Creative Dance Center | Excellence in Dance Education since 1983

About This Policy

This policy explains when and why we may collect personal information about people who use this website, how this information is used, and how the information is kept secure.

Our policy conforms with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) of the European Union (EU) and other laws, regulations, and policies.  The GDPR replaces the previous Data Protection Regulations of 1995.  Read an overview of GDPR.

 

Information We Collect

This website may use cookies to collect information about your visit, such as your IP address, the pages you click on, the country the page is being accessed from, etc.  This data cannot be used to personally identify you, and is gathered for statistical analysis purposes only. A cookie in no way grants access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share. You can choose to accept or decline cookies.

Some of this information is used by Wix, which records and reports user interactions on customer websites such as this one. For more information read the Wix Privacy Policy. Other information is used by Google Analytics to provide us with broader statistics about who uses our website and how often.  Read the Google Privacy Policy.

 

You may choose to Opt-In to subscribe to our regular newsletter. When you subscribe, we request an email address where we can send this newsletter. This information is collected by the provider of this service, MailerLite, and is held on their servers in accordance with their own Privacy Policy. If you no longer wish to receive communications from us, please use the Unsubscribe link found in any newsletter, or by contacting us directly at info@cdcdance.com.

 

If you use the Contact feature of our website to send us a message, we ask for your name, email address, and your comments so that we may respond to you, subject to the other terms of this Privacy Policy.

 

Access to This Information

We do not hold your information locally but on the server(s) of our providers in accordance with their respective privacy policies.  Neither we, nor our providers, share this information with third parties for advertising or marketing purposes. We will only share your information with other organizations when required to do so by law.

 

How Your Information Is Used

We may use information collected from you both directly and indirectly to:

• Send you information that you have expressed an interest in receiving, especially via our Newsletter. Our Newsletter could include:

  • Information about upcoming performances

  • Dance class opportunities

• Respond to comments and questions made through the website Contact form.

• Determine website demographics and market distribution to better serve our existing user community and to best-orient future offerings.

 

Third-Party Service Providers

As described elsewhere in our policy, we use third-party services to manage our website, stay in contact with you if requested, and assist with promoting and selling our books.  We will never sell, rent, or lease any data collected from you to a third party, but we and those third parties may share that data with one another to help us to: deliver our services to you; prevent damage to our collective intellectual, physical, or virtual property, or for safety reasons, in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.  We may also share your information with third parties, including law enforcement, if required to do so by law, regulation, or court order.

For third parties that we regularly use, you can find links to their respective privacy policies below.

Wix – our website platform

MailerLite – our mailing list manager for newsletters

Google Analytics – demographics and marketing

Facebook – demographics and marketing

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Links to Other Websites

cdcdance.com may contain links to other websites run by other organizations, specifically Dance Recital Ticketing, Google Forms, and Jackrabbit class management software for dance studios among others.  Our privacy policy applies specifically to our website and only the content we directly control.  We are not responsible for any content, practices, or privacy policies of other sites even though you may access them using links published on our website.

 

Your Choices

You have choices about whether you wish to receive information from us.  You will only receive newsletter updates when you actively provide your email address.  You will only be directly contacted by us if you complete the information on the Contact page and actively choose to submit your contact details.

 

Use of Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of information sent by our website to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognize you when you visit.  They may collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual.  This us and our website provider deliver an improved, more personalized service.

You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and to know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our services.

 

Age of Consent

We are committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals, including minors.  If you are under the age of majority (18 in the United States), please obtain permission from your parent or guardian before making use of this website and deciding to share personal information.

 

Security

Non-sensitive data, including your email address, are transmitted normally over the Internet which can never be guaranteed to be absolutely secure. As a result, while we take all precautions to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.

 

Review and Changes to Policy

This policy is regularly reviewed, and we may update it over time.  We advise you to review this policy periodically for any changes. We notify you of any changes by posting a new Privacy Policy on this page, and that policy is effective immediately.  Date of last review: March 2024.

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please do not hesitate to contact us through our website Contact form or by email at info@cdcdance.com.