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Privacy Policy & Legal

PRIVACY POLICY
The Jewish Film Festival (doing business as the Jewish Film Institute) ("we," "us" or "JFI") is concerned about privacy issues and wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use and disclose information. This Privacy Policy describes our practices in connection with information that we collect through http://www.jfi.org and the other websites operated by us from which you are accessing this Privacy Policy (the "Websites"), through the software applications made available by us for use on or through computers and mobile devices (the "Apps"), through our social media pages and apps located at https://twitter.com/sfjewishfilm, https://www.facebook.com/sfjewishfilm, http://www.facebook.com/sfjewishinstitute, https://www.youtube.com/user/SFJewishFilmFestival, and https://www.instagram.com/sfjewishfilm  (collectively, our "Social Media Pages"), as well as through HTML-formatted email messages that we send to you that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, including the Websites, the Apps and our Social Media Pages, the "Services").  By providing Personal Information (as defined below) to us, you agree to this Privacy Policy.   

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal Information We May Collect
"Personal Information" is information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable person, including:  

  • name;
  • postal address (including billing and shipping addresses);
  • telephone number;
  • email address;
  • credit and debit card number;
  • member username and password; and
  • member account ID.

We may use a third-party payment service to process payments made through the Services.  If you wish to make a payment through the Services, your Personal Information may be collected by such third party and not by us, and will be subject to the third party's privacy policy, rather than this Privacy Policy. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, this third party's collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information. If you disclose any Personal Information relating to other people to us or to our service providers in connection with the Services, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use and disclose the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

How We May Collect Personal Information 
We and our service providers may collect Personal Information in a variety of ways, including:  

  • Through the Services:  We may collect Personal Information through the Services, e.g., when you sign up for a newsletter, register as a member or make a purchase.
  • Offline:  We may collect Personal Information from you offline, such as when you attend one of our film screenings or other events, or contact us by phone.
  • From Other Sources:  We may receive your Personal Information from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners and from other third parties.

How We May Use Personal Information 
We and our service providers may use Personal Information:

  • to respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, such as to send you newsletters;
  • to send administrative information to you, for example, information regarding the Services and changes to our terms, conditions and policies;  
  • to complete and fulfill your purchase (e.g., to process your payment or communicate with you regarding your purchase and provide you with related customer service);
  • to send you marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you;
  • to allow you to participate in contests and similar promotions and to administer these activities.  Some of these activities may have additional rules, which could contain additional information about how we use and disclose your Personal Information.  We suggest that you read any such rules carefully;
  • to include your name on lists of our donors and members.  You may opt out of such use by [__] or by contacting us in accordance with the "Contacting Us" section below;
  • for our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, fraud monitoring and prevention, developing new products, enhancing, improving or modifying our Services, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and operating and expanding our business activities.  

How Personal Information May Be Disclosed
Your Personal Information may be disclosed:  

  • to our service providers, who provide services such as website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, order fulfillment, information technology and related infrastructure provision, customer service, email delivery, auditing and other services;
  • to third-party organizations, to permit them to send you marketing communications regarding cultural and social events and services that we believe may be consistent with your interests;
  • to identify you to anyone to whom you send messages through the Services;
  • by you, on message boards, chat, profile pages and blogs and other services to which you are able to post information and content (including, without limitation, our Social Media Pages).  Please note that any information you post or disclose through these services will become public and may be available to other users and the general public.  We urge you to be very careful when deciding to disclose any information on these services; and
  • to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

Other Uses and Disclosures 
We also may use and disclose your Personal Information as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, which may include laws outside your country of residence; (b) to respond to requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities, which may include such authorities outside your country of residence; (c) to enforce our terms and conditions; and (d) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others. 

OTHER INFORMATION
Other Information We May Collect
"Other Information" is any information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an identifiable individual, such as:

  • browser and device information;
  • app usage data;
  • information collected through cookies, pixel tags and other technologies;
  • demographic information and other information disclosed by you; and
  • aggregated information

If we are required to treat Other Information as Personal Information under applicable law, then we may use it for the purposes for which we use and disclose Personal Information as detailed in this Privacy Policy.

How We May Collect Other Information
We and our service providers may collect Other Information in a variety of ways, including:

  • Through your browser or device:  Certain information is collected by most browsers or automatically through your device, such as your Media Access Control (MAC) address, computer type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, operating system name and version, device manufacturer and model, language, Internet browser type and version and the name and version of the Services (such as the App) you are using.  We use this information to ensure that the Services function properly.  
  • Through your use of the App:  When you download and use the App, we and our service providers may track and collect App usage data, such as the date and time the App on your device accesses our servers and what information and files have been downloaded to the App based on your device number.  
  • Using cookies:  Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the computer that you are using.  Cookies allow us to collect information such as browser type, time spent on the Services, pages visited, language preferences and other anonymous traffic data.  We and our service providers use this information for security purposes, to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively, to personalize your experience while using the Services and to recognize your computer in order to assist your use of the Services.  We also gather statistical information about use of the Services in order to continually improve their design and functionality, understand how they are used and assist us with resolving questions regarding them.  Cookies further allow us to select which of our advertisements or offers are most likely to appeal to you and display them while you are on the Services.  We may also use cookies or other technologies to track responses to our online advertisements.  

