Privacy Policy

Z Star Digital LLC ("Z Star Digital," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal information collected through our website and services.

Z Star Digital is a UGC production, creator sourcing, influencer marketing, and brand marketing agency. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when you visit our website, contact us, submit information as a creator, brand, talent agency, or talent manager, subscribe to communications, participate in a campaign, or otherwise interact with us.

Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect information including:

• Name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Company, brand, agency, or management company name
• Job title
• Social media usernames and profile links
• Website and portfolio links
• Creator media kits
• Audience and social media information
• Content samples
• Geographic information, such as city or state
• Campaign, partnership, or business inquiries
• Information submitted through creator, agency, manager, brand, event, or contact forms
• Any other information you voluntarily provide to us

We may also automatically collect certain information when you use our website, including:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages viewed
• Date and time of visits
• Website interactions
• Cookie identifiers and similar online identifiers
• Approximate geographic information

How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information to:

• Respond to inquiries
• Provide and improve our services
• Source and cast creators for brand campaigns
• Evaluate creators for UGC and influencer marketing opportunities
• Review talent agency and talent manager submissions
• Communicate regarding campaigns, projects, partnerships, and opportunities
• Manage creator campaigns, content production, deliverables, and approvals
• Maintain creator and business contact databases
• Communicate with brands and prospective clients
• Send newsletters, event notices, industry updates, creator opportunities, and marketing communications
• Operate and improve our website
• Analyze website usage and performance
• Protect against fraud, misuse, unauthorized activity, or security incidents
• Maintain appropriate business and legal records
• Enforce agreements and protect our legal rights
• Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations

Creator, Talent, and Roster Submissions

Z Star Digital works with brands and other business partners to identify, source, cast, and engage creators for UGC, influencer marketing, social media, gifting, seeding, ambassador, and related marketing campaigns.

Creators may voluntarily submit information to be considered for current or future opportunities.

Submitting information to Z Star Digital does not create a talent representation, talent management, talent agency, employment, partnership, fiduciary, or other representative relationship between you and Z Star Digital.

Submission of information does not guarantee selection, engagement, compensation, participation in a campaign, partnership, or future work.

If you submit information concerning another person, including through a talent agency or talent management roster submission, you represent that you have the right, authorization, or appropriate permission to provide that information to Z Star Digital for potential business and campaign consideration.

By submitting materials, you further represent that you have the right to provide any information, links, photographs, videos, media kits, statistics, portfolio materials, or other content included in your submission.

How We May Disclose Information

We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary for our business operations, including to:

• Brands and prospective brand clients
• Production companies and campaign partners
• Creator campaign partners
• Talent agencies and talent managers
• Website hosting providers
• Email and communication providers
• CRM and database providers
• Analytics providers
• Advertising and marketing service providers
• Technology vendors
• Professional advisors, including attorneys and accountants
• Government, regulatory, or law enforcement authorities where required by law
• Parties involved in a merger, financing, acquisition, sale, restructuring, or transfer of some or all of our business

We may also share relevant creator or professional information with brands, prospective clients, agencies, managers, production partners, or other parties for purposes of evaluating or administering potential campaigns, collaborations, partnerships, or other business opportunities.

Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

Z Star Digital does not sell personal information for monetary compensation.

However, certain uses of advertising, analytics, cookies, pixels, or similar technologies may be considered a "sale" or "sharing" of personal information under California privacy law, even where no money is exchanged.

Where applicable, we will provide legally required mechanisms that allow California residents to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to:

• Operate and maintain the website
• Understand website activity
• Improve functionality and user experience
• Measure website and campaign performance
• Understand how visitors interact with our content
• Support advertising and marketing activities

Third-party service providers may also collect information through technologies integrated into our website.

You may be able to control or disable certain cookies through your browser settings or through cookie controls provided on our website.

Disabling cookies may affect certain website functions.

Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Some internet browsers offer a "Do Not Track" setting. Because there is no universally accepted technical standard for traditional Do Not Track signals, our website may not respond to all such signals.

Where required by applicable California law, Z Star Digital will recognize qualifying browser-based opt-out preference signals, including Global Privacy Control ("GPC"), as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information.

California Privacy Rights

Depending on applicable California law and our relationship with you, California residents may have certain rights concerning their personal information.

These may include the right to:

• Request information regarding personal information we have collected
• Request access to personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Request deletion of personal information, subject to applicable exceptions
• Request information regarding categories of personal information collected
• Request information regarding categories of sources from which personal information was collected
• Request information regarding categories of third parties to whom personal information has been disclosed
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information where applicable
• Limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information where applicable
• Exercise privacy rights without unlawful discrimination

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain privacy requests.

Authorized agents may submit requests on behalf of California residents where permitted by law, subject to appropriate verification.

Notice at Collection

At or before the point where we collect personal information, we may provide additional information regarding:

• Categories of personal information collected
• Purposes for collecting and using the information
• Whether the information may be sold or shared
• How long information is retained or the criteria used to determine retention
• Available privacy rights and choices

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or as otherwise permitted or required by law.

This may include retaining information for purposes such as:

• Evaluating creators for current and future campaigns
• Maintaining creator and professional databases
• Administering campaigns and projects
• Maintaining business relationships
• Responding to inquiries
• Maintaining business, accounting, and legal records
• Resolving disputes
• Enforcing agreements
• Protecting our rights
• Complying with legal obligations

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.

Sensitive Personal Information

We do not generally request highly sensitive personal information through our standard website forms.

Please do not submit Social Security numbers, financial account credentials, passwords, government identification numbers, medical information, or other highly sensitive information through general website forms unless we specifically request such information through an appropriate secure process.

Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, electronic communication, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or stored by us.

Marketing Communications

If you subscribe to our mailing list, sign up for event notifications, join a creator database, or otherwise agree to receive marketing communications, we may send you information regarding:

• Creator opportunities
• Brand campaigns
• Industry events
• Z Star Digital services
• Company announcements
• Partnership opportunities
• Marketing and industry updates

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in the applicable communication.

We may continue to send non-marketing communications concerning active campaigns, submissions, contracts, payments, projects, or other business matters.

Children's Privacy

Our website and services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 through our website.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate authorization, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.

Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, tools, or services.

Z Star Digital is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or business practices of third-party websites or services.

We encourage you to review the applicable privacy policies of third parties before providing personal information to them.

International Visitors

Z Star Digital is based in the United States.

If you access our website or submit information from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or in other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update or revise this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our business practices, services, technology, legal requirements, or other circumstances.

When this Privacy Policy is updated, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.

We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to submit a privacy-related request, please contact:

Z Star Digital LLC
Los Angeles, California
Website: zstardigital.com

For California privacy-related requests, please include "California Privacy Request" in the subject line of your communication.