Privacy Policy & Terms of Service
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Last updated: October 7, 2025 | Reading time: ~3 minutes (summaries only)
👤 Who's Behind SocialDancer?
Hi! I'm David Freiholtz and I love dancing and privacy.
I built SocialDancer because I wanted a better way to find dance events. I live in Sweden, and I held the position as GDPR responsible person for multiple years at a big hosting company in Sweden. I personally dislike the attention economy and the surveillance economy, so I promise to treat your data like I'd want mine treated - with respect and care.
Legal Entity: SocialDancer is operated by David Freiholtz, a private person (not a company) based in Sweden.
Data Controller: David Freiholtz is the data controller responsible for your personal data processed through this website.
Jurisdiction: This service operates under Swedish and EU law, including full GDPR compliance.
Business Structure: Personal project operated by an individual, not a registered company
🛡️ Your Privacy Comes First
I actually care about your privacy - it's not just legal talk.
- ✅ GDPR compliant - I follow all EU privacy laws
- ✅ No data selling - Your data will NEVER be sold
- ✅ Minimal collection - I only collect what's needed
- ✅ You're in control - Delete your account anytime
- ✅ Transparent - I'll tell you exactly what I do with your data
This Privacy Policy complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 and Swedish data protection laws. We process personal data based on the following legal bases:
- Consent: For optional features like AI search and newsletter subscriptions
- Contract: To provide the services you've signed up for
- Legitimate Interest: For security, fraud prevention, and service improvement
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including encryption, access controls, and regular security assessments.
📊 What Information Do We Collect?
Just the basics to make the site work for you:
- 📧 Email address - So you can log in
- 👤 Username - How you want to be known
- 🌍 Country - Required to show relevant events near you
- 💃 Dance preferences - Events you like or attend
- 🔍 Search queries - Saved for misuse prevention and improvement
- 🍪 Essential cookies - To keep you logged in
Personal Data Categories:
- Account Information: Email address, username, encrypted password, optional profile information
- Usage Data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, time and date of visits, time spent on pages
- Preference Data: Dance style preferences, favorite events, bookmarked content
- Communication Data: Messages you send us, feedback, support requests
- Third-Party Data: If you sign in with Google, we receive your name and email from your Google account
Cookies: We use essential cookies for authentication and session management. We use functional cookies to remember your preferences. All cookies are first-party only.
🎯 How We Use Your Information
Everything we do with your data is to help you find dances:
- 🔐 Keep you logged in - So you don't have to sign in every time
- 📍 Show relevant events - Dance events in your area
- 🤖 AI-powered search - Smart answers to your dance questions (our only search method)
- 📧 Important updates only - Account security, major changes
- 🛠️ Improve the service - Fix bugs, add requested features, prevent misuse
Purposes of Processing:
- Service Provision: To create and manage your account, provide access to dance event information, enable event bookmarking and preferences
- Communication: To send service-related emails (password resets, security alerts, major updates)
- Improvement: To analyze usage patterns, identify bugs, develop new features based on user needs
- Misuse Prevention: To detect and prevent spam, abuse, and harmful queries in our AI search system
- Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements
- Security: To detect and prevent fraud, unauthorized access, and other harmful activity
Retention: We retain your account data while your account is active. Usage logs are deleted after 90 days. You can request deletion at any time.
✊ Your Rights & Control
You're in charge of your data:
- 👁️ See your data - Download everything we have about you
- ✏️ Fix mistakes - Update wrong information anytime
- 🗑️ Delete everything - Remove your account and all data
- ⏸️ Pause processing - Restrict how we use your data
- 📦 Take it with you - Export your data in standard format
- 🚫 Say no - Opt out of optional features anytime
Your GDPR Rights:
- Right of Access (Article 15): Request a copy of your personal data we process
- Right to Rectification (Article 16): Request correction of inaccurate personal data
- Right to Erasure (Article 17): Request deletion of your personal data ('right to be forgotten')
- Right to Restriction (Article 18): Request restriction of processing your personal data
- Right to Data Portability (Article 20): Receive your data in a structured, commonly used format
- Right to Object (Article 21): Object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent for processing at any time
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days as required by GDPR.
💌 Questions? Let's Talk!
I actually read and reply to emails:
[email protected]
Usually within 24 hours (I'm pretty quick!)
Legal maximum is 30 days, but I've never taken that long
First, talk to me - I'll try to fix it!
If still unhappy, contact Swedish IMY:
www.imy.se
Data Protection Contact:
Data Controller: David Freiholtz
Email: [email protected]
Response Time: Within 30 days as per GDPR Article 12(3)
Supervisory Authority:
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, IMY):
Website: www.imy.se
Address: Box 8114, 104 20 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 657 61 00
🎉 Thanks for actually reading this!
Most people just scroll to the bottom. You're awesome for caring about your privacy.