Last Updated: September 29, 2026
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how Shorts.xxx ("Shorts.xxx," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, stores, shares, and otherwise processes information when you access or use the Shorts.xxx website, including its mobile versions, features, services, and related functionality (collectively, the "Website").
This Privacy Policy should be read together with our Terms of Service and any other policies or notices made available through the Website.
By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Where applicable law requires consent for a particular type of processing, we will seek that consent separately where required.
This Privacy Policy applies only to information processed by Shorts.xxx in connection with the Website. Third-party websites, advertisers, services, and platforms may maintain their own privacy policies and practices.
1.1 Shorts.xxx is an adult-only service. You must be at least 18 years old and have reached the age of majority in your jurisdiction to access or use the Website.
1.2 The Website is not directed to children or minors, and we do not knowingly permit persons under 18 years of age to create accounts or use the Website.
1.3 If we become aware that personal information has been provided by or collected from a person who is not legally permitted to use the Website, we may take appropriate steps to restrict the account, remove the information where appropriate, preserve information where legally required, and take any other action required by applicable law.
1.4 If you believe a minor is using the Website or that information relating to a minor has been submitted to the Website, please immediately contact us at admin@shorts.xxx or use the Website's reporting functionality.
1.5 Section 230(d) Notice. Under 47 U.S.C. § 230(d), parental-control protections, including computer hardware, software, and filtering services, are commercially available that may assist in limiting minors' access to material that may be harmful to them.
The information we collect depends on how you use the Website and which features you choose to use.
2.1 Account Information.
When you create or maintain an account, we may collect information such as your username, email address, password or password-derived authentication information, date of birth or age information, gender where provided, country, profile information, profile image, biography, links, preferences, and other information you choose to provide.
We do not store your account password in plain text. Authentication information may be stored in a hashed, encrypted, or otherwise protected form appropriate to the authentication method used.
2.2 Profile and Public Information.
Certain information associated with your account may be visible to other users or the public depending on the Website feature and your privacy settings. This may include your username, profile image, biography, links, creator or verification status, uploaded content, followers, accounts you follow, comments, lists, and other information you intentionally make public.
Information you make publicly available may be viewed, copied, indexed, shared, or otherwise used by third parties outside our control. Deleting information from Shorts.xxx cannot guarantee deletion of copies previously made by third parties.
2.3 User Content.
When you upload or submit videos, images, titles, descriptions, tags, comments, profile content, reports, messages, or other material, we process that content and associated information to provide and operate the Website.
We may also process metadata associated with User Content, such as upload time, account identifier, content identifier, technical information, moderation status, privacy status, and other information necessary to operate, secure, moderate, and administer the Website.
2.4 Creator, Age, Identity, and Content Verification Information.
Where verification is offered or required, we may collect or process information necessary to verify age, identity, creator status, ownership, consent, or eligibility to use particular Website features.
Depending on the verification method, this information may include age or date-of-birth information, verification results, verification status, references to external creator profiles, and information or documentation provided to establish identity, age, ownership, or consent.
Verification may be performed directly by us or by a third-party verification provider. Where a third-party provider performs verification, that provider may process information under its own privacy terms, and we may receive verification results or other information necessary to determine whether verification was successful.
2.5 Reports, Moderation, and Safety Information.
If you report content, another user, or suspected misconduct, we may collect information contained in the report, the content or account being reported, the reason for the report, supporting information, timestamps, and information about actions taken in response.
We may maintain moderation records concerning warnings, restrictions, removals, account actions, appeals, suspected abuse, and violations of our Terms of Service or other policies.
2.6 Communications.
If you contact us by email, through a support function, report form, or another communication method, we may collect your contact information and the contents and metadata of your communication.
If the Website provides direct messaging or similar communication features, we may process messages and associated metadata as necessary to deliver the service, maintain security, investigate reports or abuse, enforce our Terms, and comply with applicable law.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, Website communications should not be considered end-to-end encrypted.
2.7 Technical and Usage Information.
When you access the Website, we may automatically collect technical and usage information, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, device type, referring page or URL, pages or content viewed, interactions with Website features, dates and times of access, session information, identifiers, error information, and other technical data generated through your use of the Website.
