PRIVACY

Actors-Inc Limited recognizes that your privacy is very important and that you have the right to control the distribution of your personal information. We know that providing personal information to us requires trust and we take the trust that you place in Actors Inc very seriously. Therefore Actors-Inc has implemented a set of privacy principles based on the obligations under the Data Protection Act 1988 (the "Data Protection Act") and the Privacy & Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. Unless you give us explicit consent to act otherwise, the following policy will govern how Actors Inc handles your personal information and safeguards your privacy. Actors-Inc is committed to protecting your personal information. This Policy sets out the principles that Actors Inc has adopted in order to protect information about individuals. These principles deal with the collection, use and disclosure of consumer related information as well as access to information. This policy sets out important information about privacy protections, which we extend to your personal information. It relates to personal information that you provide to us through this website. This Privacy Policy contains the following necessary information regarding your use of www.actors-inc.co.uk / www.at2global.co.uk:  

1        Collection of Personal Information

2        The Way Personal Information is Used

3        Disclosure of Personal Information

4        Accessing, Modifying and Updating Information

5        Security of Personal Information Collected

6        Individual's Privacy

7        Trans-Border Data Flows

8        Your Consent to This Agreement

l       1. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Actors-Inc's privacy policy will cover all information that Members may regard as private or sensitive. When you register with www.at2global.co.uk, you will provide us directly with personal profile information, contact details, credit card information, pictures and your CV. This information is collected to establish the best service to our Members. This applies to individuals only, and does not include businesses. Actors-Inc collects your personal information to enable us to:

1        provide a framework through which casting agents and other authorised agents of Actors Inc may cast their projects;

2        understand your service requirements in order to provide you with better, more personalised services;

3        answer your queries;

4        keep you updated with our services;

5        research and develop our services;

6        invoice and collect payments;

7        conduct appropriate checks for credit-worthiness or fraud; and

8        identify you when you want to access or modify your casting details.

Giving this information is fully optional. However it is important to note that the provision of your service may not be possible without access to the relevant information. We welcome any questions on the use of personal information when any doubts arise. Actors Inc will not collect unnecessary sensitive information, such as religion, political opinions, details of health, sexual preferences and other prejudice information when it is irrelevant to the service, unless:

1        you have given express content to Actors Inc to do so;

2        there are reasonable grounds to believe that disclosure is necessary to prevent a threat to life or health;

3        the use is required by law; or

4        the use is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal or equitable claim.

We collect sensitive information such as racial, ethnic, trade union membership since this is necessary for casting purposes. This information is however closely protected as outlined in this privacy Policy.

l       2. THE WAY PERSONAL INFORMATION IS USED

The information we collect may be used to provide such capabilities as personalised casting services. From time to time, Actors-Inc may offer special deals on products and services associated with casting to members of www.actors-inc.co.uk on behalf of third parties, you consent under these Terms of Use to receive such communications unless you un-tick the third party communications notice on signing up to the site. Additionally you may at any time, and free of any charge, indicate to us that you no longer wish to receive such communications by emailing us at info@actors-inc.co.uk.

Actors-Inc will not use your information for any other purpose other than the one you nominate when you become a member of www.actors-inc.co.uk.

l       3. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The information we collect from you is strictly confidential and therefore we will not disclose or pass the content or any contact details to any third parties, other than those who are contracted to Actors-Inc, without your prior permission. Actors-Inc will not otherwise disclose its customer personal and account information unless Actors-Inc has reason to believe that disclosing such personal information is necessary to identify, make contact with, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing harm or interfering with the rights or property of Actors-Inc. Actors-Inc will only disclose personal information for a purpose other than the primary purpose of collection (a secondary purpose) if:

1        The secondary purpose is related to the primary purpose of collection, the subject of the information would reasonably expect Actors-Inc to disclose the information for the secondary purpose, and the disclosure is made in the performance of a person's duties as an employee of Actors-Inc; or

2        The individual has consented to the disclosure; or

3        Actors-Inc reasonably believes that the disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to an individual's life or health; or

