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Privacy Policy

Last updated [September 6, 2024]

 

Introduction and Definitions

Thank you for being a part of our community at Vidya Ananda Enterprises LLC (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are dedicated to safeguarding your personal information and respecting your privacy. This commitment applies whenever you visit our website, vidyaananda.com (“Website”), or use any of our resources, which include, but are not limited to, digital or downloadable resources, online courses, classes, programs, subscriptions, workshops, trainings, audio recordings, blogs, videos, and any online forums hosted on our Website or a third-party platform (“Services”).

We define anyone accessing or using our Services, including visitors to our Website, coaches providing Services through our Website, and other individuals or entities interacting with us in contexts not specifically outlined in our Privacy Policy, as “you” or “users.”

We encourage you to carefully review this Privacy Policy to better understand the types of information we collect or receive from you, how we use it, and what rights you have regarding your information. In addition to this Privacy Policy, please also review our Terms & Conditions. Together, these documents are referred to as our “Terms.” By using our Website and Services, you acknowledge and agree to our Terms.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our handling of your personal information, feel free to contact us. Should there be any part of this Privacy Policy that you disagree with, please contact us and cease your use of the Website and Services immediately.

Scope

Our Privacy Policy explains our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing your personal information when you use our Website and Services, such as when you:

  • Navigate our website;
  • Click on internal links;
  • Register for one or more of our Services  
  • Participate in one or more of our Services;
  • Fill out a Webform; and,
  • Like/share/comment on a blog or social media post.

Our Privacy Policy does not apply to:

Third-Party Sites: Our Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party websites, applications, videos (whether embedded or linked), or other content (collectively referred to as "Linked Sites") that are not operated by us. While we may provide links to these Linked Sites for your convenience, they operate independently and have their own privacy policies, practices, and procedures regarding the collection, storage, and use of personal information. We do not control, endorse, or assume responsibility for the privacy practices of these Linked Sites and disclaim all liability for any actions, omissions, or policies of such third parties, including but not limited to, any data breaches, misuse of personal information, or unauthorized access to data that occurs on or through Linked Sites.

You acknowledge and agree that by using or accessing Linked Sites, you do so at your own risk. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy disclosures, terms of service, and other relevant documentation of any Linked Site to fully understand how your personal information will be collected, used, shared, or stored by those third-party operators. Your interactions with Linked Sites are solely between you and the third party, and we shall not be liable for any claims, damages, or disputes arising from your use of these sites.

Non-Personal Information: Our Privacy Policy does not cover the processing of information that cannot be reasonably linked to an identifiable individual (“Non-Personal Information”). We reserve the right to process, use, disclose, and share such Non-Personal Information for any lawful business purpose without restriction, including for analytics, research, marketing, and product development. This includes, but is not limited to, aggregated or anonymized data that cannot be traced back to any individual. We disclaim any and all liability for the handling or processing of such Non-Personal Information, as it does not fall within the scope of personal data protections.

By using our Services, you acknowledge and agree to the exclusions outlined above and release us from any liability related to third-party practices or the processing of Non-Personal Information.

 

What Information Do We Collect, And What Do We Do With It?

Personally Submitted Information and Contributions

When you enroll as a student or subscriber (“Learner”) on our site or in any of our related courses, we collect the personal information you provide during the enrollment process, such as your name and email address.

We may use this information to send you emails regarding our site and related course(s), including registration details, course content, updates on your progress, and other relevant notifications. Additionally, we may contact you via email to inform you about changes to the course, survey your usage, or seek your feedback.

When you participate in or attend our Live Services, coaching classes, podcasts, Q&A sessions, or contribute to our forums, we may collect recordings of your participation. These recordings may include your image, voice, likeness, comments, and feedback in the form of video, audio, written content, or photographs (“Contributions”).

By participating in these activities, you expressly grant us a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, and unrestricted license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly display, broadcast, or publish your Contributions in any form or media, including but not limited to, our live services, coaching classes, podcasts, Q&A interactive sessions, social media platforms, promotional materials, and any other content we produce. Your participation constitutes your acknowledgment and consent that we may use your Contributions in any manner we deem appropriate for commercial, promotional, or educational purposes, without any further notice, compensation, or approval required from you.

This license applies to any future use of your Contributions, including but not limited to, marketing, advertising, or other commercial purposes, on any platform or medium.

