Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa recognizes and respects the importance of maintaining the privacy of our customers, registered members (“Members”) and users, and has established this Privacy Policy as a result. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of:
- the personal information we may collect from you when you visit our Web Site, respond to our emails, place orders via mail or fax, or otherwise contact us via telephone, email, fax or mail,
- why we gather information from you,
- how we collect it,
- how we use it, and
- the choices you have regarding our use of personal information you have provided.
This Privacy Policy governs your use of our Web Site located at www.ayupgh.com (Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa or the “Web Site”). The Web Site is owned by Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa. (the “Company”). This Privacy Policy does not cover information provided to our Company-owned or franchised retail stores.
Note: You must be 21 years or older to use, subscribe or register as a member of Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa. The Web Site is a general audience site and we do not knowingly collect, maintain or disclose personal information from or about children.
Why do we gather information?
Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa gathers personal information to help improve our products and customer service, to communicate with you, to process your orders, to provide an enhanced and more personalized shopping experience and to inform you, and your gift and message recipients, of special offers and discounts from us, our affiliated brands and selected third parties.
How we use “Cookies” and “Action Tags”.
A “cookie” is a small data file sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer. We use cookies to let us know that you are a prior customer, user or Member and to provide certain features to you. Most web browsers allow you to instruct the browser to prevent the use of cookies. However, if you disable this feature, certain aspects of Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa Web Site, such as the shopping basket, may not function properly.
Our Web Site also uses a common web technology “called “action tags” (also called single pixel gifs or web beacons) to anonymously track purchase, usage and other web activity information.
How we use the information we collect
We use information we collect to communicate with you, to process your orders, to provide an enhanced and more personalized shopping experience, to inform you and your gift and message recipients of offers and discounts from Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa and our affiliated brands and to enable you to receive credits for purchases under loyalty or buying programs which you have joined.
Our Affiliates, subcontractors, and agents, and any successors or assignees to our business (if we ever sell, lease, license or assign some or all of our business), are not considered to be third parties under this Policy. However, in connection with information collected under this Policy, they are required to comply with this Policy. “Affiliates” are persons or entities directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa.
We may combine information we receive from you via our Web Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone with information from our Affiliates and third parties. We use the combined information to enhance and personalize your shopping experience with us and to communicate with you in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Please note that any personal information you reveal or post on one our public forums, such as a message board, chat room, discussion group, folder, survey, contest, sweepstakes, user review and rate forum, and all User Submissions, are not protected by this Privacy Policy and may be collected, shared and used by us or with third parties, including to contact you. Information you give out or post on our public forums you disclose at your own risk.
Consent to Transfer and Submission
Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa is operated in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using the Web Site or otherwise providing us with information, you hereby consent to this transfer.
In addition, if you submit data to us about other individuals you agree that you have obtained consent from each such individual to the submission, transfer and processing of the information. Although personal information collected by us through the Web Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone is used by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy, laws generally applicable to the protection of personal data in the U.S. may not be as stringent as those in other countries.
Links to Other Web Sites
Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa wants you to be aware that when you click on links and/or ad banners that take you to affiliated or third-party web sites, you will be subject to the privacy policies and terms of use of those web sites, not ours. We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement and user terms whenever using, and prior to providing any personal information to, any other web site.
Security and Passwords
Portions of the Web Site may require registration and log-in processes in which you will select a user ID and password (collectively, the “Password”). Passwords provided to you by us are the confidential property of the Company and may be used by you solely for your individual use of the Web Site (and otherwise as specified by us). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any Password and for all activities that occur using your Password, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your Password or accounts.
How to Limit the Use of Personal Information
We want to communicate with you only to the extent you want to hear from us. If you prefer not to have personal information collected from you via the Web Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone shared with third parties, or to set your preferences concerning promotional communications, please follow the directions below.
From Third Parties
We do not share emails addresses you provide with third parties without your consent. In addition, if you prefer that other personal information provided by you not be shared with third parties, please let us know by emailing, writing or calling us as described below. Your instructions will be processed as soon as reasonably practicable and in accordance with law.
Emailing us at: [email protected] from the email address which you wish to have removed (i.e. not shared with third parties), and include your postal mailing address in the message; or
(Please, include or tell us your mailing address, and if you have a catalog, brochure or other mailing label from us, please include it with your request or have it ready when you call).
From our Affiliates
If you also prefer not to have us provide personal information about you to our Affiliates, please indicate in your email or letter that you wish your instructions to apply to our “Affiliates.”
From Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa.
If you also prefer that we not use the personal information you have provided to contact you or your message or gift recipients for our own marketing and promotional purposes, please indicate in your email or letter that you wish your instructions to apply to ” Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa.” These instructions, however, do not apply to non-promotional transactional messages from us.
Please note that your instructions (above) do not govern the use of information you have provided directly to our Affiliates or to third parties (including any merchants referenced or accessible via our Web Site). The use of information you have provided directly to our Affiliates or to third parties is governed by their respective privacy policies and terms of use.
We will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Ayurveda Wellness Center & Holistic Spa; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
Your Consent and Changes to this Policy
Subject to the above provisions, by using our Web Site, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, of which this policy is a part. We may change our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use from time to time as new features or services are added, suggestions from our customers are incorporated or other changes are made. We will endeavor to post the revised Privacy Policy and/or Terms of Use on our Web Site at least 30 days prior to their effective date – unless we believe changes must take effect sooner to comply with law or to protect the Company or our customers, users, Members, recipients, Sponsors, Providers, Licensors, Merchants, Associates and Affiliates, in which case the changes will be effective upon posting or as otherwise specified.