This policy describes Innovative Artists and its affiliates (“Innovative Artists”) online and offline information collection and use practices. This policy applies to information we collect from web visitors when you interact with our website. This policy also applies to our interactions with potential and current clients and to job applicants and employees. To print a copy of this policy, please click here.
Types of Information. The categories and types of information listed below is the information Innovative Artists collects:
Contact information and identifiers: Name, email address, home address and phone numbers. For employees and clients, social security numbers.
Payment information: From employees and clients, we collect federal tax ID, W-9 information, and banking information.
Representation information: From clients, perspective clients, and individuals in the entertainment industry, we may collect preferences or details related to our representation business, including, without limitation travel, payment, booking preferences, current and former bookings and deals and current and former representation.
Employment information: From employees, applicants, clients and potential clients, we may collect resume, education and employment history, credentials and background check results.
Demographic information: From potential and current clients and employees, we collect date of birth and gender data. From clients and potential clients, we may collect height, language and national origin.
Site usage information: For visitors to our website, we may collect logs and session data, browser and operating system information, origin of visit, what site you visit after you leave, IP address or device identifiers.
Business Purposes for Information Use. Innovative Artists uses the above categories of information collected for the business and commercial purposes outlined below:
Fulfilling Requests and Transactional Purposes: Contact information is used to communicate with clients, employees and others with whom Innovative Artists does business. Contact and payment information is also utilized to process payments for clients and wages for employees. Contact and employment information is also used to communicate with job applicants.
Marketing: Contact information may be utilized to provide clients, prospective clients and others with information about new services or updates.
Providing Services: Contact, representation, and demographic information is utilized to provide talent agency and related services for clients, such as seeking employment for our clients in the entertainment industry. Payment information is utilized to provide talent agency services and process payments for our clients’ bookings.
Employment: Contact, demographic, and employment information is utilized in connection with human resources purposes. Payment and employment information is utilized to provide payroll and benefits to our employees.
Protection: Contact, demographic, site usage, and employment information is collected and may be utilized to the extent necessary to protect Innovative Artists and its clients, such as utilizing that information to identify fraud and secure our systems.
Other: Innovative Artists may use all categories of information for other purposes as permitted by law.
How Information Is Collected: Innovative Artists collects the above categories of information in the following ways:
Direct Collection: Information is collected directly from clients and employees, including contact, payment, representation information, demographic information and payment information. This information can be collected online, by phone, in person or by paper forms.
Passively: We may collect site usage, browser and demographic information may be collected passively using tracking tools, such as cookies and pixels, when our website is visited.
Third Parties: We may collect information about you from third parties or websites including, contact, payment, representation, and demographic information. Third parties includes websites (e.g., IMDBPro), people authorized to represent you, your bank, venues, production companies, or tv networks.
Combining Information: Innovative Artists may combine the above information that we have collected offline, online and from third parties.
Sharing Information: Innovative Artists may share the information with other entities and companies in the following circumstances:
Service Providers: We share information with those who perform services on our behalf, including contact, payment, and demographic information with vendors and companies that perform services. Such vendors may help us provide services to clients, help us review employee applications and/or help us provide benefits or services to employees.
Buyers & Business Associates: We share information with our buyers and business associates, including, without limitation, contact, representation, and demographic information with third parties that seek clients’ services.
Legal Compliance & Protection: We share information if required to comply with law or for protection purposes, including in response to a court order or subpoena, in response to requests from a government agency or investigatory body, or to investigate or prevent fraud or other similar conduct.
Successors: We will share information with any successor to all or part of our business if all or part of our business is sold, if there is a merger or acquisition, or if required for financing or a bankruptcy.
Other: We may share information as permitted by law and for other reasons we may subsequently describe to you.
Marketing Opt Out: To the extent that Innovative Artists sends marketing emails, to stop receiving such promotional emails, follow the “unsubscribe” instructions in any promotional message you get from us. Even if you opt out of getting marketing messages, we will still send you transactional messages. These include responses to your questions or other necessary information to represent you.
California & Nevada Residents: For California residents who are job applicants, employees or employees of another company interacting with us as part of your employment, you have the right to ask us what information we collect and use. You also have the right to ask what information we disclose and sell. You also have the right to request that we delete information we have collect from you. To exercise your rights contact us at 310-656-0400 or contact privacy@iala.com. We will verify that your information matches information that you have previously provided to us. We will not discriminate against you because you have exercised any of your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act. You can designate someone else to make a request by having them execute a notarized power of attorney to act on your behalf. Under California law we are required to tell you if we “sell” information as that term is defined by applicable law. Sell means to share personal information with a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration. We do not do this based on our understanding of that term. We also have disclosure obligations in Nevada. There, we do not exchange Nevada residents’ personal information for money with anyone so they may license or sell the personal information to additional parties. We do not sell personal information of minors under the age of 16. Nevada residents may opt out of the future sale of their information to a third party so that they may license or sell information by emailing us at privacy@iala.com.
EU Residents: To the extent such laws apply to Innovative Artists, you have certain rights. This includes a right to access, correct, and erase your information. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. Please contact us at privacy@iala.com to exercise your rights.
Minors: Our websites are meant for adults and are not meant for children. Our websites do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or legal guardian and think your child under 13 has given us information, you can contact us at the email or address listed at the end of this Privacy Policy. Please mark your inquiries “COPPA Information Request.” Parents can learn more about how to protect children’s privacy on-line here.
Reasonable Security Measures: We use reasonable and appropriate security measures to the extent required by relevant law. Consistent with laws and relevant policies, we keep information for as long as necessary or relevant for the purposes described here.
Information Storage: We may store and process information and data inside the United States. To the extent you live outside of the United States, you understand, acknowledge and agree that we may transfer your information to the United States and that United States may not grant the same level of protection as the laws in your country. By submitting your information to Innovative Artists, you agree to the processing of it in the US as permitted by law. Consistent with laws and relevant policies, we keep information for as long as necessary or relevant for the purposes described here.
Third Party Websites: On our website we may link to third-party sites and we may include third party content that collects information. Innovative Artists does not control those third parties. This Policy does not apply to the privacy practices of third party websites or third party content. Please refer to the privacy policy of other websites for their policies. We hereby disclaim responsibility for the practices of these third-party sites.
Contact: If you have questions about this Policy, you can write to us at: Innovative Artists, Attention: Privacy, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401. You can email us at privacy@iala.com. You can call us at 310-656-0400.
Policy Updates: Innovative Artists reserves the right to make changes or updates to this Policy. We may notify you at your email address we have on file of any material changes to this Policy if required by law. Updates and changes to this Policy will also be posted on our website.