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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 26 August 2026

1. Introduction Welcome to Filmonik.com.au. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

2. Information We Collect

  • Personal data: This includes information that can identify you as an individual, such as your name, email address, and contact details, which we collect through forms, newsletter sign-ups, and account registrations.
  • Usage data: Information about how you use the website, which pages you visit, and technical data such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and session activity.
  • Consent records: When you subscribe to our newsletter, we may record when and how you gave consent and whether you confirmed your subscription.

3. How We Use Your Information We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website
  • Develop new services, features, and functionality
  • Communicate with you, including for customer service and website updates
  • Send newsletters and marketing communications when you have opted in
  • Manage subscriptions, confirmation requests, and unsubscribes
  • Find and prevent fraud, abuse, and automated form submissions

4. Newsletter sign-ups Newsletter sign-ups submitted through our website are currently stored in the Filmonik website database. We store information such as your name, email address, consent choice, submission date, IP address, and browser information so we can manage the subscriber list and demonstrate consent. This information is accessible only to authorised website administrators. If we use Omnisend to send newsletter campaigns, relevant subscriber information may also be securely transferred to and processed by Omnisend on our behalf, including outside Australia. You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us.

5. How We Share Your Information

  • Service providers: We may share information with providers that help us operate the website, manage email communications, host data, provide analytics, prevent spam, or deliver other business services. This includes Omnisend for newsletter and email marketing services.
  • Legal requirements: We may disclose information if required by law, subpoena, or a reasonable request from law enforcement, or where necessary to protect our legal rights.

6. How We Protect Your Information We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure.

7. Your Data Protection Rights Depending on where you live, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including the right to:

  • Request access to personal information we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
  • Request deletion or restriction of certain processing
  • Object to certain processing or withdraw consent
  • Request a portable copy of information where applicable

To exercise these rights, contact us using the details below. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

8. Cookies and Similar Technologies We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand site usage, and support newsletter forms. The Filmonik newsletter modal uses local browser storage to remember when you dismiss it or complete a subscription, so it does not repeatedly interrupt you. If Omnisend tracking is enabled and permitted, Omnisend may also use cookies to identify sessions, count page views, and measure campaign performance. You can control cookies and local storage through your browser and any cookie preferences made available on the website.

9. Data Retention We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including maintaining subscription and consent records, meeting legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing agreements.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated version on this page and revise the effective date above.

11. Contact Us If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise a privacy right, or want us to remove your information, contact us at [email protected].

Acknowledgement of Country

 

We would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand: Naarm; the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present. Storytelling has been a part of this Country for more than 60,000 years, and we are honoured to continue creating and sharing new Melbourne made stories in cinematic form.

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