When you submit information through webforms on this website (such as our Contact Us form, or any newsletter signup, popup, or embedded form), we collect the data requested in order to track and respond to your submissions. We share this information with Kajabi, LLC, Kajabi Financial, LLC, and its affiliated entities (collectively "Kajabi) Kajabi, our online store hosting provider, to facilitate website services for us.

We may also send you marketing emails, from which you can opt out by clicking the unsubscribe link provided at the bottom of the email. We share your contact details with Kajabi, our email marketing provider, to send these emails on our behalf.

For more information about how we handle recorded video conferencing software, please refer to our "Recorded Video Conferencing Software Disclaimer" below.

 

Website Visitation and Analytics

As this website is hosted by Kajabi, Kajabi collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device,
  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website,
  • Web pages you view while on this website, and
  • Your IP address.

Kajabi needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Kajabi analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

This website also collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device;
  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website; and,
  • Your IP address.

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks,
  • Internal links,
  • Pages visited,
  • Scrolling, 
  • Searches, and
  • Timestamps.

We share this information with Kajabi, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

How is Data Collected?

We want to explain how we collect data. Personal information that you voluntarily submit is collected through secure webforms and is shared with our website and forms provider, Kajabi. 

When it comes to our courses, they are hosted by Kajabi. Kajabi provides us with the online course creation platform that enables us to deliver our Services to you. When you register for a course, your data is stored on Kajabi's data storage, databases, and their general application. They prioritize the security of your data and store it on a secure server protected by a firewall.

We use third-party video conferencing software, Zoom, which allows us to use Zoom’s cloud recording storage. Recordings are password-protected. If we enable cloud recording and audio transcripts, both will be stored encrypted. For information on how Zoom secures your data and protects your privacy, please review Privacy & Security for Zoom Video Communications. We also use Google Cloud for recording storage. To learn more about how Google protects organizations’ security and privacy with Google Cloud, please click here. 

To better understand website usage and traffic, we utilize the services of Kajabi, our analytics provider. Kajabi uses cookies to gather this data.

What are cookies and how do we use them? 

Use of Cookies And Pixels

Similar to other commercial websites, our website utilizes a standard technology called “cookies” and server logs to collect information about how our site is used. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our site, and the websites visited just before and just after our own, as well as your IP address.

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.

We reserve the right to use technological equivalents of cookies, including social media pixels. These pixels allow social media sites to track visitors to outside websites so as to tailor advertising messages users see while visiting that social media website. We reserve the right to use these pixels in compliance with the policies of the various social media sites.​

Third Party Use Of Cookies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

As noted above, our Website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, please review the cookies Kajabi uses.

 Share Buttons

This website includes share buttons which enable you to share pages or other content from this site to third-party services which may include but not limited to: Facebook, X, and YouTube. If you click a share button, these third parties may receive your personal data, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device; 
  • Details about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share; and, 
  • Your IP address.

Blog Comments

This website includes commenting functionality on some pages which enables you to post a comment. This website collects personal data when you post a comment, including:

  • Your name (which will be displayed as part of your posted comment);
  • Your email address (optional, to let you know if someone replies to your comment); and,
  • Your website URL (optional).

Fonts

Our Website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, or device;
  • Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it; and,
  • Your IP address. 

How is Consent Given?

By providing us with your personal information when you register as a Learner on our site, make a purchase, or participate in any of our courses, you are deemed to have given implied consent for us to collect and use your personal information solely for the specific purposes for which it was provided. This includes processing your registration, completing transactions, and facilitating your participation in our courses.

For any additional purposes beyond these primary functions, such as marketing, promotional offers, or newsletters, we will either seek your express consent directly or provide you with a clear and easily accessible option to opt out. However, by choosing to provide your information and not actively opting out where such an option is presented, you consent to our use of your personal information for those secondary purposes. You retain the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us, though this may affect your ability to continue accessing certain Services or features.

Please note that by using our site and providing your personal information, you acknowledge that you do so voluntarily and understand that our collection and use of your information is governed by this Privacy Policy. We disclaim any liability for any consequences arising from your failure to review or understand how consent is given or how your personal information is used, including for any secondary purposes, where such consent was reasonably implied or explicitly obtained.

Furthermore, we are not liable for any third-party misuse or unauthorized access to your personal information in cases where you have given consent to share that information with external parties or platforms, such as in the case of marketing partnerships, third-party services, or Linked Sites, as previously outlined.

