PRIVACY POLICY

 Last updated: May 2024

Thank you for your interest in Bhakti Marga America and our beloved Guruji, Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda. Bhakti Marga America (the “Church”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through compliance with this Privacy Policy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the www.bhaktimarga.us or any other domains owned by Bhakti Marga America and accessible through www.bhaktimarga.us , including but not limited to, www.bhaktimarga.us/donations, www.bhaktimarga.us/events, and www.shopbhakti.com, (collectively, the “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. In addition to this Privacy Policy, the collection and use of your data is governed by laws of the United States.

This policy applies to information we collect:

• On this Website;
• In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website;
• When you interact with our advertising and applications on Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Twitter, Flickr, or any other third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

It does not apply to information collected by:

• Use offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Bhakti Marga America or any third party;
• Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

 Information We Collect About You and How We Collect it

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

• By which you may be personally identified, such as name, date of birth, postal address, email address, telephone number, financial details including bank account and credit card information, and any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information“);
• That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as information about your state of health or your religious orientation; and
• About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

• Directly from you when you provide it to us.
• Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

• Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of subscribing to our Newsletter, registering for events, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.
• Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
• Details of transactions you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your orders. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through our Website.
• Your search queries on the Website.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted“) on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions“). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although [we limit access to certain pages/you may set certain privacy settings for such information by logging into your account profile], please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
• Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

• Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
• Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
• Speed up your searches.
• Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies (or browser cookies).A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
• Web Beacons.Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Church, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or [opened an email] and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

[We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.]

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

• To present our Website and its contents to you.
• To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
• To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
• To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website.]
• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
• For any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

• To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
• To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our church.
• To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Bhakti Marga America’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Bhakti Marga America about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
• With your consent. We may also disclose your personal information:
• To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Bhakti Marga America, our customers, or others.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:·

•         Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI“) on the NAI’s website (https://thenai.org/opt-out/).

 

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

• Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party

Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Bhakti Marga US, Entity Type – Religious Corporation, Represented by Hancock Estabrook, LLP

the Registered office:304 Demarest Parkway, Elmira, New York, 14905

Telefon: +1 607 391 2860
E-Mail: info@bhaktimarga.us
Tax ID: 30-1325886

 

• E-Mail info@bhaktimarga.us 

• Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

• Country refers to: United States of America

• Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.

• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

• Service refers to the Website.

• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analysing how the Service is used.

• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated using the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

• Website refers to: https://bhaktimarga.us

•  accessible from https://bhaktimarga.us

• You mean the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, we may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address.

• First name and last name.

• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City.

• Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.

• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. 

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us.

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us.

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

• Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us.

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies, we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

• For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

• To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

• For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.

• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.

• For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.

• With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.

• With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.

• With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.

• With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation.

• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company.

• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.

• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public.

• Protect against legal liability.

 

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, we may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under sixteen (16), please contact us at info@bhaktimarga.us.

 

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Contact Us

Responsible person:

The responsible legal entity for data processing is Bhakti Marga US, Entity Type – Religious Corporation, Represented by Hancock Estabrook, LLP

Registered office: 304 Demarest Parkway, Elmira, New York, 14905

Telefon: +1 607 391 2860
E-Mail: info@bhaktimarga.us
Tax ID: 30-1325886

Unless stated otherwise below, the provision of your personal data is neither legally nor contractually obligatory, nor required for conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide your data. Not providing it will have no consequences. This only applies if the processing      procedures below do not state otherwise.

“Personal data” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Links To Third Parties

When first linking to another website, Bhakti Marga America has checked the external content to see whether it could lead to any civil or criminal liability. As soon as it is established that a particular offer to which a link has been provided triggers civil or criminal liability, the reference to this offer will be removed immediately, insofar as this is technically possible and reasonable. The operators of the linked sites are solely responsible for their content.

 

Affiliated companies 

Bhakti Marga US operates together with the following companies:

Transfer and disclosure of personal data

Depending on the purposes for which we collect your personal data, we may transfer or disclose it to recipients in the following categories who will then process your personal data solely for those purposes:

a) Within our organisation and our Bhakti Marga partner companies and the Bhakti Marga network:

– our authorised employees,

– our affiliated and authorised Bhakti Marga companies,

– members of our Bhakti Marga Network authorised Bhakti Marga contractors that you have designated as preferred authorised contractors, or that are located in your area (based on your postcode and address), or with whom you have had contact,

– b) External business partners:

– Advertising, marketing and promotion agencies: to help us organise our advertising campaigns and promotions and analyse their effectiveness,

– Business partners: for example, trusted organisations who may use your personal data to provide you with the services and/or products you have asked for and/or to provide you with marketing materials (provided you have consented to receiving such marketing materials).

