Privicy Statement

Amplified Pole Dancing (APD) is committed to protecting the privicy and security of your peronal information in accordance with the UK GDPR amd Data Protection Act 2018 ("data protection legislation") and any replacement legislation that may come into effect.We take care to protect the privicy of our customers,visitors,staff, or anyone that uses our producsts or services or commuinicates with us either online or offline.

We have developed this privicy notice to inform you of the data we collect,what we do with that information,what we do to keep it secure as well as your rights and choices you have over your personal infomation.

Amplified Pole Dancing (APD) /Tamara Mattingley is the data controller for the personal information we process unless otherwise stated and registered with the ICO (registration number:)

you can contact us through tamara.mattingley@hotmail.co.uk or our contact form

we only use personal information if we have an appropriate reason(lawfull basis) to do so and this includes sharing infromation outside of APD.

sections in this policy:

what is your 'personal information' or 'peronal data'?
what infromation we collect and why
how we collect your data/infromation
how we store your information and who sees it
how your personal information is used and shared
view, change, or request deletion of your personal infromation/data
how long we retain your data
what happens if we cannot collect your data
transfer of data on the internet and its security
marketing comminications
embedded content from other websites
using the contact form
cookies

1 What is your 'personal information' or 'personal data'?

What is your ‘personal information’?In this privacy policy, the term ‘personal information’ has the meaning given to it in the GDPR. In general terms, it is any information that can be used to personally identify you. If the information we collect personally identifies you, or you are reasonably identifiable from it, and is therefore considered ‘personal information’.

We may also collect some information that is not personal information because it does not identify you or anyone else. For example, we may collect anonymous answers to surveys or aggregated information about how users use our website.

Your personal information will not be shared, sold, rented, or disclosed other than as described in this privacy policy.

2 What information we collect and why

APD may collect the following personal information from you:

Name
Current mailing/residential/billing addresses
Email address
Contact telephone number
Age or birth date
Relevant health related information

We collect personal information about you so that we can perform our business activities and functions and to provide the best possible quality of customer service. We collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:

To provide our services to you
To send communications requested by you
To answer enquiries and provide information or advice about existing and new services
To keep you physically safe whilst receiving our services.
To comply with any Law, rule, regulation, Lawful and binding determination, decision or direction of a regulator, or in co-operation with any governmental authority.

3 How we collect your data/ information

We collect your personal information directly from you unless it is unreasonable or impracticable. When collecting personal information from you, we may collect it in these ways:

When you make an enquiry about our services
Paperwork you fill in
Through our website inlcuding any online forms
During conversations between you and our employees
When you ask to be placed on one of our subscription/mailing lists
When you become a client, customer or member or otherwise use our products or services

4 How we store your information and who sees it

We may hold your information in either electronic or hard copy form.

If kept on paper (for example paper health form or notes from classes or 121s) it is kept in a locked cabinet. If your personal information is kept online, it is kept securely (details below).

Personal information is destroyed or de-identified when no longer needed or when we are no longer required by Law to retain it (whichever is the later).

Our employees and the contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us.

Your electronic information is stored by either APD/ Tamara Mattingley directly or by any of the host sites used to provide their services. Your information may be transferred and stored outside the UK/EEA (for example, by our website provider Wix.com and its service providers). Where this happens, we take steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information.

5 How your personal infromation is used or shared

Personal information taken at the time of booking, is submitted to the website, for any of the following;

Pole Dance Classes (online and in person)
Flexibility , Chair or any other Workshops (online and in person)
Enquiries or Contact forms.

Tamara Mattingley, staff contracted for APD ,web developers and accountants contracted by Tamara Mattingley/APD will see this information.

a. Systems to which your personal information is transmitted and therefore stored
We use the following systems to extend the functionality of our website so please see the links for their privacy policies;

Online Booking System – bookwhen
Bookwhen takes payments for Pole Dance Classes, Workshops and Memberships.
Payment Systems – Stripe, BACs
Card payment details are not stored on this website, they are only stored within the Stripe Payment System.
Online health questionaire/ Par-Q -Jorform- Holds and stores your pre class /annual medical decleration and waiver.
Marketing – Mailerlight for those subscribed to our mailing list

b. Purchase data is held for 7 years, a requirement for business purposes, and then deleted.

c. Our website is on a website hosting and building platform(wix), which means the website is hosted on their secure servers. They might see any information held on the site; any contact forms , comments on blog posts, information imputed to book sessions or create accounts, and pay online. However full card/payment details are never visible and are encrypted by the payment processor(Stripe) .

6 View , change or request deletion of your personal data

At any time, you can contact Tamara Mattingley directly to request to view, update, delete your personal details. You can report a data breach, if you are concerned that one a has taken place by contacting ico.org.uk.

Amplififed Pole Dancing is committed to protecting information about you that is collected, stored, and used when you provide it through the website. We uphold your rights to privacy in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We are compliant with its requirements with respect to the collection, management, and disclosure of your personal information. If you do not wish to provide personal information to us, then you do not have to do so. However, this will affect your use of the website for any products and services offered.

We keep your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide our services (including managing your bookings, payments, member accounts and communications), to meet our legal, tax and accounting obligations, and to resolve disputes. When we no longer need your information for these purposes, we will delete it or anonymize it so that it can no longer be linked to you.

7 How long we retain your information

8 What happens if we cannot cololect your data

If you do not provide us with the personal information described above, some or all of the following may happen:

We may not be able to provide our products or services to you, either to the same standard or at all
We may not be able to provide you with information about services that you may want, including information about special promotions.

9Transfer of data on the internet and its security

All websites are linked to the Internet, and general Internet security is never guaranteed. We therefore cannot provide any assurance regarding the security of transmission of information from you to us, online. We also cannot guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted. Accordingly, any personal information or other information which you transmit to us online is transmitted at your own risk.

10 Marketing communications

We may send you direct marketing communications and information about our services that we consider may be of interest to you. These communications may be sent in various forms, including email, Facebook messenger, Instagram, SMS, WhatsApp. You can opt out of marketing communications by contacting us at tamara.mattingley@hotmail.co.uk or by using opt-out facilities provided in the marketing communications.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

11 Embedded content from other websites

12 Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website. We use cookies provided by Wix and other service providers to make the site work properly, keep it secure, remember your preferences, and understand how visitors use our site. You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. If you choose to disable some or all cookies, parts of our website may not function correctly. For more details about cookies used by Wix, please see Wix’s own cookie policy.

Date: 12th August 2026

Edited and customized by: Tamara Mattingley