Effective 15 August, 2022
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Bring The Fun – the App for Every Line Dancer has a mission: To Supercharge the Fun of Line Dancing by maximizing engagement by finding, learning and tracking line dances and building friendships between dancers, choreographers, instructors and DJs. Our Website (located at www.bringthefun.dance and other digital properties (such as our mobile apps) (together our “Platform”) provides information about us and allows individuals and businesses to sign-up as Bring The Fun Users (to create a personalized experience to find, track and share line dances), (together, the “Bring The Fun Services“).
Each Bring The Fun Users is able to create a “User Profiles“ as referred to in our Privacy Policies. User Profiles are accessible by the other users on the Platform. We are headquartered in Fort Mill, SC and Reston, VA. For more information about Bring The Fun, please see the “About” section of our Website at www.bringthefun.dance/about.
This Privacy Policy only applies to personal information we collect as a controller from:
This Privacy Policy, applies to the processing of personal information by Bring The Fun as a controller. When we talk about Bring The Fun acting as a “controller”, we mean that Bring The Fun determines the purpose and the means of the processing (i.e. we make decisions about how we will handle your personal information). Because of the nature of our services, we can also act as a “processor” on behalf of Bring The Fun Users. This means that, when we are instructed by a Bring The Fun User, we can facilitate processing of Profile Visitors’ and Subscribers’ personal information on behalf of that Bring The Fun User (“Processor Services“). This Privacy Policy does not address Processor Services. If you are a Profile Visitor or Subscriber, and want to know how a Bring The Fun User handles your personal information, please get in touch with the Bring The Fun User directly and/or refer to any privacy policy on the relevant User Profile. If you provide us with information about another person (if, for example, you are a representative of an individual), you must provide them with a copy of this Privacy Policy and let that other person know that we use their personal information in the ways set out in this Privacy Policy.
The personal information that we may collect about you broadly falls into the following categories:
Information you provide voluntarily
When you visit our Platform, use our Bring The Fun Services, interact with a User Profile, respond to a survey or participate in a trade promotion we collect certain information automatically from your device. In some countries, including countries in the European Economic Area and UK, this information may be considered personal information under applicable data protection laws.
Specifically, the information we collect automatically may include information like your IP address, device type, unique device identification numbers, browser-type, broad geographic location (e.g. country or city-level location), time zone, usage data, diagnostic data and other technical information. We may also collect information about how your device has interacted with our Platform, Bring The Fun Service or User Profiles, including the pages accessed and links clicked.
Collecting this information enables us to better understand you, where you come from, and what content is of interest to you. We use this information for our internal analytics purposes, to improve the quality and relevance of our Platform and Bring The Fun Services, to provide hints and tips to our Bring The Fun Users and to make recommendations of Bring The Fun Profiles you might be interested in viewing.
Some of this information may be collected using cookies and similar tracking technology, as explained further under the heading “How do we use cookies and similar tracking technology” below.
Further, we may undertake automatic scanning of User Profiles and links to determine whether mandatory or default sensitive content warnings should be applied and presented to Profile Visitors who wish to access the relevant User Profile or linked content, and to determine if any content should be removed or any User Profiles should be suspended in line with our Community Standards and/or Terms of Service. Where a User changes their User Profile, we will also notify relevant Subscribers to that User Profile that updates have been made.
Information that we obtain from third party sources
From time to time, we may receive personal information about you from third party sources (including from service providers that help us run marketing campaigns or competitions and our partners who help us provide our Bring The Fun Services). In all cases, we will only receive such data where we have checked that these third parties either have your consent or are otherwise legally permitted or required to disclose your personal information to us.
Children’s data
Our services are not intended for use by children under the age of 18 (the “Age Limit”). If you are under the Age Limit, please do not use the Bring The Fun Services and do not provide us with your personal information. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that an individual (of whom you are a parent or guardian) under the Age Limit has provided us with personal information, please contact us. We will, upon notice or discovery, take all reasonable efforts to erase or destroy any personal information that may have been collected or stored by us about that individual.
