Last Updated: October 2, 2026
African Story MovieBox Shorts (“we,” “us,” “our,” or “the Platform”) operates shorts.africanstorymoviebox.com.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and disclose information when you use our website, create an account, upload content, interact with creators, purchase premium content, or otherwise use our services.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you use the Platform, we may collect:
Account Information
- Full name
- Username or creator name
- Email address
- Password or authentication information
- Profile picture
- Account preferences
Creator Information
If you become a creator, we may collect information necessary to operate your creator account, including:
- Creator profile information
- Uploaded videos
- Video titles and descriptions
- Thumbnails
- Creator statistics
- Followers and engagement information
- Monetization-related information
Transaction Information
If you purchase premium content, subscriptions, or other services, payment processing may be handled by third-party payment providers.
We may receive transaction-related information such as payment status, transaction reference, amount paid, and other information necessary to confirm a transaction.
We generally do not directly store your complete debit or credit card details.
Usage Information
We may collect information about how you interact with the Platform, including:
- Videos watched
- Pages visited
- Likes
- Comments
- Shares
- Follows
- Search activity
- Device information
- Browser information
- IP address
- Approximate location information
- Date and time of activity
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use collected information to:
- Create and manage accounts
- Provide our services
- Display creator profiles
- Publish uploaded content
- Process payments
- Manage subscriptions and premium content
- Calculate creator statistics and eligible revenue
- Improve the Platform
- Provide customer support
- Prevent fraud and abuse
- Enforce our Terms and Community Guidelines
- Protect the security of the Platform
- Communicate important account or service information
- Display relevant advertising
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Keep users logged in
- Remember preferences
- Improve website functionality
- Understand website traffic
- Measure performance
- Support advertising and analytics
You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some Platform functionality.
4. Public Information
Information that you choose to make public may be visible to other users.
This may include your:
- Creator name
- Profile picture
- Bio
- Uploaded videos
- Video titles
- Public statistics
- Likes, comments, or other public interactions
Do not publish sensitive personal information that you do not want publicly accessible.
5. User-Uploaded Content
When you upload a video or other material, the content may become publicly accessible depending on the settings and status of the upload.
Creators should ensure that they do not include unnecessary personal information belonging to themselves or other individuals.
6. Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services for functions such as:
- Payment processing
- Video hosting and delivery
- Advertising
- Analytics
- Website security
- Email communication
- Authentication
- Website hosting
These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.
7. Advertising
The Platform may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising networks or advertisers.
Advertising providers may use cookies, device information, or similar technologies to deliver and measure advertisements, subject to their applicable policies.
8. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no internet-based service can guarantee absolute security.
9. Data Retention
We may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:
- Provide our services
- Maintain account records
- Process transactions
- Resolve disputes
- Prevent fraud
- Meet legal or regulatory requirements
- Enforce agreements
10. Account Deletion
Where available, users may request deletion of their account.
Some information may need to be retained where required for legal, security, fraud-prevention, financial, or legitimate business purposes.
11. Children’s Privacy
Our services are not intended to collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.
Parents or guardians who believe that a child has provided personal information to us may contact us to request appropriate action.
12. Your Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including rights to:
- Request access to certain information
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion where legally applicable
- Object to certain processing
- Withdraw consent where applicable
Requests may be subject to identity verification and applicable legal exceptions.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.
The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
14. Contact
For privacy-related questions or requests, please contact us through the contact information provided on:
shorts.africanstorymoviebox.com
African Story MovieBox Shorts