Privacy notice
Who is responsible?
Lorette Bosch is a sole trader, part of Marina's Dance Education Centre. She supplies the classes, is responsible for your information and is the Information Officer.
Contact Boschlorette@gmail.com, +27 83 238 5064, or East Cliff, 8 Jose Burman Dr, Hermanus, 7200 for privacy questions and requests.
What we collect and why
We collect the details you give us on the sign-up form:
- your name, email address and optional phone number;
- your class choice, experience level, payment option, start month (for monthly), amount and booking reference;
- optional past dance training and message;
- if you choose Ballroom and tick the optional wedding question: your wedding date if known, both partners' names and an optional song; your main name supplies the first partner's name;
- your required 18+ declaration, personal-information consent and safety acknowledgement.
We collect this directly from you to handle your sign-up and arrange adult ballet or ballroom classes, including wedding preparation within ballroom. We also receive messages you send about your sign-up or privacy requests. Limited delivery and security logs help protect and operate the form.
The classes and sign-up form are for adults aged 18 or older only.
The form does not collect health or injury details. Please tell Lorette directly, in person or by phone before class, about anything she should know. Don't include it in the message or training fields. The safety tick records your acknowledgement, not details of any condition.
Ask your partner before sharing their name and show them this notice. Please don't enter ID copies or bank details on this form.
We don't use your details to send marketing.
Venue-hire enquiries sent through this website are handled in the same way as class sign-ups, and Astride Studio's delivery copy is kept for no more than 30 days.
Your choice and required ticks
Using this form is voluntary. Marked fields and three separate ticks — 18+, privacy and overseas consent, and safety — are required online. You can contact Lorette by phone instead. We rely on your consent for the online sign-up and overseas email transfer.
Your name, email, class, experience level and payment option are required, plus a start month for the monthly option. Your partner's name is required only if you choose wedding preparation. Phone, past training, wedding date, song and message are optional. Without the required fields and ticks, the form cannot send an enquiry.
The required personal-information tick says:
I agree to Lorette using my details to handle my sign-up as explained in the privacy notice. I understand my entry is emailed through Gmail and stored by Google outside South Africa. (required)
The separate required safety tick says:
I have read the safety notice and will tell Lorette about any injury or health condition before class. (required)
Read the full safety notice directly above that tick on the sign-up form. It asks for no health details and is separate from the privacy and overseas consent. Signing up doesn't give permission to photograph, film or publish images of you. There is no photo or video permission field on the form.
Who receives it and where it goes
Astride Studio processes entries for Lorette on her instructions, using Oracle Cloud in Johannesburg, Caddy and n8n. Successful n8n runs are not stored in execution history; run history expires after seven days, separately from email.
Entries pass through astridestudio.za@gmail.com to Lorette. Google Gmail processes and stores entries outside South Africa, under the protections described in its privacy policy. Hosting the website in Johannesburg doesn't mean email stays in South Africa.
If future entries are delivered directly to Lorette's own inbox, this notice will be updated to describe that route. Direct delivery to a Gmail inbox would still use overseas Gmail processing.
Keeping information and withdrawing consent
We delete Astride Studio's delivery copy once Lorette confirms receipt, sooner if confirmed sooner and no later than 30 calendar days from initial receipt. This includes received, forwarded, sent and archived copies under Astride Studio's control, with permanent deletion from Gmail Trash rather than just moving a message there.
Lorette keeps class records only as long as needed for classes and lawful recordkeeping. Technical logs and backups have limited purposes; Google's own backup deletion can take longer. Access is limited to authorised people, with reasonable safeguards. No system is completely risk-free.
Withdraw consent at any time by emailing or phoning Lorette. She stops the online sign-up and deletes the entry from active records, instructing Astride Studio to delete its copies and Gmail Trash copies too. The pending booking cannot proceed online; contact Lorette by phone instead. Earlier lawful processing and separately confirmed bookings are unaffected. A specific lawful duty may require a limited record to remain.
Your rights and complaints
You can ask free of charge whether we hold your information, request access or correction or deletion, object where applicable, or withdraw consent using Lorette's contacts above. Rights have lawful limits, which we will explain.
You can complain directly to the Information Regulator:
- POPIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za.
- 010 023 5200.
- Woodmead North Office Park, 54 Maxwell Drive, Woodmead, Johannesburg, 2191.
- Complaints guidance.
You don't need our permission to complain. We update this notice if our handling of your information changes.
Find us
Studio: East Cliff, 8 Jose Burman Dr, Hermanus, 7200
Phone: +27 83 238 5064 · Email: Boschlorette@gmail.com