WORTHLESS STUDIOS INC.

PRIVACY POLICY

Dated August 5, 2020 

Worthless Studios, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization based in New York City (“Worthless Studios,” “us,” our” or “we”) is committed to protecting your privacy.  Our privacy policy, which applies to all Users of our Websites and Services, is designed to explain the information we collect and how we use it to provide our services and give Users a better experience (“Privacy Policy”).  Capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meanings given in our Terms of Use. This Privacy Policy is part of, and incorporated into, the Terms of Use. 

By accessing and using the Websites and Services, you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information and other information as described in this Privacy Policy. 

 1. Types of Information We Collect

We collect both "Personal Information" and "Anonymous Information" about our users. 

“Personal Information” is information that can be used to contact or identify you or individuals about whom you enter information as part of your activities on our Websites or Services, such as first name, last name, email address, phone number, street address, age, date of birth, ethnicity, annual income, company name and address, account numbers or credit/debit card numbers, even without a security code, access code, or password if the account could be accessed without such information, as well as information that is linked to the forgoing information.

“Anonymous Information” is information that cannot be used to contact or identify an individual and is not linked to information that can be used to do so.  It includes passively collected information about your activities on the Websites and Services, such as usage data, to the extent that information is not linked to your Personal Information. 

Users can access and browse a majority of the Websites without disclosing Personal Information, although, like most website and mobile app providers, we passively collect certain information from your devices, such as your IP address, browser information, unique device identifier (“UDID”) and/or your mobile operating system.   We may also collect geolocation data from Users that access the Websites and Services using a mobile or similar device.

a. Voluntarily submitted information 

We collect Personal Information that you voluntarily provide to us during your use of the Websites and/or Services, including when you subscribe to receive e-mails, donate through one or more of our fundraising options or webpages, shop online, sign up to participate and when you participate in our FREE FILM PROJECTS or other projects, make payments, or otherwise manage your account with us through the Websites.   

b. Information collected via technology

  • We may collect information from your use of the Websites and Services, including your hardware model, browser type, operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address and domain name.  If you are using a mobile device, Worthless Studios may also receive your UDID, or another unique identifier, and mobile operating system. We may correlate this information with other Personal Information we have about you. 

  • Cookies

  • We may also use tools such as cookies and pixels to gather information as well. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to your device while you are viewing the website.  We use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser), persistent Cookies (which stay on your device until you delete them) and third party Cookies (which are placed by a website from a domain other than ours) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience. Persistent Cookies can be removed by following web browser help file directions.     A “Pixel” is a snippet of code that collects information about a visitor’s behavior on a website, and then sends the information back to the originating platform to be processed and reported. 

  • Cookies help us remember you when you return to the Website. Cookies also hold information to personalize and enhance your experience and to gather Website statistical data, such as which pages are visited, the Internet provider's domain name and the addresses of the sites you visited immediately before coming to and immediately after leaving the Website. The information in the cookies lets us trace your "clickstream" activity (i.e., the paths taken by users of the Website as they move from page to page) to enable us to better serve you by revealing which portions of the Website are the most popular. We may also allow our affiliate and service providers and advertisers to serve cookies from the Website to allow them to assist us in various activities such as doing analysis and research on the effectiveness of the Website, its content and advertising. 

  • We may combine information collected through cookies, pixels and other analytical tools with other information we may have collected from you. This information may be used to improve the Website, to personalize your online experience, to help us deliver information to you, to determine the effectiveness of advertising, and for other internal business purposes. We may use and share aggregated and anonymous information to conduct market research and analysis for ourselves and/or for our business partners. Given the anonymous, non-personally identifiable nature of such information, there are no restrictions under this Privacy Policy on how we may use or disclose such information. For example, we may freely share such information with third parties who may use such data for their own marketing, advertising, research, or other business purposes. We may also freely share such information with our service providers in order for them to perform services to or for us.

  • Opting Out of Cookies: You may refuse to accept cookies from the Websites at any time by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse cookies. Further information about the procedure to follow in order to disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider's website via your help screen. Furthermore, some third-party advertising companies may be advertising networks that are members of the Network Advertising Initiative, which offer a single location to opt out of ad targeting from member companies. For more information, see:  www.networkadvertising.org. For more information about targeting and advertising cookies and how you can opt out, you can also visit http://optout.aboutads.info. Be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Websites may operate as intended.

  • Geolocation data: If you access the Services through a mobile device, we may access, collect, monitor and/or remotely store “geolocation data.”  

  • We or our service providers use third-party services, such as Google Analytics and Google Search Console, to track and analyze online behavior data of Users.  In particular, we or our service providers utilize features of Google Analytics called “Remarketing,” “Demographics and Interest Reporting” and “Ad Words.” These services enable us or our service providers to use Google Analytics’ third-party audience data help inform, optimize, target and serve ads based on your visits to our Websites.  We do this to better understand how you use the Websites and Services, with a view to offering improvements for all users, and to tailor our marketing activities accordingly.  

c.  Third-Party Accounts.  

We allow you to engage with the Websites and Services using accounts you create with third-party products and services, such as Facebook and Twitter (collectively, “Third-Party Accounts”). If you access the Websites and Services with Third-Party Accounts, or access Third-Party Accounts with or through the Websites and Services, we will collect information that you have agreed to make available such as your name, age, birth date, ethnicity, email address, reproductions of your creative works, images of you, profile information, preferences and other information you may make available through the Third-Party Accounts. This information is collected by the Third-Party Account provider and is provided to Worthless Studios or our service providers under the third-party’s privacy policies. You can generally control the information that we receive from these sources using the privacy controls in your Third-Party Account. 

