Effective Date: 09/20/2024

Privacy Policy

Ayurved Sadhana (“we,” “our,” “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website [www.ayurvedsadhana.com] (the “Website”). Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

1. Information We Collect

1.1. Personal Information:

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Sign-up for the newsletter on our Website, including your name, company name, address, email address, and phone number.
• Contact us directly, which may include your name, email address, phone number, and the contents of your message and/or attachments you may send us, as well as any other information you choose to provide.

1.2. Automatically Collected Information:

When you visit the Website, we may automatically collect information such as:

• Log Files: Information including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the Website, track users’ movements, and gather demographic information. This information is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies to collect information about your interaction with the Website, including the pages you visit and the links you click. You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings.

1.3. Third-Party Information:

We may receive information about you from third parties such as our advertising partners, service providers, and other third parties. This information may include your interactions with advertisements or our Website as well as publicly available information.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain the Website.
• Improve, personalize, and expand the Website and our services.
• Understand and analyze how you use the Website and develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for customer service, updates, and other information relating to the Website, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
• Send you emails, newsletters, and other communications.
• Detect and prevent fraud and enhance the security of the Website.
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms & Conditions (the “Terms”), and policies.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

• Consent: We may process your personal data if you have given your explicit consent to the processing for one or more specific purposes.
• Contract: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
• Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
• Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as improving our services, provided that your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms do not override those interests.

4. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

• With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
• Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
• Protection of Rights: We may disclose your information when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

5. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security. You are responsible for keeping your account information and password confidential. If you have any reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us using the contact information provided at the end of this policy.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, and to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

7.1. General Data Protection Rights (GDPR):

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights under data protection laws:

• The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete any information you believe is incomplete.
• The Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided at the end of this policy.

7.2. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Rights:

If you are a resident of California, you have specific rights regarding your personal information under the CCPA:

• The Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data we have collected about you.
• The Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete any personal data we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions.
• The Right to Opt-Out of Sale: You have the right to request that we do not sell your personal data. We do not sell personal data in the traditional sense (exchange of data for money), but we do share data with third parties for advertising and analytics purposes which may be considered a “sale” under the CCPA.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided at the end of this policy.

8. Children’s Privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. Our Website is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us immediately.

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as web beacons and pixels) to collect and use personal data about you, including to serve interest-based advertising. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. For more information about our use of cookies and other tracking technologies, please see our Cookie Policy.

9.1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

9.2. Types of Cookies We Use

• Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the Website to function correctly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set only in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling out forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Website may not work properly as a result.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us understand which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our Website, and we will not be able to monitor its performance.
• Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the Website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. For example, functional cookies may be used to remember your preferences, such as language settings or the region you are in, and to provide you with more relevant content. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly.

• Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies may be set through our Website by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other websites. These cookies work by uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

9.3. Managing Cookies:

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or delete cookies that have already been set. However, if you choose to disable cookies, you may not be able to use certain features of the Website, and some functionality may be reduced.

For more information on how to manage cookies, please visit your browser’s help menu. 

10. Third-Party Services

Our Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Website, such as Google Analytics. These providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

10.1. Third-Party Advertising and Analytics:

We may partner with third-party advertising networks, exchanges, and social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Google, LinkedIn) to display advertising on the Website and to manage and serve our advertising on other sites. These third-party partners use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and use certain information about your online activities, either on our Website and/or other sites and apps, to infer your interests and deliver you targeted advertisements based on those inferred interests.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, and other factors. When we update this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Effective Date” at the top of this page and post the updated policy on this page. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about our collection, use, and sharing of your information.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us or by placing a prominent notice on our Website.

12. Your Consent

By using our Website, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, or if you would like to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at:

Ayurved Sadhana LLC
2082 Grayden Court, Superior, CO 80027
info@ayurvedsadhana.com
(720)-382-6488

We are committed to resolving any concerns you may have about your privacy. Please contact us first, and we will do our best to respond promptly and in accordance with applicable laws.