PRIVACY POLICY & DISCLAIMER
This website is owned and operated by Ausfilm International Incorporated (Registration Number Y2794442) (“Ausfilm”, “we”, “our”, “us”).
This privacy policy explains how Ausfilm collects, holds, uses, protects, discloses and stores personal information that you (“user”, “users”, “you”, “your”) provide to Ausfilm.
Ausfilm recognises that your privacy is very important to you and that you have certain rights in respect of your personal information. Ausfilm knows that providing personal information is an act of trust and Ausfilm takes that seriously. Ausfilm is committed to dealing with personal information in accordance with Australian privacy laws, the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles and other relevant privacy laws.
Unless users give explicit consent to act otherwise, this policy will govern how Ausfilm handles users’ personal information and seeks to safeguards users’ privacy.
OUR SERVICES
Ausfilm’s services include promoting Ausfilm members’ services and work, and Australian screen businesses, facilities, talent and screen incentives, to overseas studios and clients. Our promotional activities include running outreach programs in international markets and campaigns to the global screen market. We also hold events and distribute newsletters and updates about our activities.
COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
In the course of providing our services, Ausfilm collects personal information from our members, clients as well as from other individuals with whom we interact. For example, we collect personal information when you:
The types of personal information that we collect include your name, contact information (for example your email, telephone number and address) and your gender. When we provide our membership services to you, we may also request that you provide us with further information about you including your date of birth and information about your travel arrangements, including correspondence and your travel documents, that relate to us providing our membership services to you (membership requires approval by the Ausfilm Board and incurs an annual membership fee).
We may also ask you to participate in surveys from time to time. Should you choose to participate in these surveys, your responses are anonymous and are de-identified. We use your responses to monitor and improve how we provide our services to members, clients and other third parties.
USING AND DISCLOSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Ausfilm uses the personal information that you provide to us for the purposes of providing our services to you including promoting opportunities for our members and clients to generate film production business in Australia, connecting members with clients, inviting you to our events or so that we can communicate with you about our services or provide you with news updates about our activities or other matters relevant to the Australian media sector.
Other than is stated in this privacy policy, Ausfilm does not share, sell, use or offer personal information that it collects to any other companies, affiliates or third party providers. Ausfilm will not give your personal information to advertisers or any other organisation without your express consent.
The only situations in which Ausfilm may disclose any information about you without your consent, or access your communications on our websites, is:
Ausfilm’s policy is not to send any form of “spam” (unsolicited commercial electronic messages). Ausfilm’s member database is not made available to any advertiser or affiliate. If Ausfilm’s future policy were ever to differ from its current position, we would first notify you and obtain your consent prior to sending any promotional offerings.
We provide information in de-identified form about our activities and services to the Department of Communication and the Arts to demonstrate in aggregate the overall delivery of our service.
We do disclose your personal information to overseas recipients (Ausfilm Members) but will always ask you first and certainly not in bulk. If you do not wish to have your email and phone number shared with an Ausfilm member we will not provide this. [The countries in which the overseas recipients are located are in Australia and USA].
We keep your personal information for as long as we need it to provide our services to you. We may retain your personal information if it is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and/or enforce our agreements.
COLLECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU
Whenever you visit the Ausfilm website, our servers automatically record information about your usage of the site, such as the time of the visit, its duration, and the pages you visit. The information Ausfilm collects about you remains anonymous; it is used for aggregate statistical analysis only, and Ausfilm does not link it to any other personal information.
AUSFILM COOKIES
Ausfilm uses cookies on this website. Cookies are small, text files that are placed on your hard drive, and most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. The Ausfilm website uses cookies as part of the statistical analysis of website traffic and to determine whether or not you are a repeat visitor to the Ausfilm website, and to identify common entry/exit points. Ausfilm does not use cookies to capture any personal or sensitive information whatsoever. Overall, Ausfilm’s main use of cookies is to provide you with a better website experience by aiding your navigation around the site, and by allowing you to customise elements of your visit, such as by choosing your own personalised homepage images. If you prefer, you can choose for your browser to disable cookies, however this may limit the functionality of our website and restrict our ability to provide a personalised browsing experience to you. In order to disable cookies in your browser you will need to change the appropriate settings in your internet browser. For different browser types please contact the appropriate vendor for instructions, such as http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx or http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/ or https://support.google.com/chrome/?hl=en#topic=7438008.For your reference, Ausfilm cookies are in no way a virus or worm threat.
PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Ausfilm takes reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is protected from misuse, unauthorised access, unauthorised modification or disclosure and loss. Ausfilm also takes reasonable steps to secure personal information, including by storing personal information on servers that are protected in controlled facilities.
In addition, Ausfilm’s employees and contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by Ausfilm. However, except to the extent that Ausfilm is responsible for unauthorised access to your personal information, Ausfilm will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information.
YOUR RIGHTS
You can contact us and request that we give you access to your personal information that we hold about you. If you believe that your personal information is incomplete, incorrect or wrong, you can contact us to request that we correct or delete your personal information.
We may hold multiple copies of your personal information in our systems and there may be some latency for your requests to be reflected across all of our systems.
If the European Union Data Protection Regulation applies to your personal data, for example, if you are a resident in the European Union, then you may also have additional rights, including:
Please contact us in writing is if you would like us to take action in respect to these rights.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM OR QUESTION
Should Ausfilm become aware of any ongoing concerns or problems with following or implementing this privacy policy, Ausfilm will take these issues seriously and work to address these concerns. If you have any further queries relating to Ausfilm’s privacy policy, or you have a problem or complaint, please contact us using the contact details below. We will respond to your communication within 30 days of receiving it. If you are not satisfied with the way that we have dealt with you, you may make a complaint to the regulator in your jurisdiction: Office of the Australian Privacy Commissioner: https://www.oaic.gov.au/; European Data Protection Supervisor: https://edps.europa.eu/ .
FUTURE CHANGES
Ausfilm reserves the right to change all published content at any time without prior notification. If Ausfilm’s privacy policy were to be amended at any time, then Ausfilm reserves the right to notify you by posting an updated version of the policy on its website.
FURTHER INFORMATION ON PRIVACY
For more information about your privacy rights in Australia and protecting your privacy, visit the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner’s website https://www.oaic.gov.au/
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