Privacy Policy
Alinea Productions LLC dba Alinea Dance Competition
Last Updated: August 13, 2026
1. Introduction
Alinea Productions LLC, doing business as Alinea Dance Competition (“Alinea,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you visit our website, communicate with us, register for events through third-party platforms, or otherwise interact with Alinea online.
By accessing or using our website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
2. Website Scope
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, the term “website” includes alineadance.com and any other websites, landing pages, online services, or digital properties owned or operated by Alinea that link to or reference this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy applies only to websites and services owned or operated by Alinea and does not apply to third-party websites, platforms, or services that maintain their own privacy policies.
3. Information We Collect
A. Information You Provide
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, including but not limited to:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Studio or organization name
- Billing or contact information
- Communications sent to us
Event registration, scheduling, payments, account creation, livestream access, merchandise purchases, and media access are generally processed through third-party platforms, which collect and manage data according to their own privacy policies.
Although registration and related services are completed through third-party providers, Alinea receives participant, parent or guardian, studio, registration, payment status, and event information necessary to administer Events, communicate with registrants, distribute media, provide customer support, and otherwise operate our business.
B. Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect information such as:
- IP address
- Browser type and device information
- Pages viewed
- Time spent on the website
- Referring URLs
This information is used to improve website functionality, analyze website performance, understand visitor behavior, and support our marketing efforts.
4. How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Communicate with studios, participants, parents, guardians, and customers.
- Administer competitions and related services.
- Provide updates, announcements, and customer support.
- Send marketing or informational communications (where permitted and subject to applicable opt-out rights).
- Improve our website, services, and user experience.
- Analyze website traffic and advertising effectiveness.
- Comply with legal obligations and protect our business interests.
5. Information Sharing
Alinea does not sell personal information.
We may share personal information with trusted third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, including:
- Event registration and management providers
- Payment processors
- Website hosting providers
- Email and marketing communication providers
- Analytics providers
- Advertising and remarketing providers
- Livestream and media distribution providers
- Merchandise fulfillment providers
- Customer support and technology providers
These providers are authorized to use personal information only as necessary to provide services to Alinea or as otherwise permitted under their own privacy policies.
Alinea shares personal information only as necessary to operate our business, provide our services, comply with legal obligations, or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.
6. Third-Party Services
Alinea utilizes third-party service providers for services including, but not limited to:
- Event registration and scheduling
- Payment processing
- Email marketing and communications
- Website hosting
- Analytics and performance tracking
- Advertising and remarketing services
- Livestream and media functionality
- Merchandise services
While Alinea carefully selects many of its third-party service providers, we do not control their independent privacy practices or data handling. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those providers before engaging with their services.
7. Cookies & Analytics
Our website uses cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to improve website functionality, analyze website traffic, measure advertising performance, and enhance the user experience.
These technologies may include:
- Necessary Cookies, which enable core website functionality.
- Functional Cookies, which remember user preferences and improve website usability.
- Analytics Cookies, including Google Analytics, which help us understand how visitors use our website.
- Advertising Technologies, including Meta Pixel, which help measure advertising performance, improve our marketing efforts, and may support remarketing or retargeting advertising campaigns.
We do not sell personal information. Depending on applicable law, certain uses of advertising technologies may constitute the “sharing” of personal information for advertising purposes.
You may limit or disable cookies through your browser settings or applicable third-party privacy controls; however, some features of the website may not function properly as a result.
Additional information regarding Google Analytics and Meta Pixel, including their respective privacy practices, is available through Google’s and Meta’s published privacy policies.
8. Email Communications
If you choose to receive emails from Alinea, you may receive announcements, updates, promotional communications, or other information regarding our Events and services.
You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those communications. Please note that we may continue to send transactional or administrative communications related to your registrations or our business relationship.
9. Children’s Privacy
Alinea Events involve minor participants; however, our website is not intended for children under the age of thirteen (13) to independently provide personal information.
We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under thirteen (13) through our website. Information relating to minor participants is provided by parents, legal guardians, or authorized studio representatives through third-party registration platforms.
10. Data Security
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information under our control.
However, no method of electronic transmission, storage, or security is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, administer our Events, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and maintain appropriate business records.
12. Privacy Rights
Depending on your state of residence, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information under applicable law, including the right to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or a copy of certain personal information we maintain about you.
To exercise any applicable privacy rights, please contact us using the information provided below. We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to your request.
13. International Users
Although Alinea primarily conducts business within the United States, individuals outside the United States may access our website.
Information collected through our website may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your country. We will process personal information in accordance with applicable law.
14. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to, or embedded content from, third-party websites or services.
Alinea is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of those third-party websites or services. We encourage users to review the privacy policies of those third parties before providing personal information.
15. Governing Law
This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
Your continued use of our website following the posting of any changes constitutes your acknowledgment of the revised Privacy Policy.