Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 18, 2026

This Privacy Policy applies to the SkyShort services, including the SkyShort application, website, software and related services (“SkyShort” or “Platform”). SkyShort is provided by STARZ STUDIO LLC (“we” or “us”).

We recognize that your privacy is very important, and we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, process and store your personal information in connection with our services, and describes your choices regarding the use, access, and correction of your personal data. This Privacy Policy applies globally, with jurisdiction-specific provisions detailed in the Supplemental Terms – Jurisdiction-Specific section.

This Privacy Policy applies only to the data collection and processing activities conducted on this application and does not apply to any data collection or processing activities carried out by third-party websites, applications, or service providers. We encourage you to review their privacy policies to understand how they handle your personal information.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE SKYSHORT.

THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS IMPORTANT, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU USE SKYSHORT.

This Privacy Policy covers the following topics:

  1. What Information We Collect
  2. How We Use Your Information
  3. How We Share Your Information
  4. How We Store and Protect Your Information
  5. What Are Your Rights and Choices
  6. How We Process Minors’ Information
  7. International Transfers
  8. Privacy Policy Updates
  9. How to Contact Us
  10. Language
  11. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
  12. Supplemental Terms – Jurisdiction-Specific

  13. What Information We Collect

We may collect the following information about you:

1.1 Information You Provide

Information you provide when contacting us. To access customer service on SkyShort, you may provide us with your contact information (email address), and text/picture/video information relating to your request. Your user ID and relevant problem description are needed to better resolve your problem. We may also collect information in correspondence you send to us, including when you contact us for complaints, support, or feedback.

Account Registration and Login Information. Where you choose to register for or log in to SkyShort using your email address or mobile phone number in supported regions, we may collect your email address, mobile phone number and related verification information for the purposes of account registration, identity verification, login authentication, account security, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

1.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you access and use SkyShort, we will automatically collect your information:

Usage Information. We will collect information regarding your interaction with SkyShort, including your records on clicking, following, searching, browsing, and transaction history. We collect such information to analyze your preferences and infer your interests for the purpose of personalizing content recommendations.

Device Information. We may collect certain information about the device you use to access SkyShort, such as the device ID or other unique identifiers; device and software characteristics (such as type and configuration), system language, referring URL, IP address, browser information, and standard web server log data; Identifier for Advertising (“IDFA”, iOS devices only), so as to identify your device, safeguard the security of services and optimize your browsing experience.

Local Storage. We may collect and store information, including your personal information locally on your device using mechanisms such as application data caches.

Cookies. Cookies are text files placed on your device to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. We may automatically collect information from you, through cookies or similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, flash cookies, etc.), to measure and analyze how you use the Platform, enhance your experience using the Platform, improve the Platform, provide you with advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertisements and other content. Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before using cookies.

1.3 Information from Other Sources

We may receive the information described in this Privacy Policy from other sources such as:

Third-party Account Information. You can register to use SkyShort with third-party social network account details (Facebook or Google) and an Apple account. If you log in to SkyShort with a third-party account, we will obtain your account information from such platform, including your nickname, profile picture and email address, so as to create or log in to your SkyShort account, provide services enjoyed by logged-in users, protect your account and prevent security risks.

Information received from others. We may receive information about you from others, including where you are included or mentioned in a complaint, appeal, request or feedback submitted to us, or if your contact information is provided to us.

  1. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

2.1 Service Provision

To conclude and enforce the agreement with you.

To deliver, provide, process, and maintain our services provided to you.

To create your account and profile.

2.2 Communications

To communicate with you about your use of SkyShort, product announcements, and software updates, as well as respond to your requests for assistance.

2.3 Marketing and Advertising

To send you marketing information and special offers about our products and services through inbox messages. If you do not want to receive any above-mentioned messages, please contact us via the contact information provided herein.

To deliver advertising, including targeted advertising, to you on SkyShort.

To measure the effectiveness of advertising and promotion.

To facilitate sales and purchases within SkyShort.

