Introduction This Privacy Policy explains how the Otafest Film & Cultural Festival Planning Committee (“Otafest”) collects, uses, shares, and safeguards your personal and non-personal data. PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR TERMS OF USE BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE OR SUBMITTING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THESE PRIVACY TERMS AND THE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE. This Privacy Policy describes the personal data collected by Otafest, why this data is collected, how a consumer can exercise their data privacy rights, and whether and how the data is shared with third parties.
Changes to the Privacy Policy Otafest reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason. Please periodically check these privacy terms for such amendments. Users are deemed to be aware of and bound by any such modifications. The date of the last revision to the Privacy Policy will be indicated by the “Effective Date” at the bottom of this Policy.
Data Collection There are two types of data collected by Otafest:
Personal information you knowingly choose to disclose and share, and which is collected on an individual basis; and,
Website use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our website. Personal information: During your interactions with us in person, by email, by phone, online, or using our website, you may decide to give us personally identifying information such as your name, email addresses, street addresses, phone number, and other such information. We collect this information to serve you through answering questions, responding to requests, processing financial transactions, maintaining records, and contacting you about future events and services. Website Use Information: We do not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit otafest.com unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. We collect non-personally identifying information through the use of technologies such as cookies and pixel tags to automatically aggregate and store certain types of information whenever you visit or interact with our website. This information may include the name of the domain from which you access the Internet, the date and time you visited our site, browsing history, website usage, the type of device with which you accessed our site, certain log in information, country, and other such information. We use this information to measure and track how visitors use the different sections of our site, what devices they are using, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors in the future.
How We Use Your Data In addition to the uses described above, we use your personal data, sometimes combined with non-personal data, in order to:
Identify when you visit our site.
Measure and track how visitors use the different sections of the website.
Identify the devices being used.
Help us make our site more useful.
Provide service communications.
Provide information, opportunities, and services you request or that we think you might be interested in.
Respond to your emails or online requests.
Please note that when you select a link that takes you to sites not operated by Otafest, you may be subject to the privacy policies of those third-party sites.
How We Share Your Data We share your personal data, sometimes combined with non-personal data, as follows:
Third-Party Payment Processing – We use a third-party payment processor to process financial payments to Otafest. When you purchase Otafest tickets or perform other transactions, we may transfer certain information, including personally identifiable information, to these payment processors for the purpose of facilitating the financial transaction, such as your name, address, and credit card and/or bank information.
Legally Mandated Disclosures – Though we make every effort to preserve donor and customer privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when we believe such action is necessary to comply with a judicial proceeding, a court order, legal process or as otherwise required by law.
Communications We rely on you to update and correct your personal data. If you are a user of our site, subscriber to our publications, or user of our services, you can update or correct your information by contacting us at info@otafest.com.
Cookies Our website sends cookies (e.g. pieces of code or small text files placed on your computer by us or third parties when you browse our site) to your web browser (if your browser’s preferences allow it) to collect data when you browse our site. Our cookies may record information about how you use our website so that we can continue to customize and optimize your online experience with us. Cookie settings can be controlled in your Internet browser to automatically reject some forms of cookies. If you view our website without changing your cookie settings, you are indicating your consent to receive all cookies from our site. If you do not allow cookies, some features and functionality of our site may not operate as expected. We are not responsible for any failure by you or your browser to accurately implement or communicate your browser preferences or settings. We do not use cookies to gather personally identifying information such as name, address, phone number or email. In addition to cookies, we may place technological tools (and allow certain third parties to place technological tools) such as tags and beacons (e.g., code scripts that are primarily used to track visitors’ activities on our site by web analytics software), Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, and other tools, to collect your data for the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy.
How We Protect Personal Data Otafest uses commercially reasonable security measures to protect against loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Otafest helps to protect your information by working with partners that provide a secure and safe environment for credit card transactions. All information is stored in a secure database. When finished with applications that require the input of your personal information, it is always recommended that you close or otherwise exit all instances of your browser. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is fully secure. Despite our reasonable efforts to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, the Otafest cannot guarantee or warrant the security of the personal data you transmit to us, or to or from our online site. In the event that we determine the occurrence of a data security incident, we will notify you by email, or other means as permitted by law.
Linking To Other Internet Sites You should be aware that other Internet sites that are linked from the Otafest’s site or from an Otafest email message may contain privacy provisions that differ from the provisions of this Privacy Policy. To ensure your privacy is protected, we recommend that you review the privacy statements of these other linked sites, applications, or other digital platforms.
