Privacy Policy
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Our Organization is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run organization that offers tools for the physical, mental and inner well-being of human beings across the world. Everything that we do is guided by these values, including the ways in which we collect, protect and use data. As a part of effectively offering these tools to Users, We obtain some of the User’s data.
Our Organization is committed to ensuring the security and protection of the personal data provided by the Users of our website, and to providing a compliant and consistent approach to data protection. We will only process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. The protection afforded by this Policy applies to all Users, irrespective of their nationality, or place of residence, in relation to the processing and profiling of their personal data. It includes the processing of personal data by automated means, as well as manual processing.
This Privacy Policy will explain what personal data we collect when you use our website and how our Organization uses and stores your personal data. Please read our Terms of Use for the usage of the website and further information.
The Privacy Policy describes the following:
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What data do we collect?
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How do we collect your data?
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How will we use your data?
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How do we store your data?
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Marketing
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What are your data protection rights?
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How to contact us?
Section 1: What data do we collect?
Amongst other information, our Organization collects the following data:
Email ID
Name
Phone Number / WhatsApp number
Country of Residence
State
City
Zipcode / Pincode
ID Proof
Section 2: How do we collect your data?
You directly provide our Organization with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data every time you:
Complete online forms and sign up for any particular program/offering/event that we offer;
Contact us offline, for example by telephone, fax, SMS, email or post.
Provide us your data through physical media like registration form, donation form, application form etc.;
Use or view our website (via your browser’s cookies);
Choose to support Shiva science initiatives as a volunteer or donor.
Section 3: How will we use your data?
Our Organization collects your data so that we can:
Provide you with information regarding programs, events and sadhana support etc., that you have requested and/ or signed up for;
Manage our relationship with you (for example, support activities);
Establish contact with you through phone calls, WhatsApp messages, email and other social media platforms that you have consented to, to provide support in the programs, practices and processes that you have registered for.
Monitor, measure, improve and protect our content, website, and services and provide an enhanced and personalized user experience for you;
Respond to your queries and resolve complaints;
Provide any of your information that we are required to submit in order to comply with our regulatory or legal obligations;
Detect, prevent, investigate or provide remedy for criminal, illegal or prohibited activities;
Section 4: How do we store your data?
Our Organization uses various technological and procedural security measures to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the personal information that we collect. We also have implemented reasonable security measures in an effort to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Personal information collected by our Organization is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public.
Once we obtain your data, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your User Information, we cannot guarantee its security. You use the Services and provide us with information at your own initiative and risk. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you have with us has been compromised), please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us as specified in Section 6 below.
Our Organization will only retain your personal data following your application for a period of time depending on the category of data and the purposes for which we hold it. We will only retain your data after this time if we are required to do so to comply with the applicable laws of India.
Section 5: Marketing:
Our Organization does not sell any data to third parties for marketing or any other purpose.
Section 6: What are your data protection rights?
Our Organization would like to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access: You have the right to request our Organization for copies of your personal data.
The right to rectification: You have the right to request that our Organization correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request our Organization to complete information you believe is incomplete.
The right to remove: You have the right to request our Organization erase/remove your personal data, under certain reasonable conditions.
The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that our Organization restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain reasonable conditions.
The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our Organization’s processing of your personal data, under certain reasonable conditions.
The right to data portability: You have the right to request that our Organization transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain reasonable conditions.
Our Organization makes use of third-party services as well as offers services related to storage of user data, user authentication, user consent and user profile management.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our website
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Section 12: Changes to our privacy policy:
Our Organization keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page.
Section 13: Participating Entities with whom the information is shared