Privacy Policy

https://stellacast.com (the "Site") is owned and operated by StellaCast LLC. StellaCast LLC is the data controller and can be contacted at:

info@stellacast.com

(554) 633-4518

1401, 21ST, Sacramento, California, C.P. 95811

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy") is to inform users of our Site of the following:

  1. The personal data we will collect;
  2. Use of collected data;
  3. Who has access to the data collected;
  4. The rights of Site users; and
  5. The Site's cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

GDPR

For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR.

Consent

By using our Site users agree that they consent to:

  1. The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful.

You can withdraw your consent by: Contact us by e-mail at info@stellacast.com.

Legal Basis for Processing

We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.

We rely on the following legal bases to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:

  1. Users have provided their consent to the processing of their data for one or more specific purposes;
  2. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us or a third pary to pursue a legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest is not overriden by the interests or fundamenal rights and freedoms of users. Our legitimate interest(s) are: Access castings; and
  3. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us to take, at the request of a user, steps before entering a contract or for the performance of a contract to which a user is a party. If a user does not provide the the personal data necessary to perform a contract the consequences are as follows: You will not be able to register an account.

Personal Data We Collect

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

Data Collected Automatically

When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information:

  1. IP address;
  2. Location;
  3. Hardware and software details;
  4. Clicked links; and
  5. Content viewed.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way

For talents this data is collected:

  1. Name and/or company name
  2. Email address
  3. Location
  4. Gender
  5. Website or portfolio link, if you have one
  6. Password which is encrypted
  7. Date of birth
  8. Details of your transactions on our site
  9. Date when you signed up, your last login, uploaded images
  10. Ethnicity, nationality, hair and eye colour, height, shoe size, bust size, waist size, hips size, dress size
  11. Date when you apply to castings, or accepted/declined a booking
  12. Phone number
  13. Social media links
  14. Uploaded images

For brands, model agencies, casting directors, advertising agencies, production companies, media, showrooms, hair and makeup artists, PR / Events this data is collected:

  1. Name and/or company name
  2. Email address
  3. Location
  4. Gender
  5. Website or portfolio link, if you have one
  6. Password which is encrypted
  7. Date of birth
  8. Date when you signed up, your last login, uploaded images
  9. Visual media industry sector
  10. Phone number
  11. Social media links
  12. Uploaded images

How We Use Personal Data

Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

We collect personal data either directly from you, most often obtained through forms on our Site, or indirectly when you interact with us.

Analyse user activity to improve our service.

Provide a high quality and ultimately useful user experience throughout our site and email communication.

We may notify you by email, phone by SMS or Whatsapp with important information of relevance to your account. Models and actors can be notified by these channels if they have been invited to a casting or if a new message from a member is received. Other users such as photographers, brands, model agencies, casting directors, advertising agencies, production companies, media, showrooms, hair and make up artists, PR / Events can be contacted if the account is not approved, information about the user is missing as well as reminder to post a casting can be sent. In addition user can be contacted by mentioned channels for changes and updates to our site.

Who We Share Personal Data With

Employees

We may disclose user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Third Parties

We will treat all your personal information as confidential. Information about our customers is important and it is essential for us to protect your privacy; we do not share your personal information with any third party except for the limited reasons specified below.

We will only disclose data to:

  1. Other companies within our Group of companies (engaged in the casting and acting industry),
  2. Suppliers we engage to process data on our behalf.
  3. Government agencies and law enforcement agencies to comply with legal obligations or to protect certain rights,
  4. Transferees of our business (in the event of a transfer of assets or if we sell any business or part of a business).
  5. We share personal information with our parent company or other entities in our Group, which observe practices that are at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Policy.
  6. We share information about you with third parties who wish to engage your acting services, by creating your account on our site, you authorize your information to be shared, STELLACAST makes no guarantee that your information will be treated with the same diligence as we do at STELLACAST.

Other Disclosures

We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

  1. If the law requires it;
  2. If it is required for any legal proceeding;
  3. To prove or protect our legal rights; and
  4. To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How Long We Store Personal Data

Your data will be kept as long as you are a user of our site and have not requested that your account and data to be erased.

How We Protect Your Personal Data

In order to protect your security, we use the strongest available browser encryption and store all of our data on servers in secure facilities. All data is only accessible to our employees. Our employees are bound by strict confidentiality agreements and a breach of this agreement would result in the employee's termination.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

International Data Transfers

When we transfer user personal data we will protect that data as described in this Privacy Policy and comply with applicable legal requirements for transferring personal data internationally.

If you are located in the United Kingdom or the European Union, we will only transfer your personal data if:

  1. The country your personal data is being transferred to has been deemed to have adequate data protection by the European Commission or, if you are in the United Kingdom, by the United Kingdom adequacy regulations; or
  2. We have implemented appropriate safeguards in respect of the transfer. For example, the recipient is a party to binding corporate rules, or we have entered into standard EU or United Kingdom data protection contractual clauses with the recipient.

Your Rights as a User

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

  1. Right to be informed;
  2. Right of access;
  3. Right to rectification;
  4. Right to erasure;
  5. Right to restrict processing;
  6. Right to data portability; and
  7. Right to object.

Special Privacy Policy On Information Regarding Children

This Web site is not intended to solicit random or personally identifiable information from children. Information that may be collected by StellaCast through this Web site from children over the age of 16 interested in programs offered by StellaCast or interested in having their parents/guardians enroll them in programs offered by StellaCast is used for program-related purposes. StellaCast respects the privacy of children and does not collect more personal information about them than is reasonably necessary for the purposes of this website. Please note that parents/guardians may consent to the collection and use of information about their children without necessarily consenting to the disclosure of personal information to third parties. If a user of this website indicates on the introduction page that he/she is not 16 years of age or older, then StellaCast will request permission from the parent or legal guardian. StellaCast does not share children's personally identifiable information with anyone other than those who provide support for the internal operations of the website and our agents.

If you are concerned about your child’s use of this Web site, you may use Web site filtering technology to supervise or limit their access to this Web site or you can contact the Webmaster pursuant to the section above entitled: ‘CORRECTION, CHANGE AND REMOVAL OF INFORMATION’.

How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact:

info@stellacast.com

(554) 633-4518

1401, 21ST, Sacramento, California, C.P. 95811

Do Not Track Notice

Do Not Track ("DNT") is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We respond to browser-initiated DNT signals. If we receive a DNT signal that indicates a user does not wish to be tracked, we will not track that user. We are not responsible for and cannot guarantee how any third parties who interact with our Site and your data will respond to DNT signals.

How to Opt-Out of Data Collection, Use or Disclosure

In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data specified below: Send mail requesting deletion of your account. You can opt-out by send mail requesting deletion of your account.

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user's browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We use the following types of cookies on our Site:

  1. Functional cookies. Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits;
  2. Analytical cookies. Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc;
  3. Targeting cookies. Targeting cookies collect data on how you use the Site and your preferences. This allows us to personalize the information you see on our Site for you; and
  4. Third-Party Cookies. Third-party cookies are created by a website other than ours.

Modifications

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the "Effective Date" at the lower of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our privacy officer, Nicolas Barmat, at:

info@stellacast.com

(554) 633-4518

1401, 21ST, Sacramento, California, C.P. 95811