Privacy Policy

Platinum Dance Academy Privacy Policy

This policy gives you information on how Platinum Dance Academy collects, uses and protects data collected by/ submitted to us.

Data Protection

Platinum Dance Academy is following the new regulations for data protection, it’s use, storage and protection.

Data Collection

We only collect data that is voluntarily given to us.

Data is collected when a student joins Platinum Dance Academy as a member.

Data Use

Data is collected for a various  number of purposes:

• 1. To respond to enquiries requesting our services.

  2. To ensure that necessary information can be easily,  quickly and efficiently given to you.

  3. To ensure quick and efficient customer service.

  4. To ensure the health and safety of our students.

  5. To comply with any law that is necessary.

Data Security

In order to maintain the security of your data we use appropriate physical and electronic safeguards to protect your personal data from loss and unauthorised access, however can not guarantee that unauthorised third parties may never overcome those measures, with the internet being an open system. Platinum Dance Academy will soon be switching to Dance Studio Pro for all data collection to ensure the utmost security of data.

Data Retention

You data is only held for the following reasons:

• 1. Student data is only held whilst students are current members of classes and is destroyed once a student leaves and there are no outstanding fees to be paid, unless required for legal reasons.

  2. Email addresses are occasionally used for latest news and as a port of contact. If you no longer wish for your email address to be stored please let this be known.

  3. In the case of an emergency and the next of kin

Third Party Websites- we are not held responsible for the Data Security system of any third party website.

Your rights

You have the right to:

• 1. See any of the information held by us for you (and your child/ren)

  2. Change or delete it. Please note that certain information if deleted may compromise the membership of your child with Platinum Dance Academy.

  3. Any changes will be implemented within one calendar month.

Changes to our Policy

Platinum Dance Academy retains the right to update our privacy policy at any time and if so will post this fact on our main website and will do our utmost to ensure that you have receive a notification of these changes.

Sharing personal information.

We do not use your data for anything else and it will NEVER be passed onto third parties, with the following exceptions

• 1. To the local authority when required for performances.  

  2. To competition organisers in order to register dancers to compete.

  3. To medical bodies in case of an emergency.

Permission for video and photos to be used

Photographs and film footage will on occasion be taken of your child in both class and performance settings. The footage may be used in online and offline marketing and publicity. You must actively OPT OUT on registration if you do not wish for this to happen. If there are any concerns please speak to Lorna Thompson

Social Media

Videos and photographs along with updates of Platinum Dance Academy are regularly posted on our social media platforms (Instagram and Facebook). Individuals are not be be identified through these posts unless permission is given. This includes comments and tags from followers which can lead to an individual in the post being identified. Such activity on the pages will be deleted by the admin.

Lawful Basis for Processing

All information held will be held for one of these bases legitimate, consensual and contractual necessity.