Policy · reviewed 17 July 2026
Privacy and cookies
JL uses the information needed to run classes safely, manage accounts and communicate with families. We limit access, give children’s and health information extra care, and ask before using optional cookies or promotional permissions.
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Information we use
- Student and parent details, class records, attendance and communications.
- Emergency contacts, authorised collectors and relevant health, allergy, injury, disability or support information.
- Payment status and transaction records. Secure payment providers normally handle card details rather than JL storing them.
- Exam, competition, performance, permission and appropriate image records.
- CCTV footage from reception and external entry and exit points, kept for security.
- Website information from essential storage and any optional analytics or advertising choices.
Why we use it
- Contract: enrolment, classes, accounts, bookings and requested services.
- Legal obligation: records required for tax, accounting, employment, safety or regulation.
- Legitimate interests: safe and effective administration, communication, security and service improvement, balanced carefully against children’s rights.
- Consent: optional promotional images, marketing, non-essential cookies and other uses where a genuine choice is needed. See Marketing choices in Photography, filming and digital communication for how marketing consent works in practice.
- Health and medical information is special category data, so it needs both a lawful basis and an appropriate Article 9 condition. We only use it for genuine safety reasons, and vital interests is reserved for a genuine life-protecting emergency.
Your choices and rights
Email [email protected] to ask about access, correction, deletion, restriction or portability, to object to a use, or to withdraw consent where we rely on it. Which rights apply depends on why we are using your information, and we will explain if a lawful exception applies. You may also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.
Legal and guidance basis
These sources explain the legal or official-guidance background. Not every practical JL rule is imposed by a particular Act: where it is JL’s own rule, it is written to be clear, proportionate and consistent with the sources below.
- ICO: A guide to lawful basis Guidance on choosing and recording a lawful basis for each use of personal information.
- ICO: Children and the UK GDPR Guidance on the additional care required for children’s information.
- ICO: Special category data Guidance on health information and the additional Article 9 condition it requires.
- ICO: Cookies and similar technologies Guidance on information and consent requirements under PECR.
Something does not fit your situation?
If affordability, access, safety, welfare or another relevant circumstance affects how a policy applies, email [email protected] before making a commitment. We will explain the rule and confirm any agreed exception in writing.
JL Dance Academy · last reviewed 17 July 2026