By maintaining a registered user account on Cast98, you agree to the following terms and conditions. Note that while these terms are written in plain, easy-to-understand language, the intent is quite serious.
Last updated 2024 July 25
Cast98 is an online tool designed for small performance groups who produce big shows, such as school drama programs and community theatre companies or dance academies. In order to serve this audience, which may include all ages from small children to esteemed seniors, privacy and personal security are help as top priorities. That said, Cast98 is considered a public community and each user should take care to protect their own identity.
I only send maybe 1-3 emails per year, perhaps an extra here and there to studio owners.
By using Cast98 you agree to receive these types of emails:
When you perform certain actions, like sign up to audition for a show, you are agreeing to additional emails that Cast98 may not review, moderate, or endorse:
When you interact with Cast98 via email or social media, I may grab a snippet of what you've said and promote it on the website if it seems helpful to others.
I take steps to ensure that your data is backed up at all times, but sometimes catastrophy strikes that causes data loss. If a server outage ever disrupts your real-world operations, I promise to move quickly to mitigate damage to your process and to get you back up and running.
You recognize that Cast98 is not intended to be the sole source of information regarding your business, your recitals, your shows, or other operations you own and control. As such, you agree not to sue Cast98 if you ever experience website downtime or loss of stored data at a time that is inconvenient.
Cast98 uses the following third party apps site-wide, so please review their terms of use to learn more about how they use your data:
These scripts are employed for specific uses, only as needed on certain pages:
Cast98 stores profile information in an effort to make it easily reusable in the future. I am a one-man operation and I don't sell information about users, nor do I use it in advertising, nor do I publish it publicly.
There are privacy measures in place to protect your identifiable information from being publicly searchable.
All the information on your profile is private by default including identifiable data such as your name, date of birth, email address, phone number, emergency contact info, headshot, resume, city/state/country, and social media links. Only when you submit an audition form or change your profile's privacy settings is information shared in specific ways.
When you submit an audition form on Cast98, you are agreeing to share identifiable information from your profile with the director(s) of the show.
A show director may have multiple co-directors, and Cast98 does not moderate or endorse anyone who is given director-level access. Each show manager is able to view all profile information including your name, date of birth, social media and contact info, emergency contact info, biographical info, headshot and resume.
Contact the host studio of a show if you have questions about who will have director-level access.
As the saying goes, anything on the Internet never disappears. If you are in a life situation where you need to keep your identity private, please refrain from using your real name on your audition profile(s). Stage names are common in the performance industry, and completely allowed on Cast98.
Cast98 is not responsible for anyone being findable. The nature of the acting industry is such that getting discovered means having your information readily accessible to producers and casting directors. I try to foster an active networking environment while maintaining a safe space for the young actors using Cast98, so be smart about your information and make sure you're taking steps to protect your own privacy, not just on Cast98 but everywhere else too.
Your billing information is private to only you. It is not stored by Cast98. In fact, it doesn't even pass through our servers. It's totally your information and I will never try to store it, steal it, or sell it.
Cast98 is not responsible for any fraudulent charges on your card because again, I don't store your information on our servers. The payment gateway is powered by Stripe, so please visit stripe.com to learn about their privacy policy.
Information about you or your business will never be sold to third-party websites.
Information about your activity on Cast98 is not saved in a log of any kind, and is only tracked via anonymous, aggregate analytics in an effort to identify trends and resolve problems. I never look at any single user's activity except when conducting tech support, but I do look at aggregate analytics related to areas of the website visited most frequently in order to inform decisions about current and future features.
Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns about these terms and conditions, or if you think I can better clarify something here.
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