(as of May 28, 2003)

Privacy of Visitors and Members

We respect your privacy. We do collect information from you, but it is our policy and priority to ensure that all personal information remains private and secure. To earn your trust and confidence in the Internet and this web site, we are disclosing both our privacy practices and the ways we use the information we gather.

To protect your privacy, our technology and service providers:
1. Provide a privacy notice and/or a link to this Privacy Policy on all pages that ask for personal information;
2. Will not release personal identifying information about you except as described in this policy or otherwise disclosed on the page that asks for personal information; and
3. Will not knowingly collect or use personal identifying information from children younger than 13 without parental consent.

These links provide detailed information on our privacy practices:
1. What general information is collected and how is it used?
2. What personal information is collected and how is it used?
3. What are cookies and how are cookies used on this web site?
4. How is the privacy of children younger than 13 protected?
5. How can I decline to have personal information collected?
6. How can I protect my privacy on the Internet and within this web site?

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time and will alert you that changes have been made by indicating on the Privacy Policy the date it was last updated. But no amendment to this Privacy Policy will, in itself, alter the choice you have already made about how we can use your personal information. That is, if you should choose not permit us to share your personal information with third parties under the prior policy, then we will continue to honor your choice under the revised Privacy Policy. Because changes to this site and revisions to the Privacy Policy may alter how personal information is collected from you and used by us, you should review the Privacy Policy from time to time. It is your responsibility to make sure you understand our current information practices at the time you decide to allow us to use you personal information, or whenever you change your mind about how we can use it. Remember, your decision to continue using this site after this Privacy Policy is amended will signify that you have agreed to any new Privacy Policy for information collected from that point forward.


NOTICE: Go to http://www.ftc.gov for important information about safe surfing from the Federal Trade Commission.

WHAT GENERAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED AND HOW IS IT USED?

When you visit this web site, we collect some basic information about your computer, including your:
  • IP address (your computer's unique signature)
  • Operating system (e.g., Windows 95)
  • Browser software and version number (e.g., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape)
  • Internet Service Provider (e.g., AOL)
  • Geographic location (e.g., Hollywood, California)
  • Aggregated information (e.g., traffic to site, length of visits, total purchase made, most popular pages, most popular Images)
  • Previous websites visited
This general information we collect reflects the population of visitors as a whole rather than individuals, and we use it to better understand the people who visit our site. This information helps us to identify the most popular regions on our websites and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional activities. (For information on the ways we use the personal information we collect from you, please see the section entitled "What personal information is collected and how is it used?")

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED AND HOW IS IT USED?

When you visit our site, sign up for any of its services, or purchase or license Images, we collect personal identifying information from you, which may include the following:
  • Membership ID and Password
  • First and last name
  • Home or other physical address (for purchases or licenses)
  • E-mail address
  • Credit card billing information (for purchases or licenses)
  • Any other information that identifies you as a specific individual
  • Any other information that, when tied to the above information, may identify you as a specific individual
  • Images you purchase or license
  • Country of residence

We collect this information on pages where you can purchase or license Images or register with our site and at other locations where you are asked to enter personal identifying information. We provide a link to this Privacy Policy at each such location. Any personal information collected on a page will be used only for the purposes stated on that page and/or the purposes stated within this Privacy Policy. We use information about our members and visitors for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain and improve our services. Such uses include data transmission credit card transaction services. We reserve the right to use third parties to provide these services. These third parties may receive certain personal identifying information about you in order for them to perform their services. Film Art LA and its technology and service providers cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to release information about members who we believe are in violation of applicable law with or without a subpoena, warrant or court order. In addition, we intend to comply with the terms of any valid subpoena, warrant or court order. We also reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we reasonably believe to be unlawful.

Use of Your Personal Information Submitted to Other Web Sites
We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other web sites even if:
  • you accessed the third party web site using links from our web site; or
  • you linked to our web site from a third party web site.

We recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit and contact the owner or operator of such web site if you have any concerns or questions.

Credit Cards
Your credit card number will be used in order to provide you with goods or services that you request. It may also be used for other purposes such as credit card verification, financial transactions and digital downloads related to your purchase or license, which may require disclosure of your credit card number and other personal identifying information about you to third parties for this purpose. Information collected by this web site is securely stored on computers, which are called servers. Credit card transactions take place solely on servers that offer a higher level of security. The transactions are handled by a third-party financial institution, which receives the credit card number and other personal identifying information in order to verify the credit card number and process the transaction.

E-mail
We also collect e-mail addresses of site visitors for the purpose of:
  • Responding to inquiries
  • Identifying previous purchasers or licensees upon return to the web site
  • To archive messages for quality assurance purposes

In cases where a third-party vendor is used to provide a service (such as credit card processing, toll-free customer service line), feedback or questions directed to this site about that service may be forwarded to the vendor for a direct response to the member.

