Privacy & cookie policy
This explains what personal information Polemad collects, why, and the control you have over it. We’ve kept it to what the site actually does — no more.
Last updated 27 July 2026
Who we are
Polemad is a worldwide directory of pole dance studios. We are the data controller for the personal information described here. For any privacy question, or to exercise the rights below, email us at admin@polemad.com.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which studios and cities people search for, so we can prioritise coverage. It records things like the pages you view, rough location (city-level, from your IP address), device and browser, and how you arrived. Google acts as our processor.
In the UK, EU and EEA these analytics cookies are off by default and only run if you accept them in the cookie banner — we use Google Consent Mode to enforce that. Elsewhere they are on by default. You can change your mind at any time (see Your choices).
Location
If you use “near me”, your browser asks your permission to share your location and we use it to sort studios by distance. It is used in your browser only — we do not store it or send it to our servers. Declining the prompt simply means you search by typing a place instead; nothing on the site requires it.
Hosting and security
The site is served by Cloudflare, which processes standard request data (such as your IP address) to route traffic, keep the site up and protect it from abuse. We also read the country Cloudflare derives from your IP for one purpose only: to decide whether to show you the cookie banner.
Studio owners
Studio listings are built from public information (see how listings are verified). If you are an owner and get in touch to claim or correct your listing, we use the contact details you give us to handle that request and to reach you about your listing — nothing else.
Your choices and rights
You can accept or reject analytics cookies in the banner, and change that later by clearing this site’s cookies in your browser — the banner returns and you can choose again. Under UK/EU data protection law you also have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to object to or restrict our use of it, and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise any of these, email admin@polemad.com. You may also complain to your local data protection authority (in the UK, the ICO).
Links to other sites
Studio pages link out to booking providers, studio websites and social profiles. Once you follow one of those links you’re on someone else’s site, under their privacy policy, not ours.
Changes
If we change how we handle your information we’ll update this page and the “last updated” date above.