Louisiana Film & Television

Privacy Statement for LaFilm.org
The Louisiana Office of Film and Video created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site: lafilm.org.

Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information. We use cookies to collect this information.

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email) and has an optional request for demographic information (like age and income level). Our site also has an order form for customers to receive additional information on our state. We use customer contact information from the registration form and order forms to send the user information about our state. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary for surveys or contest entries. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor the visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis.

This site contains links to other sites. Lafilm.org is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Choice/Opt-Out
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.

This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.

For further information on our policies or procedures please contact us at: msmith@lded.state.la.us.

Accessibility*
Federal officials say adhering to Section 508 regulations and improving accessibility for people with disabilities make good business sense. Enabling everyone to do their jobs, using the tools that help them best do their jobs, is simply good business and helps individuals become fully integrated into the workplace.

Although not required by regulation or law, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) seeks to bring State of Louisiana Web sites into basic compliance with Section 508 code by providing the necessary information to State of Louisiana webmasters and designers, to enable them to comply with the Section 508 Standard of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 794d). Section 508 requires that when federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology, federal employees with disabilities have access and use of information and data that are comparable to the access and use by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilites, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. These provisions of the standards provide the requirements that must be followed by federal agencies. Compliance requires adherence to the Section 508 Standard, Section (1194.22) Paragraphs A through P. To assist with implementation of Section 508 requirements, the following resources are available:

*RESOURCES*

Federal Resources
Here’s a list of links for those seeking information on Section 508 and its impact on agencies and industry suppliers.

First stop for anyone interested in learning more is the Section 508 Web site:

Federal IT Accessibility Initiative
Section 508 requirements, training, how to buy accessible products, and how to join the organizations working to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.

Section 508 FAQs
FAQ page for Section 508. Learn what it entails, and find answers to a variety of questions regarding how to comply with the regulations.

Section 508 Access Board (Federal)

Summary of Section 508 Standards

Section 508 Web Accessibility Training (Federal)

More Links

Another important link is the GSA’s Assistance for Americans with Disabilities. This site includes plug-ins, file viewers, and alternate contact information.

The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) provides the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, designed to aid federal contracting officials in fulfilling their acquisition planning responsibilities. This template is a voluntary tool that industry contractors can utilize or modify to provide information regarding their own particular product characteristics.

Another site to visit is the Accessibility Forum, an ongoing collaboration among those affected by Section 508 including users, industry, government, and others to benefit people with disabilities. The Forum is in the process of prioritizing projects that assist government in making informed decisions about Section 508 related procurement, and allow all parties to communicate where further effort is needed.

There are some sites that focus on metrics and statistics as they relate to accessibility and persons with disabilities. Visit any of the following sites to gather more data on people with disabilities.

Disability Data

Disability Statistics Center

The Disability Statistics Web Page

W3C Resources

The W3C offers some good tools and information in addition to the Federal Section 508 Guidelines.

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative

W3C HTML Validation Service

W3C Evaluation/Repair Tools

W3C Alternative Web Browsing

*Information provided by the Louisiana Office of Electronic Service

Download the Application for State Certification

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