Privacy statement

 

Any personal data collected through this website will be treated as confidential in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. Please note: we are not yet formally registered with the Information Commissioner but we follow his guidelines.

 

This website does not automatically capture or store personal information, other than logging the user's IP address and session information such as the duration of the visit and the type of browser used. This is recognised by the web server and is only used for system administration and to provide statistics which the dancing boutique uses to evaluate use of the site. We do not use cookies for collecting user information from the site.

 

This privacy policy only covers the the dancing boutique website at www.dancingboutique.com Other links within this site to other websites are not covered by this policy. We suggest that you find out about their privacy policies on your first visit to any such website.

 

 

An explanation of some of the terms...

Browser

Used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most popular ones are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

 

Cookie

Message given to a web browser by a web server. The message is then stored by the browser in a text file called cookie.txt. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this message is sent back. A cookie's main objective is to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them for example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same site. A site using cookies will usually invite you to provide personal information such as your name, e-mail address and interests.

 

IP (Internet Protocol)

All networks connected to the internet speak IP, the technical standard which allows data to be transmitted between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and that the messages are understood.  If you are connected to the Internet you will have an IP address, for example it may look something like this 198.123.45.6

 

Web Server

Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer.

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