Privacy Notice | How We Protect Your Data

1. Introduction

Welcome to qixawoi.com ("we," "our," or "us"), a website dedicated to providing ice skating lessons and related content. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Data

We may collect personal identification information from users in various ways, including, but not limited to, when users visit our site, register on the site, subscribe to the newsletter, and in connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate:

Name
Email address
Phone number
Date of birth
Skating experience level
Payment information (for course registrations)

2.2 Non-Personal Data

We may collect non-personal identification information about users whenever they interact with our site. Non-personal identification information may include:

Browser name
Type of computer or device
Technical information about users' means of connection to our site, such as the operating system, Internet service providers, and other similar information
Pages visited
Time spent on site
Referring source

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect from you for the following purposes:

To personalize user experience
To improve our website and services
To process payments and manage course registrations
To send periodic emails regarding your account, services, or other products
To respond to inquiries, questions, and/or other requests
To administer contests, promotions, surveys, or other site features
To send newsletters and marketing communications (with opt-out options)
To analyze usage patterns and improve our content and offerings

4. Data Protection and Security

We implement appropriate data collection, storage, processing practices, and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored on our site.

Data exchange between the site and its users happens over a SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures. Our site is also in compliance with PCI vulnerability standards to create as secure an environment as possible for users.

However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our site may use "cookies" to enhance user experience. User's web browsers place cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Users may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the site may not function properly.

We use the following types of cookies:

Essential cookies: Necessary for the operation of the website
Analytical/performance cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website
Functionality cookies: Used to recognize you when you return to our website
Targeting cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed

6. GDPR Compliance

For users in the European Union, we adhere to the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This means you have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:

Right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
Right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
Right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
Right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
Right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
Right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

7. Third-Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties except as described below:

Trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
When we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety.

Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we discover that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our servers immediately.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. Users are encouraged to frequently check this page for any changes. Your continued use of this site after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.