Privacy Policy
Telescope Privacy Policy
Telescope Film LLC (“Telescope,” “we,” “us” or “our”) respects your privacy. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to make you aware of how Telescope collects, manages, protects, uses, and/or shares information through your use of Telescope, including the website at www.telescopefilm.com (collectively, the “Website”). This includes Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and non-personally identifiable information ("non-PII").
1. General
Generally, Personally Identifiable Information is information that can be used on its own to identify a specific person. For example, PII can be a full name, home address, email address, phone number, or login details. In most cases, non-personally identifiable information or "non-PII" is data that cannot be used on its own to identify a specific person. For example, in the context of the Website, non-PII can be language preference, watchlists, or user ratings. Non-PII is treated by Telescope as PII when it's collected on an individual level and linked to any PII that you have chosen to submit to Telescope or that Telescope may have collected from your interactions with the Website.
By accessing or using the Website, you consent to the collection, use, disclosure, storage and processing of your information in accordance with: (i) this Privacy Policy; (ii) any related terms of use, end user license agreement, or services agreement; and (iii) and as permitted or required by applicable law.
2. How We Protect Your Information
Telescope is responsible for safeguarding confidential information as well as any such information Telescope may have because of a business relationship. We take technological and administrative measures to protect the information you provide through the Website against loss, theft, and unauthorized access, use, disclosure or modification. Technical access controls include password protection, multifactor authentication, and single sign on. Data is encrypted at rest and in transit over the Internet.
3. How We Collect and Use Information
(a) Information That You Provide Directly: In order to access some features on Telescope you must create an account and submit your name and email address. In your account settings, you may also provide demographic data, viewing preferences, films, and user-uploaded images. If you leave comments and ratings on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, the user's ID number, the time the comment was made, as well as the IP address of the device used to leave the comment, in order to aggregate location activity.
(b) Information Collected or Received from Third Parties: If you use a third-party Service (e.g. to log into Telescope via SSO) in connection with your usage of the Website, we may receive information about you from those third parties. [???]
(c) Analytics Information: We collect, measure and analyze traffic and usage trends for the Website, and use third-party analytics tools (“Analytics Tools”) to understand how to improve the Website. We use cookies and persistent device identifiers to collect and store information such as time of visit, pages visited, time spent on each page, IP address, browser type, and type of operating system used. We use Analytics Tools, such as Google Analytics to understand how users interact with the Website and improve it. You can visit the page at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ to understand how Google collects and processes data. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the Website may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
(d) Location Data: We use your current geographic location and/or language so that we may provide localized content and services. When you access or use the Website, we may access, collect, monitor and/or remotely store “location data,” which may include GPS coordinates or similar information regarding the location of your device.
(e) Commercial Communications: We may use the information we collect or receive to communicate directly with you for service-related notices (e.g., account verification, technical and security notices), promotions and special offers regarding the Website. You can stop receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions in those emails.
(f) Use of Certain Website-Type Information: We will use information from cookies, log files, device identifiers, location data and clear GIFs to: (i) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the site; (ii) provide custom notifications, personalized content or information; (iii) monitor the effectiveness of the Website; (iv) monitor aggregate metrics, such as total number of visitors, traffic and demographic patterns; (v) diagnose or fix technology problems; and (vi) conduct research or surveys.
Login cookies last one year; however if a user logs out, the login cookies will be removed immediately. See also Analytics.
4. Business Operations
(a) Service Providers: Telescope may disclose information to service providers solely for business purposes. These service providers support the internal operations of the Website, assist Telescope in providing you access to the Website, and assist Telescope in monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing the Website.
(b) Third Parties: Telescope does not sell your PII. We may anonymize and/or aggregate information and share with third parties in order to analyze Website usage, improve the Website, or for other similar purposes. Such information is anonymous and cannot be used to identify you.
5. Your Choices About Your Information
You can limit your browser or mobile device from providing certain information by adjusting the settings in the browser, operating system or device. Please consult the documentation for the applicable browser, operating system or device for the controls available to you.
You may email info@telescopefilm.com to ask to: see what PII we hold about you, modify or correct the PII we hold about you, or delete your PII. Users may freely exercise these rights without fear of being denied access to the Website.
6. How Long We Keep Your Information
We will retain your information as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, and for a commercially reasonable time thereafter for backup, archival, fraud prevention or detection, audit purposes, or as otherwise required by law.
7. Children's Privacy
While individuals under the age of 18 may access or use the Website, they may do so only with the involvement, supervision, and approval of a parent or legal guardian. We do not knowingly collect PII from individuals under 13 years of age without parental consent. If you are under the age of 13 and parental consent is not obtained, you are prohibited from using the Website.
8. International Users
The Website may be hosted or operated in countries other than the country in which you reside. Those countries may have different data protection laws and regulations from those that apply in your home country. Depending on the jurisdiction, by accessing or using the Website you consent to the transfer, storage, and processing of your information outside of your home country.
9. Updates to this Privacy Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Please check this page to review the most up-to-date version of this policy. By continuing to use the Website after an updated version has been posted, you agree that the new policy will apply to you.