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DATA PROTECTION & PRIVACY POLICY
Yoga Gita has created this Privacy Statement to demonstrate its commitment to upholding the privacy of visitors to its Website, amongst other contacts. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, and protect your information on or through this website, including mobile site, blog, app, email, social media, feature, learning management platform, software, product, service, information, or content made available, displayed, or offered by or through Yoga Gita (collectively, this “Site”). By using this Site, you consent to Yoga Gita’s Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@yogagita.org.
By using the site, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy. These practices may be changed, but any changes will be posted and changes will only apply to activities and information on a going forward, not retroactive basis. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy whenever you visit the site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.
Note: the privacy practices set forth in this privacy policy are for this web site only. If you link to other websites, please review the privacy policies posted at those sites.
From time to time, Yoga Gita may change or update the Privacy Policy to address new issues, evolving technologies, changes in our Site, or other business practices. These changes may be made at any time with or without prior notice. So we encourage you to review this page each time you visit our Site. By using this Site you are accepting the then current version of the Privacy Policy.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
We collect personally identifiable “Personal Information” on this website when voluntarily submitted by our visitors. The information you provide is used to fulfill your specific request.
Your “Personal Information” comprises of several information you would be asked to share like your email address or other details when you take certain actions on or through our Site, such as registering for membership, subscribing to our e-newsletter, posting or commenting on our forums, listings, or blog, signing up for classes or events or Programmes offered by Yoga Gita, placing an order, or otherwise entering information on our Site. If you choose not to provide such information, you can still use the Site anonymously, but will not be able to use those services for which such information may be required.
There may be occasions in which we request optional demographic information, such as gender or age, to personalize our offerings or correspondence to you or to distinguish adults from minors.
COOKIE/TRACKING TECHNOLOGY
The Site may use cookie and tracking technology depending on the features offered. Cookie and tracking technology are useful for gathering information such as browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to the Site, and understanding how visitors use the Site. Cookies can also help customize the Site for visitors. Personal information cannot be collected via cookies and other tracking technology, however, if you previously provided personally identifiable information, cookies may be tied to such information. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties.
Yoga Gita also gathers details such as date, time, browser type, navigation history and IP addresses of all visitors to its websites. It uses this information for its internal security audit log, analyzing trends, for system administration purposes, and, also, to gather visitor behavior and usage patterns on the site. Yoga Gita may combine information supplied by an investor/customer during the registration process on the Website with usage data to learn more about users and their preferences about the content available on the site. Yoga Gita and its subsidiaries and affiliates may use this information to tailor services to the specific interests of visitors or to contact visitors about offers from its business associates, which may be of interest to them. Yoga Gita does not disclose this information to third parties.
DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION
Yoga Gita does not sell, rent, or lease its customer and investor information, and registration lists to third parties. Yoga Gita does not share personally identifiable information with third parties apart from parent, subsidiary, and affiliate companies. Information may be shared with third parties who are acting as Yoga Gta agents in providing its product(s)/service(s), and who agree to use it only for that purpose and keep the information secure and confidential. Yoga Gita will also disclose information that it maintains when required to do so by law or, in special cases, when Yoga Gita has reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact, or take legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) its rights or property. Yoga Gita may share aggregate information, which is not personally identifiable, with others.
USE OF DATA OR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use the Personal Information you submit to personalize your user experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and service or product offering in which you are most interested. For example, we may use your Personal information to send postal mail and email regarding special offers or promotions, changes to the Site, contests or surveys, updates on membership, customer service requests, and other news about Yoga Gita. We may also use your Personal Information to compile usage statistics and other data regarding the use of Yoga Gita’s services. Yoga Gita uses such information to improve its services.
COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY
Yoga Gita will take appropriate steps to ensure that personal data is protected from unauthorized access and disclosure, including limiting access to such data only to those employees with a business need to know. Only authorized employees, agents and contractors (who have agreed to keep information secure and confidential) have access to this information. All emails and newsletters from this site allow you to opt-out of further mailings. Users should check this policy frequently to keep abreast of any changes.
