Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Introduction

This privacy policy (“policy”) will help you understand how Filmfest (“us”, “we”, “our”) processes or uses and protects the data you provide to us when you visit and use https://filmfest.net/ (“Website”).

We reserve the right to change this policy at any given time, of which you will be promptly updated. If you want to make sure that you are up to date with the latest changes, we advise you to frequently visit this page.

Collection of Your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, Filmfest may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

  • First and Last Name
  • Mailing Address
  • Email Address
  • Phone Number
  • Social media handles
  • Your IP address
  • Data profile regarding your online behavior on our website

Filmfest collects personal data for the following three reasons:

  1. To compile and store the relevant data or details of Filmfest Contests’ participants.
  2. To help us monitor and make improvements to our services
  3. To promote products and services to users if they have given us consent to do so

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Filmfest. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Website.

Our principles

Filmfest is committed to protecting personal data and adheres strictly to the principles outlined in all the applicable laws.

  • We will ensure that the appropriate security measures are deployed to protect the information that you share with us
  • We will collect only the personal data required to provide the products and services that you opt into. No other data will be collected.
  • We will provide sufficient information for users to make an informed choice about consenting to Filmfest communications
  • We will only send communications that you have positively opted into receive, unless legitimate interest is deemed the lawful basis for sending communications.
  • We will ensure your right to change your preferences at any time via the website or by contacting:  admin@filmfest.net
  • We will ensure that all users can opt out of communications at any time
  • We will require consent from a parent or legal guardian to collect the personal data of children and young people under the age of 18.

All Filmfest emails include a clear link to unsubscribe from future communications. This can also be done by contacting Filmfest at: admin@filmfest.net

Data provided by Children and Young People

All children aged 18 or under are required to gain parental or legal guardian consent to access the Filmfest site. 

Filmfest may contact you:

  • To notify you if your film submission has been accepted, if your film has been accepted into a monthly festival, and if you are the winner of an Filmfest Contest that you have entered
  • In relation to the functioning of any service you have signed up for to ensure that Filmfest can deliver the service to you
  • Where you have opted to receive further correspondence
  • To promote other Filmfest products and services

Cookies

A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it your needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can decide to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

For more information on cookies, how to control them or how to delete them, please visit THIS ARTICLE BY PCMAG.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

How long will we keep personal data?

We will keep personal data for as long as we need to, and this will depend on what we are using it for. If we no longer need your data, we will either delete it securely or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you. All users can ask for their data to be erased at any time by contacting Filmfest.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

Filmfest does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

Filmfest may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. Filmfest may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Filmfest, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Filmfest may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the laws, regulation, order, ordinances, acts or mandates or comply with legal process served Filmfest or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Filmfest; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Filmfest, or the public.

Making a complaint 

If you wish to make a complaint about how Filmfest has managed your personal information, please contact us at. 

We will respond to all complaints within 30 working days.

E-mail Communications

From time to time, Filmfest may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. By participating in any of Filmfest Contests, you consent to emails containing the foregoing information.

Changes to this privacy policy

If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.

Contact Information

Filmfest welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Filmfest has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Filmfest at: admin@filmfest.net

Effective as of January 17th, 2023

 

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