Summyt Yoga Data Protection Privacy Policy
Summyt Yoga is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy sets out how we will use any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. Our central principle is that we will always be UK General Data Protection Regulation (UKGDPR) compliant and only use your data to communicate information about the company’s work to you via email, newsletter and events. We will never pass on your details to a third party without your knowledge and/or consent, and all your details will remain confidential at all times. If you have any questions about this policy, please email amanda@amandadufour.com
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act") and General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR), the data controller is Amanda Dufour.
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1. Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
• Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site www.amandadufour.com ("our site"). This includes information you provide when registering to use our site, subscribing to our email services and newsletters, booking onto a course or event, or requesting further services. The information you provide to us may include your name, organisation name, address, e-mail address, phone number, photographs, and financial and credit card information.
• We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site.
• If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
• We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them. In such instances we will notify you of the purposes of this data collection, what information is being collected and how it is being stored and used.
• Assessment and evaluation data when undertaking Summyt Yoga training.
• If you enrol in our classes, courses or training we may record and retain details of the aforementioned you have undertaken and your achievement.
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2. Your security and where we store your personal data
We will always hold your information securely. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
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Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site- so any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
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3. How we use your information
We use information held about you in the following ways:
• To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective and easily understandable way for you and for your computer.
• To provide you with information or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
• To notify you about changes to our service.
• To evaluate the performance of our training programmes and to inform improvement.
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4. Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we are working with them to deliver a service you have requested, under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms and conditions and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Summyt Yoga or others. This will usually only apply to people who register to complete the Summyt Yoga 200-hour Teacher Training Course.
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5. Your right to refuse data collecting
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes, which for Summyt Yoga is information about the company’s classes, courses and events. We will always inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes. We will never disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. It is your right to prevent us from contacting you by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data or by contacting us at amanda@amandadufour.com
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6. Following links to and from our site
Our site may contain links to and from other websites related to yoga training and venues. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
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7. Access to your information
The Data Protection Act gives you the right to access information held about you. You can request access to the information we hold on you. You can request this information by contacting amanda@amandadufour.com
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8. Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.
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9. Contact
Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Amanda Dufour at amanda@amandadufour.com