Film Erie Directory Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 18, 2026
Film Erie operates the Film Erie Directory to connect film, media, and creative professionals in Erie and Northwest Pennsylvania with productions, organizations, businesses, and individuals seeking regional talent and resources.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect through the Film Erie Directory, how we use it, and the choices available to directory members.
Information You Provide
When you create or update a Film Erie Directory profile, you may provide information including:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Location
- Biography
- Headshot or profile photo
- Professional categories and areas of expertise
- Film, television, media, or other professional credits
- Experience and skills
- Website and portfolio links
- Social media or professional profile links
- Other information you choose to include in your profile
Public Directory Information
The Film Erie Directory is a public resource designed to showcase regional film, media, and creative talent.
Information included in your published profile may be publicly accessible on the internet. This information may be viewed by production companies, filmmakers, casting professionals, businesses, organizations, and members of the general public.
You should only include information in your public profile that you are comfortable making publicly available.
By submitting a profile for publication, you authorize Film Erie to display the information you provide as part of the public Film Erie Directory.
How We Use Your Information
Film Erie may use information you provide to:
- Create and maintain your directory profile
- Review and approve directory submissions
- Allow you to access and update your profile
- Promote regional film, media, and creative talent
- Connect directory members with potential film, media, acting, production, employment, freelance, or related opportunities
- Contact you about opportunities, leads, programs, events, resources, or other information that may be relevant to your participation in the regional film community
- Maintain, improve, and understand the use of the Film Erie Directory
- Prevent misuse, spam, or unauthorized activity
Film Erie does not sell directory members' personal information.
Contact From Third Parties
The purpose of the Film Erie Directory is to help people discover and connect with regional talent and resources. Depending on the information you choose to make public, third parties may contact you directly regarding potential projects, employment, casting, freelance work, collaborations, or other opportunities.
Film Erie does not control communications initiated by third parties using publicly available directory information and does not guarantee, verify, or endorse every person, company, production, project, or opportunity that may contact a directory member.
Directory members should independently evaluate opportunities before providing additional personal information, entering into agreements, performing work, or accepting payment arrangements.
Analytics and Cookies
Film Erie uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Film Erie website and Film Erie Directory.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
- Pages visited
- Approximate geographic location
- Device and browser information
- Referral source
- Interactions with the website
- Date, time, and duration of visits
Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect this information.
Where required, visitors will be provided with cookie consent options before non-essential analytics cookies are activated.
Essential Cookies
The Film Erie Directory may use essential cookies or similar technologies required for features such as account login, authentication, security, and profile management.
These cookies are necessary for the directory to function and may not require consent where permitted by applicable law.
Data Retention
Film Erie may retain account and profile information for as long as your directory account remains active or as reasonably necessary to operate the directory, maintain records, resolve issues, and comply with applicable obligations.
Updating Your Information
Directory members may log into their accounts to update available profile information.
Because directory information is intended to represent current regional talent and resources, we encourage members to keep their profiles accurate and up to date.
Deleting Your Account and Profile
You may request deletion of your Film Erie Directory account and public profile at any time.
To request deletion, you may:
- Email info@filmerie.org using the email address associated with your directory account.
- Submit a request through the Film Erie contact form at https://www.filmerie.org/contact using the email address associated with your directory account.
After verifying the request, Film Erie will remove the account and public profile from the directory. Some limited information may be retained when reasonably necessary for legal, security, backup, or administrative purposes.
Search engines and other third parties may temporarily retain cached copies of previously public information after it has been removed from the Film Erie Directory.
Information Security
Film Erie takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect account information. No website or online service can guarantee absolute security.
Because directory profiles are intended for public display, members should not submit sensitive personal information that they do not want publicly accessible.
Changes to This Policy
Film Erie may update this Privacy Policy as the directory, its features, or applicable requirements change. The current version will be posted online with its most recent revision date.
Contact Film Erie
Questions about this Privacy Policy, your directory information, or deletion requests can be directed to:
Film Erie
Email: info@filmerie.org
Contact: https://www.filmerie.org/contact