HUMP! (“we” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy policy (“Policy”). This Policy describes the types of information we may collect or that you may provide us when you access or use www.humpfilmfest.com (the “Site”). This Policy also describes our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information. By accessing or using our Site, you agree to this Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not access or use our Site.

We collect, process, and store information about you that you may elect to provide us directly, that we collect through the Site, that is collected automatically, or that we receive from third parties.  

Information You Provide to Us

When you access or use our Site, you may provide us with information by which you may be personally identified, such as:

• Identification information – including names, previously used names or aliases, physical address, and e-mail address.

• Demographic information – including age, date of birth, and gender.

• Identification documentation – including driver’s license, state identification, or passport. 

• Images, recordings, and audiovisual content – including content submitted for film festivals, live events, or Site streaming.

• Other information that you choose to provide us.

Information We Collect 

When you use our Site, we may collect or process information, such as:

• Device information – including your IP address, device identifiers, operating system and version, and other related device information.

• Statistics or aggregated information – such as data that has been combined or anonymized and does not identify you directly.

Information Collected Automatically 

When you use our Site, we may collect or process information automatically through automatic collection technologies, including Google Analytics. Automatic collection technologies help us understand how users interact with our Site. They also allow us to monitor, measure, and improve the performance, reliability, and security of our Site. When you access or use our Site, we may use analytics tools and cookies to collect or process the following categories of information:

• Device information – including IP address, device type, browser information, approximate location information derived from IP address.

• Behavioral information – including pages visited, clicks, content viewed, session duration, engagement time.

• Technical performance information – including page load times, server response times, network requests.

• Diagnostic information – including error reports, crash data, exception logs.

• Usage information – including session activity, feature interactions, navigation paths, engagement with specific content.

• Search and page-level performance information – including search queries, impressions, page results, indexing status.

Certain technologies are required for core functionality and disabling them may limit Site availability.

Information We Receive from Third Parties

We may also receive information about you from third-party providers. For example:

• If you make any purchase through our Site using our third-party payment processor, we may receive related transaction or fulfillment information, including the number of orders, tickets sold, and ticket revenue associated with a given event. We, however, do not collect, store, or process your payment information.

• If you sign up to receive our newsletter or other promotional communications through third-party tools, we may receive your contact information and use it to send communications via our email marketing platform.

• If you visit our Site after engaging with our advertisements or content on third-party platforms (including our social media accounts), we may receive ad analytics from those platforms that allow us to see aggregate engagement data about how users find us, which we may use to measure the effectiveness of our marketing and to improve your experience on our Site. 

• When we share links to our third-party payment processor on our Site or on a third-party platform (including our social media accounts), we may tag those links so that our third-party payment processor can report back aggregate engagement data, such as the number of views, orders, tickets, and revenue attributed to a particular link or event. We use this information to understand which event and channels are driving interest.

Some of the information identified above, including identification documentation, may be considered sensitive data under certain laws. If required under applicable law, we will collect and process sensitive personal data only with your consent. If you choose not to provide or allow us to collect some information, we may not be able to provide you with services or information.

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

• To process film submissions.

• To process monthly newsletter subscription requests.

• To fulfill and manage purchases.

• To communicate with you, including by sending you our newsletter or other promotional communications, where you have subscribed or as otherwise permitted.

• To improve our Site.

• To promote our Site, events, and offerings.

• To measure the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.

• To provide customer support.

• To detect and prevent fraudulent activity.

• To carry out our legal or regulatory obligations and enforce our rights.

• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it or that we may describe when you provide the information.

• For any other purpose, with your consent.

We may disclose your information to our affiliates and third-party providers who provide services and support for our Site, for example:

• Affiliates – to process filmmaker royalty payments.

• Third-Party Payment Processor – to fulfill and manage your purchases.

• Analytics Providers – to help us understand how users interact with our Site, measure the effectiveness of our marketing efforts, and to improve the performance and functionality of our Site.

• E-mail Marketing Platforms – to send you our newsletter or other promotional materials.

• Other third parties – for purposes that we may describe when you provide the information.

We may also disclose your information to comply with any court orders, laws, or legal processes, including to respond to any government or regulatory request and to enforce our Terms of Use. We may also disclose your information to a buyer, successor, or other transferee in the event of a merger, acquisition, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets. If such a transaction occurs, the acquiring party will be bound by the terms of this Policy, or we will notify you of any material changes to how your personal information will be handled before those changes take effect.

Depending on your state of residency, you may have certain rights related to your personal information to the extent legally permitted, including:

• Right of Access – You may request that we confirm how we process your personal information and you may request a copy of the personal information we process. 

• Right of Portability – You may request that we provide you with a copy of your personal information in a portable format.

• Right of Correction – You may request that we correct any inaccuracies in your personal information.

• Right of Deletion – You may request that we delete the personal information we maintain about you.

• Opt-Out Rights – You may request that we do not use your personal information for targeted advertising, profiling, or sales; however, at this time, we do not do so. 

These rights vary state by state and may be subject to certain exceptions under applicable law. To exercise any of these rights, please submit a request using the Contact Information below. To appeal a decision regarding a rights request, please provide written notice using the Contact Information below, detailing your concern and including any documentation necessary to validate your claim.

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. 

The safety and security of your information also depend on you. You are responsible for keeping your information secure.  

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via mobile and online platforms cannot be completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted through the Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

This Site is intended for individuals at least eighteen (18) years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of eighteen (18). If we learn we have collected or received personal information from an individual under the age of eighteen (18), we will delete that information.

We may, in our sole discretion, update our Policy from time to time. We will post the revised version of this Policy on the Site. If we make material changes to how we treat your personal information, we will notify you in advance. 

The date this Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting this Policy to check for any changes. By continuing to use the Site, you agree to be bound by the terms of any changes posted.

We retain your personal information as long as reasonably necessary. Additionally, we may retain specific categories of information as long as legally required by applicable law. Once we no longer need your information, we permanently delete your personal information from our systems.

You may unsubscribe from our monthly newsletter at any time directly from the e-mail. You may opt out of marketing communications at any time by contacting us using the Contact Information below.

For questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Policy and our privacy practices, please contact us at:

E-mail: info@humpfilmfest.com

Address: 1101 East Pike Street, Suite 300, Seattle, Washington 98122