Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 23, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

BareAnime respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how information is collected, used, stored, and shared when you visit BareAnime.com, Shop.BareAnime.com, or any other website, page, service, newsletter, account feature, or online property operated by BareAnime that links to this Privacy Policy.

In this Privacy Policy, “BareAnime,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to BareAnime. “You” and “your” refer to visitors, readers, subscribers, customers, account holders, contributors, and other users of our services.

By accessing or using BareAnime, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. Where required by law, we will request your consent before collecting or using certain information.

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with BareAnime.

Information You Provide Directly

You may voluntarily provide information when you:

Contact us
Subscribe to a newsletter
Submit a comment
Create an account
Create or edit a public profile
Submit an anime theory, article, image, or other contribution
Participate in a survey, contest, promotion, or community feature
Purchase a product
Request customer support
Request a refund, return, correction, or privacy action
Communicate with us through email or social media

This information may include:

Your name
Your email address
Your username
Your password or account credentials
Your billing and shipping address
Your telephone number
Your profile information
Your comments, messages, theories, posts, and other submissions
Your newsletter preferences
Your order and transaction details
Information you include in support, copyright, or privacy requests

Please do not send sensitive personal information through ordinary contact forms, comments, public profiles, or email unless it is necessary and we specifically request it.

Information Collected Automatically

When you use BareAnime, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:

Internet Protocol address
Browser type and version
Device type
Operating system
Language and regional settings
Referring and exit pages
Pages, articles, products, and links viewed
Search terms entered on the site
Dates and times of visits
Approximate location derived from an IP address
Interactions with emails, advertisements, embedded content, and affiliate links
Cookie identifiers and similar online identifiers
Login activity and account-security information
Shopping-cart and checkout activity

We may collect this information through cookies, pixels, local storage, server logs, analytics technologies, and similar tools.

More information about these technologies will be provided in our Cookie Policy.

Information Related to Purchases

When you purchase a product, we may collect information needed to process and fulfill the transaction, such as:

Name
Email address
Billing address
Shipping address
Telephone number
Products ordered
Order value
Payment status
Shipping and tracking information
Refund, return, or customer-support history

Payments may be processed by third-party payment providers. BareAnime generally does not receive or store your complete credit- or debit-card number. Payment processors handle payment information according to their own privacy policies and security practices.

Information from Third Parties

We may receive information from third parties, including:

Payment processors
Shipping and fulfillment providers
Newsletter and email-service providers
Analytics providers
Advertising partners
Affiliate networks
Social-media platforms
Fraud-prevention and security services
WordPress, WooCommerce, hosting, and website-service providers

For example, an affiliate network may tell us that a visitor used one of our links and completed a qualifying transaction. We may receive commission and transaction-attribution information without receiving the customer’s complete payment details.

2. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

Operate, maintain, and improve BareAnime
Display articles, theories, comments, profiles, and other content
Provide account and community features
Process and fulfill purchases
Send order confirmations and shipping updates
Respond to questions and customer-support requests
Administer refunds, returns, and disputes
Send newsletters and promotional communications you requested
Personalize content and recommendations
Measure readership, traffic, engagement, and website performance
Understand which content, products, and features are useful
Track affiliate referrals and commissions
Detect spam, fraud, abuse, security incidents, and prohibited activity
Protect BareAnime, its users, and third parties
Enforce our Terms and Conditions and other policies
Maintain business, tax, transaction, and legal records
Comply with legal obligations
Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
Communicate changes to our services or policies

We will not use personal information for materially different purposes without providing appropriate notice and obtaining consent when required.

3. Legal Bases for Processing

Where the General Data Protection Regulation, UK GDPR, or similar law applies, we process personal information under one or more of the following legal bases:

Consent

We may rely on your consent when you:

Subscribe to marketing emails
Accept optional analytics or advertising cookies
Participate in certain promotions
Allow another optional use of your information

You may withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

Contract

We may process information when necessary to:

Complete a purchase
Deliver a product
Manage an account
Provide a requested service
Respond to actions you take under our Terms and Conditions

Legitimate Interests

We may process information when reasonably necessary for our legitimate interests, including:

Operating and improving BareAnime
Measuring site performance
Protecting our website and users
Preventing fraud, spam, and abuse
Responding to communications
Maintaining business records
Promoting our content and services

We consider the possible effect on your privacy before relying on legitimate interests.

