Privacy Policy & Terms
Our dear Dance Buddy, welcome! We're building an event discovery hub for travelling West Coast Swing dancers - to help you pick the best events, share your experiences, and support events in improving. Here, you can leave honest reviews - anonymously by default, or under a nickname if you'd like to link your reviews together and become a trusted Dance Buddy Guide. We also provide tools to help you bookmark events, plan your dance adventures, and track your preparation progress.
This Privacy Policy explains how we handle the information you share with us, how we protect your privacy, and how we use anonymous insights to help event organizers improve their events - all while keeping your personal information safe and private.
1. Privacy Policy
1.1 Who we are
Your Dance Buddy ("we", "us", "our") is an event discovery platform for travelling West Coast Swing dancers, allowing you to discover events worldwide and share experiences through reviews.
1.2 What data we collect
We may collect the following information:
- Email address (required, used for platform operation, preventing duplicate submissions, essential communication, and optional marketing only if you opt in)
- Event reviews and ratings
- Nickname (optional, used to publicly link your reviews if you choose to appear under a chosen name)
- Event planning and interaction data (such as marking "I'm going", saving events, and optional planning checkboxes like accommodation or transport)
- Technical data such as IP address, browser type, and cookies (if applicable)
1.3 Why we collect data
We collect data to:
- Publish event reviews and scores
- Help users plan, organize, and track events they are interested in
- Improve the quality and reliability of our platform
- Prevent abuse and duplicate reviews
- Run optional random prize draws
- Contact users for platform-related communication (e.g., verification, important updates)
- Marketing communication: If you explicitly opt in, we may use your email address to send occasional updates, news, or announcements related to the Your Dance Buddy platform. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us directly.
- Participant feedback and event insights: When you submit a review, the feedback is collected to provide useful information to other dancers and aggregated statistics to event organizers. No individual review or personal information, including names, will ever be shared with organizers. Only total counts of reviews and final scores are provided.
1.4 Legal basis (GDPR)
If you are located in the EU, we process your data based on:
- Your consent
- Legitimate interest in operating and protecting the platform
1.5 Data retention
We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described above.
1.6 Your rights
You have the right to:
- Access your data
- Correct your data
- Request deletion
- Withdraw consent at any time
To exercise your rights, contact us at: yourwcsbuddy@gmail.com
Deletion of third-party data
If you have used Facebook or Google login to access the platform, you can request that all personal data collected via these services be deleted. This includes account linkage, event interactions, or any other personal information obtained through Facebook or Google. To request deletion, contact us at yourwcsbuddy@gmail.com. We will process your request as soon as possible and confirm when your data has been removed.
1.7 Google API Services
Your Dance Buddy's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
2. Terms & Conditions
2.0 Email communication
By using the Your Dance Buddy platform, you acknowledge that providing an email address is required for platform operation purposes such as preventing duplicate reviews and essential communication. Marketing or newsletter emails will only be sent if you provide separate, explicit consent, and you may unsubscribe at any time.
2.1 Platform use
By submitting a review, you confirm that:
- You are sharing your own honest experience
- Your content does not violate any laws or third‑party rights
2.2 User content
You agree not to submit content that:
- Is hateful, abusive, or discriminatory
- Contains personal data of private individuals
- Is intentionally misleading or false
2.3 Moderation
We reserve the right to hide, or remove content that violates these rules or harms the community.
2.4 Liability
All reviews reflect personal opinions. Your Dance Buddy is not responsible for the accuracy of user‑submitted content.
3. Community & Review Guidelines
Our goal is to build a helpful, honest, and respectful space for dancers.
Please do:
- Share genuine experiences
- Be respectful and constructive
- Focus on facts and personal impressions
Please avoid:
- Personal attacks
- Naming or blaming individuals
- Offensive language
4. Reviews Disclaimer
All reviews published on Your Dance Buddy represent individual experiences and opinions. Event conditions may vary between editions, and experiences may differ between participants. Ratings and comments are subjective and should be treated as guidance, not guarantees.
5. Prize Draw Rules
5.1 Organizer
The prize draw is organized by Your Dance Buddy.
5.2 Eligibility
Participation is voluntary and open to users who submit a review and provide their name.
5.3 Selection
Winners are selected randomly from eligible entries.
5.4 Prizes
Prizes are non‑transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash.
5.5 Data use
Names collected for the prize draw are used solely for winner selection and contact.
6. Cookie Policy
We may use cookies to:
- Improve website performance
- Analyze usage
You can disable cookies in your browser settings at any time.
7. Contact
For questions about these documents or your data, contact us at:
Last updated: 5 January 2026