Contact List Information
We collect and upload the following information from your device's Contact List:
a. Names b. Phone numbersIn general, we will use the information we collect for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or for purposes that we explain to you at the time we collect your personal information. These include:
Bring The Fun Collects your contacts seamlessly, making it a breeze to send out engaging and personalized SMS invitations for any event or occasion. Whether you're planning a party, a game night, or a get-together, Bring The Fun ensures that your invitations reach your desired audience, while adding a touch of fun and customization to each message.
Bring The Fun collects with your phone's contact list, eliminating the need for manual data entry. With a single tap, you can import and organize all your contacts, saving you time and ensuring you have an up-to-date invitation list.
Bring The Fun Save time and effort by sending invitations. Simply select the desired contacts from your synced list, and Bring The Fun will handle the rest, ensuring selected person receives a personalized invitation.
At Bring The Fun, we understand the importance of protecting user privacy and are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use user data. As part of the functionality of our app, we provide users with the ability to connect with their phone contacts who are also using the app.
To enable this functionality, we require access to the user's contact list, which includes the phone numbers and names of the user's contacts. We use this information solely for the purpose of identifying which contacts are using the app, so that the user can invite them to connect as friends within the app.
We do not share or sell any user data, including contact list information, to any third parties. Additionally, we have implemented appropriate security measures to protect user data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
By using Bring The Fun, users agree to allow us to access and use their contact list solely for the purpose of enabling them to connect with their phone contacts who are using the app. If users do not want to provide access to their contact list, they may choose to not use this particular functionality of the app.
We are committed to ensuring that our users' data is protected and used only for the purposes for which it was collected. If you have any questions or concerns about our data collection and usage practices, please contact us at support@bringthefun.dance
We use your Contact List information ("Phone number" & "Name") to provide you with specific features and functionalities of our app, such as facilitating social connections or inviting friends to join the app by sending SMS.
Bring The Fun app collects "Name" and "Phone number" from your contact list to enable to send out personalized SMS invitations for any event or occasion, We are collecting the contact("name" and "phone number") from your contact list only once when you import your contact list. We are storing your contact list on our server "www.bringthefun.dance".
We do not use your Contact List information for any other purposes.
By using our app, you consent to the collection, use, and transmission of your Contact List information as described in this Privacy Policy.
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note that withdrawing consent may limit or disable certain features of the app.
We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
We use industry-standard encryption protocols and secure storage systems to safeguard your Contact List information during transmission and storage.
Our legal basis for collecting and using personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific circumstances in which we collect it.
However, we will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you, or may otherwise need the personal information to protect your vital interests or those of another person.
If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information). As indicated above, we require certain personal information to enter into a contract with you as a Bring The Fun User. Without your personal information, we will be unable to provide you with Bring The Fun Services available to Bring The Fun Users.
If we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), this interest will normally be to develop and improve the Bring The Fun Services, to provide additional functionality, to ensure appropriate security or to implement sensitive content warnings and content moderation. We may have other legitimate interests, and if appropriate, we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are.
If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided under the “Contact Us” heading below.
We may disclose your personal information to the following categories of recipients:
Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you are a resident. These countries may have data protection laws that are different to the laws of your country (and, in some cases, may not be as protective).
Specifically, Bring The Fun may transfer personal information to the United States and other countries in which we do business. Bring The Fun may also subcontract certain activities and share your personal information with third parties located outside of Australia (which is where we are headquartered).
The countries in which these organizations are located will vary, but, in the course of our business operations, we generally disclose personal information to organizations located in the United States. Such transfers are made in order to provide the Bring The Fun Services and carry out the activities specified in this Privacy Policy.
However, we have taken appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws. We have implemented similar appropriate safeguards with our third party service providers and partners and further details can be provided upon request. No transfer of your personal information will take place to an organization or another country unless we believe there to be adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information. For more details please see the “How do we secure your personal information” section below.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your Contact List information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
We may share your Contact List information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating and improving our app, subject to strict confidentiality obligations.
