Privacy Policy

Disclaimers

i.      General Information Only:

The Louisiana Department of Economic Development presents the information on this website as a service to interested parties. While every reasonable effort has been made to provide information that is as comprehensive, accurate and clear as possible, the information on this site is necessarily of a general nature and many not address the specific circumstances of a particular individual.  In particular, the information on this site is not legal advice or professional advice of any kind, and should not be considered as such. If you need legal or other professional advice, you should consult a suitably qualified person.

ii.      Simple Descriptions:

This site describes economic incentive packages and benefits as simply as possible. As such, specific statutory tax credit program names may be abbreviated or generalized. If you have an enquiry about any particular program or benefit that may be available to you, please contact the representative listed.

iii.      Administrative Agency Names:

The Office of Entertainment Industry Development is a division of the Louisiana Department of Economic Development. For ease of reading, this website may commonly refer to these entities as the Office, OEID, Louisiana Entertainment or LED.

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Louisiana Economic Development’s Legal and Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 9, 2020

Louisiana Economic Development (“we,” “us,” or “our”) provides this Privacy Policy to inform you about the information that is processed on this website (the “Site”).

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When you submit information to or through the Site, or to us through email or direct contact, you consent to the collection and processing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Users should also be aware that certain information in our possession is subject to Louisiana Public Records Law, which provides for the maintenance and disclosure of public records, but also recognizes the confidentiality of records in which an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

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This Policy describes: 

• information we collect from you when you interact with the Site;
• how we use the information we collect;
• if and why information may be disclosed to third parties; and
• your choices regarding the processing of your information.

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Types of Information We Collect

Types of information we collect include:

• account information; 
• contact information; 
• usage data—information about an individual's online activity that, by itself, does not identify the individual, such as browser type, service provider, IP address, operating system, webpages visited, metadata (e.g., the date and time of an online communication), and other statistics. 

How We Collect Information

Whether we collect certain types of information and how we process them depends on how you use the Site. We collect information about you in the following ways:

• From You.  We collect information from you when you create an account to use the Site, contact us for help, or otherwise voluntarily provide your information. We also automatically collect usage data when you interact with the Site.
• From Our Service Providers. Third parties that assist us with the Site also collect information, such as usage data, about you through the Site and share it with us. For example, our service providers collect and share information with us to help us detect and prevent fraud. 
• From cookies and similar technologies. We and our service providers use small text files called cookies to collect information from the device used to access the Site. Cookies are small files sent to or accessed from your web browser that contain information about your device, such as operating system and browser type, user settings, browsing history, and activities conducted while using the Site. This information helps us analyze technical information about the Site, understand user activity and website usage, detect and prevent fraud, customize your experience, and maintain and improve the quality of the Site. Click the Cookie Settings link at the bottom of this page to learn more.

How We Use Information About You

As a general matter, we use your information to provide the services you request. For example, we may use your email address to respond to your requests regarding potential employers or business partners. We may also use the information we collect for any of the following purposes:

• provide, personalize, and improve the Site;
• help protect the safety of our users;
• communicate with users;
• monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with the Site;
• develop and deliver our services, and other offerings and events; and
• provide users with information regarding our services, offers, and events.

We do not rent or sell your information to third parties. We may use a third party to advertise to you on other websites. Third parties may use cookies to advertise to you on other websites based on your past visits to the Site. Your information may also be converted into anonymous information (i.e., information that cannot be directly attributed to you) that may be shared with a third party for advertising purposes. Click here to opt-out of this type of advertising.

How We Share Information About You

We may share information as described at the time information is collected or as follows:

• When you consent. We may share information with third parties if you have given us consent to do so or in order to perform services you requested or initiated.  
• With third-party service providers performing services on our behalf. We share information with our service providers to perform the functions for which we engage them, such as hosting and data analyses.
• For legal purposes.  We may share information deemed necessary to respond to a subpoena, regulation, binding order, governmental request or other legal or regulatory process.
• In anonymized form. We may share information about you in an anonymized form with third parties in order to discover and reveal trends about how users interact with the Site.

Information Storage and Security

We store information for as long as we reasonably need it to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. For example, if you create an account, we will store your information for as long as needed to maintain your account, provide the services you requested, enforce any applicable terms that govern your use of the Site, and maintain appropriate records to reflect our delivery of services to you. We also may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or as permitted by law. 

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We maintain appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your information from accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use and other unlawful forms of processing. In some cases, your information is accessible when you log into a feature we offer, and in those cases you need to keep your user credentials and password confidential and secure so that your information is protected. 

Your Choices 

You have the following choices in relation to your personal information that we process. You can:

• adjust your account details and preferences;
• opt-out of future communications from us; 
• view, modify, or delete the personal information we have about you; and
• control the use of cookies by clicking the Cookie Settings link at the bottom of this page.

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Links To Other Websites 

The Site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites. If you visit a third-party website, you are subject to its privacy policy and practices and not this Privacy Policy. 

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Privacy Policy Updates 

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do, we will let you know by revising the date at the top of the Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access or use our Site or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and ways you can help protect your privacy. By continuing to use our Site, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

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Contact Us

If you have any questions, complaints, or requests related to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at ledpress@la.gov. Please include your name, contact information, and the nature of your request so that we can appropriately respond to your communication. Additional proof of identity may be required to protect your information against unauthorized access.