FLICKER MILL LIMITED
Privacy policy
1. Introduction
Flicker Mill Limited respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.
2. About Us
Flicker Mill Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales with number no. 14990751 and is the data controller responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy).
Our contact details are:
Company Name: Flicker Mill Limited
Registered Office: Flat 7, Rochester House, Rushcroft Road, SW2 1JR London
Tel: +44 (0) 7833 328145 and +44 (0) 7985 596070
E-mail: info@flickermill.com
Website: https://flickermill.com
3. The type of personal information we collect
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you including the following:
– prefix and name
– job title
– contact information including email address, telephone number and address
– demographic information such as country of residence
– company you work for
– gender
– photographs or video recordings of you if you’ve agreed to collaborate with us or appear in one of our films
– financial information you have provided us in order to pay you
– details about you, if you have sent us an application for a job or speculative work
– details about you, if you are supplying us with services
– any other personal information you choose to disclose to us or we capture in the course of our relationship with you
– information about how you use and access our website
4. How we get the personal information and why we have it
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
- Applications to take part or contribute to a film or project or for speculative work:
- Personal information collected: this may include your prefix and name, gender, job title, contact information including email address, telephone number and address, company you work for, photographs, video and voice recordings from you, all the CV/career information you have sent or disclosed to us, or we may obtain from other sources (e.g., referees, social media, etc) and any information you choose to disclose to us, including information on your race, ethnicity, your physical and mental health, sexual orientation, and information relating to any criminal offences. It may also include financial information such as company and VAT number and bank account details.
- Lawful basis: depending on where we are in the application and production process, this may be based on your consent, the legitimate interests of us or third parties (such as producers and co-producers, commissioners, broadcasters, distributors of the films) to make and exploit the film or project and keep proper records, for the fulfilment of our contractual obligations to you or so that we and the third parties referred to above can comply with our legal obligations. We also have a legitimate interest to contact you in the course of our relationship with you and consider you for work and future opportunities.
- To provide services to us:
- Personal information collected: this may include your prefix and name, gender, job title, contact information including email address, telephone number and address, company you work for, company and VAT number and bank account details.
- Lawful basis: to comply with our obligations under our contract with you (e.g. to make payment to you for your services).
- To provide the services that you have requested:
- Personal information collected: this may include your prefix and name, job title, contact information including email address, telephone number and address, company you work for and company number and any information you choose to disclose to us, including information on your race, ethnicity, your physical and mental health, sexual orientation, and information relating to any criminal offences.
- Lawful basis: to comply with our obligations under our contract with you. We also have a legitimate interest to consider you for further work opportunities.
- To answer your queries or complaints:
- Personal information collected: this may include your prefix and name, job title, contact information including email address, telephone number and address, company you work for and company number and any information you choose to disclose to us, including information on your race, ethnicity, your physical and mental health, sexual orientation, and information relating to any criminal offences.
- Lawful basis; we have a legitimate interest to answer your query or complaint and improve the services we provide or to otherwise contact you in the course of our relationship with you.
- Direct marketing where you have opted to receive communications from us:
- Personal information collected: your name and email address you have registered on the site with and demographic information such as country of residence.
- Lawful basis: your consent.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us via our contact details in section 15 below
We may also collect personal information indirectly, via third parties and publicly available sources from the following sources (the list is not exhaustive) in the following scenarios:
- Publicly available sources (e.g., social media platforms, websites, etc.)
- From your referees or people who recommend you for prospective work
- External service providers of analytical services
- Website analytics and search engine providers
- Companies House
- or from other sources that you give us permission to access
5. How we use cookies
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve it.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of our site may become inaccessible or not function properly.
For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, please see our Cookie Policy.
6. How we store your personal information
We are committed to ensuring that your personal information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.
We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
7. Sharing your personal information
We may share your personal data with trusted third parties, including:
- Co-producers, broadcasters, distributors, and financiers of a film or project;
- Professional advisers, including lawyers, auditors, and insurers;
- Service providers acting on our behalf, such as IT and system administration services;
- Regulatory bodies, tax authorities, and law enforcement agencies where required by law.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes.
8. International transfers
In some cases, your personal data may be transferred outside the UK or European Economic Area (EEA), for example if we are working with collaborators, service providers, or platforms based in other countries. Where we do so, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring appropriate safeguards are in place, such as the use of approved contractual clauses.
9. Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
- Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we aim to respond within one month. Please contact us at info@flickermill.com if you wish to make a request.
10. How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, please contact us using the details provided above.
You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you are unhappy with how we have used your data:
- Website: https://www.ico.org.uk
- Telephone: 0303 123 1113
- Post: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
11. Changes to this privacy policy
We keep our privacy policy under regular review and may update it from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. We encourage you to check back regularly to stay informed.
12. Last updated
This policy was last updated on 13/05/2025.