Beyond Words Dance Center Privacy Policy - Effective As Of: March 20th, 2017

1. General Principals
This Privacy Policy describes how Beyond Words Dance Center ("BWDC", "beyondwordsdancecenter.com") collects and uses the personal information you provide on our web site:  www.beyondwordsdancecenter.com.
It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
If you have questions or complaints regarding our privacy policy or practices, please contact us at: info@beyondwordsdancecenter.com or http://www.beyondwordsdancecenter.com/contact-us.  Wix.com sees it as its goal to retain each users privacy.

2. Acceptance
By using or accessing beyondwordsdancecenter.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.  This Privacy Policy covers any and all actions on the www.beyondwordsdancecenter.com website (the "Website").  If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact us at: info@beyondwordsdancecenter.com.

3. Collection and Providence of Information and Content
When you visit the Website, you provide us with two types of information: limited personal information and content you knowingly choose to disclose.  When you make a purchase with beyondwordsdancecenter.com, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your email address ("User Content").  When you enter the Website, we use third party utility-tracking partners to collect your browser type and IP address through log files for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) purposes.  This information is gathered for all beyondwordsdancecenter.com visitors.  In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." Some Third Parties may use cookies that store your login ID and password to make it easier for you to login when you come back to such Third Party sites.   A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user.  You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.  The use of cookies by our tracking utility company is not covered by our privacy statement.  We do not have access or control over these cookies, and therefore BWDC holds no liability for such.  Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed (or even harmed) by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.

 4. Billing information
Should you make a Purchase of any product for sale on the Website (as defined in the Terms of Use), you will be redirected to a Third Party Merchant Site ("Payment Gateway") which will require your billing information along with information such as your name, phone number and address in order to process the transaction and to collect the fees involved.  We do not store your billing information, and this information will be discarded after your transaction has been processed.  Nevertheless, the required information for your billing will be stored by our payment gateway company which will store your billing information on their secure payment gateway for as long as necessary to carry out the terms of your subscription.  We may retain the last 4 digits of your credit card number, and credit card type, so that you may identify the card used in the future.   

5. Sharing Your Content with Third Parties
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement.  We do not sell your personal information to third parties.  Beyondwordsdancecenter.com provides, as a main service, the ability to purchase products posted on the Website ("Our Services").  In connection with this business operation, our Payment Gateways may have access to your personal information for use for a limited time in connection with said business activities.  When you sign up for Our Services, we will share your personal information only as necessary for the third party to provide that service.  We may be required to disclose your personal information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws.  We do not reveal information until we have a good faith belief that an information request by law enforcement or private litigants meets applicable legal standards.  Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law, to protect our interests or property, to prevent fraud or other illegal activity perpetrated through the beyondwordsdancecenter.com website.  This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies.  When you use beyondwordsdancecenter.com, certain information you post or share with third parties (e.g., a friend or someone in your network), such as personal information, comments, messages, photos, videos or other information, may be shared with other users. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk.

 6. Communications from the Website
We will use your email address in order to send you promotional emails.  If you no longer wish to receive these emails you may follow the unsubscribe instructions contained in the promotional communications which you receive.

 7. Links
Beyondwordsdancecenter.com may contain links to other websites.  We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites.  We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personal information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by beyondwordsdancecenter.com or posted on the beyondwordsdancecenter.com website.
8. Social Media Widgets
Our Web site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button [and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site]. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

9. Testimonials
We post customer testimonials on our web site which may contain personally identifiable information.  We do obtain the customer's consent via email prior to posting the testimonial to post their name along with their testimonial.  If you wish to request the removal of your testimonial you may contact us at info@beyondwordsdancecenter.com. 

10. Contests
From time-to-time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or on our Website.  If you participate, we will request certain personal information from you.  Participation in these contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. 
The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code). 
We use this information to notify contest winners and award prizes, to monitor site traffic and to provide notices to participants.  BWDC may use third party service providers to conduct surveys or contests.  We will not share the personal information you provide through a contest or survey with other third parties unless we give you prior notice and choice.

11. Terms of Use, Notices and Revisions 
Your use of beyondwordsdancecenter.com, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our General Terms of Use published at http://beyondwordsdancecenter.com, and all of its general provisions including warranty disclaimer, limitation of liability, indemnity and choice of law.  We may update this privacy statement to reflect changes to our information practices.  If we make any material changes we will do so by means of a notice on this Website prior to the change becoming effective.  We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices. 
Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you.

 12. Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at info@beyondwordsdancecenter.com.