– Bhakti Marga US service providers: companies that provide services to or on behalf of Bhakti Marga US in order to provide such services (for example, Bhakti Marga US may share your personal data with external providers of IT-related services).

c) Other third parties:

– Where required by law or lawfully necessary to protect Bhakti Marga US:

to comply with laws, government requests, court orders, legal process, obligations relating to reporting and filing information with authorities, etc,

to verify or enforce compliance with Bhakti Marga US policies and contracts; and

to protect the rights, property or safety of Bhakti Marga US and/or its customers, in connection with corporate transactions: in the context of a transfer or sale of all or part of Bhakti Marga US’s business or otherwise in connection with a merger, amalgamation, change of control, reorganisation or liquidation of all or part of Bhakti Marga US’s business.

Please note that the recipients referred to in points b) and c) above – in particular service providers who may offer you products or services through Bhakti Marga US services or applications or through their own channels – may separately collect personal data from you. In this case, such third parties will be solely responsible for the processing of such personal data and your transactions with them will be subject to their terms and conditions.

 Who is the recipient of your personal data?

Service providers used may receive your data to fulfil the purposes described if they fulfil the confidentiality requirements under data protection law. These may be companies in the following categories, for example Geodata providers, IT service providers. These service providers are so-called DPA service providers (processors) who are contractually obliged to fulfil special legal requirements.

Public bodies, e.g. tax offices, only receive your personal data if there are legal obligations to do so.

Webhosting

Sebastian Gates Web Development, Address: 1 Park Place, Grange Rath, Drogheda, Ireland, sebastian.gates@dkit.ie

WordPress.com: Hosting and software for the creation, provision and operation of websites, blogs and other online offerings; service provider: Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd, Grand Canal Dock, 25 Herbert Pl, Dublin, D02 AY86, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://wordpress.com; Privacy Policy; Data Processing Agreement. Basis for transfer to third countries: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF).

GoDaddy: Mail and website hosting, service provider: GoDaddy Operating Company, LLC, Corporate Headquarters, 2155 E., GoDaddy Way, Tempe, AZ 85284 USA, e-mail address: HQ@godaddy.com, Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.godaddy.com, Privacy Policy: https://www.godaddy.com/de-de/legal/agreements/privacy-policy, Data processing agreement: https://www.godaddy.com/de-de/legal/agreements/data-processing-addendum#id-4c4731e1-f2b1-4215-885b-38250197c52e , Basis for third country transfer: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF).

Server log files

You can use our websites without submitting personal data.

Every time our website is accessed, user data is transferred to us or our web hosts/IT service providers by your internet browser and stored in server log files. This stored data includes for example the name of the site called up, date and time of the request, the IP address, amount of data transferred and the provider making the request. The processing is carried out based on Article 6(1) f) GDPR due to our legitimate interests in ensuring the smooth operation of our website as well as improving our services.

Your data may be transferred to third countries outside the European Union for which an adequacy decision has been made by the EU Commission.

Proactive contact of the customer by e-mail

If you contact us proactively via email, we shall collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. The purpose of the data processing is to handle and respond to your contact request.

If the initial contact serves to implement pre-contractual measures (e.g. consultation in the case of purchase interest, order creation) or concerns an agreement already concluded between you and us, this data processing takes place based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

If the initial contact occurs for other reasons, this data processing takes place based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR for the purposes of our overriding, legitimate interest in handling and responding to your request. In this case, on grounds relating to your particular situation, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you and carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

We will only use your email address to process your request. Your data will subsequently be deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods unless you have agreed to further processing and use.

Collection and processing when using the contact form

When you use the contact form, we will only collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) in the scope provided by you. The data processing is for the purpose of making contact.

If the initial contact serves to implement pre-contractual measures (e.g. consultation in the case of purchase interest, order creation) or concerns an agreement already concluded between you and us, this data processing takes place based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

If the initial contact occurs for other reasons, this data processing takes place based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR for the purposes of our overriding, legitimate interest in handling and responding to your request. In this case, on grounds relating to your situation, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you and carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

We will only use your email address to process your request. Finally, your data will be deleted, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.

 

EVENTS 

What data do we process in the context of booking and managing events? 

If you register for our events or paid courses in the events calendar on our website, we will process your title, first and last name, country, address, email address, telephone number, spiritual name (optional), information about the event for which you have registered, payment data such as credit card number or other bank details, among other things. If you register for our free events in the event calendar on our website, we will process your username, email address, spiritual name (optional), information about the event for which you have registered, among other things. 

For what purposes and on what legal basis do we process this data? 

The personal data collected in the context of booking and managing the event will be used in particular to respond to your request. In addition, we may use the data collected to contact you directly and offer you similar offers and events based on your booking history and personal interests. The processing is necessary for the fulfilment of contractual or pre contractual obligations (Art. 6 GDPR). We may also ask for your explicit consent to the processing of personal data collected in connection with the booking and management of the event. Consent will be entirely voluntary.