2.4 Improvement of Your Experience

To personalize the content you see when you use SkyShort. For example, show you content that we think will interest you.

To ensure content is presented in the most effective manner for you and your device.

2.5 Safety, Security and Integrity

To detect and combat abuse, harmful activity, fraud, misuse, spam, and illegal activity on SkyShort.

To monitor and prevent security risks or technical issues, protect your account and system security and improve the security and reliability of SkyShort Services.

2.6 Legal Compliance

To comply with legal or regulatory obligations, including but not limited to responding to lawsuits, damages or investigations, within or outside of your jurisdiction.

2.7 Technology Development and Research

To train and improve our technology, such as our algorithms.

To develop and analyze statistics on the use of SkyShort for the purpose of improving our products and services.

  1. How We Share Your Information

We do not share your personal information except as explicitly provided in this Privacy Policy. We share your personal information in one or multiple of the following circumstances:

3.1 Sharing with Your Consent

We may share information with third parties with your consent or at your direction.

3.2 Sharing with Business Partners

You understand and agree that some of our services will be provided by our business partners or jointly therewith, and that you agree that we can share your necessary personal information with the following partners:

Social network. Where you choose to register to use the Platform using your social network account details, we share certain information, including nickname and avatar, with the relevant social network.

Service providers. We engage other companies to perform services for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. These services include analyzing data, IT and related services, sending emails and providing customer support, providing SMS-based verification and authentication services, and security fraud-detection services. These service providers may have access to your personal information in connection with the performance of services for us. We require them to use the data only for purposes consistent with this Policy.

Advertisement partners. We may share certain information with advertising partners for the purpose of advertisement marketing.

Third-party SDK providers. SkyShort may contain third-party SDK or other similar applications. The collection and processing of information by such providers follow their own privacy provisions, not this Privacy Policy. We strongly recommend you first read their privacy provisions before using any third-party SDK.

3.3 Sharing in the Event of Merger, Sale or Other Business Transactions

We may transfer your personal information to another entity in the context of a transaction including a merger, financing, acquisition, restructuring, division, bankruptcy, transfer of assets or similar transaction. We will notify you in this regard and demand the new holder of the information abide by and perform any and all contents of this Privacy Policy.

3.4 Sharing for Legal Reasons

We may share your personal information with law enforcement agencies, government regulators, courts and other public authorities as required by law or regulators, to fulfill our legal obligations.

We may also share your personal information with such an authority if it is reasonably necessary to:

  • comply with a legal obligation, process or request;
  • enforce our Terms of Service and other agreements, policies, and standards, including investigation of any potential violation thereof;
  • exercise, establish or defend legal rights;
  • detect, prevent or otherwise address security, fraud or technical issues;
  • protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users, a third party or the public as required or permitted by law.
  1. How We Store and Protect Your Information

4.1 How We Store Your Information

4.1.1 Location.

Your personal information may be stored on servers located in various jurisdictions where we or our service providers operate. We will comply with applicable laws and regulations regarding data storage and do our best to protect your personal information with strict standards to prevent unauthorized disclosure.

4.1.2 Retention Period.

We retain your personal information until the termination of your account and otherwise as long as necessary for the purposes described above. We also retain personal information as long as necessary to comply with legal obligations, enforce our agreements and resolve disputes.

The retention periods are different depending on different criteria, such as the type of information, the purposes for which we use the information and mandatory retention periods under applicable law.

After the retention period, we either delete or anonymize your personal information, unless otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations.

If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide services to you, please contact us using the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy.

4.2 How We Protect Your Information

We will take appropriate technical and management measures to help protect and secure your personal information, such as encryption and desensitization. We maintain these technical and organizational measures and will amend them from time to time to improve the overall security of our systems.

4.2.1 Technical Measures

We adopt encryption technology such as security protocols on the transmission layer to prevent the transmission from being intercepted; adopt security storage measures such as classified and layered disposal of data; adopt strict data access control systems, multiple identity certification technology, monitor data processing to avoid illegal access and unauthorized use of data.