IP ADDRESS
We may collect and use your IP address to administer our Site effectively. An IP address is the number assigned to the computer that is connected to the Internet. It is essentially “traffic data” which cannot render you personally identifiable, but is helpful to us for improving our services. For example, it enables us to display content according to your preferences, diagnose problems with our server, and identify which areas of the Site are most heavily used. Such traffic data collection does not follow a user’s activities on any other sites in any way.
THIRD PARTY DISCLOSURE
Yoga Gita does not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise transfer your name, email address, or any other Personal Information to third-parties, outside of the following limited circumstances. We may disclose Personal Information to third parties: (a) if we have your consent; (b) if a service provided on our site requires interaction with a third party, or is provided by a third party, such as an application service provider; (c) to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions of Use, Privacy Policy, or other agreement; (d) to comply with the law, such as when Yoga Gita, its partners, sponsors, investors, or affiliates are served with legal process; (e) to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of Yoga Gita, our users, or others, including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection.
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Like many online services, Yoga Gita may share with our business partners and advertisers anonymous data on an aggregate basis. This may include information contained in server log files, such as your IP address and cookies, generalized traffic flow data, and aggregated statistical data that are not personally identifiable, including users’ demographic information. We reserve the right to provide any and all such aggregated and non-individually identifiable data to third parties.
Note that whenever you voluntarily make your Personal Information available online for viewing by third parties, such as on blogs, message boards, listings, or chat areas, the information you share also can be seen, collected, and used by third parties. We cannot be responsible for any unauthorized third party use of such information that you voluntarily share.
THIRD PARTY LINKS
This Site may contain links to other websites or offer third party products or services. When you use the links displayed on this Site to visit third party sites, you are leaving Yoga Gita’s Site to another website, where Yoga Gita’s privacy policies no longer govern.
We have no access to or control over any information collected by third parties through our Site. Such third parties may set and access their own cookies on your computer. Such cookies are subject to the privacy policy of those third parties. Those third parties do not have access to Yoga Gita’s cookies. We have no responsibility or liability for the privacy practices or the content of such third party websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of those third parties.
EDITING OR DELETING DATA AND UNSUBSCRIBING
If you are a registered member of Yoga Gita, you may edit your personal information by logging into your account. If you do not wish to receive our emails, you may opt-out from future mailings at any time through the unsubscribe link on our emails or sending an email to info@yogagita.org
We manage email lists through a list management system. Although we strive to update our email list as frequently as possible, you might receive another contact from us before we are able to remove you. Unsubscribing from one list managed by us may not necessarily remove you from all publication email lists. Even after you opt-out of receiving emails, you may still receive from us communications related to your account, such as freeze requests, online purchases, and important service alerts.
If you have questions or are experiencing problems unsubscribing or editing or deleting account data, please contact us at info@yogagita.org.
DATA STORAGE AND SECURITY
Your personal information is stored through a data management system. Your information can be accessed only by those who help manage that information and are required to keep the information confidential.
To ensure the security of your data, including address information and credit card numbers, Yoga Gita uses industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged through our Site.
NO GUARANTEE
While this Privacy Policy states standards for maintenance of data, and while efforts will be made to meet the said standards, Yoga Gita is not in a position to guarantee compliance with these standards. There may be factors beyond our control that may result in disclosure of data, such as a successful act of intrusion to the Site by a third party. Consequently we offer no warranties or representations with regards to the maintenance or non-disclosure of data.
ASSIGNMENT
In the event of an assignment, sale, joint venture, or other transfer of some or all of our assets, you agree we can assign, sell, license or transfer any information that you have provided to us. Please note, however, that any purchasing party is prohibited from using the PII submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy without your prior consent.
LAST MODIFIED DATE OF THESE TERMS OF USE
February 4, 2024.
PRIVACY CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about our privacy policy you may contact us using the information below
By email: info@yogagita.org
By Phone: 09482300820
We reserve the right to make changes to this policy. Any changes to this policy will be posted.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ALL PROGRAMME REGISTRATIONS AND CANCELLATIONS:
● Your participation in the training is confirmed only after the registration fee or the said course fees is paid.
