Privacy Policy
Last updated: 14/03/2026
This policy explains in detail how Monument Movies processes the personal data of users who visit the site, create an account, publish content, interact with community features or contact the service. The text is designed for a site accessible to users in the European Union, Canada and the United States and must be read together with the Terms and Conditions and the Cookie Policy.
Data controller: Monument Movies, Entrepreneur individuel, 11 rue Colonella, 20200 Bastia, France. General and privacy contact: contact@monument-movies.it.
Scope of the Privacy Policy and nature of the service
This Privacy Policy explains how Monument Movies collects, uses, stores, protects, discloses and, where necessary, deletes the personal data of users who visit the site, create an account, publish content, interact with community features or contact support. Monument Movies is an editorial and community platform dedicated to cinema, TV series, people from the audiovisual world and user-generated content. The policy has been drafted for an international context, with particular attention to the European Union, Canada and the United States. It applies to processing carried out through the site, related subdomains, user areas, authentication systems, contact forms, moderation tools, analytics services, advertising tools and any support channels connected with the service.
Data controller and contact details
The data controller is Monument Movies, Entrepreneur individuel, with address at 11 rue Colonella, 20200 Bastia, France. For general communications relating to the operation of the site, the account, editorial content or platform functionality, users may write to contact@monument-movies.it. For specific requests concerning personal data protection, the exercise of rights, privacy complaints or regulatory requests, the reference address is also contact@monument-movies.it. For copyright infringement notices and notice-and-takedown requests, including any operational channel used for possible DMCA handling, the reference address is contact@monument-movies.it.
Categories of personal data processed
Monument Movies may process identification and contact data such as email address, username, profile preferences, account settings and internal identifiers needed for the technical management of the service. It may process content that the user voluntarily decides to submit, including reviews, comments, ratings, lists, reports, support requests and messages sent through contact forms or interfaces. The site may also process technical and browsing data such as IP address, browser parameters, operating system, device identifiers, session information, security logs, visited pages, application events, crash or error data and information derived from the use of cookies or similar technologies.
Purposes of processing
Personal data is processed to enable access to the site, browsing, account creation and management, user authentication, the publication and administration of user-generated content, the storage of preferences and the proper functioning of interfaces. Data may also be processed to provide assistance, respond to reports, prevent spam, abuse, abnormal access and fraudulent activity, diagnose malfunctions, improve the user experience and ensure infrastructure security. Where allowed by applicable law and by the user’s choice, data may also be used for statistical, analytical, traffic measurement, product improvement and advertising monetization purposes.
Legal bases for processing
Where the GDPR or an equivalent legal framework applies, Monument Movies processes personal data on one or more legal bases. Performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures supports processing necessary for registration, authentication, account management and access to the main functions of the service. Legitimate interest may support processing related to security, abuse prevention, legal defense, reasonable moderation of content, infrastructure protection and service improvement, subject to an appropriate balancing of interests. Consent is the legal basis for non-essential cookies or tracking tools and for certain analytics or advertising activities. Legal obligation supports processing necessary to comply with regulatory duties or lawful orders.
User generated content, moderation and abuse prevention
Monument Movies allows registered users to publish reviews, comments, lists, ratings, suggestions and other contributions. Such content may be associated with the username chosen by the user, made publicly accessible and indexed by search engines. The controller may intervene on published content for reasons of legality, security, protection of the rights of others, abuse prevention, enforcement of the Terms and preservation of the reliability of the service. Moderation activities may include technical analysis, prioritization systems, human review, anti-spam controls and automated or semi-automated tools that support moderation decisions.
Analytics, advertising, sale, sharing and targeted advertising
The site may use analytics tools to measure traffic, performance, errors, time spent, navigation flows and interaction with content. It may also use advertising or monetization tools, including ad serving partners, frequency control tools, measurement tools and systems aimed at preventing advertising fraud. Whether these tools are effectively active depends on the technical configuration of the site, applicable law and the preferences expressed by the user. For users residing in the United States, some state laws may classify certain disclosures of personal data to third parties for advertising purposes as a sale or sharing, even where there is no traditional monetary sale.
