Cookie Policy

At Mirvolalfe, we believe in being straightforward about how our website works. This page explains what tracking technologies we use on mirvolalfe.com and why they matter for your experience with our partner dancing programs.

Cookies are small text files that get stored on your device when you visit our site. They help us remember your preferences and understand how people interact with our content. Nothing sinister—just practical tools that make websites function properly.

What We Track and Why

We use different types of tracking technologies depending on what needs to happen. Some are absolutely necessary for the site to work at all, while others help us improve your experience or understand which programs people find most interesting.

• Essential Cookies

  These keep the website functioning. Without them, you couldn't navigate between pages or access secure areas. They're the foundation—think of them like the floor beneath your feet when you're dancing.

• Functional Cookies

  These remember your choices so you don't have to repeat them every time you visit. Language preferences, form data you've entered—basically anything that saves you from unnecessary repetition.

• Analytics Cookies

  We use these to see which pages get the most attention and where people tend to spend their time. This helps us figure out what's working and what needs improvement. All data is collected in aggregate form.

• Marketing Cookies

  These track visits across websites to build a profile of your interests. They help us show relevant content about our programs to people who might actually be interested in learning partner dancing.

How This Actually Helps You

When you return to mirvolalfe.com, functional cookies remember where you left off. If you were reading about our autumn 2025 program schedule, that information stays accessible. If you filled out part of a contact form, your data doesn't disappear into the void.

Analytics data shows us that certain pages about dance methodology get way more traffic than others. That tells us what information matters most to prospective students, which helps us create better content and organize our site more intuitively.

How Long We Keep This Data

Different cookies have different lifespans. Session cookies disappear the moment you close your browser—they're temporary by design. Others stick around longer because they need to remember your preferences across multiple visits.

Marketing cookies typically last between 30 and 90 days. Analytics cookies might persist for up to two years, but they're storing aggregate data about site usage patterns rather than personal details about your individual browsing habits.

Taking Control of Your Privacy

You're not stuck with our default settings. Every modern browser gives you options to manage how cookies work on your device. You can block them entirely, delete existing ones, or set preferences that automatically reject certain types while accepting others.

Here's where to find those settings in common browsers:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and Other Site Data
• Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and Website Data
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and Site Permissions → Manage and Delete Cookies

Keep in mind that blocking all cookies will affect how the site functions. Essential cookies need to be enabled for basic navigation to work properly. But you have complete control over the functional, analytics, and marketing categories.

Third-Party Services

Some cookies on our site come from external services we use for analytics or content delivery. These third parties have their own privacy policies that govern how they handle data. We choose partners carefully and only work with services that meet reasonable privacy standards.

When you interact with embedded content—like videos or maps—those platforms may set their own cookies. We don't control those directly, but we've chosen platforms that respect user privacy and comply with current data protection regulations.

Changes to This Policy

Technology changes. So do regulations and best practices. We update this policy when necessary to reflect how we're actually operating. The date at the top of this page shows when we last made revisions.

If we make significant changes to how we use tracking technologies, we'll add a notice on our homepage for a reasonable period so returning visitors know to check the updated policy.