Privacy Policy
This notice explains how Aux Entertainment Limited handles personal information when you visit aniwhat.co.uk, use the review polls, contact us, or choose to load our Ko-fi support widget.
Who we are and how to contact us
Aux Entertainment Limited is the data controller for aniwhat.co.uk. We are a company registered in England and Wales (company number 17318607). Our registered office is 4 Bretton House, St. James Street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, DN1 3SF.
For privacy questions or to exercise your rights, email contact@aux.watch or write to our registered office.
What information we use
Review poll
If you enable the review-voting option and vote, we process your agree/disagree choice, the anime it relates to, and a random browser identifier held in the first-party aniwhat_voter cookie. The identifier is used to prevent repeat votes from that browser for a limited period. The poll does not ask for your name or email address.
Technical and security information
Vercel, our website host and API provider, receives technical request data when your browser requests a page or uses the poll, which can include your IP address, requested URL, date and time, browser/device details, and referring page. To limit automated poll traffic, our API creates a keyed hash of the request IP and stores that hash in Upstash for up to 60 seconds. We do not store the raw IP address in that rate-limit key.
If you allow analytics in Cookie settings, Vercel Web Analytics also processes anonymised request data to count page views and estimate monthly unique visitors. It is cookieless and does not set browser cookies. See the Vercel Privacy Policy.
Email enquiries
AniWhat has no contact form, account registration, or newsletter signup. If you choose to email us, we receive the email address and any name, message, attachments, or other details you include.
Local browser preferences and completed anime
AniWhat stores your completed-anime IDs and homepage carousel positions in local storage in your browser so it can display your list and restore your carousel positions. This information stays on your device, is not sent to AniWhat's servers, is not linked to your identity, and is not synced between devices. It remains until you clear AniWhat site data in your browser.
Images and external links
Anime artwork and some service icons are loaded from external image hosts. Depending on the item displayed, the browser may request image files from Storyblok, AniList, Wikimedia Commons, Google image hosting, Pinterest, TMDB, iili.io, Fandom/Wikia, Comenian, Paste Magazine, or Simple Icons. Those providers receive the technical information normally sent with an image request, such as your IP address and browser request headers. Links to streaming services such as Netflix, Prime Video, and Crunchyroll only take you to those services if you choose to click them.
Why we use information and our lawful bases
| Purpose | Information | Lawful basis |
|---|---|---|
| Show shared review results and prevent repeat votes from the same browser | Vote choice, anime identifier, random voter identifier | Our legitimate interests in running and protecting a voluntary review poll. The optional cookie is only set after your separate consent under the applicable cookie rules. |
| Protect the poll API from automated traffic | Keyed hash of request IP, held for up to 60 seconds | Our legitimate interests in the security and availability of the site. |
| Respond to email enquiries | Email address and details you provide | Our legitimate interests in replying to people who contact us, or taking steps you request before entering a contract where relevant. |
| Display the optional Ko-fi support widget | Technical request information shared with Ko-fi when its widget is loaded | Your choice to allow this third-party widget. It is not loaded if you reject or leave this option off. |
| Display anime artwork and service icons | Technical image-request information received by the relevant image host | Our legitimate interests in showing the catalogue content you request. |
| Remember titles you mark as complete and restore carousel positions | Anime catalogue IDs and carousel scroll positions stored locally in your browser | Local browser functionality requested when you use these features. This information is not transmitted to our servers. |
We do not use Google Analytics, advertising pixels, behavioural advertising, or an email marketing service on AniWhat.
Who receives information
- Vercel hosts the site and runs the poll API. Its systems receive visitor request and technical data.
- Upstash stores shared poll totals, temporary rate-limit hashes, and time-limited pseudonymous vote records. The database primary region is London with a Dublin read region; the poll API function runs in London.
- Ko-fi receives technical request data only if you allow its widget to load. If you choose to support us through Ko-fi, Ko-fi and its payment providers handle the support transaction; information may be shared with Aux Entertainment Limited as the creator. Their own policies explain their processing.
- External image hosts receive technical request data when your browser loads artwork or service icons from their domains.
- We may disclose information if required by law, court order, or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims and protect the rights and safety of people or our service.
Some providers may process information outside the UK. They describe their locations and transfer safeguards in their own privacy notices. Read Vercel's Privacy Notice, Upstash's Privacy Policy, and Ko-fi's Privacy and Cookie Policy for their practices.
How long we keep information
- The optional AniWhat voter cookie lasts for up to 180 days.
- A pseudonymous per-browser vote record is retained for up to 180 days after the vote. Shared poll totals are retained while the poll feature is operating; these totals are not associated with a name or email address.
- Rate-limit hashes in Upstash expire after 60 seconds.
- Email enquiries are kept only as long as needed to respond and manage the matter, normally no longer than 12 months after it is closed, unless we need to retain it for a legal claim or legal obligation.
- Vercel and other providers may hold operational logs under their own retention schedules and policies.
Your rights
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you can ask us to access, correct, erase, or restrict use of your personal information; object to processing based on legitimate interests; and receive information you provided in a portable format where that right applies. Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place before you withdrew it.
To make a request, email contact@aux.watch. We may need enough information to confirm your identity and locate the relevant information. You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint.
Cookies
Have a read here: Cookies Policy. It explains the cookies and browser storage used on AniWhat, how to change your choices, and how to remove them.
Changes to this policy
We may update this notice if the site or the information we use changes. The latest version will be published on this page with its update date.
Last updated: 29 October 2026