Privacy Policy:
How To Film School ("How To Film School") operates HowToFilmSchool.com and may operate other websites. It is How To Film School's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, How To Film School collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. How To Film School's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how How To Film School's visitors use its website. From time to time, How To Film School may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
How To Film School also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on HowToFilmSchool.com blogs/sites. How To Film School only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to How To Film School's websites choose to interact with How To Film School in ways that require How To Film School to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that How To Film School gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at HowToFilmSchool.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with How To Film School are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, How To Film School collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with How To Film School. How To Film School does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
How To Film School may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. How To Film School may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, How To Film School does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
How To Film School discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on How To Film School's behalf or to provide services available at How To Film School's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using How To Film School's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. How To Film School will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, How To Film School discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when How To Film School believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of How To Film School, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an How To Film School website and have supplied your email address, How To Film School may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with How To Film School and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. How To Film School takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. How To Film School uses cookies to help How To Film School identify and track visitors, their usage of How To Film School website, and their website access preferences. How To Film School visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using How To Film School's websites, with the drawback that certain features of How To Film School's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If How To Film School, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that How To Film School goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of How To Film School may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by How To Film School and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, How To Film School may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in How To Film School's sole discretion. How To Film School encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a HowToFilmSchool.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Google advertising, cookies and your choices
HowToFilmSchool.com displays advertisements served through Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on your visits to this site or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to show ads based on visits to websites across the internet. Advertising partners may also use web beacons, IP addresses or similar identifiers to measure and serve advertisements.
You can manage or opt out of personalized Google advertising using Google Ads Settings. You can also learn about choices for some other advertisers at YourAdChoices. Read how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services. Opting out of personalized advertising does not necessarily stop all advertising or cookies needed for other site functions.
Additional information about HTFS services
Updated November 3, 2026. This section supplements the privacy information above and explains how particular features on HowToFilmSchool.com work. The information collected depends on which features you use.
Accounts, courses and purchases
If you create an account, enrol in a course or buy a downloadable product, we and the website services used to operate those features may process information such as your name, email address, account information, order details, enrolment status and course progress. HowToFilmSchool.com uses WooCommerce and LearnPress for commerce and learning features. Payment methods available at checkout are handled through integrated payment services. The payment provider’s privacy information also applies to information you submit directly to that provider.
Newsletter and contact forms
If you subscribe to the HTFS newsletter, we use the email address you provide to send the newsletter and related subscription messages. Newsletter sign-ups are integrated with MailerLite. You can unsubscribe using the link in a newsletter message. If you contact us or submit a website form, we use the information you provide to respond to your request and operate the relevant feature.
Reviews, comments and user-submitted material
When you submit a film school review, comment or other contribution, the information you provide may be stored for moderation, publication where applicable, and protection against spam or misuse. Do not include sensitive personal information in material intended for public display. See the applicable review submission terms where offered.
Analytics, advertising and other embedded services
We use website measurement and advertising services, including Google Analytics and Google AdSense, to understand site usage and support the site with advertising. Depending on the page, third-party content such as videos, social content or linked stores may process information under its own privacy policy. The Google advertising section above explains advertising choices. Your cookie and privacy choices may also be available through a consent message, depending on your location and the services used.
Retention, requests and contact
Information is kept for as long as reasonably needed for the purposes for which it was collected, including operating accounts and purchases, responding to requests, meeting legal obligations, and resolving disputes. The applicable retention period depends on the type of information and service. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of or deletion of certain personal information, or to withdraw consent where that applies. Contact us through the HTFS contact page to make a privacy-related request. We may need to verify a request before acting on it.