Service provider for ticketing

Brightstar:  We are using the Brightstar as an online platform for event management and ticketing. We collect name , Date of birth, address and e-mail, payment details. Service Provider: Brightstar,  43 Main Street, Groton MA 01450, USA, Website  https://brightstarevents.com, Datenschutzerklärung: https://www.brightstarevents.net/privacy-policy. Basis for third-country transfers: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), Standard Contractual Clauses (provided by the Service Provider). 

Eventbrite

We are using the Eventbrite as an online platform for event management and ticketing. We collect name , Date of birth, address and e-mail, payment details. Service Provider: Eventbrite Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, California, 94103, Reg. No. 4742147. Legal basis: This processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, .  Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website:: https://www.eventbrite.com Privacy Policy: https://www.eventbrite.com/help/en-us/articles/460838/eventbrite-privacy-policy/ Data processing agreement:  Organizer Data Processing Agreement; Basis for third-country transfers: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), Standard Contractual Clauses (provided by the Service Provider). 

Meetup

We are using the Meetup as an online platform for event management and ticketing.  We collect name , Date of birth, address and e-mail, payment details. This processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.  Service Provider: VeraSafe United Kingdom Ltd.
37 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TL United Kingdom, Contact form: https://verasafe.com/public-resources/contact-data-protection-representative Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website:: https://www.meetup.com Privacy Policy: https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044422391-Privacy-Policy/?urlkey=help&topic=help&__topic_subdomain=1 Basis for third-country transfers: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), Standard Contractual Clauses (provided by the Service Provider). 

Events like Darshan with Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda and photo and video recordings

During the events with Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda photo and Video recordings of the event will be taken. As a live broadcast and as video-on-demand on the channels, such as the You-Tube channel, on the Bhakti Marga website https://www.bhaktimarga.org/livestream , and on Bhakti Marga Facebook page, on Bhakti Marga’s Instagram page, on Bhakti Marga’s Flickr, and also as video on-demand on Bhakti Marga’s media platform. The contents of these video recordings are used for this purpose and will be stored for that purpose. Above  Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda is filmed. Recordings of guests are avoided as far as possible, but this cannot be ruled out. Livestream-free zones will be offered in certain areas mentioned. 

For what purposes and on what legal basis do we process this data? 

The legal basis for this is Article 6 (f) GDPR, as well as the voluntary consent of the participants in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit.a GDPR. The legitimate interest Art. 6 lit. f GDPR.

When registering for events with us, etc., participants can decide whether may be filmed or not. We respect your privacy. On the spot we have Livestream-free zones, where no recordings are taken. If you don’t want to be filmed, you will receive on the day of the event a black bracelet, so the video team can recognise you and will know, that you don’t want to be filmed during our event and our event team will show you our “Livestream-free zone”. 

Service provider company for the service of a livestream and video recordings: 

Bhakti Event GmbH, Am Geisberg 1-8, 65321 Heidenrod Germany, Tel. 06124/609-1125
Email: dataprotection@bhaktimarga.org, commercial registration number: 23765, / E-mail: info@bhaktimarga.org. For more information, please see their privacy policy  https://bhaktimarga.org/privacy. https://www.bhaktimarga.org/impressum/impressum-de

You can contact their data protection officer at: E-mail dataprotection@bhaktimarga.org 

 

Presence in social networks (social media)

We maintain online presences within social networks and process user data in this context in order to communicate with the users active there or to offer information about us.

We would like to point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This may result in risks for users because, for example, it could make it more difficult to enforce users’ rights.

Furthermore, user data is generally processed within social networks for market research and advertising purposes. For example, user profiles can be created based on user behaviour and the resulting interests of users. The user profiles can in turn be used, for example, to place adverts within and outside the networks that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the user’s computer, in which the user’s usage behaviour and interests are stored. Furthermore, data can also be stored in the user profiles independently of the devices used by the users (especially if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them).

For a detailed description of the respective forms of processing and the opt-out options, please refer to the data protection declarations and information provided by the operators of the respective networks.

In the case of requests for information and the assertion of data subject rights, we would also like to point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the users’ data and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. Should you nevertheless require assistance, you can contact us.

– Processed data types: Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. entries in online forms); Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); Meta, communication, and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status); Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses).

– Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

– Purposes of Processing: Contact requests and communication; Feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form); Marketing. Provision of our online services and user-friendliness.

– Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information on processing operations, procedures, and services:

• Instagram: Social network; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.instagram.com. Privacy Policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.

