Privacy Policy
Okanagan Yoga Essentials and the South Okanagan Yoga Academy (“SOYA”) and its affiliates recognize the importance of protecting the information provided by users of our website (the "Site"). Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA have implemented this Privacy Policy to govern the use of personally identifiable information that we collect from this Site ("Personal Information"). This Privacy Policy is incorporated into this Site's Terms and Conditions by reference and is made a part thereof.
Overview
This Privacy Policy is intended to provide you with information as to: (i) the type of information that is collected, (ii) how the collected information is used and with whom it is shared; (iii) how we intend to protect the information; and (iv) how you can have such information modified and/or removed.
Collection of Information
Information You Provide to Us: Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA collects information about you that you choose to provide us when you visit and/or purchase products from our websites, sign up for e-newsletters, register for an event, or otherwise communicate with us online.
E-mail Communication
When you communicate with Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA electronically, via e-mail or otherwise, you consent to Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA's use of the information you have provided, and you further consent to receive electronic communications from Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA. If you would prefer not to receive such communications, please e-mail and so advise.
Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA e-Mailings
If you wish to subscribe to our Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA e-Mailings, we ask for your contact information (such as name and e-mail address). By completing the required forms and providing them to Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA, you consent to receive electronic communications from Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA. You may also opt out of receiving these communications at any time by sending an e-mail to
info@soyayoga.com with your request.
Registration and Ordering
For our services that require payment (such as certain events, products and listings), we also collect credit card information (such as account name, number and expiration date), which is used for billing purposes only, and is not otherwise shared.
Security of Information
Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA maintains reasonable standards of confidentiality and security for this Site and the Personal Information collected from this Site. The Personal Information you provide is secured using industry standard e-commerce security technology. Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA also restricts its own employees' access to Personal Information. However, it is possible that someone may intercept or access communications, transmissions and/or Personal Information. You must also seek to protect against unauthorized access to any passwords and/or accounts that you use in connection with this Site, and you should remember to log off of the website once you have completed your activities on the Site or if you have decided to step away from your computer. In the event that Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA determines that there has been a security breach resulting in the unauthorized disclosure of Personal Information to a third party, Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA will notify consumers whose Personal Information has been so disclosed by posting information on the Site and, if email contact is possible, then also by sending an email advisory with respect to situation.
Use and Sharing of Information
Use of Personal Information by Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA: The Personal Information collected by Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA may be used by Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA for any lawful purpose, including but not limited to, to communicate with you, send notices, respond to your requests, and analyze and improve Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA's products, its business and/or its service to you. Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA may use this information to send you e-mail newsletters, promotional offers with respect to goods or services of a particular brand or other types of communications on behalf of Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA and/or its affiliates. All e-mail newsletters and promotional offers will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of receiving future issues of such newsletters or to opt out of receiving future promotional offers with respect to such brand. We may also use your Personal Information to communicate with you to ask for your input to help in our research about our services, events, or products or to provide you with additional information about this Site and about other Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA websites, products, services, or events that we think might be of interest to you. In some cases, Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA may also use your Personal Information to send you relevant, carefully screened e-mails or other communications on behalf of reputable third parties. All such communications will provide you with the opportunity to opt out of receiving future third party offers from Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA. You may also, at any time, opt-out of receiving any third-party offers from this Site by sending an e-mail to info@soyayoga.com.
Disclosure by Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA of Personal Information to Other Entities
Without restriction, Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA may disclose aggregated statistics about visitors to its Site, along with specific information concerning individual visitors of its Site that is not Personal Information, provided that no specific individual can be identified by the information so disclosed. Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA may sometimes seek to share the Personal Information it has collected with a third party, and may also sometimes seek to share such Personal Information with companies that are affiliated with Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA. Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA may sometimes use a third party to provide certain services on its behalf, such as processing transactions, sending e-mails, subscription fulfillment, research, list cleansing, postal mailings or performing statistical analyses of activity on our websites. In compliance with privacy laws, we also may provide our opt-out lists to third party companies who send communications on Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA's behalf to seek to ensure that communications are not sent to those who have opted-out of receiving such. We only deal with third party companies whom we believe share our commitment to privacy and who will keep your information secure. In the event that Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA provides certain of your Personal Information to any such entity, Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA will require that any such entity maintain the confidentiality of (and not further share) the Personal Information that Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA has provided to it.
Accessing Your Information
You may update and/or correct the Personal Information collected on this Site, or seek to have such information removed from Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA's records by contacting us at:
Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA
RR1, Site 12A, C67
Chase, BC V0E 1M0
info@soyayoga.com
and instructing us as to what type of changes need be made.
Legal Process
Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA may disclose your Personal Information if it has a reasonable good faith basis to believe that it is required to do so by law, is compelled by court order or legal process, or is reasonably necessary and/or appropriate to: (i) protect the rights, property and/or safety of Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA or of any other person or entity; or (ii) prevent or take action concerning any alleged: (a) illegal activity or (b) breach of the Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy of this Site.
Linked Sites
From time to time, the Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA website may contain links to other websites that are not controlled and/or maintained by Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA. Please be aware that these other websites may have different privacy policies which may subject you to different privacy practices. Please review the privacy policies of such other websites for information concerning what information is collected on such sites and how it is used.
Changes in Policy
From time to time, Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA's Privacy Policy may change. Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA will post changes to the Privacy Policy at this Site. Please review this Privacy Policy often so that you will remain abreast of Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA's current policies, including its policies concerning the gathering and use of information that may be collected on our Site.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on June 16, 2008, and is effective immediately.
Contact Us
If you have any questions concerning this Privacy Policy other than with respect to California Privacy rights, please contact us at:
Okanagan Yoga Essentials and SOYA
RR1, Site 12A, C67
Chase, BC V0E 1M0
info@soyayoga.com |
