White Hot Productions’ Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY & DISCLAIMER

This website is owned and operated by White Hot Productions Pty Ltd (ABN: 39 134 339 245  ) (“White Hot Productions”, “we”, “our”, “us”).

This privacy policy explains how White Hot Productions collects, holds, uses, protects, discloses and stores personal information that you (“user”, “users”, “you”, “your”) provide to White Hot Productions.

White Hot Productions recognises that your privacy is very important to you and that you have certain rights in respect of your personal information.  White Hot Productions knows that providing personal information is an act of trust and White Hot Productions takes that seriously.  White Hot Productions is committed to dealing with personal information in accordance with Australian privacy laws, the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles and other relevant privacy laws.

Unless users give explicit consent to act otherwise, this policy will govern how White Hot Productions handles users’ personal information and seeks to safeguards users’ privacy.

OUR SERVICES

White Hot Productions develop, commission and produce an on-going slate of feature films.  We also develop television series with a unique approach and strong commercial appeal.  Our commitment is to working with outstanding creative talent to tell outstanding stories.

White Hot Productions collaborates as executive producer, co-producer or investor in selected features and television series initiated by other production companies.  Our promotional activities include running direct contact programs in local and international markets via a range of activities and platforms.

COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

In the course of providing our services, White Hot Productions may collect personal information from our potential clients and users of our services as well as from other individuals with whom we interact. For example, we collect personal information via:

  • Interviews and phone calls
  • Letters or e-mails
  • Online submission forms
  • Business events
  • Film Festivals
  • Any surveys conducted by White Hot Productions or approved third party subscribe to our social media sites
  • Sign up for our newsletter;

The types of personal information that we collect may include your name, contact information, (for example your email, telephone number and address) and your gender. When we provide our services to you, we may also request that you provide us with further information about you including your role, your industry segment or services required/of interest.

We may also ask you to participate in surveys from time to time. Should you choose to participate in these surveys, your responses are anonymous and are de-identified. We use your responses to monitor and improve how we provide our services to clients and other third parties.

USING AND DISCLOSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The primary purpose for any personal information collected will be used to provide users with requested products or services advertised and provided by White Hot Productions. Personal information may be used internally within White Hot Productions for business development related activities, research, analysis as well as for direct marketing.  Users have the option of removing their account or unsubscribing from any direct marketing campaigns at any time.  Users can either contact White Hot Productions or follow the unsubscribe feature attached to all digital direct marketing material.

White Hot Productions may provide links for users to share information on third party websites including social media.  White Hot Productions is not responsible for any information users may provide on such sites. White Hot Productions encourages users to read the privacy policy of any third party site they intend to use prior to uploading any personal or non-personal information.

Other than is stated in this privacy policy, White Hot Productions does not (other than associated/affiliated organisations) share, sell, use or offer personal information that it collects to any other companies, affiliates or third party providers.  White Hot Productions will not give your personal information to advertisers or any other organisation without your express consent.

The only situations in which White Hot Productions may disclose any information about you without your consent, or access your communications on our websites, is:

  • if White Hot Productions believes it is necessary to provide users with a service which you have requested.
  • if the law requires it;
  • to implement our terms of use;
  • to protect the rights or property of White Hot Productions, any White Hot Productions user, or any member of the public; or
  • to lessen a serious threat to a person’s health or safety.

White Hot Productions policy is not to send any form of “spam” (unsolicited commercial electronic messages).  White Hot Productions’ client database is not made available to any advertiser.  If White Hot Productions’ future policy were ever to differ from its current position, we would first notify you and obtain your consent prior to sending any promotional offerings.

We keep your personal information for as long as we need it to provide our services to you. We may retain your personal information if it is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and/or enforce our agreements.

COLLECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

Whenever you visit White Hot Productions’ website, our servers automatically record information about your usage of the site, such as the time of the visit, its duration, and the pages you visit. The information White Hot Productions collects about you remains anonymous; it is used for aggregate statistical analysis only, and White Hot Productions does not link it to any other personal information.

USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC TOOLS

The term Cookies refers to the digital data stored on an individual hard drive.  Cookies facilitate and monitor a user’s web browser access and usage patterns.  White Hot Productions may use this non-personal information to collect statistical data as well as use it to provide customised content and targeted advertising.  Users can delete or disable Cookies (follow web browser instructions) however please note that Cookies may be necessary for specific websites and disabling Cookies may impact on their ability to function effectively.

MODIFICATIONS TO PRIVACY POLICY

White Hot Productions reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by uploading amended content on to the website. Such changes will be in effect when the amended content is uploaded onto the website.

PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

White Hot Productions takes reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is protected from misuse, unauthorised access, unauthorised modification or disclosure and loss.  White Hot Productions also takes reasonable steps to secure personal information, including by storing personal information on servers that are protected in controlled facilities.

In addition, White Hot Productions’ employees and contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by White Hot Productions. However, except to the extent that White Hot Productions is responsible for unauthorised access to your personal information, White Hot Productions will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information.

YOUR RIGHTS

You can contact us and request that we give you access to your personal information that we hold about you. If you believe that your personal information is incomplete, incorrect or wrong, you can contact us to request that we correct or delete your personal information.

We may hold multiple copies of your personal information in our systems and there may be some latency for your requests to be reflected across all of our systems.

If the European Union Data Protection Regulation applies to your personal data, for example, if you are a resident in the European Union, then you may also have additional rights, including:

  • the right to request that we erase all copies of your personal information that we hold; and
  • the right to receive your personal information provided to us, or request that this data be provided to another controller.

Please contact us in writing is if you would like us to take action in respect to these rights.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM OR QUESTION

Should White Hot Productions become aware of any ongoing concerns or problems with following or implementing this privacy policy, White Hot Productions will take these issues seriously and work to address these concerns. If you have any further queries relating to White Hot Productions’ privacy policy, or you have a problem or complaint, please contact us using the contact details below. We will respond to your communication within 30 days of receiving it. If you are not satisfied with the way that we have dealt with you, you may make a complaint to the regulator in your jurisdiction: Office of the Australian Privacy Commissioner: https://www.oaic.gov.au/; European Data Protection Supervisor: https://edps.europa.eu/ .

FUTURE CHANGES

White Hot Productions reserves the right to change all published content at any time without prior notification. If White Hot Productions’ privacy policy were to be amended at any time, then White Hot Productions reserves the right to notify you by posting an updated version of the policy on its website.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON PRIVACY

For more information about your privacy rights in Australia and protecting your privacy, visit the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner’s website: https://www.oaic.gov.au/

Contact us

White Hot Productions Pty Ltd
T: +61 3 9646 6688
Level 1, 668 Lorimer Street
Port Melbourne
Victoria 3207 AUSTRALIA
Email:  info@whitehotproductions.com

DISCLAIMER REGARDING USE OF THE WHITE HOT PRODUCTIONS WEBSITE

Where this website contains links to other websites, White Hot Productions does not accept any responsibility for the material on such sites.  White Hot Productions does not make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy or currency of material contained on any other linked websites.  White Hot Productions makes no representation that the material contained on other websites does not infringe the intellectual property rights of a third party.

The information contained in this website is for information purposes only. The information is provided by White Hot Productions and, while White Hot Productions endeavours to keep the information up-to-date and correct, White Hot Productions makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, White Hot Productions takes no responsibility for and will not be liable for the website being temporarily unavailable.