Privacy Policy

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

What information do we collect?
We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views)

(b) information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us

(c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters

(d) any other information that you choose to send to us; and

(e) information that you provide to us for the purpose of including your event in Big Dance listings
Using your personal data
Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

We may use your personal information to:

(a) administer the website;

(b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website

(d) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested

(e) send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to Big Dance or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties which we think may be of interest to you by email or similar technology, where you have specifically agreed to this you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications

(f) provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user;
Where you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to us.

We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

Disclosures
We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.

In addition, we may disclose information about you:

(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;

(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

Security of your personal data
We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (password- and firewall- protected) servers.

Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password.

Use of Content Supplied by Participant Groups

Big Dance is a huge celebration of dance participation across the UK and beyond. We love it when people share information, photos and videos with us through Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites, but please note that when you do, we will assume that as you have posted the content publicly, you are happy for us to share the information, photos and/or videos you have provided through our social media and online marketing activities. Please email [email protected] if you do not wish us to share the content you have provided with our wider audience.

Cookies
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your computer if you agree. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of the website which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you visit us here, and allows us to improve our site.

For more information on how to manage, delete and control Cookies on your computer please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/

Some of the content on our site is from other websites which use Cookies. We can’t control 3rd party Cookies. If you want to change your cookie preferences, check the third-party websites listed below for information on how to manage their cookies.

Google Analytics
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form that does not identify a visitor, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by making sure users are finding what they need easily.
Click here for an overview of privacy at Google http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit the Google site.

YouTube cookies
We embed videos from YouTube. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.
To find out more watch YouTube’s video about Privacy with videos: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/videos/

Vimeo cookies
We embed videos from Vimeo. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the Vimeo video player.
To find out more visit Vimeo’s privacy policy
http://vimeo.com/privacy#cookies

Policy amendments
We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

Your rights

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00).

You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by email at any time. (In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.)

Third party websites
The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

Updating information
Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated. You can unsubscribe from our email list at any time

Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email to [email protected].