Last updated September 2026
Privacy and photography
The short version: this website sets no cookies, and the only things it measures — which pages get visited, and how many people click Book — are counted in aggregate, with nothing attached to you. If you email us, we have your email. If you buy a ticket, the ticketing platform handles that, not us. We do take photographs and video at the Friday night, and you can ask us not to use yours.
What this website collects
This site uses Vercel Web Analytics, which is cookieless and collects only aggregate page views, referrers, country and device type. It does not use cookies, does not fingerprint, and does not record anything that identifies you. We also count how many people click a "Book" link on each page, as a running total with nothing attached to it.
Beyond that, nothing. There are no forms on this site, no cookies are set, and there is no other analytics or cross-site tracking of any kind — no Google Analytics, no advertising pixels, no session recording. Every "enquire" button opens your own email client rather than submitting anything to us.
The fonts are served from this domain rather than from Google, and the links to Eventbrite, Instagram, Facebook and Meetup are ordinary links rather than embedded widgets, so visiting a page here does not tell any of those companies that you did.
Our host, Vercel, keeps standard server logs — the sort of request data every web server records. We do not use them for anything.
If you email us
We receive whatever you send: your name, your email address and anything else you choose to put in the message. We use it to answer you and, for an event enquiry, to organise the event. We do not add you to a mailing list, and we do not pass it to anyone else. Ask us to delete the thread and we will.
If you book a ticket
Tickets are sold through Eventbrite and Gomry, and payments at the door are taken by Venmo, PayPal or Zelle. Those companies collect and hold your payment details under their own privacy policies — we never see a card number. What reaches us is the attendee list for the night.
Photography and video
We photograph and film at the Friday class and social, and we use the results on this website and on our social media accounts to show people what the night is actually like. This includes the class group photo and clips filmed during the classes.
If you would rather not appear, that is completely fine and you do not need to give a reason:
- Tell any instructor before or during the night and we will keep you out of what we shoot.
- If something is already published and you are in it, email hello@bachatalab.org and we will take it down. You do not have to explain why, and we will not ask.
We will always ask separately before using a photograph or a clip where you are the clear subject rather than one face in a room.
Children
The Friday night is an adult class and social, and this site is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect anything about anyone under 13.
Your rights
Because we hold almost nothing, most data requests have a short answer. You are still welcome to ask what we have about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it — email hello@bachatalab.org and we will respond. We do not sell or share personal information, and we never have.
Changes
In September 2026 we added Vercel Web Analytics. It is cookieless, and it records aggregate page views, referrers, country and device type, plus a count of how many people click a "Book" link on each page. That is the whole of it, and this page and the date above changed with it, as promised. If we add anything else that collects data — an embedded booking form, a different analytics tool, anything of that kind — we will do the same before it goes live.
Contact
Bachata Lab, Smuin Center for Dance, 1830 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
hello@bachatalab.org
Related: Eventbrite's privacy policy covers anything you enter when buying a ticket.