Series Vault

Privacy policy

Last updated 19 September 2026.

Series Vault is made by me, Edward Morrison, trading as Pikeworks, a sole trader in Northern Ireland. This is what the app keeps, what leaves your phone, and why.

What stays on your phone

The shows you track, the episodes you've watched and when, your ratings, notes and favourites, your badges and settings are kept in the app's private storage on your phone. None of it is sent to me unless you turn on Vault Social, described below, and even then only the shows you finish go.

A backup file or a CSV export is only made when you tap to make one, and it goes wherever you choose to send it. Importing a TV Time export reads the file on your phone, then searches The Movie Database for each show by its name to match it. If your phone backs up its apps to your Google account or to iCloud, that backup can include this app's data. Google or Apple keep it for you. It isn't sent to me.

Looking things up

Series Vault gets its show information from The Movie Database (TMDB). When you search, the words you typed are sent to TMDB. To keep your shows up to date, the app asks TMDB for each show you track, by TMDB's number for it, with its seasons and where it's streaming. Pictures of shows come from TMDB's image servers. TMDB receives what was asked for and, like any website, your IP address. It isn't told which episodes you've watched or how you rated anything.

Where to watch comes from JustWatch, through TMDB. The app asks for every country at once and picks yours on the phone, so your country isn't sent.

Vault Social, if you turn it on

Vault Social is off until you turn it on in the app's Friends tab. It lets you add friends by their handle, an invite link or the code on their Friends tab, and see what each other logs. It doesn't ask for your name, email address or phone number. One account works in every Vault app you turn it on in. Once it's on, the Vault Social service, which I run on a server in the United Kingdom, holds:

• a handle, made up for you and changeable, and a display name if you add one;
• a sign-in key for each phone, stored only in a scrambled form that can't be turned back into the key, with which Vault app and which system it's on, the operating system version and the date it last signed in;
• a scrambled copy of your recovery phrase, if you make one;
• for each show you mark as finished: its name, the year it started, its network, TMDB's poster for it and your rating;
• the list of shows you've finished, with your rating, so friends can compare;
• whether Series Vault is shared with friends or kept private;
• your friends, requests and blocks, and the reactions and comments you add;
• any report you make, and, if someone reports you, a copy of what was reported until it has been dealt with;
• whether you've bought Series Vault Pro, so friends see a small ring on your picture;
• if your account is linked to Apple (Sign in with Apple, offered on iPhone) or to Google (offered by Beer Vault on Android), the account number Apple or Google gives the service, never your email address, name or picture.

Which episode you're on, what you're still watching or gave up on, when you watched and your notes stay on your phone.

Only the friends you accept can see what you share, and you can make Series Vault private in Settings at any time. There's no public profile, no directory and no search for strangers. Connections to the service go through Cloudflare, which protects it from attacks. If you sign in with Apple, Apple handles that step and isn't told anything about what you log. Your IP address is used to stop abuse such as mass sign-ups, and is kept for no more than two days. There are no adverts and no analytics.

The service is only used to run Vault Social. Nothing in it is sold or shared with anyone for any other reason. Other people only see what's listed above, and only if you're friends. The community rules cover what you post and comment.

Purchases

Series Vault Pro is a one-off purchase through Google Play or the App Store. RevenueCat checks the purchase. It receives an anonymous app user ID and the purchase receipt, along with basic details such as the app's version, so it can confirm what you bought and restore it on another phone. I never see your name, email address or payment details. RevenueCat's policy is at revenuecat.com/privacy.

Permissions

Series Vault can remind you when a new episode of a show you're watching comes out. The reminders are set on the phone itself, no notification service is involved, and you can turn them off in Settings. On Android it asks before showing notifications.

The only use of the camera is scanning a friend's code on the Friends tab, when you tap to do that. It doesn't ask for your location, contacts or photos.

On Android, scanning uses Google's ML Kit, which reads the code on the phone and doesn't send what you scan. When the scanner is used, ML Kit sends Google some technical details: the phone's model and Android version, the app's name and version, a random number for this installation, and how well the scanner worked. Google uses them to keep ML Kit working and to measure how it's used. On iPhone, the phone's own scanner is used.

Age

Series Vault is for anyone aged 13 and over. It isn't aimed at children, and Vault Social isn't for anyone under 13.

Deleting your information

Uninstalling Series Vault deletes everything it stored on your phone.

Deleting an entry from your log doesn't take back what was already shared about it. You can delete any of your posts from the feed on the Friends tab, and making Series Vault private hides everything it has shared. To delete your Vault Social account, open Settings, then Friends, then Delete the account. That deletes the account and everything it held straight away, in every Vault app, including your posts, comments, friends and the reports you made. Nightly backups of the service are kept for 14 days, so a deleted account is gone from those within 14 days. If you can't open the app any more, see deleting a Vault Social account.

Your rights

You can ask for a copy of what Vault Social holds about you, ask for it to be corrected or deleted, and complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk. Vault Social relies on your choice to turn it on, and on my legitimate interest in keeping the service safe.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top changes and the new version replaces this one.

Contact

Email me at hello@pikeworks.co.uk.