Welcome to Dance Chives ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding data collection and usage on dancechives.com (the "Site").
When you create an account, we collect:
When you add a YouTube video to the Site, we automatically collect limited metadata through YouTube's public oEmbed API (no API key required):
We store:
We do not:
We use the collected information to:
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes.
We may share limited information only in the following circumstances:
We use authentication cookies solely to maintain your logged-in session. These cookies are essential for the Site to function properly and for your security. We do not use tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or third-party analytics cookies beyond what is necessary for authentication.
Types of Cookies We Use:
You can configure your browser to refuse cookies, but this will prevent you from using certain features of the Site that require authentication.
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Dance Chives uses trusted, enterprise-grade infrastructure providers:
Vercel (Hosting and Delivery):
Neo4j Aura (Graph Database):
Neon (PostgreSQL Database):
Data Encryption:
Authentication:
Access Control:
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
You are responsible for:
In the event of a data breach that compromises your personal information, we will notify affected users as required by applicable law, typically within 72 hours of discovering the breach. Notification will be sent to your registered email address and may also be posted on the Site.
If you have security concerns or discover a vulnerability, please contact us at support@dancechives.com.
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
If you are a California resident, you have additional rights including:
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, you have additional rights including:
To exercise these rights, please contact us at support@dancechives.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days (or as required by applicable law).
To protect your privacy and security, we may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests. This may include asking for additional information to confirm you are the account holder.
We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal information within 30-90 days, except where we are required to retain it for:
User-generated content (events, metadata, Youtube links, NOT user profile or account information) may remain visible on the Site after account deletion but will be dissociated from your personal account information. You may opt in to full event deletion for all owned events upon account deletion.
The Site integrates with YouTube and other video platforms to aggregate and display dance content. When you interact with embedded videos or external links, those third-party services may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
Data Collection via YouTube oEmbed API:
When you add a YouTube video URL, we use YouTube's public oEmbed API endpoint to automatically fetch:
This API does not require authentication and does not access your YouTube account or viewing history.
YouTube Thumbnails:
Video thumbnail images are loaded directly from YouTube's image servers (img.youtube.com, i.ytimg.com, ytimg.com) when displaying video cards and galleries on the Site.
YouTube Embeds:
When you choose to watch a video, we display it using YouTube's official iframe embed player. YouTube may collect information about your viewing session according to their privacy policy. We do not receive or track this viewing data.
Supported URL Formats:
We support multiple YouTube URL formats including:
What We Don't Do:
If you sign in using Google OAuth, we receive limited information from Google as authorized by you. Google's use of information received from our use of Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you access through the Site:
The Site is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age of consent in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without proper consent, we will take steps to delete such information within 30 days.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at support@dancechives.com.
If you access the Site from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate. By using the Site, you consent to such transfer.
The data protection laws in the United States may differ from those in your country. We will take reasonable steps to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by:
Your continued use of the Site after such changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
For California residents: You may also contact us at the above address to exercise your CCPA rights.