• Facebook pages: Profiles within the social network Facebook – We are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for the collection (but not the further processing) of data from visitors to our Facebook page (so-called “fan page”). This data includes information about the types of content users view or interact with, or the actions they take (see under “Things you and others do and provide” in the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy), as well as information about the devices used by users (e.g. IP addresses, operating system, browser type, language settings, cookie data; see under “Device information” in the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy). As explained in the Facebook Data Policy under “How do we use this information?”, Facebook also collects and uses information to provide analytics services, so-called “Page Insights”, for page operators so that they can gain insights into how people interact with their pages and the content associated with them. We have concluded a special agreement with Facebook (“Information on Page Insights”, https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum), which regulates in particular which security measures Facebook must observe and in which Facebook has agreed to fulfil the rights of data subjects (i.e. users can, for example, send information or deletion requests directly to Facebook). The rights of users (to information, deletion, objection and complaint to the competent supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook. Further information can be found in the “Information on Page Insights”  (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data); Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.facebook.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Basis for transfer to third countries: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), Standard Contractual Clauses (https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum). Further information: Agreement on joint controllership: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data. The joint controllership is limited to the collection by and transfer of data to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, a company based in the EU. The further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, which concerns the transfer of the data to the parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA (based on the standard contractual clauses concluded between Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and Meta Platforms, Inc.).

• Telegram channels: We use the Telegram platform to send messages to subscribers of our Telegram channel; Service provider: Representative in the European Union: European Data Protection Office (EDPO), Avenue Huart Hamoir 71, 1030 Brussels, Belgium; Website: https://telegram.org/; Privacy Policy: https://telegram.org/privacy; Further information: We process the personal data of subscribers only to the extent that we can view and delete the subscribers as recipients of the channel. Beyond this, i.e. in particular for the sending of messages, the evaluation and provision of anonymous sending statistics for the channel operators and the administration of subscribers, Telegram is responsible under data protection law.

• X: Social network; Service provider: Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR). Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/privacy, (Settings: https://twitter.com/personalization).

– Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://twitter.com/de; Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/privacy, (Settings: https://twitter.com/personalization); Data processing agreement: https://privacy.twitter.com/en/for-our-partners/global-dpa. Basis for third country transfer: Standard Contractual Clauses (https://privacy.twitter.com/en/for-our-partners/global-dpa).

• YouTube: Social network and video platform; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Basis for third country transfer: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Option to object (opt-out): https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Third Party providers Online Services

To offer you a convenient website, we use, inter alia, cPanel, and YouTube (Google Maps and YouTube are together referred to as “content plug-ins”), and so-called social media plugins of the social networks.

YouTube

On our websites, we use the services of the video portal YouTube LLC., 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, (“YouTube”) to integrate videos. In connection with the provision of YouTube, we use the “Enhanced Privacy Mode”, which is intended to ensure that data is only transmitted to YouTube when the videos are accessed.

Thus, only if you interact with the video, a connection to YouTube will be established to be able to call up and display the video. In this context, YouTube stores at least the IP address, the date and time as well as the website you visited. In addition, a connection to Google’s advertising network “DoubleClick” is established.

If you are logged into YouTube at the time, you visit our website, YouTube may establish a connection to your YouTube account. To prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube user account.

For the purpose of ensuring improved usability and analyzing usage behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your end device via your Internet browser. If you do not agree with this processing, you have the option to prevent the storage of cookies by a setting in your Internet browser. You can find more information on this above under “Cookies”.

Google provides further information on the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard in the Privacy Notice.

Subscribing to our newsletter 

Data processing newsletter subscription

Through our website you can subscribe to our newsletter. If you subscribe, we will ask you for your email address. Immediately after your registration, you will receive a confirmation on the screen of the device you used to log in. It is also possible to enter your first and last name. This allows Bhakti Marga US to approach you in a personal way, if you would like to do so and to respond personally to any comments and/or questions you may have regarding the newsletter, for example. We would like to point out that our newsletter contains tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a thumbnail image embedded in an email. These are sent in HTML format to enable the recording and analysis of log files, such as a statistical analysis of the success or failure of our online marketing campaigns. Based on the built-in tracking pixel, we can see when an email has been opened and which links have been opened. Such data is stored and analysed by us to optimise the sending of the newsletter and to adapt its content for future newsletters, tailored to the interests of the data subjects. This personal data will not be shared with third parties. We will only use your e-mail address to send newsletters for our own advertising purposes, regardless of the performance of the contract,  insofar as  you have expressly consented to this. The processing takes place with your consent based on Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.  You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of  any processing carried out on the basis of consent   until to the withdrawal. 

You can unsubscribe from   the newsletter    at any time by   using the relevant link in  the newsletter or by  notifying us  . Your email address will then be removed from the mailing list.

Deletion and restriction of processing:  We may store the unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests before deleting them in order to be able to prove a previously given consent. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defence against claims. An individual request for deletion is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of consent is confirmed at the same time. In the case of obligations to permanently observe contradictions, we reserve the right to store the e-mail address in a blacklist (so-called “blocklist”) solely for this purpose.

