Privacy Policy      

Safeguarding Privacy
Your privacy is very important to Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance. This Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet Privacy Policy spells out Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance's commitment to respecting the privacy of Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet members and visitors. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance reserves the right to change this policy, so we encourage you to check back often for any changes.
Collection of Information on Our Members and/or Authenticated Users
Collection of information is usually grouped into two categories: personally identifiable information and so-called "aggregate" information. Personally identifiable information is any information in Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance's possession that is associated with a specific Member (such as a name or address) and information we collect about how individual Members use Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet (such as the fact that a Member visits sports pages, or has purchased merchandise through Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet.) It does not include aggregate information, which is general demographic information (such as the total number of Members who are more than 35 years old), or information which a Member has made public on Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet.
Credit Card Transactions
Credit Card transactions are handled by a third-party financial institution, which receives the credit card number and other personal identifying information only to verify the credit card numbers and process transactions. Your cardholder information is protected and will not be sold or otherwise shared.
Personally Identifiable Information
Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance uses personal information only for the following purposes:
To process requests and orders placed with advertisers, merchants and service providers on Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet; to personalize Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet based on Members' interests, including making Members aware of editorial features, advertisements, and commercial offerings that may be of interest;
to communicate with Members, including promoting Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet;
to register a Member for a contest or sweepstakes and to administer or make related offers from the same;
to serve Members when they have questions or problems;
to perform normal business operations, such as billing, collection, and accounting; and
to investigate complaints and protect Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet and its Members, in compliance with the law, the Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet Member Agreement, and Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet policies.

Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance respects the privacy of personal files in Members' computers. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance does not access, read, upload or store data contained in or derived from private files without the Member's authorization. Once a Member gives us that authorization, Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance may from time to time record information about your computer, communications equipment, browser type and version number, mail application, and operating system software (but no other non-Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance software). Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance will use this information on an individually-identifiable basis only to:
analyze how current or future Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet features may operate on your equipment;
monitor or improve the performance of Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet software on your equipment; or
tell you about enhancements and offerings that may become available (such as memory or equipment upgrades).

Your authorization also allows Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance to provide you with consistently fast and reliable network access by sending diagnostic data about your computer and your connections with Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet. Such data includes call failure data, communications bit rate, local access number used, version numbers, and modem type. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance will use this information to evaluate and improve the quality of your connections.
Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance uses strict procedures and safeguards designed to protect the privacy of all personal information. All Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance employees with access to personal information are required to follow specific practices concerning its proper handling. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance's employees never inspect or disclose to others the contents of these private messages except with the specific consent of the sender or recipient, or as specifically authorized or required by law.
Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance complies in all respects with the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, as amended, ("ECPA"). Subject to the subpoena, warrant, consent, and court order provisions of ECPA, Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet must provide Member information and/or Internet communications to the proper authorities Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance may establish time limits and/or other criteria under which private e-mail will be automatically removed from your online mailbox. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance has no responsibility to retain or deliver private e-mail that is located in a Member's online mailbox at the time of that Member's suspension or termination, or that is addressed to such Member thereafter.

Aggregate Information
Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance tracks the total number of visitors to each of our pages within Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet in an aggregate form to allow us to update and improve our sites. Personally identifiable information is not extracted in this process. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance may use or disclose aggregated (not personally identifiable) information for any purpose.
Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance and its advertisers may also use small pieces of code called 'clear GIFs' or 'web beacons' to collect advertising metrics in an aggregate form, such as counting page views, promotional effectiveness or advertising responses. These statistics are collected in aggregate and are anonymous, never revealing individual usage patterns.
On a limited basis, we use "cookie" technology. Cookies are pieces of information that an Internet site transfers to your hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Our servers then use these cookies to make your sessions easier by saving your preferences while you are on Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet pages. The use of cookies is an industry standard -- you'll find them almost everywhere on the Internet. Remember, this describes cookie usage ONLY on Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet sites. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance has no control over the use of cookies by other Internet sites and their owners.
If a Member enters our pages from the site of one of Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance's partners, our system will recognize the path the visitor has taken. Such partners are companies such as computer or modem manufacturers with whom Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance engages in promotional deals. The benefits of these deals are often passed on to Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet Members.

