The Seat of the
Soul Institute (“Institute”)
is committed to protecting the privacy and security
of the users of our Website. The Institute takes privacy
and data protection issues seriously. We have designed
this Privacy Policy to explain to you how we protect
your personal information, and about what choices
you have concerning our use of such information. Please
read this policy carefully. As Institute services
evolve, we may revise this Privacy Policy, so please
check back frequently.
If you have any
questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please
send an email to or contact us at:
WWW.SEATOFTHESOUL.COM
P. O. Box 3310
Ashland, Oregon 97520
(541) 482-1515
info@seatofthesoul.com
This Privacy Policy
covers the Institute’s treatment of personally
identifiable information collected from individuals
(hereafter "users" or "you")
who use and access Seatofthesoul.com. This Policy
does not apply to the practices of companies that
the Institute does not own or control, or to
people that the Institute does not employ or manage.
Please remember
that if you access a third-party site from a link
on the Institute, any information you reveal on that
site is not subject to this Privacy Policy. You should
be aware when your visit takes you to another site
and consult the privacy policies of each site you
visit.
Seatofthesoul.com
and the Institute do not store personally identifiable
information. Users who provide personally identifiable
information (any information by which user may be
identified, such as name, physical address, email
address, and telephone number) while participating
on Seatofthesoul.com
are providing this information to the Seat of the
Soul Institute ("Institute"), an
organization founded by Gary Zukav and Linda Francis
that sponsors public outreach. User understands that
future communications will be received from the Institute.
We may request
personally identifiable information from you in connection
with your use of, or participation in, Seatofthesoul.com.
In these cases, we will collect personally identifiable
information from you only if you voluntarily submit
such information to us.
Examples of this
personally identifiable information are:
- Name
- Postal Address
- Email Address
- Business or company name and
address
- Phone Number
- Occupation
- Credit Card Information
The Institute and
the Seat of the Soul Institute are the sole owners
of the information collected on this site. The Institute
and the Institute will not sell, share, or rent
this information to others in ways other than those
outlined in this statement. Personal information provided
by users will be used by the Institute to perform
the user's request, improve the site, and provide
a more personalized experience for the user. However,
information that identifies a specific individual
will not be disclosed to others without the user's
permission, unless necessary to provide services that
the user has requested, or as required by legal requests
as noted in the section "Information Sharing and
Disclosure."
Personally identifiable
information is used for specific purposes, such as:
- To respond to requests for
information
- To fulfill user orders of
products and services
- To process registrations for
events or other activities
- To provide user information
on events, products and services, or other news
that we think might be of interest to the user
If you do provide
us with personal information for any of these activities:
- We will use it to conduct
the activity.
- We will use cookie technology
(discussed in detail below) to enhance
your experience of these activities, including
to remember your preferences, customize the content
that you see or authenticate your access to your
personal information.
In the event your
personally identifiable information is requested as
part of other programs and site interactivity, such
personally identifiable information will be added
to your registration information.
We may contact
you to confirm your registration and about your account
status, and regarding changes to the Institute’s
Terms of Use Agreement and this Privacy Policy.
Your signing up
on our Website, checking the opt-in box and providing
your email address is providing your permission to
send you information; however, you will always be
provided the ability to "opt-out" (unsubscribe)
at any time, even after you have provided personal
information, by the procedures set forth on the emails
we send to you or by contacting the Institute directly
(unsubscribe@Seatofthesoul.com
or see contact information above). Please note
that under certain circumstances, if you choose to
opt-out, you may not be eligible for certain benefits
for which a name, email address, telephone number,
or other personally identifiable information is needed.
We also collect
non-personally identifiable information through the
use of "cookies" and IP address tracking
("Log Files").
Cookies
A "cookie"
is an element of data that a Website can send to your
browser, which may then be stored on your system.
Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally
identifiable information while on our site. Once the
user closes the browser, the cookie simply terminates.
For instance, by setting a cookie from our site, the
user would not have to log in a password more than
once, thereby saving time while on our site. If users
reject the cookie, they may still use our site. Cookies
also enable us to track and target the interests of
our users as they visit different sections of the
site.
Most browsers are
set to accept cookies. Some Web browsers permit you
to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are
being sent. If you do so, please note that some parts
of the services offered by the Institute, such as
message boards, may not function properly.
An IP address is
a number that is assigned to your computer when you
are on the Internet. When you request pages from our
Website, our servers log your IP address. The Institute
employs IP addresses to analyze trends, administer
the site, track user movements, and gather broad information
for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to
personally identifiable information. The Institute
servers automatically log certain information that
the Institute uses for statistical analysis of website
traffic. The information is stored as log files on
the Seatofthesoul.com server. The log files are regularly
collected and analyzed by software to produce visitor
trend reports. We use such information to administer
our Website and, in the aggregate, to understand which
areas of our Website are favorites of our users, which
areas need improvement, and what technologies are
being used so that we may continually improve our
Website.
The information
that is collected includes:
- User's IP address
- User's city
- User's state
- Length of time user stayed
on Seatofthesoul.com
- Where user came into the site
- Where user left the site
- Referring site that sent user
to Seatofthesoul.com
- Site the user went to when
leaving Seatofthesoul.com
- Type of browser user is using
- Search terms you used on Seatofthesoul.com
This information
is used to determine:
-
Traffic patterns
-
Average visitor
session length
-
Number of
visitors to certain areas of the site
-
Banner ad
click-through
-
Tracking
results of promotional campaigns
-
Other user
trends
Server logs do
not contain personally identifiable information on
individual users, such as names, addresses, email
address, occupation, etc. This type of data will only
be collected in forms, product sales, or event registrations
on Seatofthesoul.com.