Recipients of data and third-party providers
Personal data may be disclosed to infrastructure, hosting, authentication, storage, analytics, moderation, support, content delivery, advertising, security, monitoring and maintenance providers, to the extent necessary for the provision of the service or for the purposes described in this policy. Depending on the activity involved, such parties may act as processors, sub-processors, service providers or independent controllers for specific operations. Data may also be disclosed to public authorities, supervisory bodies, legal or accounting advisers and third parties involved in extraordinary transactions, where permitted by law.
International transfers
Because the site may use technical or organizational providers operating outside the user’s country or outside the European Economic Area, personal data may be transferred to jurisdictions different from the one in which the user is located. Where such transfers involve data subject to the GDPR or comparable rules, Monument Movies adopts or requires the adoption of lawful transfer mechanisms such as adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses or other appropriate safeguards.
Data retention
Personal data is retained for the time necessary to pursue the purposes for which it was collected, provide the requested service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, maintain reasonable security records and defend the controller’s rights. Account data is generally kept while the account remains active and thereafter for as long as required by technical, tax, administrative, evidentiary or security needs. When data is no longer necessary, Monument Movies adopts reasonable measures to delete it, anonymize it or make it no longer attributable to an identified or identifiable person.
Rights of users in the European Economic Area
Users subject to the GDPR may have the right to obtain confirmation that personal data concerning them is being processed, to access such data, to request rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or portability, and to object to processing where the legal conditions are met. They also have the right to withdraw consent at any time and to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority. Monument Movies may request reasonable information to verify the identity of the requester before carrying out a request, in order to prevent unauthorized disclosures or fraudulent deletions.
Additional information for users in Canada and Québec
For users in Canada, Monument Movies aims to process data consistently with the principles of accountability, identified purposes, collection limitation, proportionality, security, access and correction under the applicable federal private-sector framework. Users may request information about the categories of data processed, the purposes of processing, the main recipients and how complaints or access and correction requests are handled. For users in Québec, Monument Movies also aims to remain consistent with the additional requirements applicable to businesses subject to the modernized local framework.
Additional information for residents of the United States and states with applicable privacy laws
In the United States there is no single federal comprehensive consumer privacy law equivalent to the GDPR and uniformly applicable to all online services. Relevant rights and obligations therefore depend on the combination of applicable state law, business thresholds, categories of data processed, the use of advertising or profiling and the actual nature of the activities carried out. This section is drafted so that it may be relied upon, to the extent required by law, by residents of California and any other U.S. state whose privacy law applies to Monument Movies. Where such laws apply, the user may have the right to know which categories of personal data are collected, from which sources they come, for which purposes they are used, to which categories of recipients they are disclosed and which categories of data are subject to sale, sharing or targeted advertising.
Children
Monument Movies is not intentionally directed to children or to users below the age required by applicable law to autonomously use digital services involving the processing of personal data. In particular, the service is not intentionally directed to children under 13 in the United States in a way that would ordinarily trigger COPPA obligations, and the controller does not intend to knowingly collect personal data from children in violation of applicable law. If a parent, guardian or any concerned person believes that a minor has provided personal data in a non-compliant way, they should promptly contact the controller using the contact details indicated in this policy.
Security and incident management
Monument Movies adopts reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against loss, alteration, unauthorized access, improper disclosure or unlawful use. Such measures may include encrypted transport, access segregation, privilege control, security logs, infrastructure protection tools, defenses against abusive activity, backups, recovery procedures and technical monitoring. No Internet-connected system can, however, guarantee zero risk. The controller therefore undertakes to manage incidents diligently, proportionately and consistently with the applicable rules.
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated at any time to reflect regulatory changes, technical developments, new advertising or analytics tools, changes of providers, the introduction of new features or the need for greater clarity. The updated version will be published on this page with an indication of the last updated date.
Contacts and exercise of rights
For questions about this policy, requests for access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction, portability, withdrawal of consent, U.S.-style privacy opt-out, security incident reports or requests concerning personal data, the user may contact Monument Movies at contact@monument-movies.it. The privacy contact address is contact@monument-movies.it. The copyright and notice-and-takedown address is contact@monument-movies.it. The current reference for privacy choices and preference management is /cookies. Last updated: 14/03/2026.