Privacy Policy

(Version 1, 26 May 2011)

'Arsha Vidya UK' is committed to protecting any personal information you provide when contacting us, buying goods, or booking retreats or other events. Whenever you give such information we use it in compliance with all European and UK laws (including the UK Data Protection Act 1998) concerning the protection of personal information.

When we collect personal information

When you contact us we create a record in your name only if you indicate that you wish to be added to our mailing list, register your interest in a talk or event or make a booking for an event/retreat. We may add information to that record during the booking process for our events/retreats.

How we use personal information

Enquiries: If you contact us via our Contact page we will use your personal details solely in order to respond to you. If you request it we shall also add you to our mailing list.

Event registration and bookings: Personal details of those who register online a prior interest in an event or who book online or by post are stored in a secure 'Arsha Vidya UK' database. Such details are used solely for administering the event. Our database systems are accessible only to the 'Arsha Vidya UK' event coordination team. However, sufficient of that data to ensure efficient provision of appropriate event services (e.g. accommodation and catering) may be given to service providers.

Keeping in touch with you: If you register or book for an event or subscribe to our mailing list we will keep your details solely in order to keep you informed about 'Arsha Vidya UK' news and events. To unsubscribe, follow the unsubscribe link that appears at the end of each email message or at the foot of our Contact page.

All personal data is held in a manner that protects its privacy and will not be used without your permission for marketing purposes or for any purpose not stated in this Privacy Policy. We have never sold our mailing list, either in whole or part, and never shall. We will send personally identifiable information about you to other organisations, companies or people only when we have your prior consent to share that information or when obeying Court orders or the like.

Viewing, correcting or removing Information

You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of it, please write to us at: 'Arsha Vidya UK', Company Secretary, 6 Spire Court, 11a Crescent Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 6NF. We want to ensure your personal information is accurate and up-to-date and are happy to correct or remove anything you wish, including your entire record.

Credit and debit card transactions

'Arsha Vidya UK' does not store personal financial details and has no access to personal credit/debit card data as it is handled only by a trusted third party (currently PayPal).

Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by our website to collect anonymous statistical and visitor behaviour information. In our case this anonymous information is used solely to track use of the site in order to aid its future development or to give efficient access to secure areas of the site.

When you enter arshavidya.org.uk, a cookie is stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies cannot read your hard disk or make any information collected by use of a cookie available to any third party. A cookie can be read only by the organisation that installs it. Although unique to each computer, being anonymous, cookies do not store any personal details.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the following website tells you how to remove them from your browser. However, some of our website features may not function as a result.

For further information on cookies visit allaboutcookies.org.

Security

'Arsha Vidya UK' takes security very seriously. Our members who handle personal information are made aware of our privacy and security procedures and must follow them when handling personal information.

Please note that since no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, absolute security of data cannot be guaranteed. Nevertheless, we take all reasonable steps to ensure its maximum security.

Third parties

This privacy policy applies only to 'Arsha Vidya UK' and not to any third party to whom we or our website may be linked. Whilst we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that we have good security practices we are not responsible for those of others.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on the date shown at the top of this page.

Enquiries about our privacy policy

Comments and enquiries about this policy statement should be addressed to 'Arsha Vidya UK', Company Secretary, 6 Spire Court, 11a Crescent Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 6NF.