Isha Institute of Inner Sciences (hereinafter referred to as "Organization") is committed to ensure the security and protection of the personal data provided by the Users of our website, and to provide a compliant and consistent approach to data protection. We will only process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. The protection afforded by this Policy applies to all Users, irrespective of their nationality, or place of residence, in relation to the processing and profiling of their personal data. It includes processing of personal data by automated means, as well as manual processing.

The Organization is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run organization which offers tools for physical, mental and inner well-being of human beings across the world. Everything that we do is guided by these values,including the ways in which we collect,protect and use data.As a part of effectively offering these tools to Users,the Organization obtains some of the User's data.

This Privacy Policy will explain what personal data we collect when you use ourwebsite and how our Organization uses and stores your personal data.

The Privacy Policy describes the following:

1. What data do we collect?

2. How do we collect your data?

3. How will we use your data?

4. How do we store your data?

5. Marketing

6. What are your data protection rights?

7. International Transfers

8. What are cookies?

9. How do we use cookies?

10. What types of cookies do we use?

11. How to manage your cookies

12. Privacy Policies of other websites

13. Changes to our Privacy Policy

14. How to contact us

Section 1: What data do we collect?

Amongst other information, our Organization collects the following data:

• Email ID

• Name

• Phone Number/WhatsApp Number

• Country of Residence

• State

• City

• Zipcode/Pincode

• ID Proof

Section 2: How do we collect your data?

You directly provide our Organization with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data every time you:

• Complete online forms and sign up for any particular program/offering/eventthatwe offer;

• Contact us offline, for example by telephone, fax, SMS, email or post;

• Provide us your data through physical media such as a registration form, donation form, application form, etc.;

• Use or view our website (via your browser's cookies);

• Contribute to any of our projects;

• Choose to support Isha’s initiatives as a volunteer or donor.

Section 3: How will we use your data?

Our Organization collects your data so that we can:

• Provide you with information regarding programs, events, sadhana support, etc., that you have requested and/or signed up for;

• Manage our relationship with you (for example, support activities);

• Establish contact with you through phone calls,Whats App messages,email and other social media platforms that you have consented to, to provide support in the programs, practices and processes that you have registered for.

• Deliver joint content and services with third parties with whom you have a separate relationship with (for example, social media providers);

• Monitor, measure, improve and protect our content, website, and services and provide an enhanced and personalized user experience for you;

• Undertake internal testing of our website, systems and services to test and improve their security and performance. In these circumstances, we would anonymize any information used for such testing purposes;

• Respond to your queries and resolve complaints;

• Provide any of your information that we are required to submit in order to comply with our regulatory or legal obligations;

• Detect, prevent, investigate or provide remedy for criminal, illegal or prohibited activities.

Section 4: How do we store your data?

The Organization uses various technological and procedural security measures to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the personal information We collect. We also have implemented reasonable security measures in an effort to protect against the loss,misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Personal information collected by the Organization is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public. In order to provide complete protection to Your data, the Organization also takes services from third party vendors to provide, including but not limited to, storage, security, etc.

Once We obtain Your data, We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while We strive to protect Your User Information, We cannot guarantee its security. Youuse the Services and provide Us with information at your own initiative and risk. If You have reason to believe that your interaction with Us is no longer secure (for example, if You feel that the security of any account You have with Us has been compromised), please immediately notify Us of the problem by contacting Us as specified in Section 6 below.

Our Organization will only retain Your personal data following your applicationforaperiod of time depending on the category of data and the purposes for which we hold it. We will only retain Your data after this time if we are required to do so tocomply with the applicable laws of India.

Section 5: Marketing:

Our Organization does not sell any data to third parties for marketing or any other purpose.

Section 6: What are your data protection rights?

Our Organization would like to make sure You are fully aware of all Your data protection rights.  Every User is entitled to the following:

The right to access: You have the right to request our Organization for copies of Your personal data.

The right to rectification: You have the right to request that our Organization correct any information You believe is inaccurate.

You also have the right to request our Organization to complete information You believe is incomplete.

The right to remove: You have the right to request that our Organization erase/remove your personal data, under certain reasonable conditions.

The right to restrict processing: You have the righttorequestthatourOrganizationrestrict the processing of your personal data, under certain reasonable conditions.

The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our Organization's processing of your personal data, under certain reasonable conditions.

The right to data portability: You have the right to request that our Organization transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain reasonable conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If your request is complicated or you have made a large number of requests, it may take us longer. We will inform you if we need longer than one month to respond.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email:

Or write to us at: dataprotection@ishafoundation.org

Section 7: International Transfers:

As we operate globally, data we collect may be transferred to, stored and processed in any country where one or more of Isha's affiliates are based or have facilities in. While other countries or territories may not have the same standards of protection as those in your home country, we will continue to protect personal data that we transfer in line with this privacy policy.

Section 8: What are cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

Section 9: How do we use cookies?

Our Organization uses cookies in arange of ways to improve your experience on our website including:

• Keeping you signed in;

• Understanding how you use our website;

• If you have created a user profile and also consented to the use of cookies, we may link information relating to your browsing patterns (on our website) with your user profile.

Section 10: What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies. However, our website uses:

Functionality: Our Organization uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in.

Promotion: Our Organization uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device and IP address.

Section 11: How to manage cookies:

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

Section 12: Privacy Policies of other websites:

Our Organization website contains links to their websites.Our Privacy Policy applies only to our website. So if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Section 13: Changes to our privacy policy:

Our Organization keeps its Privacy Policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This Privacy Policy was last updated on May 31, 2020.

Section 14: How to contact us:

If you have any questions about our Organization's Privacy Policy, the data we hold on you, or if you would like to exercise one of your data protections rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: Or write to us: dataprotection@ishafoundation.org