Yatha Katha Privacy Policy

– We are committed to protecting your personal information and being transparent about what information we hold about you.

– In this document we inform you about our processing of your personal data and of your rights. The specific data we collect and how we use them depends on the service offered. If you have any questions about this, please contact us via visiting our website/contact us page or you can write us at yathakathafestival@gmail.com

– We use your personal information and your work strictly for the festival purpose only and post festival it goes to our archival for record process. The data processing takes place on our own servers.

– In this time of Corona Pandemic if you visit one of our event, we will record your contact details (first and last name, telephone number, full address or email address, time of attendance and, if applicable, space or table number) etc. It is necessary to maintain as per Indian Government guidelines to track the tracing of people in worst scenario. Your data will be transmitted to the responsible health department with your visit to us for the purpose of contact tracing and upon their request.

– In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. If you generally do not wish cookies to be used, please configure your browser accordingly.

– As a festival event we will continually inform you about our events in the context of public relations reporting and that is where we use the basic data of yours like your name, email id, phone number etc.

– We have no influence over this data collection (online data collection) and are not responsible for the same.

– In order to enable you to participate, we store the following personal data: Form of address, title(s), language of communication, name, address, company and position in the company, phone number, email address, website, date of birth, place of birth, your payment details if applicable, nationality, country of origin, primary area of work, contribution to selected Yatha Katha International Film & Literature Festival if applicable, portrait photograph and your professional identification.

– If a film is submitted, we will also store the data related to the film and, if necessary, the film file itself.

– If a film is submitted, we will pass your data on to the selection juries, whom we have obliged to observe the data review. If you participate in the festival, the data will be forwarded in order to organize the festival team, management and security to have a proper review of your work and to make your visit comfortable at the festival venue during the festival.

– As per our festival policy, we publish your data as participants and make them available to other members of the film industry who are involved in the festival.

– We also publish your data as participant on our website & social media platforms to give you an intensive promotion in regard of your participation with us. We also publish your data in our publications and enable all former and current participants via our website and yearly souvenir magazine.

– Some functions of the website require the transfer of cookies as a technical basis. If you deactivate cookies, you will no longer be able to use these functions.

– We welcome your application/interests to our open forums, workshops and panel discussions for different artistic and cultural programs. For this purpose we store all information you provide to us, including your personal data. We disclose your personal data to our selection panel.

– Additionally we use your data to inform you about our programs and initiatives in the future.

– You cannot copy and use any data, images, event flow, content, listings, tag lines or any kind of information for your personal or commercial use. This is strictly against our privacy policy and doing this may cause you legal trouble.

– All the content and festival idea is copyright protected and any content of Yatha Katha International Film & Literature Festival cannot be used for any advertisement purpose without our consent.

– Any conflicts and legal proceedings will be taken care in Mumbai Judiciary, Mumbai Maharashtra India.