In this Privacy Policy, 'us' 'we' or 'our' means Rookies Ambush (ABN 60 611 466 605) trading as A Touch of Madness Studios. We are committed to respecting your privacy. Our Privacy Policy sets outs out how we (as a producer of film, television and other media productions (‘Productions’)) collect, use, store and disclose your personal information.

We are bound by the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). We may also rely on exemptions or exceptions available to us under such laws. In some circumstances, we may undertake contractual obligations to observe additional privacy obligations. By providing personal information to us, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other arrangements that apply between us.

We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time. If we elect to update or revise this Privacy Policy, we will post the date on which that revision takes effect at the end of this policy.

 What personal information do we collect?

Personal information includes information or an opinion about an individual that is reasonably identifiable. For example, this may include your name, age, gender, postcode and contact details. The following are the main types of personal information collected:

name; address; email address; telephone number and other contact details; age or date of birth; gender; country of residence; physical characteristics and appearance (including photographs); any other personal information that may be reasonably required in order to facilitate your dealings with us; or publicly available information that is relevant for our business purposes, such as ASIC searches.  

When you apply for a job or seek an on-camera role we may also obtain additional information such as your education, qualifications and work history and we may also need to ask you to provide us with sensitive information including medical history and whether you have a criminal record.

You are entitled to remain anonymous or provide us with a pseudonym if you wish. However, if you choose to withhold your personal information, it will not always be practicable to deal with you on this basis. From time to time, we may collect information that would be sensitive personal information about you where the collection is related to a Production. For example, we may collect information about your religious beliefs, political opinions, racial or ethnic origin, membership of a trade union or professional organisation, medical and/or criminal history. We will only collect sensitive information about you if you consent to us collecting that information.

We will only collect personal information about you if that information is reasonably necessary for our functions or activities. We ask that you do not provide us with any sensitive personal information unless we specifically request that information.

Why do we collect, use, hold and disclose personal information

The main purposes for which we may collect personal information include:

• in connection with the planning, development, production, distribution and promotion of A Touch of Madness Studios’ productions;

• where applicable, for inclusion in A Touch of Madness Studios’ productions;

• in connection with the assessment of the suitability of persons applying for employment or engagement with A Touch of Madness Studios or to participate in A Touch of Madness Studios’ productions, be it in development, production or marketing;

• for direct marketing communications of A Touch of Madness Studios’ productions; and

• for day-to-day administration of our business.

Who we collect personal information from

We may collect personal information from you:

• when you submit a project or are involved in a project being submitted to us;

• when you make contact with us and disclose personal information to us;

• when you apply for a job or a role on our productions including, for example, as an actor, writer, director, producer, technician, or to supply services or facilities to a production, and in the course of carrying out those functions, or providing those services or facilities;

• when you apply to participate in one of our productions in any other way, such as in a studio audience, as an on screen participant, in crowd scenes or in any viewer interaction or competition related to a production;

• when you are otherwise associated with the development, finance, production and marketing of one of our productions;

• when you provide feedback about our productions or our other activities; or

• when you buy our productions and/or related material, such as merchandise or purchase the right to view our production or a special offer related to such production.

You do have the right to contact us and deal with us anonymously or by using a pseudonym, however in some such situations, it may be impractical for us to deal with you or provide you with the assistance you request.

How we collect personal information

We may collect personal information in person, in writing, over the phone, by email, online through social media platforms and via our website, via video or other live recordings.

We will generally collect personal information about you from you directly. However, on occasion, we may collect personal information about you from third parties, including from:

• participants in our productions;

• agents and artists’ representatives;

• contractors that supply services to our productions;

• funding bodies, financiers broadcasters and licensees associated with our productions; and

• advertisers and promotional partners.

We may supplement the personal information we collect with information from other sources, such as generally available publications and information available online.

