privacy policy

Effective date: July 2024

MARLIES KC YOGA (“us”, “we”, or “our”) is a wellness company that offers yoga, reiki, retreat experiences and provides opportunities for others to move and heal with the Earth. MARLIES KC YOGA operates the www.marlieskcyoga.ca website (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”).

This document informs you of our policies regarding the use, collection, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with said data.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using this Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Promotional and Information Offerings

With the permission of an online visitor, information submitted at the time of registration or submission may be used for marketing and promotional purposes by the Service provided notice of this fact is made available online. If a visitor objects to such use for any reason, he/she may prevent that use, either by email request or by modifying the registration information provided. The Service uses reasonable efforts to maintain visitors’ information in a secure environment. If you have submitted personal information and want to change it or opt-out, please contact us at info@marlieskcyoga.

Definitions
Service |

Service is the www.marlieskcyoga.ca website operated by MARLIES KC YOGA, and all services wherein.

Personal Data

Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from that data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Usage Data

Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Data Controller

Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information is, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

Data Processors (or Service Providers) Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

Data Subject (or User) Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

Information Collection and Use
We collect different types of information for a variety of purposes to improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected
Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to obtaining your name, email address, phone number, address, and cookies.

Cookies and Usage Data
We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any/all communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or the instructions provided in any email we send.

Usage Data
We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service you visit, along with the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information.

Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:
Session Cookies.We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies.

We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.

Security Cookies.

We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Use of Data
MARLIES KC YOGA uses the collected data for various purposes to: maintain our Service, notify you about changes to our Service, provide customer support, gather valuable information so that we can improve our Service, monitor the usage of our Service, detect, prevent and address technical issue and to provide you with information about other goods/services/events which we offer that are similar to those you previously purchased/enquired about unless you have opted not to receive said information.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), MARLIES KC YOGA’s basis for collecting and using personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

MARLIES KC YOGA may process your Personal Data because:
To create a contract with you
You provided us permission to do so
The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights
For payment processing purposes
To comply with the law

Retention of Data
MARLIES KC YOGA will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Disclosure of Data
Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, MARLIES KC YOGA may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

Legal Requirements

MARLIES KC YOGA may disclose your Personal Data when such action is necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of MARLIES KC YOGA and protect the personal safety of users
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoings in connection with the Service
Protect against legal liability

Security of Data
The security of your data is extremely important to us. Please remember no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Our Policy on “Do Not Track” Signals under the California Online Protection Act (CalOPPA)
We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.
You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.
Your Data Protection Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Our Service aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed about what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us at hello@saltotree.com.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
The right to access, update or delete personal information we have on you.
The right of rectification and restriction of your data.
The right to object, data portability and the right to withdraw your consent.

Please note we may ask you to verify your identity before adhering to said requests.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Service Providers

If an opportunity arises, we may employ individuals/third party companies to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Payments
Our Service may provide paid products and/or services, which we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. Acuity Scheduler, WooCommerce and Square). We do not store or collect your payment card details on our server. The information you provide is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. The payment processors we work with are E-transfer and Square.

Links to Other Sites
Throughout our Service, and on social media/other marketing materials, we may contain links to other sites not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to said third party’s site. We strongly encourage you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit to ensure your privacy is protected.
Please note: We have assumed no responsibility or have no control over the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy
None of our Services address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us at info@marlieskcyoga. If it comes to our attention that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we will take immediate steps to remove said information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy
At times, we may update our Privacy Policy, you will be notified of said changes via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service. You are strongly advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes, said changes to the policy are effective when they are posted on this document/page.