Privacy Policy

At Grace Academy of Dance & Performing Arts, we value and respect your privacy. The policies below are intended to clearly inform our users about our privacy practices and procedures and are applicable to our Web site located at www.graceacademy.ca.

Information Collected

Personally Identifying Information
Grace Academy does not collect personally identifying information (such as a user's name, address, telephone number or email address) about users of our Web site, except when specifically and knowingly provided by such users. For example, users of our Web site are able to send e-mail to Grace Academy, and their messages will contain a user's screen name and e-mail address as well as any additional information the user may include in the message or attachments thereto.

Non-Personal Information
In some cases, we may collect non-personal information. Examples of this type of information include the type of internet browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using and the domain name of the web site from which you linked to our site or advertisement. We may use this information for various purposes, including system administration.

Cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. At some places on the Grace Academy Web site, the use of a cookie may be offered in the future in order to allow Grace Academy to measure activity on the site and to make improvements and updates based on which areas are popular and which are not. Cookies may also be used to improve your user experience.

Grace Academy does not use cookies to collect and distribute information to third parties for marketing purposes.

Please note that with most browsers, a user can set the preferences to show a warning each time a cookie request is received. Typically, users can also set the browser not to accept cookies at all.

Use of Personally Identifying Information
Grace Academy does not share personally identifying information with third parties, other than the minimum necessary to perform user requested tasks, such as a credit check for credit card payments to Grace Academy.

Grace Academy may use personally identifying information from user emails sent to us to contact users in the limited circumstances noted below:

By providing an e-mail option, we intend to provide a means by which you may send comments, questions, and other communications to us. These messages are forwarded to the appropriate persons at Grace Academy for response at their discretion.

In addition, when you send an e-mail message to Grace Academy and you indicate an interest in our services or we believe you may have an interest in our services, we may from time to time use the contact information to provide you with marketing information we think would be of particular interest. We will always give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving such communications by notifying us of your preference to opt out us via email.

Security
Grace Academy is committed to taking reasonable steps to ensure the security of your information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information provided to Grace Academy.

Children and Privacy
Grace Academy has no intention of collecting personally identifying information from children (i.e., individuals under the age of 13). If a child has provided us with personally identifiable information, Grace Academy asks that a parent or guardian of the child contact Grace Academy via email if they would like the information submitted by a child deleted from our database. Grace Academy will use reasonable efforts to delete such information from its database.

Privacy Precaution Warning
Please note that no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of the information that you transmit via our online services.

Please note that we reserve the right to access and/or disclose the user information discussed herein (including personal information) as required by courts and/or administrative agencies and to the extent required to permit us to investigate suspected fraud, harassment or other violations of law or our Web site rules or policies.

Your Consent
By using this Web site, you consent to our use of your personally identifiable information and non-personal data as specified above. You further authorize the export of personal information to Canada and its storage and use as specified in this policy when you provide such information to us. This policy and all legal obligations of Grace Academy are subject to the laws of Ontario and Canada, regardless of the location of any user. Any claims or complaints must be filed in Canada in the Province of Ontario.

Corrections
To have us correct any personally identifiable information in our possession that you believe may be incorrect, contact us via email atgraceacademy@sympatico.ca.

Inquiries
You may address any concerns to Grace Academy by email at graceacademy@sympatico.ca.

Changes to the Privacy Policy
Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this page, so please review this Privacy Policy regularly.

Posted April 2009