Legal Obligation

We may process information to comply with tax, accounting, consumer-protection, law-enforcement, court, or other legal requirements.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

BareAnime and its service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to:

Keep the website functioning
Remember your preferences
Maintain login sessions
Preserve shopping-cart contents
Secure accounts and transactions
Measure traffic and engagement
Display embedded videos or social-media content
Attribute affiliate referrals
Support advertising and promotional campaigns

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function. Other cookies, such as analytics or advertising cookies, may be optional.

Where required, BareAnime will request your permission before placing nonessential cookies. You may use our cookie-consent controls to accept, reject, or change your choices.

You may also control cookies through your browser. Blocking certain cookies may prevent parts of BareAnime from functioning correctly.

Please review our separate Cookie Policy for additional information.

5. Newsletter and Marketing Communications

When you subscribe to a BareAnime newsletter, we may collect your email address, subscription date, consent record, email preferences, and information about how you interact with our emails.

We may use this information to send:

New-article announcements
Anime theory updates
Website news
Product announcements
Promotions
Affiliate recommendations
Other BareAnime content you requested

You may unsubscribe at any time by selecting the unsubscribe link included in a marketing email or contacting us.

Unsubscribing from marketing messages will not prevent us from sending necessary transactional or administrative communications, such as order confirmations, security alerts, or responses to your requests.

We will not automatically subscribe you to marketing emails merely because you contacted us or made a purchase unless permitted by applicable law and accompanied by an appropriate opportunity to opt out.

6. Comments, Profiles, and Public Submissions

Information you choose to publish in a comment, username, profile, theory submission, article, or other public area may be visible to anyone.

Public information may:

Appear in search-engine results
Be copied or shared by other users
Be discussed on other websites or platforms
Remain in cached or archived copies after removal from BareAnime

Do not publish information you want to keep private.

BareAnime may review, moderate, edit, restrict, or remove public submissions as permitted by our Terms and Conditions and Community Guidelines.

If public accounts, profiles, or theory submissions are not currently available, this section will apply when those features are introduced.

7. Affiliate Links

BareAnime may participate in affiliate-marketing programs, including the Amazon Associates Program.

When you select an affiliate link, BareAnime and the applicable affiliate partner may use cookies, tracking identifiers, or similar technologies to determine whether the referral results in a purchase or another qualifying action.

The affiliate partner may collect information directly from you according to its own privacy policy. BareAnime may receive commission, conversion, and attribution information but generally does not receive the complete payment information you provide to the retailer.

Please review our Affiliate Disclosure for more information.

8. Advertising

BareAnime may display advertisements or use advertising services.

Advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies to:

Deliver advertisements
Limit how often advertisements are displayed
Measure advertising performance
Prevent fraud
Determine whether an advertisement led to a visit or purchase
Personalize advertisements where permitted

Where required, personalized advertising technologies will not be activated without appropriate consent.

Your cookie-consent controls may provide options to reject or limit advertising cookies.

9. Embedded Content and External Services

BareAnime may include embedded content from third-party platforms, such as:

YouTube videos
Social-media posts
Images
Audio players
Commenting systems
Product widgets
Advertising
Affiliate links

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third party’s website directly. The third party may collect information, place cookies, or track your interaction with its content, particularly if you are logged into an account with that service.

BareAnime does not control the privacy practices of external websites or platforms. Review their privacy policies before providing them with personal information.

10. How We Share Information

We may share information with the following categories of recipients.

Website and Hosting Providers

We may share information with companies that provide website hosting, content management, database, security, backup, performance, and technical-support services.

WordPress and WooCommerce Providers

BareAnime may use WordPress and WooCommerce services, plugins, extensions, and integrations. These providers may process information necessary to operate the website, accounts, comments, store, and checkout functions.

Payment Processors

Payment providers may process billing and transaction information to authorize payments, prevent fraud, manage disputes, and issue refunds.

