cardiff international film festival, privacy policy

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 25 May 2018.

INTRODUCTION

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this Privacy Policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

Our website uses cookies. By using our website and agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation);
information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services;
information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us (including your name, postal address, email address and telephone number);
any other information that you choose to send to us.

To find out how we use cookies, please visit our Use of Cookies page.

USING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information submitted to us via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or in relevant parts of the website.

We may use your personal information to:

administer the website;
improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;
enable your use of the services available on the website;
send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website;
send statements and invoices to you;
collect payments from you;
send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;
send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;
provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user; and
deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website.

Where you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to us.

We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

BASIS FOR PROCESSING

For contacts relating to our current clients and collaborators, obtained prior to 25th May 2018, we process personal information under the Legitimate Interest basis for establishing and developing relationships. For contacts obtained prior to 25th May 2018 who we are not currently working with and those obtained after 25th May 2018, we process personal information using consent as our basis for processing.

DISCLOSURES

We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this Privacy Policy.

In addition, we may disclose your personal information:

to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset that we are (or are contemplating) selling; and
to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.

Except as provided in this Privacy Policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

We will store all the personal information you provide in a secure infrastructure.

Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

We may also notify you of changes to our Privacy Policy by email.

YOUR RIGHTS

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information will be subject to:

the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00); and
the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).

We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.

You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes by sending an email to us. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

UPDATING INFORMATION

Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our treatment of your personal information, please contact us by email info@theciff.co.uk

DATA CONTROLLER

Cardiff International Film Festival is the data controller and is responsible for the information collected on this website.