Last updated: 17 August 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how That Film Spot collects, uses, stores, and shares personal data when you visit thatfilmspot.com (the “Website”), create an account, post comments, use interactive features, contact us, or otherwise use the Website.
We aim to collect only the personal data reasonably necessary to operate and improve the Website.
1. Who we are
That Film Spot is a film-location website operated by Pettersen Multimedia, Norway.
For the purposes of applicable data protection law, we are the data controller for the personal data described in this Privacy Policy.
You can contact us through the Contact page on the Website.
2. Personal data we collect
2.1 Account information
If you create an account, we may process information such as:
- Username or display name.
- Email address.
- Password, stored in a protected hashed form.
- Profile information you choose to provide.
- Account settings and preferences.
2.2 Comments and submissions
If you post a comment, submit a location suggestion, report an error, or otherwise contribute Content, we may process:
- The information you submit.
- Your chosen display name.
- Your email address where required.
- Technical information such as your IP address and browser information where used for security, spam prevention, or moderation.
Information you publish in public areas of the Website may be visible to other visitors.
2.3 “Been here” and “Want to go”
Registered users may mark filming locations as “Been here” or “Want to go”.
These selections are associated with your account so that the Website can remember and display your saved locations and provide related account features.
You can change or remove these selections through the Website.
2.4 Contact information
If you contact us, we may process your name, email address, message, and any other information you choose to provide.
2.5 Technical and security information
When you use the Website, our servers and technical systems may process information such as:
- IP address.
- Browser type.
- Device type.
- Operating system.
- Requested pages and files.
- Date and time of requests.
- Referral information.
- Security and error logs.
This information is used primarily to operate, secure, maintain, and troubleshoot the Website.
2.6 Website analytics
With your consent where required, we use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Website.
Analytics information may include pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser information, traffic sources, interactions with the Website, and similar usage information.
We use these statistics to understand which parts of That Film Spot are used and to improve the Website. We do not use Google Analytics to identify individual visitors by name.
2.7 Nearby locations
If you use the “Nearby locations” feature, your browser may ask for permission to access your location.
If you allow access, your latitude and longitude are used to calculate distances between your location and nearby filming locations and to return relevant results.
We do not store your location in our database or use it to build a location history.
You can deny or withdraw location permission through your browser or device settings. The Nearby feature may not function without location access.
2.8 Third-party content
The Website may contain embedded content or services provided by third parties, such as maps, videos, or social media content.
When such services are loaded, the relevant provider may receive technical information about your visit and may process information according to its own privacy policy.
Where consent is legally required before third-party tracking or similar technologies are activated, we use our consent system to manage this.
3. Legal bases for processing
Where the GDPR or similar data protection laws apply, we process personal data on one or more of the following legal bases:
Contract
We process information necessary to create and manage your account and provide features you request, including saved “Been here” and “Want to go” information and other account functionality.
Legitimate interests
We may process limited personal data where necessary for our legitimate interests in:
- Operating and maintaining the Website.
- Protecting the Website and its users.
- Preventing fraud, spam, abuse, and security incidents.
- Troubleshooting technical problems.
- Moderating comments and submissions.
- Establishing, exercising, or defending legal claims.
We consider these interests against your privacy rights before relying on this basis.
Consent
We rely on your consent where required for:
- Non-essential cookies and similar technologies.
- Google Analytics and similar analytics tools.
- Advertising or marketing technologies, if introduced.
- Other optional features where consent is required.
You can withdraw your consent at any time through the Website’s cookie preferences or other relevant controls.
Legal obligation
We may process or retain information where necessary to comply with applicable law or legally binding requests.
4. How we use personal data
We may use personal data to:
- Operate and provide the Website.
- Create and manage user accounts.
- Provide “Been here”, “Want to go”, comments, and other interactive features.
- Respond to questions, reports, and messages.
- Moderate user Content.
- Protect the Website against spam, fraud, abuse, and security threats.
- Diagnose technical problems.
- Understand Website usage and improve the Website where you have provided any required consent.
- Communicate important information about your account or the Website.
- Comply with legal obligations.
We do not sell your personal data.
5. Google Analytics
That Film Spot uses Google Analytics, provided by Google, to measure Website usage and understand which pages and features receive traffic.
Where consent is required, Google Analytics is used only in accordance with your analytics consent choices.