If you have any concerns or require clarification about how your consent is managed or how your personal information is used, we encourage you to contact us immediately. We are not responsible for any outcomes stemming from a lack of action on your part in raising such concerns.

 

Recorded Video Conferencing Software Disclaimer

We use third-party video conferencing software, such as Zoom, to facilitate the smooth delivery of our live Services. This software may require access to your device’s camera and microphone for participation. However, Learners retain full control over their camera and microphone settings and can enable or disable these features at any point during a Live Service.

To ensure transparency and respect for your privacy, we have implemented a recording consent protocol. When participating in Live Services that utilize third-party video conferencing software, such as Zoom, Learners will be notified if a recording begins or if they join a session that is already being recorded. At that time, Learners may choose to provide their consent by continuing to participate in the session or exit the session if they do not wish to be recorded.

We recognize the importance of your privacy and are dedicated to addressing any concerns you may have regarding the recording of sessions or the handling of your personal information. If you have any questions or require further clarification, please feel free to contact us. We are here to help!

 

How to Withdraw Consent?

We understand that circumstances may change, and you may wish to withdraw your consent. If you have previously opted in and would like to revoke your consent for us to contact you or for the continued collection, use, or disclosure of your information, you can do so at any time. To ensure that your preferences are respected, please contact us with your written request. 

Payment

We use third-party payment processors, including but not limited to Stripe and PayPal, to facilitate transactions related to our Services. These third-party processors handle your payment information with high levels of security, and all transactions are encrypted in accordance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). We only retain your purchase transaction data for as long as is necessary to complete your purchase.

All direct payment gateways used by these processors comply with the standards set forth by PCI-DSS, which is overseen by the PCI Security Standards Council, a collaborative effort among major brands such as Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. These standards ensure the secure handling of credit card and payment information by our site, related courses, and the service providers we utilize.

Please note that while we take reasonable steps to protect your payment information, we do not store or have direct access to your full payment card details. The responsibility for safeguarding this sensitive data rests with the third-party payment processors we utilize. By using these payment gateways, you acknowledge and agree that we are not liable for any security breaches or issues that arise from the use of third-party payment processors, including but not limited to unauthorized access, fraud, or data breaches that occur on their platforms.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policies and terms of service of any third-party payment processors to understand how your payment information is handled by those providers. If you have any concerns or questions, please contact us, and we will do our best to assist you.

Disclosure

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms & Conditions.

Your Privacy Rights 

California Residents - Your Rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have specific rights regarding your personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These rights include:

  • Right to Know: You have the right to request information about the categories of personal information we collect, the sources from which we collect it, the purposes for which we use it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
  • Right to Delete: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information held by us, subject to certain exceptions under the law.
  • Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. We do not sell your personal information unless you give us explicit permission to do so.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your privacy rights under the CCPA.

Under the "Shine The Light" law (California Civil Code Section 1798.83), California residents have the right to request and obtain, once a year and free of charge, information about the categories of personal information that we have disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes, as well as the names and addresses of those third parties. We do not currently disclose your personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes. Nonetheless, if you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please contact us with your written request.

For more information about your rights under the CCPA, you can visit the California Attorney General's CCPA website.

European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) Residents - Your Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Residents of the EU and EEA have certain rights regarding their personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These rights include:

  • Right of Access: You have the right to request access to your personal data and information about how it is processed.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data under certain circumstances, such as when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
  • Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data under certain circumstances, such as when the accuracy of the data is contested or the processing is unlawful.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit the data to another controller where technically feasible.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: If we rely on your consent as the legal basis for processing your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

For more information about your rights under the GDPR, you can visit the official European Commission's GDPR website. 

We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your rights are respected in compliance with the CCPA and GDPR. To exercise any of these rights, or if you have any questions or concerns regarding your personal data, please contact us. 

How to review, update, or delete the data we collected 

Please contact us with your request to review, update, or delete your personal information.

Updates To Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.  We encourage you to frequently review this Privacy to stay informed of how we are protecting your information.  The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. 

If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we shall notify you by prominently posting a notice of such changes. 

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments regarding our Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us. You can reach us via email at [email protected] or by sending regular mail to the following address:

Vidya Ananda Enterprises LLC 
30 N Gould St STE N, Sheridan, WY 82801 USA

We value your feedback and will respond to your inquiries as promptly as possible.

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