Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Film Workshop Zurich ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit or use our online platform or services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner.

Who We Are

We are Film Workshop Zurich, located at 115 Badenerstrasse, Zurich, 8004, Switzerland. We provide services related to media production education and creative arts training, including various video production and editing courses and workshops.

Information We Collect

We collect various types of information from you in connection with your use of our site and services.

• Personal Identification Information: This includes information you voluntarily provide to us when you register for a course, make a purchase, fill out a form, or contact us. This may include your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, and payment information.
• Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how you access and use our service. This may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes, including:

• To provide and maintain our service
• To process your course registrations and payments
• To manage your account
• To communicate with you regarding your course or inquiries
• To improve our service, courses, and user experience
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
• To comply with legal obligations

Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on several legal grounds, as permitted by applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Performance of a contract: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (e.g., enrolling you in a course).
• Consent: You have given consent for specific processing purposes (e.g., receiving marketing communications, if you opt-in).
• Legitimate interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., improving our services, preventing fraud) provided these interests are not overridden by your rights.
• Legal obligation: Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We may share your information with third parties in the following limited circumstances:

• Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service, provide the service on our behalf, perform service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
• Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Information may be transferred.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal information. Your rights include:

• The right to access the information we hold on you.
• The right to rectify inaccurate or incomplete information.
• The right to request erasure of your personal information under certain conditions.
• The right to object to our processing of your personal information.
• The right to request restriction of the processing of your personal information.
• The right to data portability, to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• The right to withdraw consent at any time where we rely on your consent to process your personal information.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the physical address provided in the contact section.

Third-Party Links

Our service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from Children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by mail at:

Film Workshop Zurich
115 Badenerstrasse
Zurich, 8004
Switzerland