Privacy Policy

At the Julie Morton School of Dancing, we take your privacy seriously and are committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy explains how we use and protect any information that you provide when you join our school. Please read it carefully and contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Privacy and Data Protection Policy

The Julie Morton School of Dancing is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when you are with the school, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Our school website and social media pages do not contain any personal details of parents or pupils, only general information about the school and does not use cookies.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

Parent's/Guardian's and Pupil's name
Pupil's date of birth
Contact information including home address, email address and phone numbers
Other information relevant to medical conditions and/or SEN requirements

This information can be kept by the school for a reasonable period after the pupil has left the school, legally three years, but can be deleted at the request of the parents.

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to keep in contact with all pupils and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping
To contact you in the event of an emergency
To inform you of changes to class times, exams and to give any dance display information

No names or photographs of pupils will be used without the express permission of their parent.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

Access to any data will be limited to the Principal Mrs Belinda Williams and the Administrator Mr Bill Morton and will be kept secure on password-protected computer or iPhone, and any paper records will be kept in a locked cupboard or filing cabinet.
We do not pass any personal information to any other body or organisation unless obliged by law, or unless we have asked for and received express permission from the parent or pupil concerned.
We do not sell personal data to any other body, organisation or individual.