● In the unlikely event that a Programme workshop or retreat is canceled by Yoga Gita, then 100% of the payment will be refunded, or an alternative retreat or training will be offered according to the registered participants. This does not include the cancellation of the training due to external circumstances such as conflicts between the countries, pandemics, bans on travel by a specific country etc.
● Yoga Gita accepts no responsibility for cancellation, delays, changes or losses caused by acts of God, war, and a threat of war, closure of airports, civil strife, natural disasters, accidents or any other events beyond our control. This includes injuries, illnesses, medical or psychiatric conditions of trainees developed during or after the course, and loss of, or damage to, personal property during the training.
● If a programme, workshop or retreat must be abandoned or interrupted due to exceptional circumstances, there will not be a refund if more than half of the training has been completed (start and finish dates inclusive).
● No refund is applicable when the student decides to leave the training for any reason.
● However, if the training is canceled due to exceptional circumstances before the mid-way, the trainees will be able to re-register for future training with a minimum payment for the food and accommodation.
● Yoga Gita accepts no responsibility for flight costs if training, workshops or retreats are canceled. The Institution is not liable for any flight cancellation, rescheduling or delays.
● Injury or illness before or during the training by partaking in training, workshops, retreats or classes, trainees retain control and direction over all their physical activities and voluntarily assume entire liability and accept the risk of harm, including physical injury and discomfort as a result of their participation in activities during the program.
● Yoga Gita accepts no liability for any injury or illnesses to trainees during the training, workshops, retreats or classes.
● Yoga Gita reserves the right to amend this policy at its sole discretion.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY FOR ONLINE CLASSES / PROGRAMME, 1 DAY WORKSHOPS AND DROP IN CLASSES:
● Cancellation Policy for Online Classes : If you do not attend a booked Online Live class or cancel with less than 2 hours notice you will still be charged for the entire class / Programme.
● You can cancel your online class booking online up to 2 hours before the scheduled class start time by contacting Yoga Gita.
● When you cancel your booking within the set time limit of 2 hours prior to the start of the class, you can avail the same to attend any other similar online class of the same cost within the next 90 days. The same needs to be notified to Yoga Gita via written email or message over a whatsapp to the official number and email ID
● The 2 hour cancellation limit allows you to offer your place to another student for the same program or any program of the same cost within the next 90 days
● If you’re unable to provide the requisite notice, you will forfeit the class
● For One Day programme, Pre-payment in full is required at time of registration
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY FOR OFFLINE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMMES
● Cancellation: Your registration is cancellable if requested anytime 45 days before the training / Course / Programme begins
● No refund of the fee paid under any circumstances in case of cancellations in the last 45 days before the training / Course / Programme begins.
● If the student is unable to participate in the training / Course / Programme, the fee can be transferable to a future course under exceptional circumstances if requested anytime before 45 days to the start of the course. One can transfer the paid amount to any future course, not necessarily the same style for which the initial deposit was made. For Ex. If the registration fee was paid for a 200 hours Yoga Teacher Training Programme, and the student decides to take the Pancha Kosha Retreat in the future, it is completely acceptable.
● Postponing the participation: Your registration can be transferred to future training / Course / Programme anytime 45 days before the beginning of the training / Course / Programme.
● However, the transfer of the registration is not possible (and no refund as well) if the transfer of registration is requested within the last 45 days before the training / Course / Programme begins.
● If a student needs to withdraw from the training / Course / Programme for special circumstances, due to illness, accident, death in the family, or other circumstances that make it impractical for the student to complete the training / Course / Programme Yoga Gita may give a partial refund to the student in the exercise of its discretion and Yoga Gita will provide a reasonable and fair refund.
● Yoga Gita will not give any refunds or credits after the training / Course / Programme starts.
● Any notice of cancellation or withdrawal by a student must be provided by certified email or whatsapp to the official Yoga Gita credentials
● No refunds will be given if Yoga Gita removes a student from the training / Course / Programme for bad conduct. Bad conduct is violation of the Code of Conduct, harassment, bullying, or any other behavior that is inappropriate or disruptive to the welfare of the ashram or to fellow students.