Collection of Information on Our "Visitors"
A visitor is defined as a user of our site who is neither a current member nor authenticated user. You will receive a similar experience to our members and authenticated users with the exception of being provided a personalized experience and access to certain member information and services. As a leading Internet service provider, Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance is committed to respecting the privacy of all our visitors to www.brads.net. Although we track the total number of visitors to our sites in an aggregate form to allow us to update and improve our sites, personally identifiable information is not extracted in this process. If a visitor enters our site from the site of one of Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance's partners, our system will recognize the path the visitor has taken.
Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance only collects personally identifiable data, such as names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and the like, when voluntarily submitted by a visitor who requests that Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance software be sent to him or her, either through a download or through a land carrier. The information we collect is used by us to follow up on these orders and is not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes. If you supply us with your postal address online you may receive periodic mailings of our software.

Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance will respond to visitors who send us e-mail to particular addresses, for example, regarding advertising, partnering, or employment opportunities. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance will use the information submitted in those e-mails only to respond to the purpose specified by the sender.

Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance does not sell or release any information gathered on visitors on www.cindymcdance.com to any third parties except in instances where users submit resumes for consideration of employment. We use third parties to parse, collate, scan, store, and format this information in order for Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance to manage and analyze resume information. All information gathered here will be used only by Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance, for internal marketing analysis, to improve our products, services, websites, and to facilitate the hiring of employees.

A NOTE FOR PARENTS CONCERNING PRIVACY
Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance asks that visitors, providing us personally identifiable information, be 18 years of age or older. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance believes that parents should supervise their children's online activities and consider using parental control tools available from Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance, online services and software manufacturers that help provide a kid-friendly online environment. Please instruct your children not to give us their name, address or e-mail address, sign up to receive our software, or provide any other personal information to anyone without your permission.

A Special Note Concerning Privacy and Children Online
Members of Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet are required to be 18 years of age or older. In fact, you confirmed that you were 18 or older when you enrolled in Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet. However, Members may want to allow their children to use Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet to access the Internet. Although the Internet offers a wealth of information and exciting opportunities to explore, some of its content may not be suitable for children. Understandably, as the popularity of the Internet has grown, so have concerns among parents. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance believes that parents should supervise their children's online activities and Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance suggests that they consider using parental control tools available from Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance to help provide a child-friendly online environment.
Please instruct your children not to give us their name, address or e-mail address, or provide any personal information to anyone without your permission. It may also be wise to carefully note all the people with whom your child frequently corresponds over the Internet or on any online service.

Chat, Newsgroups, Bulletin Boards and Kids
Chat, newsgroups, and bulletin boards offer children and parents alike the unique opportunity to make friends and talk to people all over the world. Please remember, though, that these interactive features are just like other public places where strangers meet. If you allow your children to access interactive features, please remind them of the dangers involved when corresponding or communicating with strangers or new acquaintances on the Internet (especially in Chat and Newsgroups, as well as when using e-mail).
We strongly recommend that you supervise your children's activities on these areas as you would in any public area. You should help your children understand that people they do not know will be reading their notes. They should be careful when choosing what to post (particularly information about themselves), as well as when choosing the people with whom they correspond. Also, only you, as a parent, can establish which topics and individual notes are appropriate for your family, just as you would for television programs or movies.
Children and teenagers get a lot of benefit from being online, but they can also be targets of crime and exploitation in this as in any other environment. Trusting, curious, and anxious to explore this new world and the relationships it brings, children and teenagers need parental supervision and common sense advice to ensure that their experiences in "cyberspace" are happy, healthy, and productive.

