Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
References to 'we', 'us' and 'our' in this Privacy Policy are to LIVING VEDANTA, a spiritual and yoga learning centre established in West Wickham, South East London, UK and ‘you’ refers to user of this portal and its content and participant of LIVING VEDANTA programmes (Classes, Events and Retreats)
1. Your consent to this policy
By visiting this website and reading the privacy policy, you agree to the provisions of this policy and give explicit permission to the way we use your personal information.
2. Protecting your personal information
Our Code of Conduct commits us to protecting any personal information you provide to us. If we store and use that information, we do so in compliance with all relevant UK laws concerning its protection and use.
3. Personal information we collect
We hold only 3 personal data items i.e.name, email address, and contact phone number (Mobile and Landline). When you contact us, we may ask these three data items and keep a record for the purpose of communication and to help in the administration of classes, events or retreats.
4. Personal data and its storage
Information that you provide will be held by Living Vedanta securely outside the portal environment, in a manner that properly protects its privacy. No personal data is stored on this site. Any updates to these data will be managed via email / phone and new data items will supersede old.
Occasionally, with your permission, we may take photos and videos of our classes, events and retreats. This media content may be published on this portal.
5. When we use personal information
We use it when you contact us via this website or by email, indicating that you wish to:
- Enquire about our classes, programmes and/or study groups
- Attend our classes, programmes or groups
- Be added to our Mailing List, to communicate via email
- Register interest in a future event/retreat, classes or programmes
6. How we use personal information
- Enquiries: If you simply contact us (via, for example, our Contact page) we do not store your personal details. We use them solely to respond to you.
- Registration to events and attending classes: In order to communicate efficiently with all who regularly attend our classes, events or study sessions, whether online or in person, we need personal information as outlined in (3). A mobile number is used to send text messages or in use of WhatsApp or other messaging communication.
- Keeping in touch with you: If you subscribe to our Mailing List, we will keep you informed about LIVING VEDANTA programmes, classes and events.
To unsubscribe to any mailing list, simply contact us and we will remove your contact details completely from our records. Continued absence from our classes, etc, for six months or more also removes you from our Mailing List. The entire personal record of those who no longer attend talks or events is permanently removed after twelve months of inactivity.
Your personal data record is accessible only to the LIVING VEDANTA administration team (“Data Controllers”). However, data (anonymised by default) to ensure efficient provision of appropriate event services (e.g. head counts for accommodation and catering) may be given to service providers (“Data Processors”). Your registration for such events demonstrates your consent to this.
7. Restrictions on use
Your personal data will be used in line with agreed provisions of the policy. It will never be used for any purpose not stated in this Privacy Policy.
We have never sold or rented our Mailing List or any form of personal data, either in whole or part, and never shall.
We will never show or send your personal information to other organisations, companies or people without your prior written consent unless efficient event administration necessitates it (and even then, only to the extent strictly necessary).
8. Security
LIVING VEDANTA takes data security seriously. Our administration team who handle personal information are made aware of our privacy and security procedures and must follow them when handling personal information.
Please note that since no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, absolute security of data cannot be guaranteed. Nevertheless, we take all reasonable steps to ensure its maximum security.
9. Cookies
Websites (including ours) place very small text files on devices in order to recognise their browsers each time they visit. These tiny files are known as 'cookies'. Recognising browsers helps anonymously to measure how sites are used, which in turn shows how best to meet visitors' needs. For instance, they show which pages are viewed most often and whether error messages occur. Knowing this helps improve a site's usefulness and efficiency. Cookies can also be used to store any preferences visitors set for using our site and to help provide security and efficiency in online forms and login areas.
Being cookies are just text files and not programs, they cannot read devices or make any information they help collect available to any third party. They can be read only by the site that installs them. Although unique to each browser, our cookies are anonymous: they hold no personally identifiable data.
If you wish, you can set your browser not to accept cookies. AboutCookies.org tells you more, including how to remove them, but then some of this site's features will be unavailable.
10. Third parties
This Privacy Policy applies only to LIVING VEDANTA and not to any third party to whom we or our website may be linked. While we take all reasonable steps to ensure that we have good security and data handling practices, we are not responsible for those of others.