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Rule34Video rewrote its privacy section into a GDPR-style notice. It now discloses, for the first time, that it uses Google Analytics and third-party ad networks (including cross-site tracking cookies), requires age-verification checks via a third party (AgeVerif) in some countries, and lists a detailed cookie table. Most new tracking is gated behind an opt-in cookie banner, and the company added a clear 'we do not sell your data' statement and stronger access/deletion/complaint rights. On the downside, the policy dropped its prior promise to ask users to re-accept the policy when it changes, replacing it with a simple 'check this page' notice.
New third parties now receive your data
For the first time, the company names specific third parties that get access to data about you: Google Analytics, unnamed advertising networks, DDoS-Guard, and AgeVerif. The ad and analytics sharing only happens if you consent, and some of these partners may process your data outside the EU/US with their own privacy rules.
“They may process data outside the European Economic Area under their own privacy policies.”
What you can do — Decline analytics and advertising cookies in 'Cookie settings' to limit what gets shared with Google and ad networks.
Ad partners can track you across other websites
The site now discloses that advertising cookies can follow your browser across other sites, not just this one, to serve ads and measure views. This cross-site tracking is new information that wasn't disclosed before.
“recognise your browser, also across other sites”
What you can do — Opt out of advertising cookies via 'Cookie settings' to stop cross-site tracking.
Mandatory age-check by a third party in some countries
Users in certain countries will now be checked for their age by an outside company (AgeVerif) before they can use the site. This is a new, non-optional data collection step tied to using the service in those regions.
“in some countries an age check is shown by our provider AgeVerif before you can use the site.”
No longer promises to ask you to re-accept policy changes
The old policy said you might be asked to actively review and re-accept the privacy policy if it changed. The new wording drops that and simply says the company will post the current version on the page, leaving it up to you to notice updates.
“The current version is always on this page.”
What you can do — Periodically re-check this page for changes, since you won't be prompted to re-accept them.
No fixed time limit on security log retention
The policy now states that IP addresses and abuse logs are kept 'only as long as needed,' which is vague and gives the company discretion over how long that data is actually held.
“Security and abuse logs, including IP addresses, are kept only as long as needed to protect the site.”
| 23 | 23 | 4. 4\. Poorly compressed: Any image where compression artifacts are easily visible. |
| 24 | 24 | 5. 5\. Doujinshi/Manga: Do not upload these. |
| 25 | 25 | 6. 6\. Grotesque: Any depiction of extreme mutilation, extreme bodily distension, feces. |
| 26 | 26 | 7. 7\. Paysites: This should be plainly obvious, but apparently it needs to be listed here. |
| 27 | 27 | 8. 8\. Real porn: Any form of realistic pornography will not be accepted |
| 28 | 28 | |
| 29 | ## Privacy Policy | |
| 29 | ## Age requirement | |
| 30 | 30 | |
| 31 | 31 | In order to use this website, you affirm that you are at least eighteen (18) year of age and/or over the age of majority in the jurisdiction you reside and from which you access the website where the age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) years of age. If you are under the age of 18 and/or under the age of majority in the jurisdiction you reside and from which you access the website, then you are not permitted to use the website. |
| 32 | 32 | |
| 33 | ## What information we hold about you | |
| 33 | ## Privacy & Cookie Notice | |
± CHANGEDPrivacy section restructured and renamed The age requirement was split into its own section, and the privacy policy was renamed and rewritten as a more detailed 'Privacy & Cookie Notice' with numbered categories of data use. | ||
| 34 | 34 | |
| 35 | The type of data that we collect and process includes:1. 1\. Your username. | |
| 36 | 2. 2\. Your email address. | |
| 37 | 3. 3\. Your IP address. | |
| 38 | 4. 4\. Other information listed on your profile | |
| 35 | This notice explains what personal data this website processes, why, who receives it, and the choices and rights you have. Questions and requests: [rule34dmca@protonmail.com](mailto:rule34dmca@protonmail.com). | |
| 39 | 36 | |
| 40 | ## How your personal information is used | |
| 37 | ## What we process and why | |
| 41 | 38 | |
| 42 | We may use your personal information in the following ways: For the purposes of making you a registered member of our site, in order for you to contribute content to this site. We may use your email address only for password recovery's Your IP address is recorded when you perform certain actions on our site. Your IP address is never publicly visible. We may collect non-personally identifiable information about you in the course of your interaction with our site. This information may include technical information about the browser or type of device you're using. This information will be used purely for the purposes of analytics and tracking the number of visitors to our site. | |
