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Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, AI Policy

Terms & Conditions

Website owner, the offering, and binding of Terms

This website is owned and operated by Metropolitan Studios, Inc. These Terms set forth the terms and conditions under which you may use our website and services as offered by us. This website offers visitors the ability to sign up for dance & movement classes, events, and purchase branded merchandise. By accessing or using the website of our service, you approve that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms.

Who can use this website

In order to use our website and/or receive our services, you must be at least 18 years of age, or of the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction, and possess the legal authority, right, and freedom to enter into these Terms as a binding agreement. You are not allowed to use this website and/or receive services if doing so is prohibited in your country or under any law or regulation applicable to you.

Key Commercial Terms

When buying an item, registering for a class or an event, you agree that: (i) you are responsible for reading the full item listing before making a commitment to buy it: (ii) you enter into a legally binding contract to purchase an item when you commit to buy an item and you complete the check-out payment process.

The prices we charge for using our services / for our products are listed on the website. We reserve the right to change our prices for products displayed at any time, and to correct pricing errors that may inadvertently occur. Additional information about pricing and sales tax is available on the payments page.

The fee for the
reoccurring services and any other charges you may incur in connection with your use of the service, such as taxes and possible transaction fees, will be charged on a monthly basis to your payment method.

Return & Refund Policy

No refunds are given on class cards or memberships, studio credit is provided. Custom branded products are not eligible for return or refund.

Retention of right to change offering

We may, without prior notice, change the services; stop providing the services or any features of the services we offer; or create limits for the services. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend access to the services without notice and liability for any reason, or for no reason.

Ownership of intellectual property, copyrights and logos

The Service and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of Metropolitan Studios, Inc. Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in these Terms shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works thereof.

Right to suspend or cancel user account

We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your access to the service without notice and liability for any reason, including if in our sole determination you violate any provision of these Terms or any applicable law or regulations. You may discontinue use and request to cancel your account and/or any services at any time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, with respect to automatically-renewed subscriptions to paid services, such subscriptions will be discontinued only upon the expiration of the respective period for which you have already made payment

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Metropolitan Studios, Inc. harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims, or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), made against them by any third party due to, or arising out of, or in connection with your use of the website or any of the services offered on the website.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Metropolitan Studios, Inc., be liable for any indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including without limitation, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to the use of, or inability to use, the service.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, [website owner] assumes no liability or responsibility for any (i) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content; (ii) personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to or use of our service; and (iii) any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all personal information stored therein.

Right to change and modify Terms

We reserve the right to modify these terms from time to time at our sole discretion. Therefore, you should review these page periodically. When we change the Terms in a material manner, we will notify you that material changes have been made to the Terms. Your continued use of the Website or our service after any such change constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. If you do not agree to any of these terms or any future version of the Terms, do not use or access (or continue to access) the website or the service.

Promotional emails and content

You agree to receive from time to time promotional messages and materials from us, by mail, email or any other contact form you may provide us with (including your phone number for calls or text messages). If you don't want to receive such promotional materials or notices – please just notify us at any time. 

Preference of law and dispute resolution

These Terms, the rights and remedies provided hereunder, and any and all claims and disputes related hereto and/or to the services, shall be governed by, construed under and enforced in all respects solely and exclusively in accordance with the internal substantive laws of United States of America, and the state of Georgia, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any and all such claims and disputes shall be brought in, and you hereby consent to them being decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in the City of Atlanta. The application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is hereby expressly excluded.

Customer Support Contact Information

For all customer support related inquiries you can email metrostudioseav@gmail.com, call 404.219.2003 or write to us at 1259 Metropolitan Ave SE Atlanta, GA 30316.

Privacy Policy

What type of information do we collect?
We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information and purchase history. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, communications); payment details (including credit card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profile.
 

How do we collect information?
When you conduct a transaction on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.
 

Why do we collect such personal information?
We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

  1. To provide and operate the Services;

  2. To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;

  3. To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;

  4. To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services; 

  5. To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.


​How do we store, use, share and disclose your personal information?
Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.  

 

All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

How do we communicate with you, our site visitors?
We may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.

 

How can you, our site visitors withdraw your consent?
If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at www.metrostudioseav.com or send us mail to: 1259 Metropolitan Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30316

​Privacy policy updates
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. 

​Questions and your contact information
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at metrostudioseav.com or send us mail to: 1259 Metropolitan Ave SE Atlanta, GA 30316.

Cookie Policy

Artificial Intelligence (AL) Policy

Applies to: Metropolitan Studios, The Atlanta School of Burlesque, The Candybox Revue

Document Purpose

This document outlines the company's position on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in generating content for official company materials.

Policy Statement

The company will not use AI-generated content in any official written text, event, class, and course descriptions, marketing materials, presentations, reports, or other forms of external communication.

Rationale

There are several reasons for this policy:

  • To ensure all our materials are created by humans and reflect the genuine expertise of our team.

  • As an arts organization, we do not support the use of AI. It relies on databases of existing works of written and visual content, raising questions and concerns about copyright and proper attribution to original artists, as well as devaluing original writers and visual artists.

  • AI-generated content may not always be factually accurate, original, or reflect Metropolitan Studios specific voice and message.

  • AI tools can perpetuate existing biases.

Exceptions

Limited exceptions to this policy may be considered on a case-by-case basis with prior written approval from the Marketing Director, who will consult with the CEO on an as-needed basis.

Alternatives to AI

Metropolitan Studios, Inc. may use the following alternatives to AI-generated content:

  • Human-created content developed by employees with subject matter expertise.

  • Stock photo and video libraries with appropriate licensing.

  • Data visualization tools based on factual company data.

Monitoring and Enforcement

Metropolitan Studios, Inc. reserves the right to monitor and address the use of AI tools for content creation.

Contact

For any questions regarding this policy, please contact the Marketing Director.

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