Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

HotBoys respects your privacy. We collect minimal information necessary to deliver streaming services, maintain account security, and prevent fraud:

• Account & Login Data: Email address and authentication tokens necessary to manage your membership.
• Usage & Viewing Data: Watch progress, watchlists, and playback state to resume videos.
• Technical Data: IP hashes, country location (CF-IPCountry header), browser user-agent, and rate limit counters for security and anti-abuse auditing.

2. Use of Cookies & Local Storage

We use cookies and session storage strictly for essential functional and security purposes:

• viewer: Session cookie maintaining member authentication state.
• hb_locale: Preference cookie storing your language choice.
• hb_18plus: Age verification gate status cookie (valid 30 days).

3. Data Protection & Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. Financial and billing transactions are processed securely through payment gateways (gpagamentos); payment card numbers are never received or stored on HotBoys servers.

4. Privacy Rights (GDPR / CCPA)

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights under privacy laws (such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation or California Consumer Privacy Act), including the right to access, rectify, or request deletion of your personal data held by us. To exercise these rights, contact us at {{CONTACT_EMAIL}}.