Non-personally
identifiable information might include the type of
computer, technical information about your means of
connection to our Website, such as the operating systems
and the Internet service providers utilized, and other
similar information.
We may share this
aggregate statistical information with our partners
and other third parties, but we will not share any
individual names, email addresses, personal navigational,
or other personal information.
The Institute
makes every precaution to protect user information.
Only employees who require the information to perform
a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable
information. The servers used to store personally
identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
If you have any questions about the security at the
Seatofthesoul.com website, you may contact us at info@Seatofthesoul.com.
The Institute uses
online forms on Seatofthesoul.com
to collect specific information for product sales
and other data collection uses. In cases where private
information is collected, such as mailing addresses,
phone numbers, work location, credit card numbers,
etc., all forms are secured through Secure Socket
Layers (SSL) encryption, the most widely
accepted and instituted form of data encryption. Of
course no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed
to be 100% secure, therefore the user provides the
Institute with information at his or her own risk.
In addition to
Secure Socket Layer encryption during transmission,
the Institute takes these additional precautions with
user information:
All web servers
are protected by state-of-the-art, managed firewalls.
Credit card numbers are encrypted down to the database
field level.
The Institute cannot
ensure that third-party websites linked from Seatofthesoul.com
will provide equivalent security. Users should check
with the privacy policies of those websites before
submitting any personally identifiable information.
The Institute makes
reasonable effort to ensure that all of the transactions
that occur on its Website are secure. All credit card
numbers submitted to our Website are encrypted with
128-bit Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") technology,
which is the industry standard for information security.
Any personal information that you submit as part of
a financial transaction is also encrypted with SSL
technology. The Institute reveals only the
last four digits of the user's credit card number
when confirming an order. Of course, Seatofthesoul.com
transmits the entire credit card number to the appropriate
credit card company during order processing. It is
important for the user to protect against unauthorized
access to his or her password and to his or her computer.
Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer,
and do not send credit card numbers or other financial
or proprietary information via email.
Your piece of mind
and security is very important to us. If you do not
feel comfortable submitting your personal information
online, you can submit such information by calling
(541) 482-1515.
The Institute uses
an outside credit card processing company to bill
users for goods and services. These companies do not
retain, share, store, or use personally identifiable
information for any secondary purposes. The Institute
partners with other parties to provide specific services
such as a secured site for financial transactions.
When the user signs up for these services, the Institute
will share names, or contact and other information,
that is necessary for the third party to provide these
services—with the permission of the user, which
is implied by user's online submission of such information.
These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable
information except for the purpose of providing these
services.
Except as set forth
in this Privacy Policy or as specifically agreed to
by you, the Institute and the Institute will
not disclose any personal information it gathers from
you on Seatofthesoul.com. We may release personal
information to third parties: (1) to comply with valid
legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search
warrant, subpoena or court order; (2) in special cases,
such as a physical threat to you or others; or (3)
to enforce this Agreement. In the event that we are
legally compelled to disclose your personally identifiable
information to a third party, we will notify you unless
doing so would violate the law or court order.
The Institute may
provide to third parties non-personal information
that does not allow you to be identified or contacted
and that is combined with the non-personal information
of other users.
The Institute’s
website is a general audience website and does not
knowingly market to or collect personally identifiable
information from children under the age of 18 years
old. We understand that young people need special
safeguards and privacy protection. We realize that
they may not understand all the provisions of our
policy or be able to make thoughtful decisions about
the choices that are made available to our adult users.
We strongly urge all parents to participate in their
children's exploration of the Internet and any online
services, and to teach their children about protecting
their personal information while online.
We may, at our
discretion, require users under 18 to obtain the consent
of a parent or guardian to view certain content, and
we may limit access to certain content to users above
a specified age. You agree to abide by any such restrictions,
and not to help anyone avoid these restrictions.
If you would like
to review any personal information we have retained
about you in our database, please send us an email
request for this information at info@Seatofthesoul.com. To help us address
your request, please specify which information you
wish to review.
Once you have reviewed
this information, at your request we will correct
personal information about you that you state is erroneous.
To request such a correction, please send an email
to info@Seatofthesoul.com. You should be
aware, however, that it is not always possible to
completely remove or modify information in our databases
and servers, although we will always make reasonable
efforts to do so upon your request.
If at any time
you would like to stop receiving information from
Seatofthesoul.com or the Institute or opt-out
of a particular feature, you can let us know by selecting
the "unsubscribe" link on any emails we send you,
which will unsubscribe you automatically, or by sending
an email stating your preference to unsubscribe@Seatofthesoul.com.
To help us address your request, please specify the
feature from which you wish to opt out. You should
be aware, however, that it is not always possible
to completely remove or modify information in our
databases and servers, although we will always make
reasonable efforts to do so upon your request.
If users are located
outside of the United
States, please note that any
personally identifiable information that they provide
will be transferred to the United
States. By submitting
personally identifying information to the Institute,
user consents to this transfer.
From time to time,
the Institute performs updates to its system. The
Institute will do its best to inform registered site
users of such updates. Users are not able to unsubscribe
from service announcements, which contain important
information about the service. The Institute communicates
with the user to provide such information via email.
By using Seatofthesoul.com,
you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree to this policy, please do not
use our Website. Your continued use of our Website
following the posting of changes to these terms will
mean that you accept those changes.
Please email the
Institute at info@seatofthesoul.com
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