Screener privacy and website preferences

This notice explains what Afkart records when you sign in to the screening library with the personal screener password we sent you, and how this website remembers your language and appearance choices.

What we record

Your screener record: your name and, if we added them, your company and email address; when your access was created; any access end date; and whether access was revoked.
Sign-in: the time of your most recent sign-in.
Viewing activity: for each title you open, the title and the time you opened it; the video’s length; where playback last was; and an estimate of how much of the video you actually played.
Your shortlist: the programmes you save to your shortlist and when you added them, so your shortlist is available when you sign in on another device.

The playback figures are sent by your browser while a video plays (about every 10 seconds, and when you pause, skip, finish or leave). They are estimates: skipping ahead or replaying does not count as extra viewing, and reports sent while a tab closes may not arrive. They are indicative, not proof of viewing.

Sign-in protection: to limit password guessing, a keyed one-way code derived from your IP address and the current 15-minute period (it cannot be turned back into your IP address), with a count of attempts. It is not linked to your screener record and is deleted once it has expired, within a day.

Apart from that short-lived code, our website does not store your IP address, device or browser details, or your location.

Why we record it

To give you access to confidential screeners, to manage and end that access, and to understand which programmes interest our partners so we can follow up on licensing. We do not sell this information or use it for advertising.

Who can see it

Only Afkart team members who have catalogue management access can see your screener record, viewing activity and shortlist.

“Send to Afkart” on your shortlist prepares an email in your own email application. It does not send anything automatically, and removing a shortlist entry does not recall an email you have sent.

Other services involved

Videos are played by Vimeo. When you watch, Vimeo receives information such as your IP address, device details and viewing data, and handles it under Vimeo’s privacy policy.

This website and its database are hosted by Cloudflare. Cloudflare processes technical information such as your IP address to deliver and protect the website, under Cloudflare’s privacy policy. The website’s own error logs are kept for up to 3 days and do not contain your viewing activity.

Cookies

Screening library sign-in: signing in sets one strictly necessary cookie that keeps you signed in for up to 8 hours (or until your access ends, if sooner). It is not used for tracking across other websites.
Website preferences — all visitors: If you choose a language or appearance, this browser stores preference cookies for up to one year. Browser settings or clearing site data may remove them sooner. They are separate from sign-in cookies and are not used for advertising or cross-site tracking.

How long we keep it

Viewing activity is deleted automatically 180 days after you opened the title. The deletion runs once a day, so a record can remain for up to one more day.
Your screener record (name, company, email, access dates, last sign-in) is kept while you have screening access and until Afkart deletes it. It is not deleted automatically when access ends or is revoked.
Your shortlist is kept until you remove an entry, Afkart deletes your screener account, or the programme is deleted from the catalogue. Signing out, the end of your access and clearing your viewing history do not delete it, and it is not part of the 180-day viewing deletion.
Afkart can delete your viewing history, or your whole screener record together with its viewing history and shortlist, at any time.
Backups: backups and recovery cover your screener record, viewing activity and shortlist alike. The database can be restored to any point in the previous 7 days, so a deleted record remains recoverable for up to 7 days after deletion and is then gone. Any backup copy Afkart exports, for example before a site update, is deleted within 90 days of being made, so a viewing record captured in such a copy can be kept for up to 90 days beyond the 180-day limit.

Your choices

Afkart (Dubai Media City, Dubai) is responsible for this information. To ask what we hold about you, or to have it corrected or deleted, email info@afkart.com.

Last updated 9 November 2026 · Back to Afkart