We at Dancer Universe are committed to providing a fun, entertaining, and safe website for people of all ages. We are dedicated to safeguarding any personal information collected online and to helping parents exercise control over their personal information while they and their children explore the Internet. We ensure that our privacy policy and our information practices adhere to the Federal Trade Commission’s rules and regulations promulgated under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rules and all other relevant rules and regulations.
Because many of the visitors to this site are children, we take care that our content is suitable for children. In addition, we take special measures to help children protect their privacy while online. For example, we do not ask children to disclose any personal information unless it is absolutely necessary for them to participate in a particular activity, and we take special efforts to prevent children from posting contact information or other information that might be used to identify them.
To help ensure a rewarding online experience for our visitors – and for the parents of our visitors who are children – we provide you with this summary of our information practices.
As we continue to offer our visitors new and different types of content and services, we may modify our practices from time to time. We will, however, treat all personal information we collect in accordance with the privacy notice in effect at the time the information is collected. In the event that we change our privacy notice, we will inform you of such change and give you the option of how you wish your personal information to be used under the new policy.
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The Information We Collect
At Dancer Universe, the only personally identifiable information we collect from users 12 years old and younger is a parent or legal guardian’s valid email address. The only use of this information is to send the user’s parent or guardian a message to activate their Dancer Universe account.
We also recommend that children 12 years old and younger who are interested in playing the Dancer Universe online game or using any aspect of the Dancer Universe website that requires a user name and password be supervised by a parent or legal guardian.
Dancer Universe requires users 13 years and older to enter either their, their parent, or their guardian’s valid email address in order to activate their account.
The establishment of a user account (including user name and password) will continue to be associated with the email address used to activate the account. In the event that a user wins a prize through the online game, a notice will be sent to the email address provided and the recipient of the email will be told how to contact the third-party who will be providing the prize. Please note that the recipient of the email may choose not to contact the third-party or may choose not to provide the third-party with any contact information. The result of choosing not to provide contact information the third-party, however, would be that the prize cannot be awarded to that user and will be given to the next runner-up. Under no circumstances will Dancer Universe provide any third-party any information regarding the users other than the valid email address, and will only provide the email address if a prize has been won.
For some of our online activities - such as polls or surveys - we may ask users to provide additional information that is not personally identifiable, such as country of residence or a visitor's favorite color.
Except for the purposes of providing a subscription to Dancer Magazine, Dancer Universe’s real-world partner magazine, we do not knowingly collect the mailing addresses of ANY user, but in the event that such information is mistakenly captured, Dancer Universe will delete that information as soon as Dancer Universe becomes aware that the information has been collected. Subscriptions to Dancer Magazine are not offered now, but may be offered in the future. Until that time, no mailing addresses will be requested of Dancer Universe’s users.
Additionally, when visitors come to our site, we automatically collect some non-personally identifiable “computer” information, such as the type of computer operating system (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS), the user's “IP Address”, the web browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) being used, and information regarding the Internet service provider.
Finally, with regard to the Dancer Universe shop, our users are redirected to third-parties selling the goods displayed in the shop. The user will be warned that they are being redirected to an outside website and that the outside website is not governed by the privacy policy of Dancer Universe.
2. How We Use the Information
We have created an internal news system that allows us to communicate with the players without sending information to their personal email address. We do not keep any personal information we obtain beyond the time it is needed. We may a visitor's email address to track usage and to ensure users are following the site's Terms and Conditions.
We do retain control of how all materials are used and displayed on the Dancer Universe website, particularly with regard to the materials posted through our blogs and other social networking aspects of the website.
We also may request and use non-personally identifiable information to improve the design and content of our site, to personalize our visitors' experience on Dancer Universe, and to offer products, programs, and services. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer products, programs, or services.
We will disclose information we maintain when required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's or other public agency's (including schools or children services) request or if we feel that such disclosure may prevent the instigation of a crime.
It is possible to visit the DancerUniverse.com website without leaving any personally identifiable information behind. Information that you may choose to give us includes your user name, password, email address, and possibly other information about your interests and preferences. We may obtain information from outside sources and add it to or combine it with the information we collect through this site. We use this information to operate this site and send you news and information about Dancer Universe and the issues that we work on improving.
We may also share some of your personal information with the Dancer Universe community as well as affiliated third-parties (for example, our database administrators) for the sole purpose of helping us do our work. These groups do not share your personal information or use it for any purpose other than as instructed by us.
The DancerUniverse.com website has several blogs and other social networking aspects affiliated with it. Posts and comments on the blogs do not represent the official position of Dancer Universe unless otherwise indicated. We reserve the right to edit or delete posts or comments.
3. Collection of Information for Third-Party Sites and Sponsors
Dancer Universe does not collect any personal information about its visitors that is not absolutely necessary in order to use the website or play the Dancer Universe game, and does not provide the information collected to any third-parties except in the event that a user wins a prize.
When a user wins a prize through the Dancer Universe game, an email notice will be sent to the registered user which will contain contact information and a link to the third-party from whom the prize may be collected. Should you choose to visit any linked websites, please remember that we are not responsible for their content or privacy policies and we encourage you to read the privacy policies and review the practices of all websites you visit. Contact information, such as a name and mailing address, will need to be provided to the third-party so that the prize may be delivered to the winner. In the event that the winner does not wish to release his or her personal information, the winner will forfeit the prize and the prize will be granted to the next runner-up in the competition.
