Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how the Kinobaza mobile application — a marketplace for castings and film production services — collects, uses, stores, and shares your personal data, and what rights you have in relation to that data. The application is intended for an audience in the Republic of Kazakhstan and is available in the following languages: Russian, English, Kazakh, and Uzbek.
The application is intended solely for persons aged 18 and over. By using Kinobaza, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old.
1. Who We Are
The data controller is:
- J-19 group LLP
- BIN: 190540021304
- Registered address: Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Alatau district, Akbulak microdistrict, Sharipova St. 157, postal code 160600
- Contact for all matters (support, privacy, complaints): J19europe01@gmail.com
For any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, the exercise of your rights, or to submit a complaint, you may contact us at the email address above.
2. What Data We Collect
We collect the following categories of data depending on how you use the application.
2.1. Account Data
- Phone number
- Email address
- Password (stored as a hash)
- First name, last name, patronymic
- Nickname
- Date of birth
- Account type (individual or business)
2.2. Sensitive Talent Data (Profiles and Cards)
Please note: when creating profiles and talent cards, an extended set of data may be processed, some of which constitutes sensitive (special category) personal data. Such data is processed on the basis of your consent and is published in your profile at your discretion. It includes:
- Sex
- Date of birth
- Citizenship / nationality
- Physical and modeling parameters: height, weight, clothing and shoe sizes, eye and hair color, tattoos, body measurements
- Languages, skills, education
- Work experience and filmography
- Agent contact details (third-party data)
- Portfolio: photos, videos, audio, PDF files
- Social media links
- Rates
If you provide the contact details of an agent or other third parties, you confirm that you are entitled to share such data.
2.3. Business Account Data
- Company name
- BIN
2.4. Project and Production Data
- Project name
- Budget
- Filming locations
- Team members and their contact details
- Scenes
- Time sheets
- Transport
2.5. Geolocation
- Precise GPS coordinates — collected only in the foreground (when the application is open and active) and only for weather forecasting at the filming location. Background geolocation is not used.
2.6. Communication Data
- Chat messages and attachments
- Online and read-receipt statuses
2.7. Behavioral Data
- Favorites
- Card view history
2.8. Technical Data
- Push token (Firebase Cloud Messaging, FCM)
- Crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics): stack traces, device model, operating system version
- Basic Firebase telemetry
3. Purposes and Legal Grounds for Processing
We process your data for the following purposes and on the following legal grounds in accordance with the applicable legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan:
- Creating and maintaining your account, authentication — to provide you with access to the application and its features.
- Publishing profiles and talent cards — on the basis of your consent, so that other platform users can find you.
- Organizing castings, projects, and deals — for the operation of the marketplace and interaction between users.
- Casting notifications — on the basis of your consent, to inform you of relevant opportunities.
- Communication between users — for the operation of chat and messaging.
- Weather forecasting at the filming location — based on the use of geolocation.
- Artificial intelligence features — on the basis of your consent (see Section 4).
- Ensuring security, diagnostics, and troubleshooting — for the stable and secure operation of the application.
Upon registration, you provide consent to: the processing of personal data; the terms of use; confirmation that you are at least 18 years old; the publication of your profile; the receipt of casting notifications; and the use of data for artificial intelligence features. You may withdraw your consents at any time (see Section 8).
4. Processing Using Artificial Intelligence
The application includes artificial intelligence features under the name "DurusAi": smart search, generation of "about me" descriptions, an AI assistant (chat, with conversation history retained), and script analysis (an uploaded file is processed by AI). All AI requests are routed through our backend to third-party large language model providers.
AI outputs may be inaccurate and do not constitute professional advice, including legal advice.
Processing of data using AI is carried out on the basis of your consent. Further details are set out in a separate AI Policy. The list of AI providers and the countries to which data is transferred is set out in Section 5.
5. Whom We Share Data With and Cross-Border Transfers
To operate the application, we engage sub-processors. Some of them are located outside the Republic of Kazakhstan, which involves cross-border data transfers. The list of sub-processors:
- Google / Firebase (Google LLC, USA) — authentication, push notifications (FCM), crash reports (Crashlytics), basic analytics. Cross-border — to the USA.
- Yandex Cloud Object Storage — storage of uploaded files. Region — Kazakhstan.
- AI providers (processing of AI features): Groq (USA), Google Gemini (USA), OpenRouter (USA). The entered text and uploaded scripts are transferred. Cross-border — to the USA.
- Open-Meteo (Germany) — weather forecasting. Coordinates / city are transferred.
In addition, data is shared between platform users — contact information and other details within shared projects and deals become available to other participants.
5.1. International users
The application is operated from the Republic of Kazakhstan and is primarily intended for users in Kazakhstan. If you use the application from another country, please note that your data may be processed and stored in the Republic of Kazakhstan and in other countries (including the USA, by our sub-processors), whose data protection laws may differ. By using the application, you agree to such cross-border processing.
6. Geolocation
We use precise GPS coordinates only when the application is open and active (in the foreground) and solely to obtain a weather forecast at the filming location. Background geolocation is not used. Coordinates or the city name are transferred to the Open-Meteo service (Germany) to generate the forecast.
7. Retention Periods
- Account data and content — retained for as long as your account exists.
- Following a deletion request — personal data is deleted or anonymized immediately; final deletion takes place within approximately 30 days.
- Session tokens — 30 days.
8. Your Rights
In accordance with the applicable legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
- Access and data export — you can export your data directly within the application.
- Deletion of your account and data — in the application: Profile → Delete account.
- Correction of data — by editing your profile in the application.
- Withdrawal of consents and other requests — via J19europe01@gmail.com.
We handle ordinary requests within 30 days. Complaints about offensive or inadmissible content are handled within 24 hours.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint regarding the operator's actions or inaction in relation to the processing of your personal data with the authorized state body for personal data protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
9. Security
We implement technical and organizational measures to protect your data, including:
- Data transmission over the secure HTTPS/TLS protocol.
- Storage of access tokens in the device's secure storage.
- Storage of passwords as hashes.
- Role-based access within projects.
10. Children
The application is intended solely for persons aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from persons under 18. Upon registration, you confirm that you are of legal age.
11. Identifiers and Analytics
We use Firebase services to the minimum extent necessary: a push token (FCM) for notifications, crash reports (Crashlytics) for diagnostics, and basic Firebase telemetry to ensure the stable operation of the application.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of changes within the application.
13. Contacts
For all matters relating to this Policy and the processing of your personal data, please contact:
- J-19 group LLP
- BIN: 190540021304
- Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Alatau district, Akbulak microdistrict, Sharipova St. 157, postal code 160600
- Email: J19europe01@gmail.com
The governing law is the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including the applicable legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on personal data and its protection.