Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
We have created this policy to demonstrate our respect for your privacy. Please read it carefully before using this website as it concerns use of your personal information.
Interpretation
Headings do not form part of these terms and conditions and will not affect their interpretation.
In these terms and conditions, "you" refers to the reader or user of the Iris Prize site and "we", "us" refers to The Festivals Company Limited, a private limited company registered in England and Wales. The Iris Prize site is the collection of web pages, streamed films and associated content wholly under our control with a uniform resource locator ("url") beginning with www.irisprize.org
Notification under Data Protection Act 1998
We have made a Notification under the Data Protection Act 1998 (UK). We make no use of personal information other than as set out in this policy. Except as otherwise provided below, we will not use any personal or confidential information or disclose it to any third party, unless we are required to do so by law.
Automated information collection
Our web server automatically recognises the domain name of each user of the site. We collect IP addresses as well as details of your browser type so we can deal with service problems we may also use it to deal with issues arising from breach of our terms and conditions of use of the sites.
Uses of personal information
The personal information we collect may be used for the following purposes:
- for purposes of processing payment of submission fees;
- internal review for our own operational purposes;
- to assess effectiveness and improve the content of the site including gathering broad demographic information;
- to notify you about offers and updates to the services and products available on the site - you can opt-in or opt-out of such communications at any time.
Opting in
By default, promotional email is not sent to you. You can change your mind and choose to receive promotional emails from us in the future by using the form on the homepage to sign-up to the Iris Newsletter.
Disclosures
We will not disclose any personal information to third parties except:
- as required by law;
- to law enforcement agencies when required to do so by relevant legislation;
- to enable us to investigate any allegations of abuse of the site.
- to allow subsequent owners of our business to continue to operate this the site and the business;
- to any parent, subsidiary, sister or joint venture company which agrees to observe this privacy policy.
Other websites
Our site also contains links to other websites (other than the sites we own) which are outside our control and are not covered by this privacy policy. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours. We are not responsible for their use of your personal information so please take care to read their terms before you disclose it.
Access right
You have a right to access the personal data held about you at any time. To obtain a copy of the personal information we hold about you, please email us at admin@irisprize.org.
Security
We employ a number of security measures to help limit the loss, damage, misuse and defacement of information that we control..
Our payment-processing partner uses industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to ensure that information between yourself and their servers is encrypted; the purchasing system is secure and any information passed between your computer and the payment-processing computer cannot be read by anyone that happens to intercept it.
Your personal address and payment details are collected for order processing only.
Right to amend these terms
We may at any time revise the terms of this policy by posting changes on the site. The continued use of this website after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the modified terms.
Applicable laws
The terms of this policy are governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. If any of the terms is held to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms. You agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
Registered Company Address
The Company is registered in Wales, UK at: 25 Turberville Place, Cardiff, CF11 9NX