2.8 Cookies and Similar Technologies.
We may use cookies, local storage, session storage, pixels, identifiers, and similar technologies to operate the Website, maintain sessions, remember preferences, protect accounts, prevent fraud and abuse, understand Website usage, measure performance, and support advertising.
Additional information is provided in Section 8 below.
2.9 Payment and Transaction Information.
If we offer paid products, subscriptions, creator features, or other transactions, we or our payment providers may process information necessary to complete and administer those transactions.
Payment providers may collect payment-card or other financial information directly. Where payment information is processed directly by a payment provider, we may receive transaction information such as transaction identifiers, payment status, amount, currency, dates, and information necessary for accounting, fraud prevention, refunds, and customer support rather than complete payment-card details.
2.10 Advertising Information.
The Website may display advertising or sponsored content. We and advertising providers may process information concerning ad impressions, interactions, clicks, referrals, conversions, device or browser information, identifiers, and other information used to deliver, measure, secure, and improve advertising, subject to applicable law.
2.11 Copyright and Legal Requests.
If you submit a copyright notice, counter-notification, legal request, complaint, or similar communication, we may collect the information contained in that submission, including your name, contact information, statements, signatures, supporting documents, and information concerning the content or user involved.
Information contained in copyright notices or counter-notifications may be disclosed to the affected uploader, claimant, service providers, legal advisers, authorities, or other persons where reasonably necessary to process the request or as required by applicable law.
We may use information we collect for the following purposes:
3.1 To provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Website;
3.2 To create, authenticate, administer, and secure user accounts;
3.3 To provide Website features such as uploads, profiles, follows, favorites, lists, comments, messaging, creator functionality, and other community features;
3.4 To process, host, display, organize, and distribute User Content according to Website functionality and applicable privacy settings;
3.5 To verify age, identity, creator status, ownership, consent, eligibility, or other information where appropriate or required;
3.6 To personalize the Website and remember user preferences;
3.7 To provide customer support and respond to questions, complaints, reports, and requests;
3.8 To moderate content and investigate violations of our Terms of Service or other policies;
3.9 To detect, investigate, prevent, and respond to spam, fraud, scams, account compromise, unauthorized access, copyright infringement, exploitation, prohibited content, and other abuse or security threats;
3.10 To enforce our Terms of Service and protect the rights, property, security, and safety of Shorts.xxx, our users, and other persons;
3.11 To comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, lawful requests, reporting obligations, and other legal requirements;
3.12 To process payments, transactions, refunds, creator earnings, affiliate activity, or other financial functionality where offered;
3.13 To provide, measure, secure, and improve advertising and sponsored content;
3.14 To perform analytics, research, debugging, testing, and service improvement;
3.15 To communicate with you regarding your account, security, transactions, Website changes, moderation decisions, support requests, or legal notices;
3.16 To send marketing or promotional communications where permitted by applicable law and according to your communication preferences; and
3.17 For other purposes disclosed to you when information is collected or where otherwise permitted by applicable law.
Where applicable data-protection law requires us to identify a legal basis for processing personal information, the legal basis will depend on the information and the context in which it is processed.
We may process personal information on one or more of the following bases:
4.1 Performance of a contract:
Processing may be necessary to provide the Website and services you request under our Terms of Service.
4.2 Legitimate interests:
We may process information where reasonably necessary for legitimate interests such as operating and improving the Website, maintaining security, preventing fraud and abuse, enforcing our policies, protecting users, and defending legal rights, where those interests are not overridden by applicable privacy rights.
4.3 Legal obligations:
We may process information where necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process, reporting obligations, accounting requirements, or other legal duties.
4.4 Consent:
Where required, we may process information based on your consent. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent as permitted by applicable law. Withdrawal does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal.
4.5 Protection of rights and safety:
Where recognized by applicable law, information may be processed where necessary to protect the vital interests, rights, security, or safety of users or other persons.
We do not disclose personal information except as described in this Privacy Policy, at your direction, or as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.
5.1 Public Information and Other Users.
Information you intentionally make public through your profile, uploads, comments, public lists, creator profile, or other public Website features may be visible to anyone who can access those features.