WHAT ARE COOKIES AND HOW ARE COOKIES USED ON THIS WEB SITE?

What are cookies?
Cookies are enabled during the process of purchasing or licensing Images for our site. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer's hard drive. Essentially, cookies are your identification cards for the computers, or servers, that placed them there. Cookies are read only by the server that placed them there and are unable to execute any code or virus.

What can a cookie do for me?
Cookies allow us to personalize your experience and save you time. By allowing cookies to be set, you need log in only once as long as your browser remains open. In the future, we may use cookies to personalize your experience even more!

Why are cookies used?
We use cookies to personalize our members' and visitors' experiences, to allow universal login for our members, and to serve you better and more efficiently. Without cookies, it would be difficult for us to provide any personalized service or to recognize you from a previous visit. They also allow us to compile demographic data (which is not identifiable to a specific individual) about visitors to our web site.

How do I control who sets a cookie?
In Netscape:
  • Pull down the "Edit" menu and choose "Preferences."

  • Choose "Advanced" on the bottom of the category column.

  • Choose the cookie setting that you prefer.

In Microsoft Internet Explorer:
  • Pull down the "View" menu and choose "Internet Options."
  • Choose the "Advanced" tab on the dialog box on the bottom of the category column.
  • Scroll three-quarters of the way down the box until you get to the cookie settings, and choose your preferred setting.

If the cookie is on my hard drive, how do I see it?
In Netscape: ·
  • Windows 95, 98 or NT, go to: C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\{user name}\cookies.txt
  • ·
  • Macintosh, go to: System Folder: Preferences: Netscape; f: MagicCookie

In Microsoft Internet Explorer: ·
  • Windows 95, 98 or NT, go to: C:\Windows\Profiles\{user name}\cookies\
  • ·
  • Macintosh, go to: System Folder: MS Preference Panels: Cookies

HOW IS THE PRIVACY OF CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 13 PROTECTED?

Our site is not targeted to children younger than 13, and we do not encourage the use of our site by children younger than 13. We have no intention of seeking personal identifying information about minors who visit our site. We encourage you to ask your children to seek your permission before providing information about themselves or their family over the Internet.

How can I decline to have personal information collected?

In the process of making a purchase or entering into a license on our site, you may be required to supply us with personal information, including your first name, last name, credit card information, address, ZIP Code, birth date, and e-mail address.

We save your personal information only after you have made your first purchase or license from our web site. This financial audit trail information will remain on our archived database and records, but it will not be used for commercial purposes. We will also maintain information on members who have been removed for violating applicable law in order to identify repeat offenders. From time to time, we may contact non-active members to inform them of improvements or enhancements to our site. Please note that you may continue to receive member-wide e-mail messages as long as a week after canceling.

HOW CAN I PROTECT MY PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET AND WITHIN THIS WEB SITE?

Know the risks.
When you disclose your personal information on a Web page, or in a newsgroup, chat room, or forum, it may be collected and used by other parties to send you unsolicited e-mail or for other purposes. Be aware that, although we respect the privacy of your e-mail messages, we make no representation, warranties, or commitments concerning the ability to keep your e-mail messages private.

Educate yourself.
Look for a privacy statement on every site you visit on the Web, and search for information on how to protect your privacy. Start with TRUSTe (http://www.truste.org), an independent, nonprofit initiative dedicated to building users' trust and confidence in the Internet.

Tell your children: "Never talk to strangers!"
Teach children not to give out their names or other personal information. Tell them never to fill out online registration forms without your knowledge and consent.

Use complex passwords.
If your password is simple, it is also simple for a hacker to break it and gain access to your e-mail account or other private areas. To protect your privacy, you should use complex passwords consisting of very long and awkward keystroke combinations. This makes the hacker's job much more difficult. Read more about hackers and passwords at: http://www.usc.edu/go/networker/97-98/Sep Oct 97/dispatch-passwords.html. We send member account passwords only to the e-mail address given during the registration process. NEVER GIVE YOUR PASSWORD TO ANYONE. If someone claiming to represent Film Art LA in an e-mail or chat room asks for your password, DO NOT RESPOND. The only time we ask for your password is when you need to access our system. Please help us keep our records current by updating your e-mail address when necessary.

Read Guidelines.
Read a message on safe surfing provided by the Federal Trade Commission at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/online/sitesee/index.html.

Reduce spam (unsolicited e-mail).
One of the drawbacks of surfing the Web, creating home pages and having an e-mail account is that you may receive spam - the electronic version of junk mail. Visit http://www.junkemail.org for more information on spam and how you can cut down on how much spam you receive.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or believe that Film Art LA has acted in a manner inconsistent with it, please send e-mail to info@filmartla.com.
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