The registration process is logged based on our legitimate interests for the purpose of proving that it has been carried out properly. Insofar as we commission a service provider to send e-mails, this is done based on our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure dispatch system.

Contents: 

Information about us, our services, promotions and offers.

• Types of data processed: inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); contact details (e.g. email, phone numbers); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, times, identification numbers, consent status); Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times).

• Data subjects: Communication partners.

• Purposes of processing: Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or post).

• Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Opt-out: You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent or object to further receipt. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter either at the end of each newsletter or you can otherwise use one of the contact options given above, preferably e-mail.

 Further information on processing processes, procedures and services:

• Measurement of opening and click-through rates: The newsletters contain a so-called “web beacon”, i.e. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server or, if we use a mailing service provider, from its server when the newsletter is opened. As part of this retrieval, technical information, such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and the time of access, is first collected. This information is used for the technical improvement of our newsletter on the basis of the technical data or the target groups and their reading behavior on the basis of their retrieval locations (which can be determined with the help of the IP address) or the access times. This analysis also includes determining whether the newsletters are opened, when they are opened and which links are clicked. This information is assigned to the individual newsletter recipients and stored in their profiles until they are deleted. The evaluations are used by us to identify the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.The measurement of the opening rates and the click rates as well as the storage of the measurement results in the profiles of the users as well as their further processing are carried out on the basis of the user’s consent. Unfortunately, it is not possible to revoke the performance measurement separately, in which case the entire newsletter subscription must be cancelled or objected to. In this case, the stored profile information will be deleted;
  Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1  lit. a) GDPR).

Service Provider for Newsletter: 

DRIP: email sending and email sending and automation services; Service Provider: Drip Global, Inc., 251 N. 1st Avenue, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55401, USA, Tel.: 586.335.4691 Email: legal@drip.com; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.drip.com Privacy Policy:https://www.drip.com/privacy ; Basis for third-country transfers: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), Standard Contractual Clauses (provided by the Service Provider). Data processing agreement: : https://help.drip.com/hc/en-us/articles/4424695648397-GDPR 

Seva form 

When using the seva contact form, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, address, nationality, spiritual name, telephone number, talents, message text) only to the extent that you have provided it. The purpose of the data processing is to   establish contact. If the purpose of contacting us   is to   carry out pre-contractual measures (e.g. advice in the event   of interest in a purchase, the preparation of quotations) or an already in the case of a contract concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. If contact is made   for other reasons, this data is processed based on Art. 6 para.  1 lit.  f GDPR is based on our overriding legitimate interest in answering your question. In this case, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds arising from your  particular situation,  to  the  processing of your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, insofar as your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.  Your email address will only be used to process your request. Your data will then be deleted latest after 6 month, if you have not consented to further processing and use. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.

 

Donations via Give WP plugin 

Which data do we process in the context of a donation? 

Givewp and Stripe: You can use a donation function on our website. We use Givewp as our donation portal with Stripe as payment gateway and processor to handle and manage all financial transactions. Donations are processed by the third-party provider Stripe Ltd. Further information on data processing by Stripe Ltd. can be found in the legal notice: Stripe Inc. 354 Oyster Point Boulevard, South San Francisco California 94080, USA. To find out more about the security measures of these organisations, please click on the following links: . https://stripe.com/de/privacy . Privacy policy of Give WP: https://givewp.com/privacy-policy/ 

ONLINE SHOP

Which data do we process in the context of the online shop?
In the course of an order in our Online Shop on the website www.shopbhakti.com, we process, inter alia, title, first and last name, company name, country, billing and shipping address, e-mail address, telephone number, spiritual name (optional), notes about the order (optional), information about the products or services you have ordered, including the order status, and payment information such as credit card number or other bank information.

For what purposes and on what legal basis do we process this data?
The personal data collected as part of the online shop will only be used to fulfil your order. Therefore, the processing is necessary to fulfil contractual or quasi-contractual obligations (Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR), respectively consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR respectively Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR), where the provision of your data is optional.
For our online shop on the website www.shopbhakti.com we use the e-commerce software Shopify. Privacy policy of Shopify: Shopify International Limited, address: Victoria Buildings, 2nd floor, 1-2 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland, e-mail: hilfe@shopify.de , Privacy Policy of Shopify https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.
Shopify processes this data primarily on European servers. Shopify sends some data to its Canadian servers.Data transfers to Canada are legitimised by an adequacy decision. Occasionally, Shopify sends data to sub- processors in the USA. However, Shopify obliges them to comply with strict data protection obligations. We have concluded an order processing contract with Shopify in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.
DPA from Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/legal/dpa#3-european-union-and-united-kingdom.
 For more information, please visit the page of our online shop: www.shopbhakti.com

Use of the payment service provider Stripe 

On our website we use the Stripe payment service of Stripe Payments Europe Ltd, 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland). The data processing serves the purpose of offering you payment via the payment service. By selecting and using Stripe, the data required for payment processing is transmitted to Stripe in order to be able to fulfil the contract with you with of the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. 

