Legal

Legal notice & privacy

Everything you need to know about DANZ's legal framework.

1. Service Provider

Francisco Caro-Ruiz — Independent entrepreneur
BCE (Belgian Crossroads Bank for Enterprises): 0553.872.572
VAT: BE0553872572
Address: Brussels, Belgium
Email: francisco@danz.be
Phone: +32 491 91 61 78
Website: www.danz.be

2. Hosting

Servers located in the European Union, GDPR-compliant. Daily encrypted backups.

3. Publication director

Francisco Caro-Ruiz, as independent publisher and founder of DANZ.

4. GDPR / DPO contact

For any question regarding the processing of your personal data or to exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, portability, objection, restriction), contact:
francisco@danz.be

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD / GBA):
Rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Brussels · www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be

Privacy policy

DANZ is built to protect your data and that of your students. We strictly apply the GDPR.

Data we collect

  • School data: name, address, contacts, configuration.
  • Student data: name, email, phone, photo (if provided), attendance and payment history.
  • Technical data: IP address, browser, audit logs (who did what, when).

Use

  • Provide the dance school management service.
  • Send operational communications (reminders, invoices).
  • Improve the service (anonymised, aggregated statistics).

Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access: obtain a copy of your data;
  • Right of rectification: correct inaccurate or incomplete data;
  • Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten");
  • Right to portability: receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format;
  • Right to object to processing on legitimate grounds;
  • Right to restriction of processing;
  • Right to withdraw consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, contact francisco@danz.be. Response within 30 days maximum, free of charge.

Cookies

DANZ only uses strictly necessary functional cookies (session, preferences). No advertising tracking cookies. No data shared with third parties.

You can reset your cookie preferences at any time:

Terms of service

1. Nature of the service (SaaS)

DANZ is an online service provided in SaaS mode (Software as a Service). The application, its code, infrastructure and technical data are hosted and operated by DANZ. The customer does not buy the software: they subscribe to a temporary right of use, granted for the duration of their active and paid subscription.

2. Pricing and payment

Price: €49/month VAT inc., per school, per subscription.
Due date: The monthly fee must be paid before the 15th of each month. Beyond this date, late fees and access suspension may apply.
Commitment: 1-month minimum at activation, then cancel anytime, no fees, no justification.
Guarantee: Money-back guarantee during the first 30 days, no conditions.
Payment: Credit card or SEPA transfer, automatic debit.
Invoicing: Invoice sent by email each month.
Price changes: 60-day notice, applicable only to renewals.
Payment failure: If a debit fails or payment is not received by the 15th of the month, access may be suspended after a 7-day notice without effect. Legal late-payment penalties (Belgian law of 2 August 2002) apply automatically.

2 bis. One school = one subscription

Each DANZ subscription is tied to one single school, identified by its trade name, company number and main location. It is strictly forbidden to:

  • Use a single subscription to manage several independent schools;
  • Include in your subscription another school than your own (even subsidiary, partner or affiliated);
  • Share administrator credentials with another legal entity;
  • Resell, sublease, lend or share all or part of the service with a third party, free of charge or for a fee.

Any school or legally distinct structure must subscribe to its own subscription. Violating this clause results in immediate termination without refund and may lead to legal action for fraudulent use.

3. Intellectual property

DANZ, its source code, interface, features, texts, images, logo, design and databases remain the exclusive and entire property of Francisco Ruiz. No element of the service may be copied, modified, duplicated, reproduced, distributed, sold or used to create a derivative work, in whole or in part, without prior written authorisation.

The customer expressly agrees not to:

  • Decompile, disassemble or reverse-engineer the application;
  • Copy, reproduce or take inspiration from the code, design, features or texts;
  • Automatically extract content from the service (scraping, crawling, automated copying);
  • Use DANZ or take inspiration from its functioning to develop a competing service;
  • Remove, hide or alter intellectual property notices (logo, copyright, trademarks);
  • Sublease, lend, transfer or assign their access to a third party;
  • Allow several legally distinct entities to use a single subscription.

Any infringement of intellectual property may result in immediate termination without refund, as well as civil and criminal proceedings.

4. Right of use

The subscription grants the customer a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-transferable right of use, strictly limited to the duration of effective payment. This right ends automatically and immediately in case of non-payment, suspension, termination or expiration of the subscription, without need for prior notice.

