Privacy Policy

Who we are:

VoicesfromtheBarrens.com is a documentary film website which provides information about the film and supports the outreach of the film. The website also offers access to purchase streaming licenses and DVD’s of the documentary film for organizations, academic institutions and schools and individuals.

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to VoicesfromtheBarrens.com, and Nancy Ghertner Productions, and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Nancy Ghertner Productions include VoicesfromtheBarrens.com and Nancy Ghertner Productions. By using this website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. 

Collection of your Personal Information:

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, Nancy Ghertner Productions may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

• First and Last Name
• Mailing Address
• E-mail Address

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) sending us an email message; (b) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us.

Use of your Personal Information:

Nancy Ghertner Productions collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.

Nancy Ghertner Productions may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Nancy Ghertner Productions and its affiliates.

Sharing Information with Third Parties:

Nancy Ghertner Productions does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

Nancy Ghertner Productions may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Nancy Ghertner Productions, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Nancy Ghertner Productions may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Nancy Ghertner Productions or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Nancy Ghertner Productions; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Nancy Ghertner Productions, or the public.

Automatically Collected Information:

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Nancy Ghertner Productions. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of VoicesfromtheBarrens.com.

Use of Cookies:

VoicesfromtheBarrens.com may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page; When you return to the same Voices from the Barrens website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Voices from the Barrens features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Nancy Ghertner Productions services or websites you visit.

Social Media Platforms and Other Websites:

Nancy Ghertner Productions may include social media features in conjunction with its products and services, like links to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter pages.  These features may collect information about your IP address and which page you are visiting on our website, and they may set a cookie to make sure the feature functions properly.  Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on VoicesfromtheBarrens.com. We may also maintain presences on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Any information, communications, or materials you submit to us via a social media platform is done at your own risk without any expectation of privacy. We cannot control the actions of other users of these platforms or the actions of the platforms themselves.  Your interactions with those features and platforms are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide them.

Right to Deletion:

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

• Delete your personal information from our records; and
• Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

• Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
• Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Children Under Thirteen: 

Nancy Ghertner Productions and VoicesfromtheBarrens.com do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

E-mail Communications:

From time to time, Nancy Ghertner Productions may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.

No Liability:

You understand that electronic communications may be accessed by unauthorized parties when communicated across the internet, network communications facilities, or other electronic means. You agree that we are not responsible for any electronic communication and/or any of your data which may be lost, altered, intercepted or stored without authorization during the transmission of any data whatsoever across networks not owned and/or operated by us. We do not guarantee that your information will not be misused or disclosed to third parties. We will not have any liability to you for any such misuse or disclosure.

Changes to this Statement:

Nancy Ghertner Productions reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information:

Nancy Ghertner Productions welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Nancy Ghertner Productions has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Nancy Ghertner Productions at:

Nancy Ghertner Productions
6055 Robinson Rd.
Sodus, New York 14551

Email Address:
voicesfromthebarrens@gmail.com

Effective as of February 16, 2022