4        The disclosure is required or specifically authorised by law; or

5        Actors-Inc has reason to suspect that unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in and discloses the personal information as a necessary part of its investigation of the matter or in reporting its concerns to relevant persons or authorities. In circumstances where disclosure may be required or authorised by or under law, Actors-Inc will ensure that the request for information is lawful and that personal information is only disclosed to the extent required. Where personal information is disclosed for law enforcement purposes or for the protection of public revenue, Actors-Inc retains a record of the disclosure.

l       4. ACCESSING, MODIFYING AND UPDATING INFORMATION  AND YOUR RIGHTS

You have certain rights in relation to your data:

1     You have the right to a copy of the personal information we store on you and to require that we rectify any inaccuracies. Actors-Inc stores no extra data than that available to you on your login screen and you may accordingly correct any inaccuracies yourself.

2     Purpose of data collection and use;

·      You are entitled to know the information we collect on you its purpose and the manner and extent of processing and we have outlined that in this privacy agreement.

·      You are further entitled to know, and we confirm, that we collect only such information as is necessary and not excessive to the purposes of the website.

Members will always have access to the information and content you have provided us. You can easily edit or delete your personal information provided during registration at anytime via a password protected web interface. Alternatively, you can contact our customer service department at info@actors-inc.co.uk, for notification of changes to your name, address, title, telephone number, email address, profile or resumes. Keeping your personal information, photos and resumes accurate are a very important factor in being cast. If you wish to access or correct personal information which you have provided via our website but cannot access the information, please send an email to us using the Contact us link on the website at www.at2global.co.uk. In order to access your account information you must be registered as a current contact for the account. If a person requests access to, or to make changes to an account, and they are not listed as a contact they will be required to prove in writing that they have permission from the existing account contacts to access the account information. This can be achieved by faxing permission on company letterhead (if related to a company) and signed off by an existing contact on the account.

l       5. SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED

Actors-Inc will endeavour to protect the confidentiality of customer's information, account information and personal communications. To protect customer information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access or modification that is collected from Members, Actors Inc uses appropriate security controlled files. Your personal information is held on highly secure servers that are protected in controlled facilities. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. While we endeavour to prevent your personal information from misuse or unauthorised access, however unlikely this may be, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us. As you conduct this activity at your own risk, Actors-Inc accepts no responsibility for misuse of your personal data which arise from unauthorised access.

l       6. INDIVIDUAL'S PRIVACY

Actors-Inc uses "Cookies" to track and record your preferences and activity on our website. Cookies are pieces of data that are sent to your browser and are stored on your computer's hard drive. They are updated as you access the many different parts of our website. The use of cookies is an industry standard and most major websites use them. It is entirely optional whether to accept cookies since you can change settings of your browser. You can adjust your browser to refuse all cookies or to be warned when cookies are being used.

'Web-bugs' are very small invisible images with unique identifying information specific to a particular user. We do not currently use Web-bugs though we may do so in future if this proves useful.

We gather statistical data on visitors to the website and process it for statistical reasons. Some of this information may relate to you for example how often you use the website and how you use it. We do this in order to provide an efficient service which is reliable pleasant and helpful to use for all users.

l       7. TRANS-BORDER DATA FLOWS

Actors-Inc will not transfer personal data outside the European Union unless:

1        Actors-Inc reasonably believes that the recipient of the information is subject to a statute, binding scheme or contract which effectively upholds principles for fair information handling that are substantially similar to the privacy requirements under relevant European Union law; or

2        The individual concerned consents to the transfer.

l       8. YOUR CONSENT TO THIS AGREEMENT

By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of information by Actors Inc as specified above. If Actors-Inc decides to change this customer privacy policy, we will re-publish it on Actors-Inc's website at www.at2global.co.uk so that you are aware of the way we are collecting, protecting and disclosing personal information. Thank you for taking the time to read Actors-Inc's privacy policy. For further information please contact us at : info@actors-inc.co.uk