M.A.Center Website - Privacy Policy
Effective January 1, 2010
M.A.Center is committed to safeguarding the privacy of its on-line
users' Personal information. Please read the following policy
to understand the rules and procedures followed by M.A.Center in
handling Personal information provided to us over the Internet.
If you have further questions regarding our privacy policy please
contact us via email at privacy@amma.org.
What information does M.A.Center collect?
M.A.Center collects the Personal information only from persons
who contact us and voluntarily provide the information
to us or that is given to us by various affiliated Amma organizations
(satsangs and centers) that have your permission to share your Personal
information. “Personal information” means your name,
shipping/mailing address, telephone number, fax number, email address,
credit or debit card account number and may include your retreat
registration and donation preferences.
How M.A. Center uses the Personal Information
We use your Personal information to respond to and fulfill requests
for products and services including:
1. sending information about the
activities of Amma, M.A.Center and our affiliates
2. sending you our e-newsletters
3. contacting you about the status of your orders, donations and
retreat registrations
4. completing your purchases and retreat registrations
5. completing your donations
When we disclose personal information to others
1. M.A.Center does exchange Personal information
with various affiliated Amma organizations (satsangs and centers)
in the U.S. and abroad so that they can contact people on the mailing
list about Amma programs and events.
2. M.A.Center's mailing list, including the Personal information
we receive through the Internet, is never shared with any commercial
organizations and is never sold, rented or given to unrelated third
parties.
3. M.A.Center will disclose Personal information to third parties
if we believe in good faith that the law requires us to do so.
Right to control and correct Personal information
1. Individuals who wish to register online for Amma retreats are
asked to open an “account” in which they provide a user
name and password. Individuals can access their account to change
that information during open registration time simply by clicking
on “Register online” link. Please contact us at privacy@amma.org
at any other time to change that information.
2. Individuals who wish to receive information about MA Center
activities via the E-newsletter provide name and email address.
Individuals can change the information at any time by emailing us
at privacy@amma.org. You may
unsubscribe from the E-newsletter by emailing us at unsubscribe@ammachi.org.
3. Individuals who purchase goods or services from the bookstore
or who give donations are asked to supply their Personal information
at each transaction. Individuals can change the information at any
time by emailing us at privacy@amma.org
How we protect your Personal information
1. M.A.Center uses a secure server with 128 bit
encryption to assure the security of the data being transmitted
to M.A.Center. M.A.Center's database is protected from unauthorized
access by a series of highly sophisticated software protection programs.
2. M.A.Center secures the Personal information, including credit
card numbers, received from individuals who make online purchases
from M.A. Center. Our secure server software provides
protection for your Personal information. We encrypt all
of your Personal information, including credit card number,
name, and address, so that it cannot be read as the information
travels over the Internet. This data is used only to confirm our
existing records. Sensitive data is also encrypted while being stored
on our server.
3. M.A. Center limits access to your Personal information to those
persons that are required to fulfill the requests for information,
services or products. Your Personal information is password protected
with access only to those selected and authorized persons.
4. M.A. Center provides links to affiliated entities. These sites
operate independently of MA Center. M.A. Center is not responsible
for the privacy, terms of use or other policies of any other web
site.
How we use Cookies
1. M.A.Center does use cookies to store information. A cookie
is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web
server and stored in your computer's hard drive.
2. M.A.Center gives the option to the user to
store their personal preferences as cookies. These cookies are for
your convenience only, and are not used for any other purpose.
3. However, M.A.Center uses cookies to track the items you place
in your shopping cart during a single shopping session. Therefore
your browser must accept cookies if you wish to shop at our online
bookstore www.amma.org/bookstore. These cookies identify your computer
and contain no Personal Information.
Travel exchange bulletin board
1. M.A. Center provides a travel exchange bulletin board. M.A.
Center does not and has no obligation to monitor this bulletin board.
2. If you use the Travel exchange on this site, please be aware
that any Personal information you submit there can be read, collected,
or used by other users of this board, and could be used to send
you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the Personal
information you choose to submit to this bulletin board.
Amendment of Policy
MA Center reserves the right to amend this Privacy
Policy any time. No individual notice of such changes will be provided
but they will appear on the website in the form of a revised and
newly dated Privacy Policy. Our current policy was amended January
1, 2010.
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