World Dance Asheville (“WDA,” “we,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage, as well as upon registration.

This Statement of Privacy applies to worlddanceavl.com and World Dance Asheville (WDA) and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to World Dance Asheville (WDA) include worlddanceavl.com and WDA. The WDA website is an ecommerce site. By using the WDA website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.  

Information We Collect About You   

Personal Information: When you register for our dance classes or services, we may collect personal information, including your name, contact details, and payment information. This information is necessary to provide you with our dance classes and keep you informed of any updates or changes.  

Dance Class Records: We keep records of your attendance and participation in our dance classes to monitor your progress and provide you with tailored guidance and feedback.  

Website and Analytics Data: We collect data about your interactions with our website, such as your IP address, browser type, and the pages you visit. This information helps us improve our online services and user experience. 

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services.   

Use of your Personal Information  

We use your personal information to provide you with the dance classes and services you have requested. This includes communication about class schedules, updates, and any changes as well as payment information, which is used to process payments for our services.  

We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties. 

Sharing Information with Third Parties 

WDA does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.  

WDA may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers, such as payment processors and email marketing platforms, to facilitate our services and communication. These third parties are contractually obligated to protect your data.  

WDA may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on WDA or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of WDA; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of WDA, or the public.   

Automatically Collected Information 

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by WDA. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the WDA website.  

Use of Cookies 

Similar to other commercial websites, our website utilizes a standard technology called “cookies” and server logs to collect information about how our site is used. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our site, and the websites visited just before and just after our own, as well as your IP address.  

A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.  

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on.  

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
 

Links 

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.  

How We Protect Your Information  

Data Security: We implement security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We use industry-standard encryption technologies to safeguard data transmission.  

Access Control: Access to your personal information is restricted to authorized personnel only, and we regularly review and update access permissions to ensure your data remains protected.  

Data Retention: We retain your personal information for as long as it is necessary to provide our services or for legal purposes. When we no longer need your information, we securely dispose of it.  

Third Party Use Of Cookies  

Some content or applications on the Website are served by third-parties, namely our studio scheduling and payment software. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. 

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. 

Your Choices and Rights  

Access and Correction: You have the right to access, correct, or update your personal information. You can do so by contacting us at the provided contact information.  

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will delete your personal information from our records and direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records. 

Opt-Out: You can opt out of receiving marketing communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions in our emails or by contacting us.  

Children Under Thirteen 

Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe that we have collected such information, please contact us to have it deleted. 

E-mail Communications 

From time to time, WDA may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.  

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from WDA, you may opt out of such communication. 

Changes to this Statement 

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any substantial changes by posting a prominent notice on our website or by directly contacting you. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy. 

Contact Information 

WDA welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that WDA has not adhered to this Statement, please contact WDA at:  

World Dance Asheville 

1269 Tunnel Rd, suite F  

Asheville, NC 28805 

Email Address:  

Hello@worlddanceavl.com