Privacy Policy
At Lights Camera Locations, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit our website, use our services, or otherwise interact with us. This policy is effective as of January 1, 2025.
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Services, including:
- Personal Information: This includes information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, email address, phone number, postal address, and any other information you voluntarily provide to us through forms, email correspondence, or other means. For example, when you request information about a specific location, contact us for support, or subscribe to our newsletter, we collect the information you submit.
- Usage Data: We automatically collect information about your interactions with our Services, such as the pages you visit, the links you click, the time and date of your visits, the amount of time you spend on certain pages, and other diagnostic data. This data is collected through the use of cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies.
- Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our Services, including the device type, operating system, browser type, IP address, and unique device identifiers. This information helps us optimize our Services for different devices and troubleshoot technical issues.
- Location Data: With your consent, we may collect precise location data from your device. This data may be used to provide location-based services, such as suggesting nearby filming locations or personalizing your experience. You can disable location services in your device settings at any time.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Services and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Services. We use cookies for purposes such as:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences.
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- Providing and Improving Our Services: We use your information to operate, maintain, and improve our website and services, including personalizing your experience and developing new features.
- Communicating with You: We use your information to respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, and send you important updates and notifications.
- Marketing and Promotions: With your consent, we may use your information to send you promotional emails about new locations, services, or special offers. You can opt-out of receiving these emails at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions in the email.
- Analyzing Usage Data: We use usage data to analyze trends, track user behavior, and gather demographic information about our user base. This helps us understand how people are using our Services and identify areas for improvement.
- Protecting Our Rights and Interests: We may use your information to detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, security breaches, or other illegal activities, and to enforce our terms of service and other legal agreements.
- Legal Compliance: We may use your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include:
- Encryption: We use industry-standard encryption technologies to protect your sensitive information during transmission and storage.
- Access Controls: We restrict access to your personal information to authorized personnel who need to know that information in order to provide our Services.
- Regular Security Assessments: We conduct regular security assessments and audits to identify and address potential vulnerabilities.
- Employee Training: We provide training to our employees on data security and privacy best practices.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Sharing Your Information
We may share your personal information with third parties in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who help us operate our Services, such as hosting providers, payment processors, and email marketing services. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners, such as location owners and film production companies, in order to provide you with the services you request.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal request, such as a subpoena or court order.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring company.
- With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties with your explicit consent.
Your Rights
You have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
- Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you.
- Correction: You have the right to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
- Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information for certain purposes, such as marketing.
- Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that information to another controller.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law.
Children's Privacy
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website and updating the "effective date" at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
Lights Camera Locations
Privacy Department
123 Film Street
Los Angeles, CA 90001
Email: privacy@lightscameralocations.com