Information may also be shared with another user where necessary for a Website feature, such as communications between users.
5.2 Service Providers.
We may provide information to companies or individuals that perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, content delivery, security, email delivery, analytics, age or identity verification, moderation tools, payment processing, customer support, infrastructure, storage, and other technical or business services.
We provide service providers with information reasonably necessary to perform their services and expect them to process information according to applicable contractual and legal obligations.
5.3 Advertising and Affiliate Partners.
We may work with advertising networks, advertisers, sponsors, and affiliate partners. These parties may receive or independently collect information concerning advertising impressions, clicks, referrals, conversions, device or browser information, identifiers, and other information necessary to provide or measure advertising and affiliate services.
Their processing of information may also be governed by their own privacy policies.
5.4 Payment Providers.
Where paid functionality is available, information may be shared with payment processors, banks, financial service providers, fraud-prevention providers, and other parties necessary to process and administer transactions.
5.5 Verification Providers.
If we use an external provider for age, identity, or creator verification, information may be exchanged with that provider as necessary to perform verification. The provider may process certain information directly under its own privacy policy or other applicable terms.
5.6 Legal and Safety Reasons.
We may preserve, access, or disclose information if we reasonably believe doing so is necessary or legally appropriate to:
5.6(A) Comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, court order, subpoena, or other valid governmental request;
5.6(B) Satisfy mandatory reporting obligations;
5.6(C) Investigate or prevent fraud, abuse, exploitation, security incidents, or illegal activity;
5.6(D) Enforce our Terms of Service or other policies;
5.6(E) Protect the rights, property, security, or safety of Shorts.xxx, our users, or other persons; or
5.6(F) Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
5.7 Copyright Complaints and Disputes.
Information submitted in connection with copyright complaints, counter-notifications, content disputes, or other legal complaints may be disclosed to the affected parties or their representatives where reasonably necessary or legally required to process the matter.
5.8 Business Transfers.
If Shorts.xxx or assets associated with the Website are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or similar transaction, information may be disclosed or transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
5.9 Professional Advisers.
We may disclose information to lawyers, accountants, auditors, insurers, consultants, and other professional advisers where reasonably necessary for professional services, legal compliance, or protection of our rights.
6.1 We may process User Content, reports, account information, technical information, and related records to identify, investigate, prevent, and respond to violations of our Terms of Service, illegal content, fraud, abuse, exploitation, and security threats.
6.2 This processing may include manual review and the use of automated tools or technical signals where appropriate.
6.3 If content is reported or identified as potentially involving child sexual exploitation, non-consensual intimate imagery, sexual assault, trafficking, copyright infringement, or other serious prohibited or illegal activity, we may restrict access to the content while investigating the matter.
6.4 Where required or permitted by applicable law, we may preserve relevant content and information and report or disclose it to appropriate authorities or legally authorized organizations.
6.5 Removal of content from public access does not necessarily mean that all associated information is immediately erased from our systems. Information may be retained where reasonably necessary or legally required for safety, abuse prevention, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or other purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
7.1 We may generate and retain cryptographic hashes, fingerprints, identifiers, or similar technical representations of content for security, moderation, duplicate detection, enforcement, fraud prevention, abuse prevention, and compliance purposes.
7.2 A cryptographic hash is a technical representation derived from a file and is not itself a copy of the underlying image or video.
7.3 Where content is removed or an account is deleted, we may retain a hash or similar technical identifier where reasonably necessary for legitimate safety, security, moderation, legal, or abuse-prevention purposes and where permitted by applicable law.
7.4 Retained hashes may be used to identify attempts to re-upload content previously removed for violations of our policies or applicable law.
7.5 Where applicable law requires preservation or reporting of particular material, we may preserve the information required by law independently of our ordinary deletion procedures.
8.1 We may use cookies, local storage, pixels, tags, identifiers, and similar technologies in connection with the Website.
8.2 These technologies may be used to:
8.2(A) Keep you signed in and maintain Website sessions;
8.2(B) Remember preferences and settings;
8.2(C) Maintain security and detect suspicious activity;
8.2(D) Prevent fraud, spam, and abuse;
8.2(E) Understand how users interact with the Website;
8.2(F) Measure Website performance;
8.2(G) Deliver, limit, personalize, or measure advertising where permitted; and
8.2(H) Support affiliate attribution and conversion measurement.
