We are committed to protecting your personal data whenever you are using radhikagrouven.com. We want our website to be a safe and enjoyable environment for you. However, in order to provide you with the best possible services we need information about you. We will use your information in line with laws concerning the protection of personal data.

This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal data we collect about you through radhikagrouven.com. It explains the following:

• how we collect information about you

• what information we may collect about you

• how we will use information we collect about you

• when we may use your details to contact you

• whether we will disclose your details to anyone else

• your choices regarding the personal information you have provided to us

• the use of cookies on radhikagrouven.com

1. How and what information will you collect about me?

radhikagrouven.com collects information about you from two sources:

a. Information that you provide us

You voluntarily provide us with information about yourself when you sign up to participate in a service such as the newsletter. In this case you provide us with the minimum information such as your email address. 

Sometimes we need you to provide us additional personal information such as email ID, mobile number or date of birth when, for instance, you register for the Yoga Learning Program or 1:1 Mentoring. 

b. Information collected through analysis software

We use analysis software and cookies to identify IP addresses and cookies to improve our website, services and the experience of our users. Through analysis software the usage of radhikagrouven.com can be analyzed by collecting and storing information such as the daily rate of clicks and views. For cookies, please see section below.

We would like to assure you that this information is not used to develop a personal profile of you. The collected information will only be used in anonymized form for statistic purposes.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google").  Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.  Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

2. How will you use the information collected about me?

We will use your personal information to improve our website and our services for you and only to the required extent.

We will use your personal data:

• to provide you the service you have signed up for, for instance, newsletter or information on online meetings and retreats

• to contact you about an email query you have sent us

• to analyse and improve the services offered on radhikagrouven.com e.g. to provide you with a more user-friendly navigation

• for statistic purpose in anonymized form, e.g. by identifying the locations of the users and tracking the number of visits from different countries.

3. When will you contact me?

We may contact you:

• regarding any service you may have signed up for and in order to ensure that we can deliver this services to you, e.g. a newsletter

• if you have opted to receive further correspondence regarding 1:1 Mentoring, Yoga Learning Program (YLP)

• in response to any query you have made to radhikagrouven.com using the contact form

Local pages will give you detailed information about how we will contact you in relation to specific services.

4. Will I be contacted for marketing purposes?

We will not contact you for marketing purposes or promote new services to you unless you specifically agree to be contacted for these purposes; e.g. subscription to our newsletter.

5. Will you share my personal information with anyone else?

We will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies).

It is possible that we will subcontract services to other organizations, e.g. meditation center or ashram management. These organizations will be granted access to your personal information only to the extent required to fulfill the subcontracted services you have applied for. These organizations will be obliged to treat your personal information confidential and in compliance with data protection laws.

6. What if I am a user under 18 years of age?

If you are under 18 years of age, please get your parent/guardian’s permission before you provide personal information to radhikagrouven.com. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

7. How long will you keep my personal information?

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant service or for as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.

Afterwards, any personal information will be deleted. In the case of any statutory or contractual retention period, the relevant information will be blocked and thereby will not longer be accessible.

8. Can I find out what personal information you hold about me?

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. At your wish, we will delete all stored personal information of yours if retention is no longer required for the above mentioned purposes or by legal provisions. In the case of consent, you have the right to revoke your consent for the future.

9. Do you often make changes to THe Privacy Policy?

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time so you may wish to check it each time you submit personal information to radhikagrouven.com.

10. How do you use the information from cookies?

Cookies record information about your online preferences and allow us to tailor the website to your interests. Information supplied by cookies helps us to get to know our visitors and eventually to provide you with a better user experience. 

11. What about privacy policies and cookies of websites linked to your site?

radhikagrouven.com may contain hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, including cookies. We urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit or are collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.

12. How can I contact you about this Privacy Policy?

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy you may use the contact form to get in touch with us.