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Privacy Policy

(as of 7-04-2015)

 

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT

We may collect and store information about you when you use the Service. We use the information to provide the Service’s functionality, improve the Service’s quality, personalize your experience, display relevant advertising, market the Service, provide customer support, message you, back up our systems and allow for disaster recovery, enhance the security of the Service, and comply with legal obligations.

Among the information we collect, please note:

a.      Account Information: If you become a member or affiliate of the commUNiTY, we may store and use your full name, email address, zip code, and other information you may provide with your account, such as your gender and birth date. Your first name and last initial, as well as any photo you submit through the registration process, will be kept in our database as part of your account profile. If you believe that someone has created an unauthorized account depicting you or your likeness, you can request its removal by emailing us at support@thedancecommunity.com. .

b.      Communications: When you sign up for an account, you are opting to receive messages from the commUNiTY administrators. You cannot opt out of receiving administrative, transactional, or legal messages from the commUNiTY. We may also store information that you provide through communications to us, including from phone calls, letters, emails and other electronic messages, or in person. If you are a representative of a business listed on the commUNiTY, we may contact you, including by phone or email, using the contact information you provide us or the information we have on record for your business.

c.      Transactional Information: If you initiate a transaction through the Service, we may collect and store information about you, such as your name, phone number, address, email, and credit card information, as well as any other information you provide to us, in order to process your transaction, send communications about them to you, and populate forms for future transactions. The commUNiTY does not disclose your personal information to third parties for the purpose of directly marketing their services to you unless you first agree to such disclosure. When you submit credit card numbers, we encrypt that information using industry standard technology.

d.      Activity: We may store information about your use of the Service, such as your search activity, the pages you view through the Service.

 

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Last Updated on June 4, 2015. This Privacy Policy is effective immediately for users registering accounts after that date and will become effective on June 3, 2015 for pre-existing users.

This Privacy Policy describes our policies on the collection, use, and disclosure of information about you in connection with your use of our services, including those offered through our websites, emails, and mobile applications (collectively, the "Service"). The terms "we", "us", and "the commUNiTY" refer to commUNiTY, Inc., a Delaware corporation. When you use the Service, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.      Information We Collect and How We Use It

2.      Third Parties

3.      Data Retention and Account Termination

4.      Children

5.      Security

6.      Dispute Resolution

7.      International Data Transfer

8.      Modifications to This Privacy Policy

9.      California Residents: Your California Privacy Rights

 

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8. MODIFICATIONS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of the Privacy Policy will govern our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on the NEWS section of this website prior to the effective date of the changes. By continuing to access or use the Service after those changes become effective, you agree to the revised Privacy Policy.

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9. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

The commUNiTY does not disclose your personal information to third parties for the purpose of directly marketing their services to you unless you first agree to such disclosure. If you have any questions regarding this policy, or would like to change your preferences, you may contact us at the address listed above in Section 6.

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7. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFER

The information we obtain from or about you may be processed and stored in the United States, which may provide for different data protection rules than the country in which you reside. We comply with the U.S.-E.U. Safe Harbor Framework and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the United States Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union and Switzerland. We have certified that we adhere to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. We will respond to requests relating to personal data within 30 days. To learn more about the Safe Harbor program, and to view our certification, please visit http://export.gov/safeharbor.

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6. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

If you believe that the commUNiTY has not adhered to this Privacy Policy, you may contact us online by emailing support@thedancecommunity.com with subject header, “DISPUTE RESOLUTION” or write to us at the following address:

The commUNiTY.
Attn: Dispute Resolution
PO Box 5314.
Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089
United States of America

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You can close your account by emailing support@thedancecommunity.com. We may retain information about you for the purposes authorized under this Privacy Policy unless prohibited by law. For example, we may retain information to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service or to comply with legal obligations.

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4. CHILDREN

The Service is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us at support@thedancecommunity.com. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information without parental consent, we take steps to remove such information and terminate the child's account.

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5. SECURITY

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or via mobile device, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

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2. THIRD PARTIES

Third parties may receive information about you as follows:

a.      Advertisers: We may allow third parties to use Cookies through the Service to collect the same type of information for the same purposes as the commUNiTY does for itself. In doing so, the commUNiTY adheres to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising. Third parties may be able to associate the information they collect with other information they have about you from other sources. We do not necessarily have access to or control over the Cookies they use, but you may be able to opt out of some of their practices by visiting the following links: Network Advertising Initiative, Omniture, Digital Advertising Alliance and PrivacyChoice. Please note that opting out does not prevent the display of all advertisements to you.

b.      Service Providers: We may rely on third party providers to support or provide some of the services that are available through the Service. We may also rely on third party providers to perform certain services for us in connection with your use of the Service, such as communications and hosting services, network security, technical and customer support, tracking and reporting functions, quality assurance testing, payment processing, our own marketing of the Service, and other functions. We may share information from or about you with these third party providers so that they can perform their services or complete your requests. These third party providers may share information with us that they obtain from or about you in connection with providing their services or completing your requests.

c.      Aggregate Information: We may share user information in the aggregate with third parties, such as advertisers and content distributors. For example, we may disclose the number of users that have been exposed to, or clicked on, advertisements.

d.      Business Transfers: We may share information from or about you with our parent companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control, in which case we will require them to honor this Privacy Policy. If another company acquires the commUNiTY or all or substantially all of our assets, that company will possess the same information, and will assume the rights and obligations with respect to that information as described in this Privacy Policy.

e.      Businesses on the commUNiTY: We may share information from or about you (such as your age and gender), your devices, and your use of the Service (such as which businesses you bookmark or call) with businesses listed on the commUNiTY. You may adjust your settings to increase or decrease the amount of information we share. Additionally, if you make a phone call to a business through or in connection with your use of the Service, we may share information about your call with the business that the business would have received had you called them directly, such as the date and time of your call and your phone number. You may be able to limit our ability to collect and share your phone number through your phone’s settings or phone service provider.

f.       Investigations: We may investigate and disclose information from or about you if we have a good faith belief that such investigation or disclosure (a) is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process and law enforcement instructions and orders, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on us; (b) is helpful to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service; or (c) protects our rights, reputation, property, or that of our users, affiliates, or the public. If you flag or otherwise complain to the commUNiTY about content through the Service, we may share the substance of your complaint with the contributor of that content in order to provide an opportunity for the contributor to respond.

g.      Links: The Service may contain links to unaffiliated third party services. Except as set forth herein, we do not share your personal information with them, and are not responsible for their privacy practices. We suggest you read the privacy policies on or applicable to all such third party services.

h.     Facebook and Twitter: If you sign up for the commUNiTY using your Facebook account or link your commUNiTY account to your account with a third party service like Facebook or Twitter, we may receive information about you from such third party service. We may use this information to help you create your account on the commUNiTY and connect and share public content with your friends and followers. Please note that if you interact with Facebook, Twitter, or other third party icons through the Service, including "Like," "Share," or similar buttons, those companies may collect information about you, such as your device’s IP address. Your interactions with these and other third parties are governed by the third parties’ privacy policies.

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Data Retention
Third Parties
Children
Security
Dispute Resolution
International
Modifications
California Residents

3. DATA RETENTION AND ACCOUNT TERMINATION

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