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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 3, 2024

The GuadaLAjara Film Festival (“GLAFF” “our,” “us,” or “we”) is committed to ensuring the privacy of our visitors.  This Privacy Policy covers personal information we collect about you when you interact with GLAFF online, including through our website at (glaff.org) (the “Site”) or offline.   

Please review this Privacy Policy to better understand our data practices as they apply to personal information.  By attending GLAFF or accessing the Site, you consent to the data practices described in this Privacy Policy.  If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you may not continue to access this site or attend GLAFF.

Please note that this Privacy Policy does not encompass the privacy practices of the venues where GLAFF is held (e.g., United Artists Theater, Million Dollar Theater, Gloria Molina Grand Park, Milagro Cinemas, Vidiots), or other entities that may partner, sponsor or attend GLAFF (collectively, “Guest Companies”).  Please visit their websites to learn more about those entities’ privacy practices. We are not responsible for their privacy practices. 

Changes to our Privacy Policy

From time to time, we may modify this Privacy Policy at our sole discretion.  If we make any updates or changes to this Privacy Policy, we will change the date of the last update.  We will notify you of material changes to this Privacy Policy by indicating on our Website that the Privacy Policy has been updated.  Attending GLAFF, or using our site after updates are posted and effective constitutes acceptance of any changes.

Personal Information We Collect – Sources and Categories

We collect personal information when you register on our Site to receive our e-news, inquire about volunteering with us, or when you otherwise voluntarily provide information to us.  We do not receive personal information from any of the Guest Companies other than information of employees or other representatives when acting on behalf of Guest Companies in connection with those companies’ partnership, sponsorship, or attendance to GLAFF.

The categories of personal information we may collect include the following: 

  • Personal identifiers: Name, address, email address, telephone numbers, zip code, IP address or other unique identifier, and other similar information.
  • Internet or other electronic activity information: Your device and browser type, your browsing and search history on our Site, and information regarding your interaction with our Site and our advertisements.
  • Audio and visual information:  Photographs or recordings of video of you captured on GLAFF events pictures and footage.
  • Inferences are drawn from any of the Personal Information identified above.

Use of Personal Information We Collect

We use the personal information to keep you apprised of GLAFF events, solicit donations from you, communicate with you, provide you with other offers, and updates, as well as to administer our web site and comply with applicable laws

We may communicate with you about topics we believe you may be interested in, including supporting GLAFF, groups that you have joined, special offers, updates, through periodic newsletters, or in connection with surveys and contests that we may offer.

Your Privacy Choices and right to control our use of your personal information are described below.

Cookies and Online Tracking

Cookies are small, sometimes encrypted text files stored on computer hard drives by websites you visit. They help users navigate websites efficiently and provide information to the website’s owner. To learn more about cookies, including seeing what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

When you visit our Site, we may place a “cookie” or other online tracking devices (e.g., a web beacon) that recognizes you. These cookies and other tracking technologies may also collect information about your IP address or actions in connection with the Site.  We may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to capture information about the use of our Site, including to improve your user experience.

Sharing of Personal Information

We may also share your personal information as required or permitted by law to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process or government request or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is legally required or otherwise necessary to protect our rights and property or the rights, property or safety of others, including to law enforcement agencies, and judicial and regulatory authorities. We may also share your personal information with third parties to help detect and protect against fraud or data security vulnerabilities.  

Your Privacy Choices

Updates to Your Information
We will undertake reasonable efforts to respond to valid requests you may make to update, change, or delete personal information GLAFF maintains about you. Please refer to the How to Exercise Your Choices section below to make any such requests.

Opting Out of E-Newsletters and Marketing Emails

If you subscribe to our e-newsletter or receive marketing emails from us, you may direct us to stop sending them to you.  To do so, click “unsubscribe” when receiving such emails or contact us one of the ways in the How to Exercise Your Choices section below. You can use the same contact information to tell us you do not want us to use your personally identifiable information to contact you for marketing or solicitation purposes. 

Keep in mind that restricting contact methods may make it more difficult for us to keep you informed about GLAFF developments that may interest you. You can revoke these options anytime by contacting us using one of the methods provided.

How to Exercise Your Choices
You may notify us of your choices or preferences through the following channels:

  • Email: info@glaff.org with “Update” in the subject line
  • Online: Access the “update preferences” or “unsubscribe” link in electronic messages received from GLAFF

Additional Information

Third-Party Websites
This Site contains links to other websites provided by third parties, including Eventive LLC, the platform for purchasing ticketing and passes, and social media companies with buttons on our Site.  Please be aware that we do not control these third-party websites or any of the content contained on those websites.  Once you have left our Site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites.  We encourage you to exercise caution and to read the privacy policy for the websites you visit.  The inclusion of hyperlinks to third-party websites on our site in no way constitutes an endorsement by us of such websites’ content, actions or policies.

Access Outside the United States
Personal information collected from users outside the United States, including via our Site, will be transferred to the United States where the Site is hosted. You hereby consent to transferring your personal information to the United States as described in this Privacy Policy. Please do not use the Site if you do not agree to transferring and processing your personal information in the United States, which may not provide the same level of protection for your data as your home country. 

Minors’ Personal Information
Our Site is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under 13.

Your California Privacy Rights
California’s “Shine The Light” law permits California residents to annually request and obtain information free of charge about what personal information is disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year.  To make such a request, please info@glaff.org  

 

Security
We take precautions to protect information collected about visitors to GLAFF and our Site.  We protect the information entrusted to us through physical, technical, and administrative safeguards.  However, no information security safeguards can be guaranteed completely secure, so you should use caution whenever providing personal information online, electronically, or otherwise.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy, the Site, or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

University of Guadalajara Foundation, USA
GuadaLAjara Film Festival
1111 Broadway Suite 15
Los Ángeles, California 90015
+1 213.785.1313

info@glaff.org