8.3 Some technologies are necessary for the Website to function. Others may be used for analytics, preferences, or advertising subject to applicable legal requirements.
8.4 Third-party advertisers, analytics providers, or other service providers may set or access their own cookies or similar technologies where permitted. Their practices are governed by their respective privacy policies.
8.5 You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through privacy or consent controls provided by the Website. Disabling certain cookies may cause Website features to stop functioning correctly.
8.6 Where applicable law requires consent before non-essential cookies or similar technologies are used, we will provide appropriate consent choices.
9.1 Shorts.xxx may be supported in whole or in part by advertising, sponsorships, affiliate relationships, or similar commercial arrangements.
9.2 Advertising partners may process information such as IP address, browser or device information, identifiers, ad impressions, clicks, referrals, conversions, and interaction data to deliver, secure, limit, measure, and improve advertisements.
9.3 Advertising providers may use cookies or similar technologies subject to applicable law and their own privacy policies.
9.4 Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights concerning targeted or personalized advertising. Where required, we will provide appropriate consent or opt-out mechanisms.
9.5 Opting out of personalized advertising does not necessarily prevent advertisements from being displayed. Instead, advertisements may be less personalized.
10.1 We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by applicable law.
10.2 Retention periods may depend on the type of information, the reason it was collected, account status, legal requirements, security considerations, disputes, and the need to prevent fraud or abuse.
10.3 When you delete content or your account, information intended for public display will generally be removed from active public access within a commercially reasonable period, subject to technical and legal limitations.
10.4 Certain information may be retained after content or account deletion, including where reasonably necessary for:
10.4(A) Compliance with legal obligations or valid legal process;
10.4(B) Fraud, spam, and abuse prevention;
10.4(C) Safety and security;
10.4(D) Enforcement of our Terms of Service;
10.4(E) Investigation or documentation of moderation actions;
10.4(F) Copyright or other legal disputes;
10.4(G) Establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
10.4(H) Financial, tax, or accounting obligations; or
10.4(I) Backup and disaster-recovery processes.
10.5 We may retain limited records relating to deleted or blocked accounts where reasonably necessary to document enforcement actions and prevent repeated abuse.
10.6 We may retain cryptographic hashes or similar technical identifiers of certain removed content as described in Section 7.
10.7 Backup copies may remain for a limited period after information is removed from active systems and will ordinarily be deleted or overwritten according to our backup processes, unless preservation is required by law.
10.8 When information is no longer reasonably necessary and no legal basis exists for continued retention, we may delete or anonymize it.
11.1 You may delete certain content through Website functionality where available.
11.2 You may request deletion of your account through the account-deletion functionality provided by the Website or by contacting us at admin@shorts.xxx.
11.3 Account deletion generally removes or disables the account and associated information from normal public use, subject to the retention practices described in Section 10.
11.4 Deletion of an account does not necessarily require deletion of information that we are legally required or lawfully permitted to retain.
11.5 We may retain limited records documenting that an account existed and was deleted, suspended, or blocked, including relevant identifiers, dates, moderation information, security records, or content hashes, where reasonably necessary and permitted by applicable law.
11.6 Information independently retained by third parties, including content previously copied, downloaded, indexed, or shared outside Shorts.xxx, is outside our control.
12.1 We use administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, and disclosure.
12.2 These measures may include encrypted transmission, access controls, password hashing, network protections, logging, monitoring, backups, and other safeguards appropriate to the nature of the information and our systems.
12.3 No website, network, storage system, or Internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security of information.
12.4 You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials and should promptly notify us if you suspect unauthorized access to your account.
13.1 Shorts.xxx is available to users in multiple countries. Information may therefore be processed, stored, or transferred in countries other than the country where you live.
13.2 Those countries may have data-protection laws that differ from the laws of your jurisdiction.
13.3 Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers of personal information, we will use legally recognized transfer mechanisms or other appropriate safeguards where required.
