Privacy Policy; Welcome to Short Film Today (“we,” “us,” “our,” or “the Website”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the information that visitors provide while using our website:
https://www.shortfilmtoday.com
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit or interact with Short Film Today, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.
By using this website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
We may collect information in several ways.
You may voluntarily provide information when you:
Depending on the purpose of the interaction, information may include your name, email address, website URL, and the contents of your message.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information unless it is specifically requested and necessary.
When you visit Short Film Today, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the Website or by third-party services. This may include:
This information may be used for security, analytics, troubleshooting, website improvement, and advertising purposes.
Short Film Today may use cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality, understand visitor behavior, remember preferences, measure traffic, and support advertising.
Cookies are small text files stored on your browser or device. Some cookies are necessary for website functionality, while others may be used for analytics or advertising.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
We may use Google AdSense or other third-party advertising services to display advertisements on the Website.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or similar technologies to serve, measure, and personalize advertising based on a user’s visit to this and other websites, subject to the applicable settings and laws.
Google explains that advertising cookies may be used for purposes such as ad personalization, measurement, frequency management, and fraud prevention.
Users may manage personalized advertising through Google’s advertising settings.
You can learn more about Google’s advertising practices and privacy controls through Google’s privacy resources.
Google’s current publisher requirements also require publishers to maintain a privacy policy that discloses relevant data collection and the use of cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or similar identifiers.
We may use Google Analytics or similar analytics services to understand how visitors use the Website.
Analytics services may collect information such as:
This information helps us understand website traffic, improve content, identify technical problems, and improve the overall user experience.
Third-party analytics providers may use cookies or similar technologies in providing these services.
Articles on Short Film Today may contain embedded videos, images, trailers, social-media posts, or other content hosted by third-party services such as YouTube, Vimeo, film festivals, social networks, or other external platforms.
When you interact with embedded or linked third-party content, those third parties may collect information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
We do not control the privacy practices of external websites or services.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party platforms before interacting with their content.
Our articles may contain links to external websites, including official filmmaker websites, film festival websites, streaming services, production companies, software providers, and other resources.
Once you leave Short Film Today, the external website’s privacy policy and terms will apply.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.
Information collected through the Website may be used to:
We do not use personal information for purposes unrelated to the purpose for which it was collected unless permitted or required by applicable law.
We may share information with service providers and third-party platforms when reasonably necessary to operate the Website, such as:
We may also disclose information when required by law, legal process, court order, governmental request, or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, security, or integrity of Short Film Today or others.
We do not sell personal information simply because you visit the Website.
If Short Film Today enables comments, reviews, submissions, or other publicly visible contributions, information you voluntarily publish may become publicly available.
Please avoid submitting personal information that you do not want to make public.
We may moderate, edit, remove, or reject submissions at our discretion where necessary to protect the Website and maintain editorial standards.
Short Film Today may accept guest posts, sponsored content, brand collaborations, and contextual link placements.
When you submit information for these purposes, we may collect business contact information and campaign-related details necessary to evaluate, communicate about, and manage the proposed collaboration.
Sponsored or paid content may be identified or disclosed where appropriate and where required by applicable law or platform policies.
We take reasonable measures to help protect information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no website, server, online transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or stored by the Website.
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including responding to communications, maintaining business records, protecting the Website, resolving disputes, complying with legal obligations, and maintaining legitimate operational records.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type and purpose of the information.
Short Film Today is not specifically directed toward children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly request or intentionally collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that appropriate steps can be taken.
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights concerning your personal information, which may include the right to:
Requests may be subject to verification and applicable legal exceptions.
You can control or limit cookies through your browser settings.
For Google’s advertising services, users can also manage certain advertising personalization settings through Google’s advertising controls.
Google provides information about advertising cookies, personalization, and privacy choices through its privacy resources.
Where applicable, visitors may also be presented with a consent or privacy-choice interface for managing certain cookies and advertising technologies.
Short Film Today may be accessed by visitors from different countries.
Depending on where you live, privacy laws such as the European Union/European Economic Area data-protection framework, United Kingdom privacy laws, United States state privacy laws, or other applicable regulations may provide you with additional rights.
We will handle applicable personal information in accordance with relevant legal requirements to the extent they apply to our activities.
This Privacy Policy applies only to Short Film Today.
Third-party services, advertisers, analytics providers, embedded-video platforms, social networks, and external websites have their own privacy policies.
We encourage you to review those policies directly for information about their data practices.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, legal requirements, advertising partners, or privacy practices.
When changes are made, the updated version will be posted on this page and the effective date will be updated.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, privacy practices, or your personal information, please contact Short Film Today through the contact information provided on our website.
Website: https://www.shortfilmtoday.com/
This Privacy Policy is intended to explain Short Film Today’s general privacy practices. It is not legal advice and may need to be customized based on the actual services, advertising networks, analytics tools, cookies, contact forms, consent mechanisms, and applicable laws affecting the Website.
If additional third-party advertising, analytics, newsletter, commenting, membership, payment, or tracking services are added, this Privacy Policy should be updated accordingly.