We use cookies and similar tracking technology (collectively, “Cookies”) to collect and use personal information about you. For further information about the types of Cookies we use, why, and how you can control Cookies, please see our Cookie Notice.
We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and in each case in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements in respect of permitted or required retention periods and limitation periods relevant to legal action.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed.
In addition we limit access to your personal information to employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need for access. They will only process your personal information on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Therefore, we have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal information breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
You have the following data protection rights:
We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
We take your privacy concerns seriously. If you have a complaint regarding our handling of your personal information or concerning our privacy practices, you may file a complaint with us using the contact details provided under the “Contact Us” heading below. We will confirm receipt of your complaint and, if we believe necessary, we will open an investigation.
We may need to contact you to request further details of your complaint. If an investigation has been opened following a complaint made by you, then we will contact you with the result as soon as possible. In the unlikely circumstances we are unable to resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you may contact the local privacy and data protection authorities in your jurisdiction.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. We will obtain your consent to any material Privacy Policy changes if and where this is required by applicable data protection laws.
You can see when this Privacy Policy was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices or if you would like to make a request about any personal information we may hold about you, including correction of personal information, please contact us:
The following section provides supplemental information to California residents, whose personal information we have collected. This section applies to the personal information we collected from California residents during the 12 months prior to the effective date of this Privacy Policy, depending on interactions with us.
There may be additional information that we collect that meets the definition of personal information under California law but is not reflected in a category, in which case we will treat it as personal information as required under California law, but will not include it when we are required to describe our practices by category of personal information.
We may disclose the following categories of personal information to service providers for a business purpose, or, at your direction, with third parties such as sponsors of promotions, sweepstakes, or contests. We have disclosed the following:
We do not sell personal information and we do not believe that our sharing of information would qualify as a sale under California law.
For the avoidance of doubt, we also do not sell personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
You have the right to request that we disclose to you the following information about personal information we collect from you:
You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information collected or maintained by us, subject to certain exceptions permitted by law.
You have the right to not be treated in a discriminatory manner for exercising your privacy rights. We do not use the fact that you have exercised or requested to exercise any privacy rights for any purpose other than facilitating a response to your request.
To exercise your rights, you can contact us:
Once we receive your request, we are required to verify that you are the person that is the subject of the request. This verification process consists of matching identifying information provided by you with the information we have about you in our records. Upon making a request, you will be asked to provide your name, email address, and request details. A confirmation email will be sent to the email address you provide to begin the process to verify your identity. If we cannot verify your identity, we will not be able to respond to your request.
You may designate an authorized agent to exercise any of the above privacy rights on your behalf, subject to the agent request requirements under California law.
Please note, for your safety and security, we will require authorized agents to provide proof of consent and designation of the authorized agent for the purpose of making the request, and will require authorized agents to provide information necessary to verify the identity of the individual who is the subject of the request. We may also require that an individual verify his/her own identity directly with us before we respond to an authorized agent’s request.
We reserve the right to deny requests in certain circumstances, such as where we have a reasonable belief that the request is fraudulent.
California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser Do Not Track (DNT) signals. Because there currently isn’t an industry standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.
We do not share personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes absent your consent as defined by California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (“Shine the Light law”). To opt-out of future sharing with third parties for their direct marking purposes, contact us at support@bringthefun.dance. Any such request must include “California Privacy Rights Request” in the first line of the description and include your name, street address, city, state, and ZIP code. Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year.
We reserve the right to change this Supplemental Information for California Residents from time to time. Changes shall become effective on the date they are posted.
This privacy policy is accessible through our app’s store listing page in Play Console and within the app itself.
This privacy policy pertains to the services provided by Bring The Fun LLC, as detailed in our Google Play listing.
For privacy-related inquiries, please contact us at support@bringthefun.dance.
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The privacy policy is available on our official website at www.bringthefun.dance.
This privacy policy is non-editable to maintain its integrity and accuracy.