Sorted
by Product Zoned
Privacy Policy for Sorted
Last updated: October 23, 2026
Sorted is built by Product Zoned. This policy explains what happens to your information when you use the app. The short version: Sorted is designed to collect as little as possible, and to keep your choices on your own device.
No account, no sign-up
Sorted doesn't ask you to create an account, log in, or give us your name, email, or any personal details to use it. There's nothing to sign up for.
What's stored on your device
Films you save are kept in lists on your phone. You can have up to ten lists of up to a hundred films each, as well as a list of films you have already seen. Your lists are stored only on your phone and are left out of its cloud backup. If you move your data directly to a new phone, your phone may copy them across. Deleting the app deletes them. To check where a saved film is streaming, the app sends that film's ID and your country. It never sends the list itself.
Matching with a partner
When you match with someone using a shared code, the session runs through Google Firebase. Your partner's phone receives the films you like, but never the ones you pass on. It also receives the deck of films, along with the host's country and chosen streaming services. No name, email address or other identifying detail is involved. A session is deleted as soon as either of you leaves, or about two minutes after a match. Any other session is deleted automatically, usually within an hour and always within three days of it starting.
Film information and search
Film details, posters and streaming availability come from The Movie Database (TMDB). Requests for film details, decks and streaming availability go through a small server that we run on Google Cloud. They include your country, so that the results match what is available where you live. The server passes each request to TMDB and returns the answer, without keeping a record of it. When you search, the words you type are passed to TMDB to find matching films. They are never stored. Posters and other images load directly from TMDB, so TMDB can see your phone's IP address, as with any internet connection. TMDB's own privacy policy also applies.
Security checks and identifiers
To make sure requests come from the genuine Sorted app, the app uses Google's Firebase App Check and Play Integrity services. Google checks your device and the app for this purpose and receives some device information to do so. We only learn whether the check passed. Firebase also creates an installation identifier on your phone and sends it with requests to our server. Sorted does not use it for anything, link it to you or store it.
We don't track you
Sorted contains no analytics, no advertising, and no crash-reporting or tracking tools. We do not build a profile of you or follow your behaviour over time. We never sell your data. We share it only with the services named in this policy, and only as far as the app needs to work.
Third-party services
Sorted relies on Google Firebase and Google Cloud to coordinate sessions and run our server, and on TMDB for film information. TMDB receives its streaming availability data from JustWatch. Each of these services has its own privacy practices, which you can review on their websites.
Children
Sorted isn't directed at children and doesn't knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we'll update it here with a new date at the top.
Contact
If you have any questions about privacy in Sorted, email us at productzoned@gmail.com