Policies and Legal Information
Last updated: July 26, 2026
This directory provides access to BareAnime’s legal policies, community rules, editorial standards, store policies, privacy information, and support procedures.
These policies apply to BareAnime.com, Shop.BareAnime.com, member accounts, profiles, theory submissions, newsletters, comments, store services, and other BareAnime-operated features where applicable.
Privacy and Data
Privacy Policy
Explains what personal information BareAnime collects, why it is collected, how it is used, which service providers may receive it, and the rights available to users.
Cookie Policy
Explains BareAnime’s use of essential, analytics, advertising, preference, and other cookies or similar technologies.
Age and Children’s Privacy Policy
Explains BareAnime’s minimum age requirement, protections for teenage users, underage-account procedures, parental requests, and child-safety standards.
Data Breach and Security Incident Response Policy
Explains how BareAnime prepares for, investigates, contains, documents, and communicates about suspected security incidents and personal-data breaches.
Accounts and Community
Account and Membership Policy
Explains free account eligibility, usernames, public profiles, account security, notifications, suspension, termination, account closure, and treatment of published content.
Community Guidelines
Explains the rules for member profiles, theory uploads, comments, spoilers, plagiarism, harassment, spam, links, images, promotions, and community conduct.
User-Generated Content Agreement
Explains member ownership of original submissions, the license granted to BareAnime, editing and promotional rights, attribution, deletion, and use in videos or newsletters.
Content Removal and Account Appeal Policy
Explains why content or accounts may be restricted, which decisions may be appealed, appeal deadlines, evidence requirements, and possible outcomes.
Copyright and Intellectual Property
Copyright, Fair Use, and Fan-Site Disclaimer
Explains BareAnime’s independent fan-site status, ownership of anime and manga properties, commentary and criticism, trademarks, and fair-use limitations.
Copyright and DMCA Policy
Explains how copyright owners may submit formal infringement notices and how affected users may submit counter-notifications.
External Links Disclaimer
Explains the limits of BareAnime’s responsibility for external websites, affiliate retailers, embedded content, third-party services, and user-submitted links.
Editorial Standards
Corrections and Editorial Standards Policy
Explains BareAnime’s source hierarchy, canon-verification standards, separation of fact from theory, treatment of translations, corrections, updates, and attribution.
General Editorial and Entertainment Disclaimer
Explains that BareAnime theories, predictions, rankings, interpretations, and opinions are provided for entertainment and informational purposes and are not guaranteed to be correct.
Sponsored Content and Advertising Policy
Explains how BareAnime identifies sponsored articles, advertisements, paid partnerships, free products, product placements, and other material commercial relationships.
Affiliate Disclosure
Explains that BareAnime may earn commissions from qualifying purchases or actions through certain links.
Store and Customer Policies
Terms and Conditions
Sets the general terms governing access to BareAnime, accounts, community participation, purchases, intellectual property, disclaimers, and limitations.
Refund and Return Policy
Explains return eligibility, damaged or incorrect products, exclusions, refund processing, and customer responsibilities.
Shipping and Delivery Policy
Explains processing, estimated delivery, tracking, address responsibilities, international shipping, customs, lost packages, and delivery problems.
Giveaway, Contest, and Sweepstakes Policy
Explains BareAnime’s general standards for promotions, including eligibility, free entry, prizes, winner selection, taxes, fraud prevention, and required Official Rules.
Communications
Member Communications and Newsletter Policy
Explains necessary account communications, optional newsletters, promotional consent, notification preferences, and unsubscribe rights.
Official Contact and Legal Notices Policy
Provides the correct contact channels for account support, orders, privacy requests, copyright notices, security reports, editorial corrections, moderation appeals, advertising, and legal correspondence.
Accessibility and Security
Accessibility Statement
Explains BareAnime’s goal of working toward substantial conformance with WCAG 2.2 Level AA, known limitations, accessibility measures, and reporting procedures.
Security and Vulnerability Reporting Policy
Explains how security researchers may report suspected vulnerabilities, which testing is authorized, prohibited activity, coordinated disclosure, and good-faith research expectations.
Contact BareAnime
General questions may be sent through the BareAnime Contact page.
Specialized matters should use the process stated in the relevant policy:
- Copyright complaints: Copyright and DMCA Policy
- Security vulnerabilities: Security and Vulnerability Reporting Policy
- Privacy requests: Privacy Policy
- Moderation appeals: Content Removal and Account Appeal Policy
- Editorial corrections: Corrections and Editorial Standards Policy
- Order support: Refund and Return Policy or Shipping and Delivery Policy
BareAnime may revise these policies as its services, community features, business structure, technology, and legal obligations change.
The revision date displayed on each individual policy identifies its current version.