Privacy Policy

Yoga Veda ("Yoga Veda," "we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and share personal information when you visit our website, contact us, or make a Registrar request.

1. Who We Are

Yoga Veda is our legal name. The Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine (IAM) is an independent platform with one purpose: making Ayurvedic education accessible. Membership and study take place on the platform, and we provide Registrar services: certificates, transcripts, and other records.

Legal Operating Entity: [Full registered company name]
Business Address: [Registered business address]
Privacy Contact: instituteofayurvedicmedicine@gmail.com
Website: https://www.yogavedainstitute.com

Yoga Veda is our legal name. Our programs are offered through the Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine platform. This policy covers the personal information collected through our website and the platform.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on your interactions with us, we may collect:

• Contact information: Name, email address, and other details you give us when you write to us or submit a form.
• Registrar request information: The details needed to issue a certificate, transcript, or other record, and the request itself.
• Educational records: For students of our original programs and Teach-Out requests, course history, results, and completion information.
• Transaction information: Registrar fee payments and receipts. Payment card information is handled directly by authorized payment processors.
• Referral information: Information that records that you reached IAM through our website.
• Technical information: IP address, browser type, device information, usage logs, and cookies or similar technologies.
• Communication information: Support inquiries, correspondence, and feedback.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information to:

• Respond to your questions and requests.
• Process Registrar requests and issue certificates, transcripts, and records.
• Maintain necessary academic and financial records, including for our original programs and Teach-Out.
• Process Registrar fee payments.
• Send essential administrative communications.
• Send optional marketing communications when permitted.
• Improve website performance, accessibility, and security.
• Fulfill applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

Where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or equivalent legislation applies, we process personal information on the following grounds, as appropriate:

• Contractual necessity: To carry out Registrar requests and other services you ask for.
• Legal obligation: To maintain records and comply with applicable laws.
• Legitimate interests: To protect website security, prevent misuse, and operate our platform, where those interests are not overridden by individual rights.
• Consent: For optional marketing, nonessential cookies, or other activities requiring consent.

Where special-category personal data is processed, we will identify and apply an appropriate additional legal condition.

5. Payments

We use third-party payment processors to collect Registrar fees.

Payment processors collect and handle payment information according to their own privacy notices and applicable contractual arrangements.

6. Sharing Personal Information

We may share information with service providers who support essential operations, including:

• Website hosting and infrastructure providers.
• Payment processors.
• Form, email, and customer support services.
• Security and analytics providers.

Where needed to verify eligibility for a certificate or transcript, or to complete an original program, limited educational records may be shared with IAM. Such sharing will be restricted to appropriate educational purposes and supported by the necessary agreements and legal bases.

When you join IAM, IAM and its payment processor handle your membership information under IAM's own privacy policy.

We do not sell personal information to advertisers.

7. International Data Transfers

Our website and service providers may operate in different countries.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will implement applicable safeguards, such as recognized adequacy arrangements or approved contractual protections, where required.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including Registrar services, academic administration, legal compliance, dispute resolution, and legitimate recordkeeping.

Retention periods vary by record category and applicable legal requirements.

Detailed Retention Schedule: [Insert verified retention periods or link to published retention schedule.]

9. Data Security

We use appropriate technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or disclosure.

These may include access restrictions, authentication controls, secure service providers, and appropriate administrative procedures.

No internet-based system can guarantee absolute security.

10. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Access your personal information.
• Correct inaccurate information.
• Request deletion where legally permitted.
• Restrict or object to certain processing.
• Request data portability.
• Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.
• Object to direct marketing.
• Lodge a complaint with an applicable data protection authority.

Requests may be sent to instituteofayurvedicmedicine@gmail.com.

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. Some academic, financial, and legal records may need to be retained despite a deletion request.

11. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and related technologies for essential functionality, preferences, analytics, and other disclosed purposes.

Where required, nonessential technologies will be activated only after valid user consent.

12. Children's Privacy

Our services are primarily intended for adult learners and professional educational participants.

Where minors are permitted to use a service, we will apply the consent and safeguarding requirements relevant to their age and jurisdiction.

13. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services, technology, or applicable law.

The current version will be published on our website with its effective or revision date.

Where required, we will provide additional notice of material changes.

14. Contact

For privacy requests or questions:

Yoga Veda
[Registered legal entity]
[Business address]
instituteofayurvedicmedicine@gmail.com