Information processed through Google Analytics may include Website interactions, device and browser information, approximate geographic information, referral information, and similar usage data.
Google may process information on our behalf in connection with providing Analytics services.
You can reject Analytics cookies or withdraw your consent at any time through the Website’s cookie preferences.
For more information about Google’s processing of information, please refer to Google’s own privacy information.
6. Cookies and similar technologies
The Website uses cookies and similar technologies.
These may include:
- Necessary cookies, required for functions such as account login, security, session management, and remembering privacy choices.
- Functional technologies, used to provide optional Website features where applicable.
- Analytics technologies, used to understand Website usage where you have provided the required consent.
- Third-party technologies, which may be used by embedded services or other external providers.
Non-essential cookies and similar technologies are not intended to be activated until any legally required consent has been obtained.
You can accept, reject, or change your choices through the Website’s cookie preferences tool.
You can also manage cookies through your browser, although blocking necessary cookies may prevent some Website features from functioning correctly.
7. How we share personal data
We share personal data only where reasonably necessary.
Service providers
We may use service providers that assist with services such as:
- Website hosting and infrastructure.
- Security and spam protection.
- Email and communications.
- Website analytics.
- Technical maintenance and performance.
These providers may process limited personal data as necessary to provide their services.
Google may process information when Google Analytics is enabled in accordance with your consent choices.
Legal requirements
We may disclose personal data where required by applicable law, a court order, or another legally binding request.
We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to protect our rights, users, Website security, or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
We do not sell lists of users, account information, “Been here” or “Want to go” information, or other personal data to advertisers or data brokers.
8. Public information
Comments and other information you deliberately publish in public areas of the Website may be visible to anyone visiting the Website.
Your public Content may also appear in search engine results or be copied by other users or services.
Do not publish personal or sensitive information that you do not want to be publicly available.
9. Data retention
We keep personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
In general:
- Account information is retained while your account remains active.
- “Been here” and “Want to go” information is retained until you remove it or the associated account is deleted.
- Comments and published submissions may remain on the Website after account deletion where necessary to preserve discussions or Website Content, but identifying account information may be removed or anonymised where appropriate.
- Contact messages are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with the enquiry and any relevant follow-up.
- Technical and security logs are retained for a limited period appropriate to security, maintenance, and troubleshooting purposes.
- Analytics data is retained according to the retention settings used for the relevant analytics service.
- Location information used by the Nearby feature is not retained in our database as a location history.
- Backups may contain information for a limited period until they are overwritten or deleted through normal backup cycles.
Information may be retained for longer where required by law or reasonably necessary for security, fraud prevention, or legal claims.
10. International data transfers
Some third-party service providers may process information outside Norway or the European Economic Area.
Where personal data is transferred to a country that does not provide an equivalent level of data protection, appropriate legal safeguards will be used where required by applicable law.
These safeguards may include recognised adequacy arrangements or contractual data protection safeguards.
11. Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
These measures may include access restrictions, secure connections, account security measures, software updates, monitoring, and backups.
No Internet service can guarantee absolute security.
You are responsible for keeping your account password confidential and should use a strong and unique password.
12. Your privacy rights
Depending on applicable law and the circumstances, you may have the right to:
- Request access to personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request deletion of personal data.
- Request restriction of certain processing.
- Object to certain processing based on legitimate interests.
- Receive certain personal data in a portable format.
- Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
- Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.
If you are in Norway, you may lodge a complaint with Datatilsynet.
To exercise your rights, contact us through the contact information provided on the Website.
We may ask for information necessary to confirm your identity before processing a request.
13. Children’s privacy
The Website is not specifically directed at children.
Where applicable law requires parental or guardian permission for an account or other processing of personal data, such permission must be obtained.
If you believe that we have collected personal data from a child in circumstances where we should not have done so, please contact us.
14. Third-party websites and services
The Website may link to external websites or services.
That Film Spot does not control how independent third parties process personal data. Their processing is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.
15. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when the Website, our practices, or legal requirements change.
The current version will be published on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.
If a change materially affects how we process personal data, we may provide additional notice where appropriate.
16. Contact
For questions about this Privacy Policy, requests concerning your personal data, or privacy-related complaints, please contact us through the Contact page on That Film Spot.
Please do not include sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for us to handle your request.