database, sign-in and photo storage. Data is stored in the EU (Ireland).
• Northflank: hosts our servers.
• Apple and Google: if you sign in with them, and for delivering push notifications.
• Expo: passes push notifications on to Apple and Google.
• Cloudflare: spam protection (Turnstile) on the website waitlist form.

To show films, series, music, podcasts, videos and books, our servers look up titles at TMDB (including where-to-watch data from JustWatch), Spotify, YouTube and Open Library. We send them search terms and title IDs, not who you are. The app loads cover images directly from their servers, which means they can see your IP address.

Recoms uses YouTube API Services. Google's privacy policy applies to that data: policies.google.com/privacy.

Some of these providers may process data outside the EU. When they do, they do so under safeguards approved by the European Commission, such as standard contractual clauses.

How long we keep it

We keep your data while you have an account. When you delete your account in the app (Profile → Delete account), we delete your profile, friends, recommendations, ratings, saves and one-on-one conversations. Messages you wrote in a shared group conversation stay for the other people in it, but without your name. Waitlist emails are deleted when you ask, or once the waitlist is no longer needed.

Your rights

You can ask us to show, correct, export or delete your data, or object to how we use it. Email [email protected] and we'll reply within a month. You can also delete your account yourself in the app. If you're unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Dutch data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.

Age

Recoms is for people aged 16 and over. If you believe someone younger has an account, let us know and we'll remove it.

Changes

If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. For important changes we'll tell you in the app.