| 39 | 1. **Your account** (if you register): username, email address, password (stored hashed) and what you add to your profile. Used to run your account, to recover your password and to show your uploads, playlists, comments and votes. Legal basis: providing the service you asked for. | |
| 40 | 2. **Your IP address and browser details** on every request. Used to deliver pages and videos, to protect the site against attacks, spam, vote manipulation and abuse, and to find your country for the age check and the cookie banner. Your IP address is never shown publicly. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in running a secure website. | |
| 41 | 3. **Age verification**: in some countries an age check is shown by our provider AgeVerif before you can use the site. Legal basis: our legal obligation to keep minors away from adult content. | |
| 42 | 4. **Analytics** (only if you allow it): Google Analytics records the pages you visit, your device and browser, your approximate location and a pseudonymous ID kept in a cookie, so we can count visitors and see how the site is used. Legal basis: your consent. | |
+ ADDEDGoogle Analytics tracking disclosed (opt-in) The site now explicitly says it uses Google Analytics to track pages visited, device/browser info, approximate location, and a tracking ID, but only if you consent via the cookie banner. | ||
| 43 | 5. **Advertising** (only if you allow it): our ad partners load the ads, including the ads in the video player, count views and clicks, and may set cookies or similar identifiers to recognise your browser, also across other sites. Legal basis: your consent. | |
+ ADDEDAdvertising partner tracking disclosed (opt-in) The site now discloses that ad partners can set cookies or similar IDs to recognize your browser across other websites, not just this one, if you consent. | ||
| 44 | 6. **Anonymous statistics**: we count how often the cookie banner is shown and which choice is made, and a small sample of page load times, per day and country only. No cookie or identifier is used and no IP address is stored for this. | |
| 43 | 45 | |
| 44 | 46 | [IP address data by DB-IP.com](https://db-ip.com/), licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| 45 | 47 | |
| 46 | ## Keeping your data secure | |
| 48 | ## Who receives your data | |
| 47 | 49 | |
| 48 | We are committed to ensuring that any information you provide to us is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable measures and procedures to safeguard and secure the information that we collect. | |
| 50 | - Our hosting and network providers, including DDoS-Guard, which filters traffic before it reaches the site. | |
| 51 | - AgeVerif, for the age check (where it applies). | |
| 52 | - Google (Google Analytics), only with your consent. Google may process data in the United States; Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. | |
| 53 | - Our advertising partners, only with your consent: the advertising networks that serve the ads on this site, including the ads in the video player. Which networks we work with changes regularly. They may process data outside the European Economic Area under their own privacy policies. | |
+ ADDEDNew section naming who your data is shared with A new section lists the specific companies that receive your data: DDoS-Guard (security), AgeVerif (age checks), Google (analytics, with consent), and unnamed advertising networks (with consent), some of which may process data outside the EU/US Privacy Framework protections. | ||
| 49 | 54 | |
| 50 | ## Cookie policy | |
| 55 | We do not sell your data and we do not share your account details with advertisers. | |
+ ADDEDExplicit 'we do not sell your data' statement added The company added a direct statement that it does not sell user data and does not give advertisers your account details. | ||
| 51 | 56 | |
| 52 | Cookies are small text files which are set by us on your computer which allow us to provide certain functionality on our site, such as being able to log in, or remembering certain preferences. | |
| 57 | ## Cookies and similar technologies | |
| 53 | 58 | |
| 54 | ## Rights | |
| 59 | Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser; local storage works in a similar way. Where our cookie banner is shown, you are asked before any analytics or advertising cookie is set: nothing optional runs until you choose, and you can change your choice at any time with [Cookie settings]() (also at the bottom of every page). Withdrawing consent stops those cookies from then on and removes the Google Analytics cookies. You can also delete cookies in your browser settings at any time. | |
+ ADDEDDetailed cookie table and consent controls added A full table listing each cookie, who sets it, its purpose, and how long it's kept was added, along with a cookie-consent banner that blocks optional (analytics/ad) cookies until you choose, and a 'Cookie settings' control to change or withdraw consent anytime. | ||