In the future, Dancer Universe may allow users to subscribe via the website to its sister real-world magazine, Dancer Magazine. In that event, users will need to provide a name and delivery address for magazine delivery. At the time the information is captured, you will be provided with an option to disallow your information to be provided to any additional third-parties. Please remember that you always have the option of altering your choice regarding the use of your information at any time in the future by contacting us at Dancer Universe via the Contact Information provided below.
This Privacy Policy covers only the www.DancerUniverse.com website, which may link to third-party websites. Should you choose to visit those websites, please remember that we are not responsible for their content or privacy policies. We encourage you to read the privacy policies and review the practices of all websites you visit.
4. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Cookies
Dancer Universe uses a software technology called “cookies” in order to provide a more user-friendly service to you. The cookie — a tiny text file — does not store passwords, credit card numbers or any type of personally identifiable information whatsoever. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses, or capture your email address or any other personally identifiable information. Cookies are placed in visitors' computer browsers solely in order to store their preferences. Although cookies could enable us to relate a visitor's use of this web site to personal information that a visitor has provided, such as an email address, we do not use them for this purpose. We do use “cookies” to determine how many visitors we have and how often they visit various sections of our site.
You can turn the cookies off, if you choose, by using your web browser. If you are using Internet Explorer, use the “Tools” menu, select “Internet Options”, then select the “Security” tab and adjust the setting to your comfort level. If you prefer, you may use the Help menu to select “Contents and Index”, then search for “cookies” in the Index, which will provide you with various information regarding cookies on your computer. If you are using a different web browser, either use the Help function or call the web browsers’ technical support call center for instructions. Dancer Universe provides the above information as a courtesy only and does not take any responsibility for the correctness of the information or any damage to your computer as a result of your having followed the above instructions.
Server log files and other analysis tools
Dancer Universe logs standard technical information, such as your IP address and the kind of browser you use. We log this information for troubleshooting purposes and to track which pages people visit in order to improve the site. We do not use log files to track a particular individual's use of Dancer Universe.com. We may also use third-party services, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand traffic patterns and know if there are problems with the site.
Spyware
Dancer Universe does not use or endorse the use of any types of spyware or other malicious computer programs employed with the intention of harming your computer, capturing information not given with your explicit consent, or any other malicious purpose. Dancer Universe strongly cautions all computer users to investigate and obtain protection against spyware and other malicious and invasive programs.
5. Security
We at Dancer Universe have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and protect against the loss or unauthorized access, misuse, or alteration of the information under our control. User information (user names, passwords, associated email addresses, and possibly certain preferences expressed by the user) may remain in our database indefinitely. Permission to access your information is granted only to you and persons who need to know that information to provide services to you. Although we make good faith efforts to store information collected by Dancer Universe.com in a secure operating environment, we cannot guarantee complete security.
In the event that Dancer Universe requests personal and financial information for the purchase of a membership, for age verification, or some other purchase from Dancer Universe, such information will not be stored by Dancer Universe, but only by our financial institution for the purpose of processing credit card payments made to Dancer Universe. This information is safeguarded with extremely high, bank-level security and all credit card processing is done using completely secure, above industry standard encryption to secure and encrypt your credit card transaction and other personal information.
6. Financial Information
In the future, Dancer Universe may choose to charge a nominal membership fee that users may choose to purchase. In that event, additional information will be required at the time of purchase. Only users above the age of 18 years old will be eligible to purchase a membership at that time. Payment information that would be collected would not be stored by Dancer Universe, and would only be stored by our financial institution for the purpose of processing payments made to Dancer Universe. That information is safeguarded with extremely high, bank-level security and it will never be used for any other purposes.
7. How to Change Your Information
If you want to access the personally identifiable information that Dancer Universe has collected online, correct factual errors in such information, request to have this information deleted, request that we no longer collect or maintain such information, or unsubscribe from mailing lists or opt out of any programs involving you personal information, you can do so at any time by clicking here www.danceruniverse.com/opt_out or by contacting us through the following methods:
- BY EMAIL: Send a message with a copy of the type of email you want to unsubscribe from to: info@DancerUniverse.com.
- BY POSTAL MAIL: Send a letter with your full name and email address to:
Dancer Universe
2829 Bird Avenue, Suite PMB 231
Miami, Florida 33133
United States
- BY TELEPHONE: Call telephone number (305) 460-3225 between the hours of
9:00 AM and 5:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
However if you contact us, please be sure to include your email address and a telephone number where we can reach you. To protect your child's privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting you access to the personal information that we collect and maintain about your child.
8. Contact Us for Any Reason
9. A Final Note to Parents
The Internet offers a world of opportunity for children. Your guidance and involvement are essential to help ensure that children have a safe and rewarding online experience. We encourage you to visit the SafeKids.com site and look through the “Kids Rules” section together. Your efforts to instill responsible information practices will help steer your children to age-appropriate sites and will go a long way toward ensuring that your children have enriching experiences online.
10. Effective Date and Changes to Our Policy
The privacy policy set out above is effective as of October 1, 2007, and applies to all information previously obtained by Dancer Universe. Dancer Universe reserves the right to change its privacy policy at its sole discretion. Dancer Universe users will be informed of any such change by Dancer Universe posting a new privacy policy on the Dancer Universe website and sending out an email notifying users of the change with a link to the new policy. The effective date of any change of privacy policy will be clearly marked.
We may revise and update this privacy policy if we change our practices, add new site features, or change existing site features. If we make substantive changes, we will post an announcement on our website home page and post the changes on this page. Your use of the Dancer Universe website following any changes to the privacy policy constitutes your agreement with regard to ay information collected from you. We encourage you to visit this page periodically to review our current policy and to contact Dancer Universe staff if you have questions.
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