If required, Stripe reserves the right to obtain a credit report on the basis of mathematical-statistical procedures using credit rating agencies. For this purpose, Stripe transmits the personal data required for credit assessment to a credit rating agency and uses the obtained information on the statistical probability of payment default in order to reach a reasonable decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. The credit report may contain probability values (score values) which are calculated on the basis of scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical methods and include, among other things, address data. Your legitimate interests will be taken into account in accordance with the legal requirements. The data processing serves the purpose of a credit check for contract initiation. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in protection against payment default if Stripe pays in advance.
For reasons that arise from your particular situation, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR at any time by notifying Stripe. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract with the payment method of your choice. Failure to provide such data shall mean that the contract cannot be concluded with the payment method you have selected. 

All Stripe transactions are subject to Stripe Privacy Policy. You can find these at https://stripe.com/de/privacy 

Use of PayPal Express 

Our website uses the payment service PayPal Express from PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. (22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg; “PayPal”).
The processing of data enables us to offer you the option of paying via the PayPal Express payment service.
To integrate this payment service it is essential that PayPal collects, stores, and analyses data when you access the website (e.g. IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, device location). Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies allow your internet browser to be recognised. 

The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out with your consent up to the withdrawal.
By selecting and using “PayPal Express”, the data required for payment processing will be submitted to PayPal to execute the agreement with you using the selected payment method. The data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Further information on data processing when using the Paypal Express payment service can be found here in the associated data privacy policy. 

The use of PayPal Check-Out 

We use the PayPal Check-Out payment service of PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. (22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg; “PayPal”) on our website. The data processing serves the purpose of being able to offer you payment via the payment service. With the selection and use of payment via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or “Pay Later” via PayPal, the data required for payment processing is transmitted to PayPal in order to be able to fulfill the contract with you with the selected payment method. This processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. 

Cookies may be stored that enable your browser to be recognised. The resulting data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our legitimate interest in a customer-oriented range of varying payment methods. On grounds relating to your particular situation, you have the right to object at any time to this processing of personal data concerning you. 

Credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal & “Pay later” via PayPal.
For individual payment methods such as credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or “Pay later” via PayPal, PayPal reserves the right, if necessary, to obtain credit information on the basis of mathematical-statistical methods using credit agencies. For this purpose, PayPal transmits the personal data required for a credit check to a credit agency and uses the information received about the statistical probability of a payment default for a weighed decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. The credit information may include probability values (score values), which are calculated on the basis of scientifically recognized mathematical- statistical methods and in the calculation of which, among other things, address data are included. Your interests worthy of protection are taken into account in accordance with the statutory provisions. The data processing serves the purpose of credit assessment for a contract initiation. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO for our overriding legitimate interest in protecting against payment default when PayPal makes advance payments.
You have the right to object at any time to this processing of personal data relating to you based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO for reasons arising from your particular situation by notifying PayPal. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract with the payment method requested by you. Failure to provide it will result in the contract not being concluded with the payment method you have chosen. 

Local third-party providers
When paying via the payment method of a local third-party provider, the data required for payment processing is transmitted to PayPal. This processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. For the execution of this payment method, the data may then be forwarded by PayPal to the respective provider. This processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Local third-party providers may be for example :

– Sofort (SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany).
– giropay (Paydirekt GmbH, Stephanstr. 14-16, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany) 

Purchase on account via PayPal
When paying via the payment method purchase on account, the data required to process the payment is first transmitted to PayPal. For the execution of this payment method, the data is then transmitted by PayPal to Ratepay GmbH (Franklinstraße 28-29, 10587 Berlin; “Ratepay”) in order to be able to fulfill the contract with you with the selected payment method. This processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Ratepay may conduct a credit check on the basis of mathematical-statistical methods using credit agencies according to the procedure already described above. The data processing serves the purpose of credit assessment for contract initiation. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO from our overriding legitimate interest in protecting against payment default when Ratepay makes advance payments. For more information on data protection and which credit agencies Ratpay uses, please visit https://www.ratepay.com/legal- payment-dataprivacy/ and https://www.ratepay.com/legal-payment-creditagencies/. 

For more information on data processing when using PayPal, please see the associated privacy policy at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full. 

COOKIES

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files which are saved in a user’s internet browser or by the user’s internet browser on their computer system. When a user calls up a website, a cookie may be saved on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic character string which allows the browser to be clearly identified when the website is called up again.