Fulfillment and Shipping Providers

We may share order information with Printful or other manufacturers, fulfillment partners, shipping companies, and carriers as needed to produce and deliver products.

Newsletter Providers

We may share subscriber information with Jetpack Newsletter, provided by Automattic Inc., to manage subscriptions, store subscriber information, send newsletters and new-post notifications, measure email performance, and process unsubscribe requests.

If BareAnime changes or adds an email-marketing provider, this Privacy Policy will be updated to identify the applicable provider.

Analytics Providers

We may use Google Analytics, provided by Google LLC, and Jetpack Stats, provided by Automattic Inc., to understand website traffic, visitor activity, content performance, referral sources, device information, and general usage patterns.

These providers may collect information through cookies, tracking technologies, server logs, or similar tools. Where required by law, optional analytics technologies will not be activated until the visitor provides consent.

If BareAnime begins using Microsoft Clarity or another analytics provider, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly.

Advertising and Affiliate Partners

We may share or permit the collection of identifiers, referral information, and usage data for advertising, affiliate attribution, campaign measurement, and fraud prevention.

Professional Advisers

We may share information with attorneys, accountants, insurers, consultants, and other professional advisers when reasonably necessary.

Legal and Safety Disclosures

We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

Comply with a law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or valid legal process
Respond to lawful government requests
Protect the rights, property, or safety of BareAnime, our users, or others
Investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or violations of our policies
Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

Business Transfers

If BareAnime is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or transfer of all or part of the business, information may be reviewed or transferred as part of that transaction.

The recipient will remain subject to applicable privacy obligations.

11. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information

BareAnime does not sell personal information in exchange for money.

However, certain advertising, analytics, affiliate, or cross-context behavioral-advertising activities may be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under some privacy laws, even when no money is exchanged for personal information.

Where applicable, you may have the right to opt out of these activities through:

Our cookie-consent controls
A “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link, if displayed
A recognized browser-based opt-out preference signal where legally required
A request sent to our contact email

BareAnime does not knowingly sell or share the personal information of children under 16 for cross-context behavioral advertising.

12. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Retention periods may depend on:

The type of information
The reason it was collected
Whether an account remains active
Whether a subscription remains active
Contractual obligations
Tax, accounting, and legal requirements
Fraud-prevention and security needs
Dispute and claim limitation periods
Whether information appears in public content

For example:

Contact messages may be retained while the inquiry is active and for a reasonable recordkeeping period afterward.
Newsletter information may be retained until you unsubscribe and for a limited period afterward to document and honor the unsubscribe request.
Order and transaction records may be retained as required for tax, accounting, fraud-prevention, warranty, and legal purposes.
Account information may be retained while the account remains active and for a reasonable period after closure.
Server, security, and analytics logs may be retained for shorter operational periods unless needed to investigate abuse or security incidents.
Public submissions may remain available until removed, subject to our policies, backups, archives, and legal obligations.

We may retain anonymized or aggregated information that can no longer reasonably identify you.

13. Data Security

BareAnime uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, destruction, loss, or misuse.

These safeguards may include:

Access controls
Password protections
Secure hosting
Encryption in transit
Software updates
Backups
Spam and malware protection
Payment processing through specialized providers
Limiting access to information to those who need it

No website, storage system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure. You provide information at your own risk and are responsible for protecting your account credentials.

14. International Data Transfers

BareAnime is operated from the United States and is intended for anime fans worldwide.

Your information may be collected, stored, accessed, or processed in the United States or other countries where BareAnime’s service providers operate. Those countries may have privacy laws that differ from the laws where you live.

Where required, we and our service providers will use legally recognized safeguards for international transfers, such as:

Adequacy decisions
Standard contractual clauses
Contractual privacy protections
Other approved transfer mechanisms

By using BareAnime or providing information, you understand that your information may be processed outside your country, subject to applicable law.

15. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and which laws apply, you may have the right to:

Know whether we process your personal information
Request access to your personal information
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of certain information
Request a portable copy of certain information
Restrict certain processing
Object to certain processing
Withdraw consent
Opt out of marketing communications
Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
Opt out of targeted advertising
Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request
Lodge a complaint with a privacy or data-protection authority
Receive equal service without unlawful discrimination for exercising your rights

These rights are not absolute. Applicable law may allow or require us to retain or continue processing certain information.

To submit a request, contact us using the information in the “Contact Us” section.

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Verification may require information reasonably connected to your prior interactions with BareAnime.

Authorized agents may submit requests where permitted by law. We may require proof that the agent is authorized to act for you and may require you to verify your identity directly.

We will respond within the time required by applicable law.

16. California Privacy Rights

California residents may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, and other California privacy laws.

Depending on whether BareAnime is subject to a particular requirement, these rights may include:

The right to know what categories and specific pieces of personal information are collected
The right to know the sources, purposes, and categories of recipients
The right to request deletion
The right to request correction
The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
The right to limit certain uses of sensitive personal information
The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising privacy rights

BareAnime does not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes that require a separate limitation right unless otherwise disclosed.

California “Shine the Light” Requests

California residents may also have rights to request certain information about disclosures of personal information to third parties for their own direct-marketing purposes.

BareAnime does not disclose personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing unless appropriate notice and choice are provided.

17. European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland

Individuals in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland may have rights under applicable data-protection law, including rights to:

Access personal information
Correct inaccurate information
Request deletion
Restrict processing
Object to processing
Receive portable information
Withdraw consent
Complain to a competent supervisory authority

When we rely on legitimate interests, you may request information about those interests or object to the processing.

When we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

BareAnime is operated in the United States. Depending on the scope of our activities and applicable legal requirements, BareAnime may not be required to appoint a representative or data-protection officer in every jurisdiction.

18. Children’s Privacy

BareAnime is intended for a general audience of anime fans and is not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Children under 13 may not create an account, subscribe to a newsletter, make a purchase independently, submit content, or otherwise provide personal information to BareAnime.

If you are under 13, do not provide personal information through BareAnime.

If we learn that we collected personal information from a child under 13 without legally valid parental consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

A parent or legal guardian who believes that a child provided personal information may contact us using the information below.

Users between 13 and the age of legal majority where they live should use BareAnime only with the involvement and permission of a parent or legal guardian where required.

BareAnime does not knowingly sell or share the personal information of children under 16.

19. Account Closure and Content Removal

When account features become available, you may request account closure by contacting us or using any account-deletion controls provided.

Closing an account may not immediately remove:

Public comments or submissions
Content copied or shared by others
Search-engine caches
Archived copies
Transaction records
Security records
Information required for legal compliance
Information contained in temporary backups

Where appropriate, we may delete, anonymize, or disassociate public contributions from your account rather than removing every copy.

Account closure and content ownership will also be governed by our Terms and Conditions and User-Generated Content Agreement.

20. Do Not Track and Opt-Out Preference Signals

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because no universally accepted standard currently governs all responses to Do Not Track signals, BareAnime may not respond to every such signal.

Where applicable law requires recognition of a valid browser-based opt-out preference signal, such as a legally recognized universal opt-out mechanism, BareAnime will process that signal as required.

Cookie and privacy choices may apply only to the browser and device used to submit them.

21. Third-Party Websites

BareAnime may link to websites, stores, social networks, streaming platforms, affiliate retailers, and other third-party services.

We are not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or data practices of third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to services operated by BareAnime that link to it.

Review the privacy policy of every third-party service you use.

22. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy as BareAnime grows, introduces new features, changes service providers, or responds to legal and operational developments.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of the policy.

If a change materially affects how we use personal information, we may provide additional notice through the website, email, account notification, or another appropriate method.

Your continued use of BareAnime after a revised policy takes effect signifies acknowledgment of the updated policy. Where consent is legally required, continued use alone will not replace that consent.

23. Contact Us

For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact:

BareAnime
Website: BareAnime.com
Email: Contact@bareanime.com
Location: United States

Use the subject line Privacy Request to help us identify and process your message.

Please do not send passwords, complete payment-card numbers, government identification numbers, or other highly sensitive information through ordinary email.