Privacy Statement for filmsociety.org
Sarasota Film Society has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: filmsociety.org.

Sarasota Film Society, Burns Court Cinemas and Lakewood Ranch Cinemas are committed to protecting your online privacy while providing you with the most useful and enjoyable Web experience possible. While you can use many features of www.filmsociety.org anonymously, you are required to provide personal information to gain access to some of our content and services.

How we collect and use personal information
Registering on www.filmsociety.org gives you access to all the site's information and features. The only information required is your name, e-mail address, country, and ZIP/postal code. This information is NOT shared in any way with 3rd parties with the exception that a 3rd party provides our e-mail service. They do not share the information with any other 3rd party. We send a weekly e-mail newsletter that provides schedules of upcoming films & events at our cinemas to registered users. If you would rather not receive these e-mail notifications, you may opt-out; see the choice/opt-out section below.

If you enter a contest or respond to a promotion, we may ask for your postal address so we can notify contest winners and deliver promotional goodies.

How we protect your personal information
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. All personal data you enter on www.filmsociety.org is encrypted with secure server software (SSL) that encodes the information before your Web browser software sends it to us. The SSL software decodes the data only after it reaches our server, meaning hackers can't snatch any of your personal information while it is in transit. Once the data reaches our site, the same state-of-the-art security software we use to guard all of our company's essential business data protects your personal data as well.

Credit card numbers used to buy tickets, membership, and merchandise ARE NOT stored ANYWHERE, and as such are not able to be stolen by any means.

This site contains links to other sites. Sarasota Film Society and filmsociety.org do not share any information with them, however we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

How we use "cookies"
As you probably know, "cookies" are small pieces of information that some Web sites store on your computer's hard drive when you visit them. Like many other Web sites, www.filmsociety.org uses cookies to save your registration information & identify registered users and members so you don't have to re-enter it each time you purchase tickets online, although for security reasons you will need your password (e-mail address). The cookies DO NOT store credit card information. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies but allow you to modify security settings so you can approve or reject cookies on a case-by-case basis. Even if you do not use cookies, you can still access all of the features on our site by logging in manually with each visit.

Children's Guidelines
filmsociety.org meets the guidelines of TRUSTe's Children's program. We have agreed to:
1. NOT collect online contact information without prior parental consent or parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. Without prior parental consent, online information will only be used to respond directly to the child's request and will not be used for other purposes without prior parental consent
2. NOT collect personally identifiable off-line contact information without prior parental consent
3. NOT distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information with out prior parental consent
4. NOT give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent
5. NOT entice by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity

Opt-Out/Correct/Update
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.

This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.
1. You can send e-mail to Noel Hazard (noel@filmsociety.org)
2. You can send mail to the following postal address:
Sarasota Film Society Attn: Remove from mailing list P.O. Box 3378, Sarasota, FL, 34230
3. You can call the following telephone number: 941-364-8662 and ask for Noel Hazard

Correct/Update
This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.
1. You can send e-mail to Noel Hazard (noel@filmsociety.org)
2. send mail to the following postal address:
Sarasota Film Society Attn: Remove from mailing list P.O. Box 3378, Sarasota, FL, 34230
3. You can call the following telephone number: 941-364-8662 and ask for Noel Hazard

Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact
Sarasota Film Society
P.O. Box 3378
Sarasota, FL 34230

Webmaster: Noel Hazard
http://www.filmsociety.org/