Disclaimer / Creative Commons / Privacy

DISCLAIMER

The ECF, the owner of the StrangerFestival site, makes every effort to ensure that the content of the site is accurate and up to date. However, we accept no liability in relation to typographical errors or third-party information.

Although we attempt to link only to apporiate organisations, we cannot accept responsibility for the content of any external website.

Your Use of StrangerFestival.com

StrangerFestival is about self-expression in an open and honest manner. We encourage you to express yourself freely but in a way that does not restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of StrangerFestival.com. Offensive, unlawful, harassing or abusive comments and entries will be removed from the site. Deliberate misuse of StrangerFestival.com may lead to disqualifying entries or termination of account.

CREATIVE COMMONS

StrangerFestival promotes sharing and doing things together. This is why the entire project is run under a Creative Commons License.

You are free:

* to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
* to make derivative works

Under the following conditions:

* Attribution 3.0 You must give the original author credit.
* For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the licence terms of this work.
* Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.
* Nothing in this license impairs or restricts the author's moral rights.

Watch the Creative Commons educational short video Wanna Work Together explaining what the CC license is all about.

PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy sets out how the ECF uses and protects any information that you give us when you use StrangerFestival.com.

The ECF is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

The ECF may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from January 2008.

What we collect:

We may collect the following information:
• name and job title
• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• other information relevant to user surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather:

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve the services of the website.
• We may periodically send promotional email about website developments and updates, official StrangerFestival competitions or other information which we think you may find interesting, using the email address which you have provided.
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you to ask your feedback about the website services and developments. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
• We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but usually you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Controlling your personal information:

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
• when providing personal information on our website, you control who can access that data by changing the “Who can see this” options provided on every page that you create, as well as on the general profile preferences, which you may alter at any moment. The ECF will not be liable for any misuse of the information that you choose to make public on our website.
• if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or mail to: stranger@eurocult.org

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible to the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.