Last Updated: January 1, 2025
Yoga Dining Club ("we," "our," or "us") operates the website yogadiningclub.com and provides yoga and dining wellness services in Los Angeles, California. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website, use our services, attend our events, or otherwise interact with us. Please read this policy carefully. By using our website or services, you consent to the data practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information that you provide directly to us, information collected automatically when you use our website, and information obtained from third-party sources. The types of information we collect depend on how you interact with us.
1.1 Personal Information You Provide
When you interact with Yoga Dining Club, you may voluntarily provide us with personal information, including but not limited to:
- Contact Information: Your first and last name, email address, phone number, and mailing address when you fill out our contact form, register for events, or create an account.
- Booking and Payment Information: Credit card numbers, billing addresses, and transaction details when you purchase tickets, book events, or make payments. We use third-party payment processors and do not store complete credit card numbers on our servers.
- Health and Dietary Information: Dietary restrictions, food allergies, physical limitations, health conditions, and fitness levels that you voluntarily share with us to help us customize your yoga and dining experience. This information is treated with heightened sensitivity and is only shared with our culinary and instructional staff as needed to ensure your safety and enjoyment.
- Communication Data: The content of emails, contact form submissions, phone call notes, and other messages you send to us.
- Event Participation Information: Records of events you have attended, feedback and reviews you provide, and preferences you express regarding future events.
- Account Information: If you create an account on our website, we collect your username, password (stored in encrypted form), and profile preferences.
- Newsletter Subscription Data: Your email address and content preferences when you subscribe to our newsletter or mailing list.
1.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically through cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies:
- Device Information: Your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type, screen resolution, and language preferences.
- Usage Data: Pages you visit on our website, the date and time of your visits, the duration of time spent on each page, the links you click, referring and exit pages, and your navigation patterns throughout the site.
- Location Data: General geographic location inferred from your IP address. We do not collect precise GPS location data unless you explicitly grant permission through your device settings.
- Cookie Data: Information stored and retrieved through cookies and similar technologies. For detailed information about our use of cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.
1.3 Information from Third Parties
We may receive information about you from third-party sources, including social media platforms if you interact with our social media accounts, event booking platforms we partner with, and marketing analytics providers. We combine this information with other data we collect to improve our services and communications.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- Providing Services: To process your event bookings, customize your yoga and dining experiences, accommodate your dietary needs and physical considerations, communicate event details, and deliver the services you have requested.
- Communication: To respond to your inquiries and contact form submissions, send booking confirmations and event reminders, provide customer support, and send you information about upcoming events and services you may be interested in.
- Marketing: To send our newsletter, promotional materials, and event announcements to subscribers who have opted in to receive such communications. You may opt out of marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing email or by contacting us directly.
- Website Improvement: To analyze how visitors use our website, identify trends and preferences, diagnose technical issues, improve site functionality, and develop new features and content that serve our community.
- Safety and Security: To protect the safety of our event participants, ensure the security of our website and systems, detect and prevent fraud, and enforce our terms of service.
- Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and governmental requests.
- Business Operations: To manage our business operations, maintain our records, analyze our performance, and plan for future growth.
3. Information Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:
- Service Providers: We share information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, processing payments, sending emails, analyzing website traffic, and conducting our business. These providers are contractually obligated to use your information only for the purposes we specify and to maintain appropriate security measures.
- Event Partners: When events are held at partner venues or involve guest instructors or chefs, we may share relevant participant information (such as dietary restrictions and names) with those partners to the extent necessary to deliver the event experience. We do not share your contact information with partners for their independent marketing purposes without your consent.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, in response to a subpoena, court order, or other legal process, or if we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email or prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.
- With Your Consent: We may share your information for other purposes with your explicit consent.
4. Data Security
We implement a variety of security measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your personal information. These measures include encryption of data in transit using SSL/TLS technology, secure storage of personal data on protected servers, regular security assessments and vulnerability testing, access controls that limit employee access to personal information on a need-to-know basis, and employee training on data protection and privacy practices.
While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security, and you transmit information to us at your own risk. If we become aware of a security breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you in accordance with applicable law.
5. Your Rights Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
As a California-based business serving California residents, we are committed to complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). If you are a California resident, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which the information was collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting the information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share the information.
- Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions permitted by law (such as information needed to complete a transaction or comply with a legal obligation).
- Right to Correct: You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
- Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing: You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. As stated above, we do not sell your personal information. If our practices change in the future, we will provide a clear opt-out mechanism.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. We will not deny you services, charge you different prices, provide a different quality of service, or suggest any of these actions as a penalty for exercising your rights.
- Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: To the extent we collect sensitive personal information (such as health-related data you voluntarily share), you have the right to limit our use and disclosure of this information to purposes necessary for providing our services.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected] or call us at (424) 369-8247. We will verify your identity before processing your request and respond within 45 days as required by law. If we need additional time, we will notify you of the extension and the reason for it.
6. Cookie Policy
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze website traffic, and understand how our visitors interact with our content. Cookies are small text files placed on your device by your web browser when you visit a website. For comprehensive information about the types of cookies we use, their purposes, and how to manage your cookie preferences, please refer to our dedicated Cookie Policy.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. The retention period depends on the nature of the information and the purpose for which it was collected. Event booking records are retained for seven years for accounting and tax purposes. Contact form submissions and communication records are retained for three years unless you request deletion. Newsletter subscription data is retained until you unsubscribe. Website usage data collected through analytics tools is retained for 26 months. Account information is retained for as long as your account remains active and for a reasonable period thereafter.
8. Children's Privacy
Our website and services are not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us at [email protected]. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 16 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to promptly delete that information from our systems.
Minors between the ages of 16 and 18 may attend our events with parental consent and supervision. In such cases, we collect only the information necessary to ensure a safe and accommodating experience, and we require parental authorization for all data collection.
9. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, and online services that are not owned or controlled by Yoga Dining Club. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every website you visit. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of any third-party sites or services.
10. International Data Transfers
Our services are primarily offered within the United States, and our servers and business operations are based in California. If you access our website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your country of residence. By using our website or providing us with your information, you consent to this transfer.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you by email or through a prominent notice on our website prior to the changes taking effect. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
12. Contact Us for Privacy Concerns
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us using any of the following methods:
- Email: [email protected] (include "Privacy" in the subject line)
- Phone: (424) 369-8247
- Mail: Yoga Dining Club, Attn: Privacy, 742 Mindful Way, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90028
We take all privacy inquiries seriously and will respond to your request within 30 days. For CCPA-related requests, we will respond within 45 days as required by California law.