14.1 Depending on where you live, applicable privacy law may provide you with rights concerning your personal information.
These rights may include the right to:
14.1(A) Request confirmation of whether we process personal information about you;
14.1(B) Request access to personal information we maintain about you;
14.1(C) Request correction of inaccurate personal information;
14.1(D) Request deletion of personal information;
14.1(E) Request restriction of certain processing;
14.1(F) Object to certain processing;
14.1(G) Request portability of certain information where applicable;
14.1(H) Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
14.1(I) Opt out of certain marketing communications;
14.1(J) Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sharing, or other processing where applicable law provides such a right; and
14.1(K) Lodge a complaint with an applicable data-protection authority.
14.2 These rights are not absolute. Applicable law may permit or require us to refuse, limit, or retain information in certain circumstances.
14.3 To exercise an applicable privacy right, you may contact us at admin@shorts.xxx. Where available, you may also manage certain information directly through your account.
14.4 We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before fulfilling a privacy request in order to protect accounts and personal information from unauthorized access or deletion.
14.5 Where permitted by applicable law, an authorized agent may submit certain requests on your behalf. We may require evidence that the agent is authorized to act for you.
14.6 We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights provided by applicable law.
15.1 We may send service-related communications necessary to administer your account, provide security notices, process transactions, respond to requests, or communicate important changes concerning the Website.
15.2 Where permitted by applicable law, we may also send promotional or marketing communications.
15.3 You may opt out of marketing emails by using the unsubscribe mechanism contained in the applicable email or by contacting us.
15.4 Opting out of marketing communications does not prevent us from sending transactional, security, legal, account, or service-related communications where appropriate.
16.1 The Website may contain links, advertisements, embeds, integrations, or other connections to third-party websites and services.
16.2 This Privacy Policy does not govern information collected independently by those third parties.
16.3 We encourage you to review the privacy policies and terms of third-party services before providing information to them.
16.4 We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or data-processing practices of independent third parties except to the extent applicable law provides otherwise.
17.1 Some browsers and devices provide privacy preference signals, including "Do Not Track" or other mechanisms intended to communicate privacy preferences.
17.2 Because the legal and technical requirements concerning these signals vary by jurisdiction and technology, our response may depend on the particular signal and applicable law.
17.3 Where applicable law requires recognition of a legally valid browser-based opt-out preference signal, we will process such signals as required by that law.
18.1 Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable state privacy laws.
18.2 Depending on the applicable law and whether it applies to Shorts.xxx, these rights may include access, correction, deletion, portability, and the ability to opt out of certain forms of targeted advertising, sale, sharing, or profiling.
18.3 We do not interpret the display of third-party advertising by itself as authorization for third parties to use personal information for purposes prohibited by applicable law.
18.4 Where applicable law requires us to provide additional notices or mechanisms for residents of a particular state, we will provide those notices or mechanisms as required.
18.5 Privacy requests may be submitted to admin@shorts.xxx. We may verify your identity before processing a request.
19.1 Where the GDPR, UK GDPR, Gibraltar data-protection law, or similar legislation applies to our processing of your personal information, you may have the rights described in Section 14 and other rights provided by applicable law.
19.2 Our legal bases for processing applicable personal information are described in Section 4.
19.3 Where applicable, you may have the right to complain to the data-protection authority responsible for your jurisdiction.
19.4 International transfers of personal information subject to applicable transfer restrictions will be handled as described in Section 13.
20.1 We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other circumstances.
20.2 When we update this Privacy Policy, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.
20.3 Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent before material changes become effective.
20.4 We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
21.1 Subject to mandatory rights and protections provided by applicable privacy or consumer-protection law, this Privacy Policy and disputes relating to it are governed by the law identified in our Terms of Service.
21.2 This Privacy Policy is written in English. If we provide a translation and there is a conflict between the English version and a translated version, the English version will control to the extent permitted by applicable law.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or personal information associated with you, or if you wish to exercise an applicable privacy right, please contact us at:
Shorts.xxx
Email: admin@shorts.xxx
Reports concerning content, safety, suspected child exploitation, copyright infringement, or violations of our Terms of Service may also be submitted through the reporting mechanisms available on the Website.