This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes how the personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) you may provide on the restlessbeings.org website (“Website” or “Service”) and any of its related products and services (collectively, “Services”) is collected, protected, and used. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your Personal Information and how you can access and update this information. This Policy is a legally binding agreement between you (“User”, “you” or “your”) and Restless Beings (“Restless Beings”, “we”, “us” or “our”). By accessing and using the Website and Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Policy. This Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control or to individuals that we do not employ or manage.
Automatic Collection of Information
When you open the Website, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends. This data may include information such as your device’s IP address, browser type and version, operating system type and version, language preferences, the webpage you visited before coming to the Website and Services, pages visited, time spent on those pages, search queries, access times and dates, and other statistics.
Information collected automatically is used only to identify potential cases of abuse and establish statistical information regarding the usage and traffic of the Website and Services. This statistical information is not otherwise aggregated in such a way that would identify any particular user of the system.
Collection of Personal Information
You can access and use the Website and Services without telling us who you are or revealing any information by which someone could identify you as a specific, identifiable individual. If, however, you wish to use some of the features on the Website, you may be asked to provide certain Personal Information (for example, your name and e-mail address). We receive and store any information you knowingly provide to us when you create an account, publish content, make a purchase, or fill any online forms on the Website. When required, this information may include:
- Personal details such as name, country of residence, etc.
- Contact information such as email address, address, etc.
- Account details such as username, unique user ID, password, etc.
- Payment information such as credit card details, bank details, etc.
- Geolocation data such as latitude and longitude.
- Any other materials you willingly submit to us such as articles, images, feedback, etc.
Some of the information we collect is directly from you via the Website and Services. However, we may also collect Personal Information about you from other sources such as public databases, social media platforms, third-party data providers, and our joint marketing partners.
Use and Processing of Collected Information
To make the Website and Services available to you or to meet a legal obligation, we may need to collect and use certain Personal Information. If you do not provide the requested information, we may not be able to provide the requested products or services. The information we collect may be used for the following purposes:
- Create and manage user accounts
- Fulfill and manage orders
- Deliver products or services
- Improve products and services
- Send administrative information
- Send marketing and promotional communications
- Respond to inquiries and offer support
- Request user feedback
- Improve user experience
- Post customer testimonials
- Enforce terms and conditions and policies
- Protect from abuse and malicious users
- Respond to legal requests and prevent harm
- Run and operate the Website and Services
Billing and Payments
For services requiring payment, we request credit card or other payment account information, used solely for processing payments. Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as necessary to complete your purchase. After completion, your purchase transaction information is deleted.
Where necessary for processing future payments and subject to your prior consent, your financial information will be stored in encrypted form on secure servers of our reputed payment gateway service provider. All direct payment gateways adhere to the latest security standards managed by the PCI Security Standards Council.
Managing Information
You are able to delete certain Personal Information we have about you. The information you can delete may change as the Website and Services evolve. When you delete Personal Information, we may maintain a copy of the unrevised data for compliance and legal obligations. To permanently delete your account, contact us.
Disclosure of Information
Depending on requested Services, we may share your information with trusted third parties assisting in the operation of the Website and Services. These service providers are not authorized to use your information for other purposes.
We will disclose any Personal Information we collect, use, or receive if required or permitted by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, protect our rights, investigate fraud, or respond to government requests.
Retention of Information
We retain your Personal Information as long as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. Aggregated data derived from your Personal Information may still be used but not in a way that identifies you. Once the retention period expires, Personal Information shall be deleted.
Transfer of Information
Depending on your location, data transfers may involve transferring your information to another country. If any such transfer takes place, you can inquire about security measures taken by us to safeguard your information.
The Rights of Users
You have the right to:
- Withdraw consent where previously given.
- Object to the processing of your data.
- Learn if your information is being processed and obtain a copy.
- Verify accuracy and request updates or corrections.
- Restrict processing under certain circumstances.
- Request deletion of your Personal Information.
- Receive your data in a structured format and transfer it to another controller.
The Right to Object to Processing
Where Personal Information is processed for public interest or legitimate interests, you may object by providing a justification. However, for direct marketing purposes, you can object at any time without justification.
Data protection rights under GDPR
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights, and Restless Beings aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Information. If you wish to be informed about what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
- You have the right to request access to your Personal Information that we store and have the ability to access your Personal Information.
- You have the right to request that we correct any Personal Information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request us to complete the Personal Information you believe is incomplete.
- You have the right to request the erasure of your Personal Information under certain conditions of this Policy.
- You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Information.
- You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your Personal Information. When you restrict the processing of your Personal Information, we may store it but will not process it further.
- You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format.
- You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Restless Beings relied on your consent to process your Personal Information.
- You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).
California privacy rights
In addition to the rights as explained in this Policy, California residents who provide Personal Information (as defined in the statute) to obtain products or services for personal, family, or household use are entitled to request and obtain from us, once a calendar year, information about the Personal Information we shared, if any, with other businesses for marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of Personal Information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared such personal information for the immediately prior calendar year. To obtain this information, please contact us.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise your rights can be directed to Restless Beings through the contact details provided in this document. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. Your request must provide sufficient information that allows us to verify your identity and confirm that the Personal Information relates to you.
Privacy of children
We do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Information through the Website and Services. If you believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Information to us, please contact us.
Cookies
The Website and Services use “cookies” to help personalize your online experience. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies through your browser settings.
Do Not Track signals
Some browsers incorporate a Do Not Track feature that signals to websites you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. The Website and Services do not track visitors over time and across third-party websites.
Advertisements
We may permit certain third-party companies to help us tailor advertising that we think may be of interest to users and to collect and use other data about user activities on the Website.
Affiliates
We may disclose information about you to our affiliates for the purpose of offering you related or additional products and services. Our affiliates will treat your information according to this Policy.
Email marketing
We offer electronic newsletters that you may voluntarily subscribe to at any time. We are committed to keeping your email address confidential and will not disclose it to third parties except as allowed under this Policy.
Links to other resources
The Website and Services contain links to other resources that are not owned or controlled by us. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these external resources.
Information security
We secure information you provide on controlled servers protected from unauthorized access. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
Data breach
In the event we become aware that the security of the Website and Services has been compromised, we will take appropriate measures, including notification and cooperation with law enforcement authorities.
Changes and amendments
We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time and will notify users of significant changes. The updated version will be effective immediately upon posting unless otherwise specified.
Acceptance of this policy
By accessing and using the Website and Services, you agree to be bound by this Policy. If you do not agree, you are not authorized to use the Website and Services.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this Policy or wish to contact us regarding your rights, you may send an email to info@restlessbeings.org.
This document was last updated on April 7, 2021.