The end of the right of use ends access to the application. Data remain exportable for 60 days after subscription end, after which they may be permanently deleted.

5. Right to refuse, suspend or terminate

DANZ reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to refuse, suspend or terminate a subscription at any time, particularly in case of:

  • Non-payment after notice;
  • Use contrary to these terms, the terms of use or the law;
  • Behaviour harmful to the security, integrity, stability or reputation of the service;
  • Attempt of fraudulent access to the application, other users' data or the infrastructure;
  • Reasonable suspicion of fraud, money laundering or illegal activity;
  • Infringement of DANZ's or third-party intellectual property.

In case of termination for fault, no refund, even partial, will be due.

6. Customer responsibility for data and content

The customer is solely responsible for the data, texts, photos, videos, logos and content they record, import, process and publish in DANZ (students, teachers, attendance, payments, events, communication materials, etc.). They warrant that all their content respects copyright, image rights, trademarks and third-party rights. They commit to:

  • Have the legal right to collect and process such data;
  • Obtain informed consent from their students and teachers for the collection and processing of their personal information;
  • Comply with the GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and Belgian law of 30 July 2018 on personal data protection;
  • Comply with Belgian and European legislation applicable to their activity (commerce, taxation, labour law, image rights, etc.);
  • Implement necessary security measures (strong passwords, access management, team training);
  • Keep data up to date and correct or delete any erroneous or obsolete information;
  • Respond to data-subject rights requests (access, rectification, erasure, portability) made by their own users.

DANZ acts as a processor within the meaning of Article 4-8 of the GDPR and provides the technical tools enabling the customer (controller) to ensure their compliance: export, deletion, audit log, encryption.

The customer indemnifies DANZ against any claim, legal action or administrative fine related to a breach of their obligations as data controller.

7. Service availability and maintenance

DANZ commits to keeping the service available with a target of 99.5% monthly uptime, excluding planned maintenance (notified at least 48h in advance) and force majeure (host outage, DDoS attack, natural disaster, third-party failure, etc.).

8. Limitation of liability and data loss

DANZ shall in no event be liable for indirect damages, loss of revenue, loss of customers, loss of image, loss of opportunity or loss of data, whether caused by:

  • The customer themselves (mishandling, accidental deletion, compromised passwords, etc.);
  • A third party (customer's collaborator, former employee, phishing attack, etc.);
  • An external event (force majeure, third-party failure, large-scale cyber attack, host outage);
  • Use contrary to these terms or the terms of use.

DANZ performs daily automatic backups but does not guarantee exhaustive data recovery in case of major incident. Customers are advised to regularly export their critical data.

In any event, DANZ's maximum liability is limited to the amount of the last 3 months of subscription effectively paid, except in cases of gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

9. Confidentiality

DANZ commits to not disclose to third parties the data and information stored by the customer in the application, except by legal obligation (judicial requisition, etc.) or express authorisation from the customer. Technical subcontractors (host, payment gateway) are bound by equivalent confidentiality commitments.

10. Force majeure

Neither party shall be liable for a failure to perform its obligations resulting from a case of force majeure as defined by Belgian case law.

11. Applicable law and jurisdiction

These terms are governed by Belgian law. Any dispute relating to their interpretation or execution shall fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the judicial district of Brussels, except for any mandatory legal provision to the contrary (notably consumer law).

12. Amendments

DANZ may modify these terms at any time. Customers are notified by email at least 30 days before the new terms take effect. Continued use of the service after this date constitutes acceptance. In case of disagreement, the customer may terminate without fees before the effective date.

13. Severability

If any clause is declared null or unenforceable, the other clauses shall remain fully in force. The null clause shall be replaced by a clause of equivalent economic effect within the limits of the law.

Terms of use

By using DANZ, you commit to:

  • Not using the service for illegal purposes.
  • Not attempting to access accounts or data that don't belong to you.
  • Keeping your credentials confidential.
  • Respecting GDPR towards your own students.

DANZ commits to:

  • Keeping the service available (target 99.5% monthly uptime).
  • Backing up your data daily.
  • Notifying you of planned maintenance.
  • Notifying you within 72h of any data breach (GDPR).

Credits

Site designed and built by Francisco Ruiz. EU hosting. Inter font (Google Fonts, OFL).