If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to automatically decline cookies or be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer to your computer of a particular cookie (or cookies) from a particular website.  You may also wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html.  If, however, you do not accept cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the Services.  For example, we may not be able to recognize your computer, and you may need to sign in every time you visit.  You also may not receive advertising or other offers from us that are relevant to your interests and needs.

  • Using pixel tags and other similar technologies:  Pixel tags (also known as web beacons and clear GIFs) may be used in connection with some Services to, among other things, track the actions of users of the Services (including email recipients), measure the success of our marketing campaigns and compile statistics about usage of the Services and response rates.  

We do not respond to browser do-not-track signals at this time.

  • Analytics. We use Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the Services and report on activities and trends.  This service may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps and online resources.  You can learn about Google's practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/‌partners/, and opt out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
  • IP Address:  Your IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by your Internet Service Provider (ISP).  An IP address may be identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever a user accesses the Services, along with the time of the visit and the page(s) that were visited.  Collecting IP addresses is standard practice and is done automatically by many websites, applications and other services.  We use IP addresses for purposes such as calculating usage levels, diagnosing server problems and administering the Services.  We may also derive your approximate location from your IP address.  
  • From you:  Information such as your preferred means of communication and favorited films is collected when you voluntarily disclose it.  
  • By aggregating information:  Aggregated Personal Information does not personally identify you or any other user of the Services (for example, we may aggregate Personal Information to calculate the percentage of our users who have a particular telephone area code).

A third party, GoWatchIt, may place a widget on the Services to enable video viewing.  The widget may collect information about your use of the Services and third-party websites and online services, even if you do not interact with the widget.  Please read the GoWatchIt Privacy Policy to understand how such information may be used and disclosed.  To opt out of having interest-based advertising served to your device based upon information collected by GoWatchIt, please refer to the opt-out instructions in the "Interest-Based Advertising and Choices" section of the GoWatchIt Privacy Policy.

How We May Use and Disclose Other Information 
We may use and disclose Other Information for any purpose, except where we are required to do otherwise under applicable law.  In some instances, we may combine Other Information with Personal Information.  If we do, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information as long as it is combined.OUR

ADVERTISING 
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements regarding goods and services that may be of interest to you when you access and use the Services and other websites or online services, based on information relating to your access to and use of the Services and other websites or online services on any of your devices. To do so, these companies may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser (including through the use of pixel tags). They may also use these technologies, along with information they collect about your online use, to recognize you across the devices you use, such as a mobile phone and a laptop.  If you would like more information about this practice, and to learn how to opt out of it in desktop and mobile browsers on the particular device on which you are accessing this Privacy Policy, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp and http://www.aboutads.info/.  You may download the AppChoices app at www.aboutads.info/appchoices to opt out in mobile apps. 

THIRD PARTY SERVICES
This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service to which the Services link.  The inclusion of a link on the Services does not imply endorsement of the linked website or service by us or by our affiliates. In addition, we are not responsible for the information collection, use, disclosure or security policies or practices of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM, Vimeo, MailChimp or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including with respect to any Personal Information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with the Apps or our Social Media Pages.

SECURITY
We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect Personal Information within our organization.  Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of your account has been compromised), please immediately notify us in accordance with the "Contacting Us" section below.CHOICES AND ACCESS
Your choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal InformationWe give you choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information for marketing purposes.  

  • If you no longer want to receive marketing-related emails from us on a going-forward basis, you may opt-out by [following the instructions contained in each such email.]
  • If you prefer that we not share your Personal Information on a going-forward basis with third-party organizations for their direct marketing purposes, you may notify us at info@jfi.org, and state that you wish to opt out of mailing list exchanges.

We will try to comply with your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable.  Please note that if you opt-out of receiving marketing-related emails from us, we may still send you important administrative messages, from which you cannot opt-out.How you can access, change or suppress your Personal InformationIf you would like to review, correct, update, suppress or delete Personal Information that you have previously disclosed to us, you may contact us in accordance with the "Contacting Us" section below.  In your request, please make clear what Personal Information you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have your Personal Information suppressed from our database or otherwise let us know what limitations you would like to put on our use of your Personal Information.  For your protection, we may only implement requests with respect to the Personal Information associated with the particular email address that you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request.  We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable.  Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting a change or deletion.  There may also be residual information that will remain within our databases and other records, which will not be removed.USE OF SERVICES BY MINORS
The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and we request that they not disclose Personal Information through the Services.JURISDICTION AND CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER
The Services are controlled and operated by us from the United States and are not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of the United States.  Your Personal Information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers, and by using the Services you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, which may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country.  In certain circumstances, courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies or security authorities in those other countries may be entitled to access your personal information.

SENSITIVE INFORMATION
We ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics or criminal background) on or through the Services or otherwise to us.

UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may change this Privacy Policy.  The "LAST UPDATED" legend at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised.  Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Services.  Your use of the Services following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy.

CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at jewishfilm@jfi.org or at:

Website Manager
JFI
145 9th Street #200
San Francisco, CA 94103

Because email communications are not always secure, please do not include credit card or other sensitive information in your emails to us.