Dhyanapeetam is committed to safeguarding the privacy of its on-line
users' Personal information. Please read the following policy to
understand the rules and procedures followed by Dhyanapeetam in handling
Personal information provided to us over the internet.
What information does Dhyanapeetam collect?
Dhyanapeetam collects the Personal information only from persons who
contact us and voluntarily provide the information to us or that is given
to us by various affiliated organizations (satsangs and centers) that
have your permission to share your Personal information. *Personal
information* means your name, shipping/mailing address, telephone number,
fax number, and email address and may include your program registration
and donation preferences. We do not collect credit or debit card account
numbers through our website. All financial transactions such as payment
for our programs and donations done through our website are processed
by Paypal, an independent third party online payment processing company.
Users may review the terms of use and privacy policy for Paypal at
www.paypal.com.
How Dhyanapeetam uses the Personal Information
We use your personal information to respond to and fulfill requests
for products and services including: Sending information about the
activities of Dhyanapeetam, and our affiliates.
Sending you our e-newsletters
Contacting you about the status of your orders, and program
registrations
Completing your program registrations
When we disclose personal information to others
Dhyanapeetam does exchange Personal information with various
affiliated organizations (satsangs and centers) in India. and abroad so that
they can contact people on the mailing list about Dhyanapeetam's
programs and events.
Dhyanapeetam's mailing list, including the Personal information we
receive through the internet, is never shared with any commercial
organizations and is never sold, rented or given to unrelated third parties.
Dhyanapeetam will disclose Personal information to third parties if
we believe in good faith that the law requires us to do so.
Right to control and procedures to protect personal information
Individuals who wish to register online for our programs and events
are allowed to register online using the Register button on our website
by providing their name, address, email id, and telephone number.
Dhyanapeetam provides links to affiliated entities. These sites
operate independently of Dhyanapeetam. Dhyanapeetam is not responsible for
the privacy, terms of use or other policies of any other web site.
How we use Cookies
Dhyanapeetam does not use cookies to store information. A cookie is a
small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and
stored in your computer's hard drive.
Amendment of Policy
Dhyanapeetam reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy any time.
No individual notice of such changes will be provided but they will
appear on the website in the form of a revised and newly dated Privacy
Policy. Our current policy was amended June 15, 2006.
