Privacy Policy

Leiden Essay Film Festival (leff) is committed to respect your privacy. We will not collect personal data about you during your visit to our website unless you choose to provide this information to us by subscribing to our newsletter and submitting your e-mail address.

Use of personal details submitted by you

leff will only collect personal data if you have chosen to provide these yourself. Unless we are required to do so by law or to protect the rights of leff or third parties, we will not share your personal data with third parties without your consent. All third-party services are vetted to ensure General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance. We use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To communicate with you and respond to your inquiries.
  • To send newsletters, updates, and promotional materials (only if you opt-in).
  • To comply with legal or regulatory requirements.

Information we collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal data:

  • Contact information: email address when you subscribe to our newsletter and in addition to this information such as you name, address, telephone number if you contact us.
  • Submission information: if you submit a film or documentation to it, we may collect information about the filmmaker(s), film details, and any supporting materials.

Processing of data

Our processing tool for e-mails is Mailchimp, which we use following organisational modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to leff, in some cases, the data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of the website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration). IP-addresses will be accessible for a period of 30 days.

Cookies

This website does not make use of cookies, nor has any analytic tools enabled. It does not collect any information about your use of our website.

Changes

This privacy statement is tailored to the use and features of this website. Any modifications and/or changes to this site may lead to changes to this privacy statement. leff therefore advises you to regularly visit this page to see whether any changes have been made.

Your rights

You have the right to access, change or remove any personal information you have provided to us to date in accordance with the stipulation of the GDPR.

  • Updating/unsubscribing from newsletter: the footer under Mailchimp e-mail messages contains an option for updating your details or unsubscribing.
  • Updating/unsubscribing from communication: if you wish to update your details or remove yourself from our database, please contact us.
  • Should you wish to exercise one of these rights, or if you have any questions about our privacy policy, contact us by email at leff@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Contact

For questions, comments or complaints about the protection of your personal data by leff, send an email to leff@hum.leidenuniv.nl

This version was published on 11 August 2025.