Cookies and Privacy Policy
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Summary

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This document details about our cookie usage and our privacy policy and what practices are in place to be compliant with the new GDPR regulation. You will find here the cookies we use and why we use them, what personal data we collect and for what purposes, and also how to contact us for inquiries about our GDPR compliance.

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Introduction

  1. This website uses cookies.

  2. By using this website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this policy.

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About Cookies

  1. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

  2. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

  3. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

  4. Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.

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Our Cookies

  1. We use both session and persistent cookies on this website.

  2. The cookies we use on the website, and the purposes for which they are used, are set out below.

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Analytics Cookies

  1. We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our site.

  2. The analytics service provider generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies.

  3. The analytics cookies used by our website have the following names: ga_, _utma, _utmb, _utmc and _utmz.

  4. The information generated relating to this website is used to create reports about the use of the website.

  5. The Analytics service provider’s privacy policy is available at:
    https://policies.google.com/privacy

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Wix & Wix Shoutout Cookies

This website is hosted by Wix.com. Wix, together with its marketing, analytics and technology partners, uses certain monitoring and tracking technologies (such as cookies, beacons, pixels, tags and scripts). These technologies are used in order to maintain, provide and improve their Services on an ongoing basis, and in order to provide their Visitors, Users and Users-of-Users with a better experience.

 

For example, thanks to these technologies, Wix is able to maintain and keep track of their Visitor’s and Users’ preferences and authenticated sessions, to better secure their Services, to identify technical issues, user trends and effectiveness of campaigns, and to monitor and improve the overall performance of their Services.

 

Please note that Third Party Services placing cookies or utilizing other tracking technologies through Wix Services may have their own policies regarding how they collect and store information. Such practices are not covered by our Privacy Policy and we do not have any control over them.

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The Wix.com privacy policy is available at: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy​

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Blocking Cookies

  1. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:

    1. in Internet Explorer (version 10) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy” and then “Advanced”;

    2. in Firefox (version 24) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy”, selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and unticking “Accept cookies from sites”; and

    3. in Chrome (version 29), you can block all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Content settings”, and then selecting “Block sites from setting any data” under the “Cookies” heading.

  2. Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

  3. If you block cookies, you may not be able to use all the features on this website. The bookings will no longer work.

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Deleting Cookies

  1. You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:

    1. in Internet Explorer (version 10), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835);

    2. in Firefox (version 24), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”, then selecting “Use custom settings for history”, clicking “Show Cookies”, and then clicking “Remove All Cookies”; and

    3. in Chrome (version 29), you can delete all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Clear browsing data”, and then selecting “Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data” before clicking “Clear browsing data”.

  2. Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites including this one.

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GDPR Compliance

  1. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an EU-wide regulation for the protection of European citizens’ data that has come into force on 25th of May 2018 and all companies that collect such data need to comply with it. It establishes a set of compliance and security processes around managing personally identifiable information so that it is not misused. Currently there is no certification or license required or available for GDPR.

  2. We are committed to comply with this regulation and this Cookies and Privacy Policy document details how.

  3. For enquiries about our GRPD compliance or related questions you can reach us at info@tantraoftheheart.com

  4. On our website we collect the following data:

    1. If you are a customer and book any of the private sessions, online classes, workshops, events and/or tours on our website, we will collect your NAME and EMAIL so we can deliver the product to your email account. The payments are processed by PayPal according to their Privacy Policy. Since we have a legitimate interest to collect this data, this is not covered by the “right to be forgotten” from the GDPR regulation. We will keep this data for 7 years for financial and legal reasons.

    2. If you become a newsletter subscriber we will collect your NAME and EMAIL in order to deliver our newsletter to you. Our email service provider is called Wix Shoutout and you can read their Privacy Policy. Each newsletter we send out, at the bottom has an option to opt out from our newsletter list. You can also ask to be removed from our mailing list by sending an email to info@tantraoftheheart.com

    3. If you use our contact form we will collect your NAME, EMAIL and MESSAGE. These will be sent to a monitored business email and also stored in the database for future reference in communication with you. At your request, the messages can be removed from the database. Please contact us by email at: info@tantraoftheheart.com 

  5. The Personal Data & mailing list information is stored by Wix.com on their servers.

  6. You can update any of your personal data by a written request to our email address: info@tantraoftheheart.com

  7. Personal Data related to payments for any of our services will be kept for 7 years and it is not subject to the “right to be forgotten” for financial and legal reasons. For mailing lists, product reviews or contact form messages you can send a request for deletion by email at: info@tantraoftheheart.com

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