2. How We Use Your Information 

a. Personal Information

We may use your Personal Information for the following representative purposes:

  • Email Users with or about current fundraising activities 

  • Send communications and administrative emails 

  • Process and evaluate information provided by you through the Websites or Services, including through the online store, donation, fundraising, FREE FILM PROJECT registration and participation, or other project registrations or participations, requests from you to us for more information about our mission and activities, and to contact you regarding the same

  • Process and evaluate your applications and application materials to the FREE FILM PROJECT and other Worthless Studios Inc. projects

  • Process information uploaded by you on our Websites 

  • Process donations, and payments made through the online store 

  • Personalize and tailor the features, performance and support of the Websites and Services 

  • Send you promotional, marketing and fundraising information or other information from us on our behalf, or on behalf of our sponsors, partners, collaborators, and beneficiaries

  • Perform internal operations, including fraud detection

  • Analyze, benchmark and conduct research on user data and interactions with the Websites or Services

b. Anonymous Information

We may use Anonymous Information for the following representative purposes:

  • Perform internal operations on the Websites and Services

  • Improve the Websites and Services and customize the user experience

  • Aggregate the information collected via Cookies and Pixels to use in statistical analysis to help us track trends and analyze patterns

3. How We Share and Disclose Information 

We know how important it is to keep your information confidential. We will not rent, sell or share your Personal Information with third parties except as specifically approved by you at the time of disclosure or under the circumstances described in this Privacy Policy. 

If you do not want us to use or disclose Personal Information collected about you in the ways identified in this Privacy Policy, you may choose not to use the Websites or provide your Personal Information at any time.

In addition to using the information collected by us for the purposes described in Section 2 above, we may also share your information as described below. Please review our sharing policy closely, especially with respect to your Personal Information. 

In addition, by accessing the Websites and Services using a mobile or similar device you agree to allow us to share your geolocation information.

a. Services Providers  

We share Personal Information with vendors, consultants and other third-party service providers who perform services on behalf of - and at the request of - Worthless Studios, including without limitation, companies that provide email services, host the Websites and Services, process payments, application collection and processing services, survey services, or that provide other services for supporting, improving, promoting, or securing the Websites and Services.  These service providers only have access to the information necessary to perform these limited functions on our behalf and are required to protect and secure your information. 

b. Compliance with Laws, Law Enforcement and Safety

We may disclose information we have collected about you if required to do so by law or if we, in our sole discretion, believe that disclosure is reasonable to comply with the law, requests or orders from law enforcement, or any legal process (whether or not such disclosure is required by applicable law), or to protect or defend Worthless Studios', or a third party's, rights or property.

c. Aggregated Anonymous information 

Aggregated Anonymous Information is the combination of your Anonymous Information with the Anonymous Information of other Users (“Aggregated Anonymous Information”). Aggregated Anonymous Information does not allow you to be identified or contacted. We may share such Aggregated Anonymous Information with third parties.

d. Business transactions 

We may share all or some of your Personal Information with any of our subsidiaries, joint venturers, or other companies under common control, in which case we will require them to honor this Privacy Policy.  Additionally, in the event we undergo a business transition such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any entity that acquires us, is merged with us or that acquires our assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

4. Your Choices

By submitting Personal Information, you consent to our use of Personal Information as described herein, including to receive certain communications from us. You may modify or opt out of receiving messages sent for marketing purposes, or certain other communications, by following the unsubscribe instructions in such messages. Please note that despite any indicated marketing preferences, we may send you administrative emails regarding the Websites or Services, including, for example, notices of updates to our Privacy Policy. 

5. Updating Your Personal Information

You may revise your Personal Information by contacting us directly at info@worthlessstudios.com. However, we may be required to maintain certain Personal Information, or to maintain certain Personal Information for a period of time, in which case we will comply with your deletion request only after we have fulfilled such requirements. When we delete any information, it will be deleted from our active database, but may remain in our archives. We may retain your information for fraud detection or similar purposes. If we have already disclosed some of your Personal Information to third parties, we cannot access that Personal Information any longer and cannot compel the deletion or modification of any such information by the parties to whom we have made those disclosures.  

6. Children

The Websites and Services are not directed to or intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly solicit, collect or maintain information from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our Websites is targeted to attract anyone under 13. We also do not send e-mail correspondence to anyone who advises that they are under the age of 13.  If we later obtain actual knowledge that a User is under 13 years of age we will take steps to remove that User’s Personal Information from our systems.  If you are the parent or guardian of a child whom you believe has disclosed Personal Information to us, please contact us at info@worthlessstudios.com so that we may delete and remove such information from our system. 

7. Security and Data Retention

We are very concerned with safeguarding your information. We employ all reasonable administrative, physical and electronic measures for an arts not for profit of our size designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. We will make any legally required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored "personal data" or “personal information” (as defined in applicable state statutes on security breach notification) to you via email and/or conspicuous posting on the Websites in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, insofar as it is consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system. Although guaranteed security does not exist either on or off the Internet, we make commercially reasonable efforts to make the collection and security of such information consistent with this Privacy Policy and all applicable laws and regulations. Your consent to such purpose remains valid after termination of our relationship with you. 

8. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time and without prior notice, and any changes will become effective immediately upon being posted unless we advise you otherwise. However, we will not use your Personal Information in a way that is adverse and materially different from the uses described in this Privacy Policy without giving you an opportunity to opt out.  Your continued use of the Websites and Services after this Privacy Policy has been amended shall be deemed to be your continued acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy, as amended. We encourage you to bookmark this webpage and review this Privacy Policy regularly.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy, you can contact us via email at team@worthlessstudios.org or write to us at Attn: Chief of Staff, worthless studios, Inc. 350 Canal Street, Suite 1787, New York, New York 10013.