The holding and storage of personal information

We seek to keep your personal information safe and secure, whether it be as a hard copy or in an electronic format. Information kept at our offices is protected by a security system for our premises. We also have procedures to protect data stored electronically (via email and stored on computers or electronically) including password protection and restricted access procedures and to make our employees and contractors aware of the need to protect personal information and adhere to this privacy policy and the Australian Privacy Principles.

Who do we disclose personal information?

We will not disclose your personal information to third parties except (i) as set out in this privacy policy; (ii) for the particular purpose for which the personal information was collected; (iii) with your consent; or (iv) as required or permitted by law.

We may disclose personal information to third-party service providers engaged by A Touch of Madness Studios. Our business ‘partners’ – including television networks, our investors and financiers, our insurers including completion bond companies, our sales agents and distributors, our travel agents and other goods and service suppliers – may also be provided with your personal information where reasonably necessary for us to carry out one or more of our functions or activities. We may provide your contact details to a third-party business we engage to manage live audience participation or other production or marketing services. We may share information with our viewing audiences when they watch A Touch of Madness Studios’ productions.

Where you work on an A Touch of Madness Studios production, your name and position may also be included on the credits of the production and in associated marketing materials.

Some government funding departments and agencies require aggregated details relating to a production, including for example job applicants (including details of state or country of residence) and some financial arrangements (for example, the screen production incentive known as the Producer Offset) may require specific personal information about you and your engagement with A Touch of Madness Studios, including your name, nationality, residence and contract details, including payments and other benefits.

Personal information of independent contractors or their employees engaged on A Touch of Madness Studios’ productions may in certain circumstances where A Touch of Madness Studios needs to be provided to the Australian Writer’s Guild (AWG), Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) or other relevant screen industry unions or guilds (if applicable).

We may also disclose collected personal information in confidence to a third party who expresses interest in purchasing our business or in the event we propose to sell our business or for the purposes of merger or re-organisation.

Personal information provided to us may be shared with other related companies and used and disclosed by those companies for the purposes described in this privacy policy.

A Touch of Madness Studios’ productions are intended to be marketed throughout the world and in the course of financing, licensing and distributing our productions we may need to provide personal information about you to our broadcasters, distributors and sales agents, including your contact details and contractual entitlements.

Your right to access your personal information and to request corrections

Should you wish to access or correct personal information that we hold about you, please make a written request to our offices (details below).

It is your right to request access to your personal information held by us. Situations, where we may need to refuse to give you access, include where disclosure would affect the privacy of another individual, where disclosure would prejudice commercial negotiations, or where legal proceedings have been commenced or are anticipated. You also have the right to request corrections to personal information about you if it is inaccurate, including if it is out of date. Our team will endeavour to resolve any disputes regarding whether your personal information that we hold is correct.

We may rely on exemptions or exceptions available to us in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Australia) when dealing with requests to access or correct personal information. For example, we may rely on the ‘employee records exemption’ in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) if your request concerns personal information relating to your employment with A Touch of Madness Studios.

Links

Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. Unless expressly stated otherwise, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of, or any content on, those linked websites, and have no control over or rights to those linked websites. The privacy policies that apply to those other websites may differ substantially from our Privacy Policy, so we encourage individuals to read them before using those websites. Accessing or correcting your personal information You can access the personal information we hold about you by contacting us using the information below. Sometimes, we may not be able to provide you with access to all of your personal information and, where this is the case, we will tell you why. We may also need to verify your identity when you request your personal information. If you think that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact us and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.

Making a complaint

If you think we have breached the Privacy Act, or you wish to make a complaint about the way we have handled your personal information, you can contact us at here@themadness.studio. Please include your name, email address and/or telephone number and clearly describe your complaint. We will acknowledge your complaint and respond to you regarding your complaint within a reasonable period of time. If you think that we have failed to resolve the complaint satisfactorily, we will provide you with information about the further steps you can take.

Contact us

For further information about our Privacy Policy or practices, or to access or correct your personal information, or make a complaint, please contact us using the details set out below:

A Touch of Madness Studios
20 / 663 Newcastle Street, Leederville Western Australia 6007