Previously

Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2026

Previously collects as little data as it can run on. This page says what that is, in plain language.

What we collect

• Reading the site. You don't need an account to read Previously. Our servers log standard technical information — pages visited, browser type, and rough location from your IP address — to keep the site running and understand traffic.
• Accounts. If you create an account, we store your email address and sign-in credentials so you can log back in, plus the library you build with it: favorites, watched and want-to-watch marks, follows, and alert settings. How the library works describes those features.
• Preferences on your device. Settings such as display preferences are stored in your own browser (local storage and cookies). They stay on your device unless a feature needs them to work alongside your account.
• Messages you send us. If you email the desk, we keep the message so we can answer it and act on it.

Cookies

We use a small number of cookies and local-storage entries for sign-in, preferences, and site function. The cookie policy lists them in detail. No advertising cookies are set by us directly; where ads run on the site, ad partners may set their own, under their own policies.

Analytics. We use Google Analytics (measurement ID G-VN10EL7K7V) to understand aggregate traffic — which pages are read, how long people stay, and where errors occur. Its cookies are set by Google under Google's policies. The "Cookie choices" control in the footer governs embedded video and chat players; it does not switch analytics off — blocking cookies in your browser does.

Advertising cookies apply if and when our advertising program is active; it is currently pending approval. Set by Google AdSense and its partners, not by us directly. These may be used to show you ads based on your visits to Previously and other sites, to cap how often you see the same ad, and to measure ad performance. Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet. To stop personalized ads specifically: Google's Ads Settings, aboutads.info (Digital Advertising Alliance), and Your Online Choices (EU). Opting out stops personalization, not advertising — you will still see ads, just less relevant ones. Retention is set by Google — typically up to 13 months — and governed by Google's advertising policies.

What we don't do

We don't sell your personal data. We don't buy data about you. We don't build advertising profiles of our readers.

Third parties

Some pages embed players and content from other services — video from YouTube, for example. Those services can see that your browser loaded their player and may set their own cookies; their privacy policies govern what they collect.

Your choices

You can read nearly all of Previously signed out. You can download a copy of your data or delete your account yourself, any time, from your account settings (Your data & privacy). To see or correct the data tied to your account, email contact@watchpreviously.com and we'll handle it. Deleting your account removes your library and alert settings with it.

Children

Previously is written for a general audience and isn't directed at children under 13.

Changes and questions

If this policy changes in a way that matters, the change will be posted here with a new date. Questions go to contact@watchpreviously.com.