Cookies will be stored on your computer. You therefore have full control over the use of cookies. By choosing corresponding technical settings in your internet browser, you can be notified before the setting of cookies, and you can decide whether to accept this setting in each individual case as well as prevent the storage of cookies and transmission of the data they contain. Cookies which have already been saved may be deleted at any time. We would, however, like to point out that this may prevent you from making full use of all the functions of this website.

Using the links below, you can find out how to manage cookies (or deactivate them, among other things) in major browsers: Chrome Browser: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en

Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/cookies-in-microsoft-edge-lB6schen-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9- 2a946a29ae09

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

Technically necessary cookies

Insofar as no other information is given in the data protection declaration below we use only these technically necessary cookies cookies to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies also allow our systems to recognise your browser after a page change and to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. These services require the browser to be recognised again after a page change.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out on the basis of Art. 25 para. 2 TTDSG. Processing is carried out on the basis of art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our largely justified interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website as well as a user-friendly and effective design of our range of services.

You have the right to veto this processing of your personal data according to art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, for reasons relating to your personal situation.

Use of the Cookie Consent Plug-in from WebToffee

We use the GDPR Cookie Consent Plug-in from WebToffee of Mozilor Limited (10 Paxton Crescent, Shenley Lodge, Milton Keynes MK5 7PY, United Kingdom; “WebToffee”) on our website.

The plug-in enables you to give your consent to data processing via the website, in particular to set cookies, as well as to make use of your right of revocation for consents already provided. The data processing serves the purpose of obtaining and documenting necessary consents to data processing and thus to comply with legal obligations. Cookies may be deployed for this purpose. Among other things the following information can be collected and transmitted to WebToffee: anonymised IP address, User ID, consent status, date and time of the consent or rejection. This data will not be passed on to any other third parties.

The data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR to comply with a legal obligation. For more information about data protection at WebToffee, please visit: https://www.webtoffee.com/privacy-policy/

ANALYSIS

Use of Google Analytics 4

We use the Google Analytics web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; “Google”) on our website.

The data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors as well as for marketing and advertising purposes. To this end, Google will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

In this context, the following information may be collected, among others: IP address, date and time of page view, click path, information about the browser you are using and the device you are using (device), pages visited, referrer URL (website from which you accessed our website), location data, purchase activity. Your data may be linked by Google to other data, such as your search history, your personal accounts, your usage data from other devices, and any other data Google may have about you.

 

PLUG-INS

Use of the Google Tag Manager

Our website uses the Google Tag Manager from Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; “Google”). This application manages JavaScript tags and HTML tags which are used to implement tracking and analysis tools. The data processing serves to facilitate the needs-based design and optimisation of our website. The Google Tag Manager itself neither stores cookies nor processes personal data. It does, however, enable the triggering of further tags which may collect and process personal data. You can find more detailed information on the terms and conditions of use and data protection at https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use- policy.html

 Use of GoogleMaps

Our website uses the function for embedding Google Maps by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, “Google”)

This feature visually represents geographical information and interactive maps. Google also collects, processes, and uses data on visitors to the website when they call up pages with embedded Google maps.

Your data may also be transmitted to the USA. For the USA, there is an adequacy decision of the EU Commission, the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Google has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and has thus undertaken to comply with European data protection principles.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your consent based on Art. 25 para. 1 p. 1 TTDSG in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out with your consent up to the withdrawal.

Further information on the data collected and used by Google, your rights and privacy can be found in Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. You also have the option of changing your settings in the data protection centre, allowing you to administer and protect the data processed by Google.

Font Awesome

This site uses Font Awesome to display fonts and symbols uniformly. The provider is Fonticons, Inc., 6 Porter Road Apartment 3R, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

When you access a page, your browser loads the necessary fonts into your browser cache to display texts, fonts, and symbols correctly. For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Font Awesome’s servers. This gives Font Awesome knowledge that this website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Font Awesome is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on our website. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit . B. Device fingerprinting). Consent can be revoked at any time.

If your browser does not support Font Awesome, your computer will use a standard font.

Further information about Font Awesome can be found in Font Awesome’s privacy policy at:
https://fontawesome.com/privacy

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data entry on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is done by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, length of time the website visitor stays on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and SPAM. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit . B. Device fingerprinting. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA can be found in the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Terms of Use under the following links:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and
https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de

You can find more detailed information on the data processing and data protection at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ and at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.

Use of Google Translate

We use the translation service of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) on our website via API integration. The data processing serves the purpose of presenting the information provided on the website in a different language. In order for the translation to be automatically displayed after you have selected a national language, the browser you are using connects to the Google servers. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Thereby, among other things, the following information can be collected and processed: IP address, URL of the page visited, date and time. Your data may be transferred to the USA. For the USA, there is an adequacy decision of the EU Commission, the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Google has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and has thus undertaken to comply with European data protection principles.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 25 para. 1 p. 1 TTDSG in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out with your consent up to the withdrawal. You can find more information on the collection and use of your data by Google at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Use of YouTube

We use the  YouTube video  embedding function of Google Ireland  Limited (Gordon House,  Barrow Street,   Dublin 4, Ireland; “YouTube”). YouTube is a partnership with Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View,   CA 94043, USA; ‘Google’).  

