Privacy Statement

1. How is personal information collected?

Manly Dance is the newest dance studio on the northern beaches. In order to provide customers with a quality service, Manly Dance offers customers the ability to subscribe to our newsletter, sign up as a community member, enter competitions and promotions and purchase products online through http://www.manlydance.com.au. In order to provide these services, Manly Dance collects personal information about customers. Collection of this information will occur at the time you suscribe to the newsletter, make a purchase, or when you register as an Manly Dance member.

2. What personal information does Manly Dance collect and why?

If you purchase a class pass or gift voucher, register as a member, we need to collect personal information about you, including your name, address, email address and telephone number(s). The reason we need this information is so we can contact you to notify you in the case of an event cancellation or change of event details. We also need some of this information in order to process your online credit card payment. Manly Dance will also provide you with the opportunity to receive special offers and promotions if you wish to do so. Even if you initially choose to subscribe to receive special offers, you may also unsubscribe or resubscribe at a later stage.

3. Will personal information be given to anyone else?

Manly Dance will not sell or trade personal information about you to or with third parties. Manly Dance will only disclose information about you, if you have given your consent, so that you can be provided with promotional material and special offers. Otherwise, Manly Dance will only disclose personal information if this is required by law or permitted under the Privacy Act.

4. Security of personal information

Manly Dance protects the personal information it collects in a secure database, which can only be accessed by employees with the highest security clearance. Manly Dance employees are required, as a condition of their employment, to treat personal information held by Manly Dance as confidential, and to maintain the confidentiality of that personal information.

5. Non-customer information

Sometimes, Manly Dance needs to collect personal information about individuals who are not customers. This will usually arise where we collect the name and business contact details of our clients. Manly Dance's policy is to only use personal information collected from non-customers for the main business purpose for which it was collected.

6. Access and correction

Under the Privacy Act, you have a right to seek access to information that Manly Dance holds about you. You also have the right to ask us to correct information about you, which is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. If you wish to access the personal information that we hold about you, please set out your request in writing, including your phone number, and forward this to our Directors, Manly Dance, 33 Pittwater Road, Manly, NSW, 2095. In the interests of protecting the privacy of individuals about whom we hold personal information, we will require that you verify your identity by enclosing a copy of a form of identification such as a current driver's licence or passport with your written request (this will be returned to you after your identity has been verified). If you wish to change personal information that is inaccurate or out-of-date, please contact our Directors at Manly Dance, 33 Pittwater Road, Manly, NSW, 2095 with your request for correction. Manly Dance's policy is to consider any requests for access or correction within 21 days. Ordinarily, Manly Dance will not charge you for the cost of providing this type of access to these records. However, if we do propose to charge you, we will advise you of the relevant charge before we provide you with access.

7. Further notes regarding online privacy

This Privacy Policy is part of the terms of use for our website. When you deal with Manly Dance, whether online or otherwise, Manly Dance takes its privacy obligations seriously. We will use personal information collected online to provide you with our products and services (eg to process your online purchases), to contact you in the case of an event cancellation or a change of venue, and if you agree, for Manly Dance's marketing purposes. Other matters specific to Manly Dance's handling of personal information online are set out below.

8. Online collection of personal and non-personal information

As outlined at point 1 of this Privacy Policy, we collect personal information through our website. For example, Manly Dance will collect personal information online from customers when they register as an Manly Dance member or purchase through our website. Our website also collects other information - some of this is personal information, and some is not. For each visitor to our website, our server automatically recognises and stores the visitor's domain name, but not their email address. In addition, our website uses cookies. Most web browsers are set by default to accept cookies. However, if you do not wish to receive any cookies you may set your browser to either prompt or refuse cookies. Please note that rejecting cookies will disable your browser from purchasing tickets from our website and will restrict the functionality of the website as a whole. We also use cookies for tracking the statistics of our website. This allows us to better understand our users and improve the layout and functionality of our website.

9. Secure Online Transactions

If you make a purchase through our website, we process your credit card details securely over the Internet using an accredited Internet payment security system. With the combination of encryption provided by a third party and a secure browser at your end, we take all measures to ensure that your credit card and anonymity are protected when you purchase online.

10. Links to other websites

Sometimes our website contains links to third party websites, for your convenience and information. When you access a non manlydance.com.au website, please understand that Manly Dance is not responsible for the privacy practices of that site. We suggest that you review the privacy policies of each site you visit.

11. Additional privacy information and how to contact Manly Dance

Manly Dance may change its Privacy Policy at any time. Manly Dance will make available this policy to anyone who requests it. For further information about privacy issues and the protection of privacy visit the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's website at www.privacy.gov.au.