How Parents Can Reduce the Risks
Take advantage of Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance's offer of Filtering, which we talk about below. Also, to further restrict your child's access to discussions, forums, or bulletin boards that contain inappropriate material, some Internet sites and private bulletin boards have systems in place for parents to block out parts of the sites that they feel are inappropriate for their children. If you are concerned, you should contact the site find out how you can add these restrictions to any accounts that your children can access.
The Internet and some private bulletin boards contain areas designed specifically for adults who wish to post, view, or read sexually explicit material. Most private bulletin board operators who post such material limit access only to people who attest that they are adults but, like any other safeguards, be aware that there are always going to be cases where adults fail to enforce them or children find ways around them. The best way to ensure that your children are having positive online experiences is to stay in touch with what they are doing. One way to do this is to spend time with your children while they're online. Have them show you what they do and ask them to teach you how to access the sites. While children and teenagers need a certain amount of privacy, they also need parental involvement and supervision in their daily lives. The same general parenting skills that apply to the "real world" also apply while online.
If you have cause for concern about your children's online activities, talk to them. Also seek out the advice and counsel of other computer users in your area and become familiar with literature on Cyber Patrol and other filtering devices. Open communication with your children, utilization of such computer resources, and getting online yourself will help you obtain the full benefits of these devices and alert you to any potential problem that may occur with their use.

Guidelines for Parents
By taking responsibility for their children's online computer use, parents can greatly minimize the potential risks. Make it a family rule to:

+Never give out identifying information -
home address, school name, or telephone number - in a public message such as chat or bulletin boards, and be sure you are dealing with someone that both you and your child know and trust before giving it out via e-mail. Think carefully before revealing any personal information such as age, marital status, or financial information. Consider using a pseudonym or unlisting your child's name from Internet sites in which they participate.

+ Consider keeping the computer in a family room rather than the child's bedroom.
Be sure to make this a family activity. Get to know their "online friends" just as you get to know all of their other friends.

+ Get to know the Internet sites your child uses.
If you don't know how to get to them, get your child to show you. Find out what types of information it offers and whether there are ways for parents to block out objectionable material.

+Never allow a child to arrange a face-to-face meeting with another computer user without parental permission.
If a meeting is arranged, make the first one in a public spot, and be sure to accompany your child.

+Never respond to messages or bulletin board items that are suggestive, obscene, belligerent, threatening, or make you feel uncomfortable.
Encourage your children to tell you if they encounter such messages. If you or your child receives a message that is harassing, or of a sexual nature, or threatening, alert the appropriate law enforcement agency. You may also send an alert to Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance if the message is from another Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet Member, or to the online service from which the message originated.

+Should you become aware of the transmission, use, or viewing of child pornography while online, immediately report this to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children by calling 1-800-843-5678.

+Remember that people online may not be who they seem.
Because you can't see or even hear the person, it is easy for someone to misrepresent him- or herself. Thus, someone indicating that "she" is a "12-year-old girl" could really be a 40-year-old man.

+Remember that everything you read online may not be true.
Any offer that's "too good to be true" probably is. Be very careful about any offers that involve your coming to a meeting or having someone visit your house.
Set reasonable rules and guidelines for computer use by your children. Discuss these rules and post them near the computer as a reminder. Remember to monitor their compliance with these rules, especially when it comes to the amount of time your children spend on the computer. A child or teenager's excessive use of the interactive features of the Internet, especially late at night, may be a clue that there is a potential problem.

Third-Party Provider Content
Please keep in mind that some of the bulletin boards, chat areas, and newsgroups on Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet pages are controlled and operated by a third party, not by Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance. Because of this, remember that when you use these interactive features, that you may not just be speaking with Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet Members, but with anyone on the Internet. Some third party content is not protected behind a Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet firewall, that is, it is not proprietary to Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet, and is therefore open to anyone to participate. The search engine technology automatically produces search results that reference sites and information located worldwide throughout the Internet. Because neither Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance nor the third party service provider has control over such sites and information, there are no guarantees as to such sites and information, including as to:
the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of any such sites and information, or
whether a search may locate unintended and objectionable content.

Because some of the content on the Internet consists of material that is adult-oriented or otherwise objectionable to some people, the results of your search may automatically and unintentionally generate links or references to objectionable material. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance has no control over, and can make no claim that such surprises will not occur. Computerized search technology does not give you search results limited to only the hits that you were seeking.


There may be extraneous hits as well. Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance recommends that to avoid any such surprises, you take advantage of the access controls that Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance offers, as we discuss above, and be diligent in your supervision of any children you allow to use Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance Internet.

Contact Information
For answers to specific concerns regarding privacy that are not addressed here, see our Contact Us. This site provides information on whom and how to contact us at Cindy McDonald’s School Of Dance.

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