Privacy Policy


Heartland Film Society holds a range of contact email addresses in the HFS Oscar email account.
 
HEARTLAND FILM SOCIETY MEMBERS:
  • If you are a current or past member, your name and contact details are also held on paper or digital Membership forms and in a digital spreadsheet for the purposes of organising membership and renewals.
  • Contact details are held for one year after your membership expires.
 
SHORT FILM COMPETITIONS:
  • If you have been involved in or submitted films to the Palme-Dewar Short Film Competition or the Young Indies Short Film Competition, your contact details are also held on paper or digital Registration forms and in digital spreadsheets for the purposes of organising the competition events.
  • Contact details are held for five years unless expressly contacted to remove the details.

DATA SECURITY:
  • All digital data files are held in secure, password protected accounts or computers.
  • Paper Membership and Registration forms are also held securely and are not copied or shared.

SHARING INFORMATION:
  • Heartland Film Society does not pass membership contact information to any other organisations.
  • For short-listed films in the Palme-Dewar Short Film Competition, film entrant’s name and film are shared with Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery for the competition event.
  • For films submitted to the Young Indies Short Film Competition, film entrant’s name and film may be shared with the competition jury for the purposes of short-listing the films, and are shared with The Birks Cinema for the competition event.
 
UNSUBSCRIBE:
You can unsubscribe from Heartland Film Society mailing and have your contact details removed from HFS files at any time.  
SUBSCRIBE / QUERIES:
  • If you wish to be kept informed of HFS events or the short film competitions, or have any other queries, please email oscar@heartlandfilmsociety.org.uk.
  • You can be added to the HFS contact list at any time without being a Heartland Film Society member.