4.2.2 Management Measures

We establish a special department for personal information protection and formulate relevant internal control management systems to minimize employee authorization; organize employees to participate in relevant security protection training on a regular basis and take other practicable security organization and management measures.

  1. What Are Your Rights and Choices

You have all the rights under applicable laws and regulations concerning your personal information, including but not limited to the following:

  • the right to access your personal information;
  • the right to rectify/alter your personal information;
  • the right to delete your personal information;
  • the right to withdraw your consent;
  • the right to unsubscribe/cancel notifications;
  • the right to download a copy of your information;
  • the right to limit or refuse processing of personal information.

To submit a request to exercise the above rights, you may contact us via the contact information provided herein and we shall help you upon verification of your identity within the proper period or the period prescribed by the law of your jurisdiction.

You can exercise part of your rights on relevant product pages in SkyShort:

Access profile information. You may access your personal information including your user ID, nickname, profile photo by clicking “Profile” in the application.

Usage information. You may access part of your usage information at any time through the related product page, including watch history and transaction history.

Delete usage information. You may delete part of your usage information at any time through the related product page.

Delete account. You may remove any content from your account by deleting your account through the built-in online account deletion function. You may delete your account by clicking “Profile” - “Settings” – “Account Deletion”.

The right to withdraw your consent. You may revoke any permissions you have granted to us, such as permission to access the camera, by changing the settings on your device.

  1. How We Process Minors’ Information

SkyShort is not directed at children under the age of 13 years old or the minimum age otherwise defined under the applicable laws or regulations of your jurisdiction (“Minimum Age”). Therefore, we do not knowingly collect personal information of anyone under the Minimum Age. If you are under the Minimum Age, please do not use SkyShort and do not send your personal information to us. If you believe we may have any information about children under the Minimum Age, you may contact us via the contact information provided in this Privacy Policy. If we learn that we have collected personal information from children under the Minimum Age, we will promptly take steps to delete such information and terminate the associated account.

If you have reached the Minimum Age but are under the age of majority as defined under the applicable laws and regulations, you may only use SkyShort through your parent or legal guardian’s representation. You shall read this Privacy Policy under the guardianship and guidance of your parent or legal guardians, and submit relevant personal information after the consent of your parent or legal guardian to this Privacy Policy.

  1. International Transfers

To provide services to you, we will comply with applicable protection laws and regulations in your jurisdiction to process your personal information. Information sharing as referred to in this Privacy Policy may involve a transfer of your personal information to our affiliated entities or other third parties outside your jurisdiction, in connection with the purposes described herein. These jurisdictions may have privacy and data protection laws that are different from (and, in some cases, less protective than) the laws where you reside. We will take appropriate safeguards to protect your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws and regulations.

  1. Privacy Policy Updates

In response to changing legal, technical or business development, we may update or revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we update this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated version and change the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. We also will take appropriate measures to inform you in advance of significant changes that we believe affect your privacy rights, such as announcements, push notifications, pop-ups and email. Where your consent is required by applicable privacy laws, we will obtain your consent to changes before the revised Privacy Policy applies to you.

  1. How to Contact Us

If you have any question, comment, complaint, request or advice regarding this Privacy Policy or any other privacy-related matters, you may:

  • submit online feedback via “Profile” - “Help & feedback” in the application;
  • contact us at email address: contact@starzstudio.us.

Upon receiving your query or request, we will, upon verification of your identity, reply to you within the period prescribed by the applicable law.

  1. Language

This Privacy Policy is written in English and may be translated into other languages. In the event of any inconsistency, conflict or ambiguity between the English version and translated versions of this Privacy Policy, the English version shall prevail.

  1. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with applicable laws. Any disputes arising hereunder will be resolved in accordance with the Terms of Service.

  1. Supplemental Terms – Jurisdiction-Specific

In the event of a conflict between the provisions of the Supplemental Terms – Jurisdiction-Specific applicable to your jurisdiction and the rest of the Privacy Policy, the relevant jurisdictions’ Supplemental Terms shall prevail.

