AHS Privacy Policy
Our Commitment To Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. This notice explains our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.
The Information We Collect:
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Awakened Heart Sangha website. On some pages, you can subscribe to an email newsletter, sign up for courses, order products, make requests, become a member, make a donation or register to receive materials. The types of personal information collected at these pages are:
Name
Address
Email address
Phone number
Date of Birth
Responses to Student Questionnaire
Credit/Debit Card Information
When you pay for our services online, we do not collect or hold any of your financial information, including your credit or debit card information. Your payment is processed by WorldPay, a leading provider for internet payments. The WorldPay payment system uses a combination of both established and innovative techniques to ensure the security and integrity of all sensitive data. Furthermore, their public web servers are certified by Thawte, a public Certificate Authority, so you can have confidence that nobody can impersonate WorldPay to obtain your confidential information. You can access the WorldPay privacy statement at: http://www.worldpay.com/about_us/index.php?page=privacy&c=UK and you can access their security statement at http://www.worldpay.com/about_us/index.php?page=security&c=UK.
The Way We Use Information:
We use the information you provide about yourself only to provide you with the service or product you requested or to fulfil your requests. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete your order. (For example, we will put your name and address on the package of materials you have ordered so that the postman can deliver it.)
If you have signed up for Buddhism Connect, we will pass your email address to Topica, the company which actually sends out the email. They are committed to your privacy and security and make every effort to protect your email address with a vigorous anti-spam policy. You can read more about their privacy policy at http://www.topica.com/privacy/index.html.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website.
Finally, we will never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
Our Commitment To Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Our Commitment To Children's Privacy:
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.
How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information
You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by emailing your request to office@ahs.org.uk or writing to AHS, 5A High Street, Criccieth, Gwynedd LL52 0RN. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information.
You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error.
To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
How To Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at + 44 01766 523110 or send us an email at office@ahs.org.uk.