Being Yoga takes seriously the privacy of those that visit, users and customers (known collectively or individually as "Users") of our web site. We have established this Privacy Policy to communicate what information we collect and how that information is used and safeguarded.

By accessing this website www.beingyoga.com.au and www.beingyoga.online you acknowledge the terms and conditions expressed herein. 

1. Information Collection and Use

Automatic:

• When a user visits our website, we collect information about the visit that is Non-personally identifiable information (non-PII).
• We track information such as the IP address from which the user is visiting and the user's browser type. 
• We also collect specific information regarding the user's session on our website. Information includes date, time and country of the user and the pages viewed. 
• This is collected to allow us to analyse how our website use and to improve the content and service the website provides.
• This occurs even if you do not register with beingyoga.com.au.

General:

• Sometimes we ask a user to voluntarily provide personally identifiable information (PII). 
• This information generally includes, but is not limited to, name, e-mail address and telephone number. 
• We request this information in order to correspond with the user as requested by them (Contact us or Questions form).
• Being Yoga collects personally identifiable information from our users at serveral dirrefent points on our website.

Orders, Bookings (Enrolments) , Membership & Online Courses:

• In order to fulfil these tasks we ask a user to voluntarily provide personally identifiable information (PII).
  
• This information generally includes, but is not limited to, name, e-mail address, telephone number and for orders, a shipping address.
  
• Where applicable, financial information (such as credit card number, expiry & 3 digit security code) is used for billing purposes to fill your orders. 
• Credit Card purchases through the beingyoga.online occur via third party website eWay.  View eWay Technology & Security and Terms & Conditions information. 
• To register to attend an on-line class seminar or demonstration
  
• If we have trouble processing an order or secure zone login we will use this information to contact you.

Newsletter:

• If you opt in for our newsletter, mailing list, register a user account or make a purchase, we may contact you by email.
• If you do not want to receive email or other mail from us, please indicate your preference by using the "Unsubscribe" link in any automated email we send.
• Express, positive consent is requested for all subscribers to our mailing list. 
  

Choice/Opt-out

• We provide users the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having your identifiable information used for certain purposes, when we ask for this information.
• If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter, email notifications or promotional communications, you may out-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each newsletter, email notification or communication or by emailing admin@beingyoga.com.au . 

Children under 13

• Being Yoga is committed to protecting the privacy of children. We do not intentionally or knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13.

2. Information Sharing 

• Being Yoga owns the collected Personal Information and will not sell, trade, or rent the information to others. 
• We may use the information to continue contact with the user. This may include contact such as follow-up calls, e-mail correspondence, or mail correspondence to follow-up on the contact or to provide marketing information about promotions, new services, or important website & timetable changes. 
• We use third party parties such as merchant services who receive your Personal Information related to that service.  These third parties are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for promotional purposes. See links above for their individual privacy policies. 
  
• We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, or legal process served on our website.
  
• We may share Personal Information if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or as otherwise required by law.
  

3. Use of Cookies

• "Cookies" are small pieces of information that are placed on a web user's hard drive. We may use cookies to provide you with better service. Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. 
• Cookies can make the Web more useful by storing information about your preferences for a particular site. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many major Web sites use them to provide useful features for their customers. 
• Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's computer. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. 
• If you prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of the functionality of the Being Yoga site if you do so. 
• The use of cookies by our partners, affiliates or tracking utility company is not covered by our privacy statement. We do not have access or control over these cookies. Our partners, affiliates, tracking utility company and service providers use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site, in order for you to use the shopping cart, etc.

4. Safety & Confidentiality

• Being Yoga utilizes industry standard methods and mechanisms such as firewalls, intrusion monitoring, and passwords to protect electronic information. 
• If you have any questions about security on our Website, you can send us an email at admin@beingyoga.com.au
• The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).  This secure domain appears as https://beingyoga.online
• No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however.
• If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire to maintain an account on Beingyoga.com.au you may correct, update, amend, delete/remove or deactivate it at any time.
• Finally, access to PII is limited to a small number of personnel and on a need-to-know basis to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
  

5. Links to other web sites

• Being Yoga web site may contain links to other internet web sites. 
• Being Yoga neither controls nor endorses external sites and is not responsible for the content of such sites. 
• This policy does not cover the privacy policies and data collection practices of non-Being Yoga web sites.

6. International Users

If you are a European resident, in accordance with GDPR regulations, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information at the bottom of this page.

Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Australia. We do our best to ensure we are working with GDPR-compliant third party service providers.

7. Changes & Updates to our Privacy Policy

• Being Yoga may update this policy at any time in its sole discretion and without prior notice. 
• We will strive to notify you about significant changes in the way we treat Personal Information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account and/or by placing a notice on the Website. 
• If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
• We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.

8. Date of Last Update:

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 26 June 2023.

9. Contact Information:

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:

Privacy Policy Officer
PO Box 536
Coolum Beach
QLD 4573
Australia

admin@beingyoga.com.au

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