12.1 Additional Notice for California Residents

This section applies to California residents covered by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).

12.1.1 How we collect and disclose your personal information

Over the past 12 months, we have collected and disclosed your personal information as mentioned in the “What Information We Collect” and “How We Share Your Information” sections, for purposes set out in the “How We Use Your Information” section.

The category of the above information is reiterated with terms specified in CCPA as follows:

Category Defined in CCPA Source
Identifiers, including your email address and account name. Information from other sources and information you provide.
Commercial information, including your transaction history and consumption records. Automatically collected information.
Internet or other electronic network activity information, including your clicking and following records, searching and browsing history, and information regarding your interaction with us. Automatically collected information.
Sensitive personal information. Account log-in, in combination with any required security or access code, password, or credentials allowing access to an account. Information from other sources.
Inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about you reflecting your preferences, characteristics and other attributes. We may make inferences from information obtained directly from you or automatically collected during your use.

We do not knowingly collect any information about anyone under the age of 16.

12.1.2 Do we sell or share your personal information

We do not sell your personal information. However, we may share certain technical or usage information (such as device identifiers, cookies, or browsing data) with our advertising or analytics partners to deliver, measure, and improve cross-context behavioral advertising.

You have the right to opt out of our sharing of your personal information for targeted advertising. You may exercise this right at any time through the App settings.

We do not sell or share the personal information of consumers we know to be under 16 years of age.

12.1.3 Your California rights

Depending on your residency, you have the following rights with respect to your personal information:

The right to know. You have the right to request to know what personal information about you we have collected, including the categories of personal information, the categories of sources, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information, and the specific pieces of personal information we have collected.

The right to delete. You have the right to request us to delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.

The right to correct. You have the right to request us to correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.

The right to opt-out. You have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your information under CCPA.

The right to limit. You have the right to limit our use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information.

The right to non-discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for your exercise of privacy rights conferred by the CCPA.

12.1.4 How you exercise your rights

Method. You may exercise your rights by using methods described in the “What Are Your Rights and Choices” section. You may only make a verifiable consumer request for your “right to know” twice within a 12-month period.

Verifying your request. We only respond to your requests when we can verify your request. In order to verify your request, we may need additional information.

Response timing. We will use good faith efforts to respond to your request within 45 days of receipt. Where an extension (up to a total of 90 days) is necessary, we will inform you of the reason and the needed extension period in writing.

12.2 Additional Notice for Residents of European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom and Switzerland

This section applies to residents of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom (“UK”) and Switzerland and supplements our general Privacy Policy.

12.2.1 Data Controller and Representative

Identity and contact details of the controller. The controller with respect to the processing in this Privacy Policy is STARZ STUDIO LLC. The contact details of the controller are:

Email Address: contact@starzstudio.us

12.2.2 Legal Bases for Processing

We may only use your personal information when we have a lawful basis to do so under applicable data protection laws, including the GDPR (and UK GDPR) and Swiss FADP. These lawful bases include:

Your consent. We ask for your consent to access or use your personal information for specific purposes.

Contractual necessity. We may process your personal information to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.

Legitimate interests. We may process your personal information where it is necessary to pursue legitimate interests of us or third parties, provided that your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms do not override those interests.

Legal compliance. We may process your personal information where it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

12.2.3 Your Rights under the GDPR/UK GDPR/Swiss FADP

Your rights regarding your personal information specifically include the following:

  • The right of access.
  • The right to rectification.
  • The right to withdraw consent.
  • The right to erasure (right to be forgotten).
  • The right to restriction.
  • The right to portability.
  • The right to object.
  • The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

You may contact us via the contact information provided herein if you wish to exercise all the above-mentioned rights. You will not usually have to pay a fee to exercise your rights.

12.2.4 International Transfer

We may transfer your personal information outside the EEA, UK, and Switzerland for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. When transferring personal information from these regions to jurisdictions outside these regions, we implement appropriate safeguards, including:

Adequacy decisions from the European Commission.

Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission.

Other safeguards permitted under applicable law.