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| 56 | You have a right to access the personal data we hold about you or obtain a copy of it. To do so please email us at rule34dmca@protonmail.com or contact us on discord. You also have the right to request the erasure of your personal data. You can do this yourself by clicking the Delete Profile under my profile. (THIS IS PERMANTENT ERASURE AND CANNOT BE RECOVERED) | |
| 61 | | Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Kept for | | |
| 62 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | |
| 63 | | Essentialalways active | | |
| 64 | | PHPSESSID | this site | Your session (login, settings while you browse) | until you close the browser | | |
| 65 | | kt\_\* (kt\_tcookie, kt\_acctoken, kt\_is\_visited and similar) | this site | Video playback, access checks and visit counting | 1 to 7 days | | |
| 66 | | \_\_Host-kt\_member\_v2, \_\_Host-kvs\_logout | this site | "Keep me logged in", only when you tick it; a short marker when you log out | until you log out or the login expires; 5 minutes | | |
| 67 | | csrf\_token | this site | Protects your actions (votes, comments, playlists) against forged requests | until you close the browser | | |
| 68 | | \_\_ddg\* | DDoS-Guard | Protection against attacks and bots | up to 1 year | | |
| 69 | | r34\_consent, r34\_region | this site | Remember your cookie choice and whether the banner applies to you | 180 days, 7 days | | |
| 70 | | Filter and display settings (content filter, date filter, temporary blacklist, player and "Up next" preferences) | this site | Remember the settings you choose | until you change them or clear them | | |
| 71 | | AgeVerif | ageverif.com | Age check where required | set by AgeVerif | | |
| 72 | | Analyticsonly with your consent | | |
| 73 | | \_ga, \_ga\_\* | Google Analytics | Count visitors and see how the site is used | up to 13 months | | |
| 74 | | Advertisingonly with your consent | | |
| 75 | | Cookies and local storage set by the ads | our advertising partners | Serve ads, limit how often you see them, count views and clicks, detect fraud and ad blockers, and recognise your browser, also across other sites | set by each partner, typically up to 13 months | | |
| 57 | 76 | |
| 58 | ## Acceptance of this policy | |
| 77 | ## How long we keep data | |
| 59 | 78 | |
| 60 | Continued use of our site signifies your acceptance of this policy. If you do not accept the policy then please do not use this site. When registering we will further request your explicit acceptance of the privacy policy. Changes to this policy | |
| 79 | Account data is kept until you delete your profile. Security and abuse logs, including IP addresses, are kept only as long as needed to protect the site. Cookies are kept for the periods listed above. | |
+ ADDEDData retention periods clarified A new section explains that account data is kept until you delete your profile, and security/abuse logs (including IP addresses) are kept only as long as needed, without naming a specific time limit. | ||
| 61 | 80 | |
| 62 | ## Changes to this policy | |
| 81 | ## Keeping your data secure | |
| 63 | 82 | |
| 64 | We may make changes to this policy at any time. You may be asked to review and re-accept the information in this policy if it changes in the future. | |
| 83 | We are committed to ensuring that any information you provide to us is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable measures and procedures to safeguard and secure the information that we collect. | |
| 84 | ||
| 85 | ## Your rights | |
| 86 | ||
| 87 | You can ask for access to the personal data we hold about you or a copy of it, and ask us to correct, restrict or delete it, or object to its use: email [rule34dmca@protonmail.com](mailto:rule34dmca@protonmail.com) or contact us on Discord. You can delete your account yourself with Delete Profile under My profile (this is permanent and cannot be undone). You can withdraw consent at any time with [Cookie settings](); this does not affect processing before you withdrew it. You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority. | |
± CHANGEDUser rights expanded Beyond the existing right to request a copy of your data or delete your account, the policy now adds rights to correct or restrict your data, object to its use, withdraw consent at any time, and complain to a data protection authority. | ||
| 88 | ||
| 89 | ## Changes to this notice | |
| 90 | ||
| 91 | We may change this notice, for example when we add or remove a partner. The current version is always on this page. | |
± CHANGEDRe-acceptance requirement for policy changes removed Previously, you might be asked to actively review and re-accept the policy whenever it changed. Now the company just updates the page and expects you to check it yourself. | ||
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- + ADDEDAge verification via third-party provider added
In some countries, a new third-party service called AgeVerif will check your age before you can use the site, which the company says is required by law.
Age verification: in some countries an age check is shown by our provider AgeVerif before you can use the site.