Last Revision Date: 3/23/24
Privacy Policy
The important information
• We do not use advertisement, analytics, or other means of intentionally tracking or monitoring Your usage of Our website
• We do not sell or otherwise share any of Your Data outside of what is required to run Our business and comply with legal requirements in Our state, country, etc.
• You may request to have any of Your Personal Data sent to You, modified or deleted from our servers by contacting us directly
Who we are
Lake Amara Yoga is an independent business entity offering private yoga lessons online and other yoga related services.
Our website address is: https://www.laketeaches.yoga. Lake A. Buckner is the sole member of this business and website. We require an amount of personal information in order to teach You safely and effectively.
By using Our services, You consent to the terms listed in Our privacy policy.
Note that this policy may be revised at any time and the most current version may be found at https://www.laketeaches.yoga/privacy-policy/
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
“Personal Information” is anything that may be used to identify You, including: name, age, date of birth, address, email address, phone number, emergency contacts, information related to Your physical fitness and/or health, payment methods and associated information as required for verification by Our payment processor and/or booking software.
No personal data is collected by browsing Our website until You initiate contact by either:
(a) using the contact form to send a message,
(b) signing up for Our email newsletter, or
(c) registering to take classes and subsequently filling out an intake form and liability waiver
Comments
Comments are disabled on all blog posts by default, so all WordPress comment and user cookies are not currently in use.
Contact forms
WPForms WordPress plugin (https://wpforms.com/privacy-policy/) is used to power the contact form and email newsletter forms on Our website. They do not store or otherwise have access to form submission data.
Form submissions (contact and email sign up) are stored in Our WordPress database and may be exported to Our personal computers for the purpose of fulfilling requested actions (responding to messages, adding email addresses to contact lists,) A copy of each submission is also mailed to Our administrative email address and is stored there until each request is fulfilled.
Intake forms and waivers
Upon registering and before attending classes, You are required to fill out a student intake form and a waiver of liability for Our activities together. Basic contact information and consent to terms are all that is required to make these forms legally binding and fulfill the requirements set by Our insurance policy.
Any other information You provide (such as information related to Your activity level, health concerns or other medical conditions) is completely voluntary and while sometimes helpful, not required to provide You with Our services. Any information You choose to disclose is confidential and will not be shared with anyone within or outside of Our organization for any reason.
A sample of Our intake form can be found here (here) for reference, Note that none of the information is listed as required, but name, address and emergency contact information should be provided for Your safety in the event of an emergency during Our time together.
Email Marketing
When You sign up for Our newsletter, we use Your Personal Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send or by contacting Us.
Payments
We provide paid products and/or services on Our website and use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).
We do not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Our third-party payment processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.
Cookies
Comments, login and post editing are disabled on this website, so the following may not apply but is kept for the benefit of the user.
If You leave a comment on Our site You may opt-in to saving Your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for Your convenience so that You do not have to fill in Your details again when You leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If You visit Our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if Your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when You close Your browser.
When You log in, we will also set up several cookies to save Your login information and Your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If You select “Remember Me”, Your login will persist for two weeks. If You log out of Your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If You edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in Your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article You just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Analytics
Our website does not currently use analytics or other user tracking. There is no plan to change this in the immediate future.
Embedded content from other websites
As of now, there is no embedded content from third parties on Our website. This is subject to change in the future and the following may apply:
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about You, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor Your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking Your interaction with the embedded content if You have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share Your data with
Payment Processor: Stripe (https://stripe.com/us/privacy) – Payment information and applicable verification data. Very secure, long running payment processing company. Stripe handles all payment information during a transaction and does not share that data with Our website, Ubindi or any other third party.
Scheduling and Booking software: Ubindi (https://www.ubindi.com/privacy) – Only collects data required for registration for classes and contact purposes. Does not handle any payment information. Does not share any student data. More information found here: https://help.ubindi.com/portal/en/kb/articles/student-data-protection-and-privacy
Email Marketing service: Sender.net (https://www.sender.net/privacy-policy/) – Email address, name and other basic identifying information. Sender uses none of its clients’ customer data for promotion and does not share this data unless required by law.
By default WordPress does not share any personal data with anyone.
How long we retain Your data
Information on contact forms, including name, email address and message contents, are stored for up to six (6) months in order to assure that the request is fulfilled to Your satisfaction.
Information on student intake forms are kept indefinitely, unless otherwise requested by You. Liability waivers are kept indefinitely as required by Our insurance policy.
Email addresses on Our email marketing lists are kept indefinitely unless removal is requested by You, via direct message or using the “unsubscribe” feature linked at the bottom of all emails.
In this section You should explain how long You retain personal data collected or processed by the web site. While it is Your responsibility to come up with the schedule of how long You keep each dataset for and why You keep it, that information does need to be listed here. For example, You may want to say that You keep contact form entries for six months, analytics records for a year, and customer purchase records for ten years.
Where we send Your data
Our website and/or business is operated out of the United States and all information is transmitted through United States servers and stored on computers within the country. Users who access Our website and choose to submit personal data from other countries are consenting to the transmission and storage of their data within the USA. We do not knowingly transmit any of Our student data outside of Our country of operation.
Our web hosting service, DreamHost is based in California, USA. (https://www.dreamhost.com/legal/privacy-policy/)
How we protect Your data
Our website is secured with a valid SSL certificate at all times. Client information is only accessed through secure personal computers owned by Our business member(s). All standard personal computer safety protocols are in place on these devices including antivirus and spyware protection applications.
Client waivers and intake forms are stored on a dedicated external hard drive and only accessed when adding, updating or removing files, or retrieving information as required to protect Our business assets.
Our administrative email account is hosted by DreamHost and all information within is hosted on secure servers that are not accessible without valid credentials through their email web hosting service.
What rights You have over Your data
If at any point You wish to stop receiving email messages from us, You may do so by hitting the “unsubscribe” button at the footer of any of the emails or by messaging us directly.
You may request to have the information on Your student intake form sent to You or deleted at any time.
“Do Not Track” Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals.
However, some third party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If You are visiting such websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. 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 13 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.
Your California Privacy Rights (California’s Shine the Light law)
Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California’s Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes.
If You’d like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below.
California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)
California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 allows California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted. To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account.
Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.
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.
What third parties we receive data from
Our website does not use third party advertisements or other content. We use no third party services to aggregate data about Our users.
Contact information
All privacy concerns and requests may be directed to support@laketeaches.yoga
Replies and requested changes may take up to 48 hours.