The feature displays videos  that have been deposited with YouTube in an iFrame on the website. In doing so,  the “Advanced Privacy Mode” option is  activated. As a result, YouTube does not store any information about the visitors to the website. Only when you watch  a video is the information about it transmitted to YouTube and stored  there. If necessary, your data will be transferred to  the USA. For the  US, there  is an adequacy decision from the  EU Commission:  the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF).  YouTube has certified itself in accordance with  the TADPF  and is therefore obliged to comply with European  data protection principles. The use of cookies or similar technologies is carried out with your consent pursuant   Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. The processing of your  personal data is carried out with your consent pursuant to Art.   6(1)(a) GDPR. You can withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing  carried out on the basis of the consent  until  the withdrawal.

You   can find more information about the collection  and  use of data  by YouTube  and  Google as  well as the  associated rights  and options for protecting your privacy in YouTube’s privacy policy (https:// www.youtube.com/t/privacy). 

Use of Flickr

– Flickr, operated by Flickr, Inc, Flickr c/o Yahoo! Inc, 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA. Further information can be found in Flickr’s privacy policy. Basis for the transfer to third countries: Standard contractual clauses. Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.flickr.com, Privacy Policy: https://www.flickr.com/help/privacy. Data processing agreement: https://www.flickr.com/help/dpa.

API Keys

We make use of certain APIs, in order to provide specific features.

These APIs may include the following third party services: Google Maps (API key), Meetup (OAuth token), PayPal (email, Client ID, Client Secret), Eventbrite (API key, auth URL, Client Secret), and Zoom (email, Client ID, Client Secret).

 

Rights of affected persons and storage duration

Duration of storage

After contractual processing has been completed, the data is initially stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in accordance with the retention periods prescribed by law, especially tax and commercial law, and then deleted after the period has elapsed, unless you have agreed to further processing and use.

Rights of the affected persons

If the legal requirements are fulfilled, you have the following rights according to art. 15 to 20 GDPR: Right to information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability. You also have a right of objection against processing based on art. 6 (1) GDPR, and to processing for the purposes of direct marketing, according to art. 21 (1) GDPR.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE TERMS. THE APPLICABLE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DATA PROTECTION POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROOF COMPLEX REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE USE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE FORMATION OF LEGAL CLAIMS ( OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (2) GDPR).

Is the processing based on automated decision-making or profiling? 

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, if the decision is not necessary for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract, is not required by law or is not based on your express consent. 

Bhakti Marga US does not use automated decision-making, including profiling, unless we have expressly informed you of this.

Right to complain to the regulatory authority

You have the right to complain to the regulatory authority according to art. 77 GDPR if you believe that your data is not being processed legally.

You can lodge a complaint with, among others, the supervisory authority responsible for us. In case you could not solve your problem with us directly, you can also complain to your local data protection authority or the place of the suspected violation. Contact information of these authorities can be accessed at the website of the European Data Protection Board.

Right to object

If the data processing outlined here is based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6(1)f) GDPR, you have the right for reasons arising from your particular situation to object at any time to the processing of your data with future effect.

If the objection is successful, we will no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests or rights and freedoms, or the processing is intended for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims. 

Security measures

We implement a variety of security measures designed to maintain the safety of your personal data we store and process. 

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing as well as the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, in order to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

The measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as access, input, disclosure, safeguarding availability and separation of the data. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subject rights, the deletion of data and responses to data threats. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development and selection of hardware, software and processes in accordance with the principle of data protection, through technology design and data protection-friendly default settings. TLS/SSL encryption (https): To protect user data transmitted via our online services, we use TLS/SSL encryption. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is the standard technology for securing internet connections by encrypting the data transmitted between a website or app and a browser (or between two servers). Transport Layer Security (TLS) is an updated and more secure version of SSL. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is displayed in the URL if a website is secured by an SSL/TLS certificate. For example, to protect the transmission of confidential information that you send to us as the website provider, we use SSL encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the security of our systems 100%. In the event that any personal data under our control is compromised as a result of a security breach, we will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and, where appropriate, notify those individuals whose personal data may have been compromised and or the competent data protection authority.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Your State Privacy Rights

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information. To make such a request, please send an email to info@bhaktimarga.us.

Disclosures. California Residents
The provider of services is BM US Church.  If you are a California resident, in accordance with Cal. Civ. Code §1789.3, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting them in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112 Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.