Privacy Policy

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Effective Date: 10/11/2025
 

Montgomery International Film Festival (“MIFFUS”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy.

This Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit https://miffus.com, submit films, attend our events, or interact with us digitally. It also outlines your rights under regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and COPPA.

Collected when you:

• Submit a film
   
• Sign up for our newsletter
   
• Purchase tickets or attend events
   
• Contact us directly
   

Includes:

• Name, email, address, phone number
   
• Film project details (title, credits, synopsis)
   
• Payment and billing information (processed securely by third parties)
   

Via cookies and tools like Google Analytics:

• IP address, browser type, OS
   
• Device identifiers
   
• Pages viewed, time on site, referring site
   

Cookies are small files stored on your device. We use them to:

• Understand website usage
   
• Improve performance and personalization
   
• Track traffic via Google Analytics
   

You can disable cookies through your browser settings.

We use your data to:

• Process and manage FilmFreeway submissions
   
• Send festival updates, event info, or marketing (opt-out anytime)
   
• Improve our website and audience reach
   
• Comply with legal obligations
   

If you're in the European Economic Area (EEA), we only process your data when we have a legal basis:

• You gave consent
   
• It's necessary to fulfill a contract
   
• We're legally obligated
   
• We have a legitimate interest, such as improving our services
   

We do not sell your personal data.

We may share information with:

• FilmFreeway (for submission handling)
   
• Payment providers (for ticketing/transactions)
   
• Google Analytics (for traffic analysis)
   
• Email providers (for newsletters)
   
• Regulatory authorities, if legally required
   

All third parties are vetted and required to comply with privacy standards.

We retain your information only as long as necessary to:

• Fulfill the purpose it was collected for
   
• Comply with legal and regulatory requirements
   
• Support historical or archival needs
   

• Access, correct, or delete your personal data
   
• Withdraw consent at any time
   
• Request data portability
   
• Object to data processing
   

• Request access to personal data collected in the past 12 months
   
• Request deletion of personal data
   
• Opt-out of the sale of personal data (we do not sell your data)
   

To make a request, email us at info@miffus.com.

We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided personal information, contact us immediately and we will delete it.