Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 12 July 2025

INTRODUCTION

This Privacy (“Policy”) applies to the securing and processing of personal data by SHAKTI RISING RETREATS (hereinafter “STR”) in connection with personal data provided by any person (“User”) who has purchased or intends to purchase or inquires about any product(s) or service(s) made by STR through any of STR’s interface channels including website or mobile site (collectively referred herein as “Sales Channels”).

For the purpose of Privacy Policy:

- References in this policy to “you” or “your” are references to ‘User’

- References to “we”, “us” or “our” are references to ‘STR’

- References to “website” mean a reference to ‘website(s)’, ‘mobile site(s)’ and mobile app(s)

By accessing or using the website or any other sales channel, the User agrees with the term of the Privacy Policy and the contents herein. If you disagree with the Privacy Policy please do not use our services. If you still have questions or concerns, contact us at empower@shaktirisingretreats.com.

This privacy policy does not apply to any third party website(s), mobile site(s) and mobile app(s). Users are requested to take note that information and privacy practices of STR’s advertisers, sponsors or other sites to which STR provides hyperlink(s), may be different from this privacy policy, Hence, it is recommended that you review the privacy policy of any such third parties before you interact.

Your privacy is important to us and we recognise that the use and disclosure of personal data has important implications for us and for the users whose personal data we process.

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We collect both information that you voluntarily provide and information that is automatically collected when you use our Services. This helps us tailor your experience, fulfill your requests, and ensure the security of our platform.

Personal Information Provided by You:

Name — We collect your name to identify your account, personalize communications, address you in support interactions, and for retreat registration.
Email address — Your email is used for transactional purposes (like sending confirmations and receipts), customer support follow-ups, and promotional offers if you opt in.
Phone number — We collect your number to contact you regarding retreat logistics, scheduling updates, and to resolve customer service issues in a timely manner.
Mailing and billing address — Your address is needed to process transactions, issue invoices, verify payment information, and fulfill legal documentation for retreat registration.
Payment data — Your debit or credit card data is securely collected through trusted third-party gateways (such as PayPal). We never store sensitive payment details on our servers.

It is your responsibility to ensure the accuracy of your data. Incorrect or outdated data may prevent us from providing essential services or honoring commitments.

Automatically Collected Information:

In Short: Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. You can find out more about this in our Cookie Notice: https://www.shaktirisingretreats.com/cookie-policy/.

The information we collect includes:

Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called "crash dumps"), and hardware settings).

Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.

Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.

2. How Do We Process Your Information?

In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.

We process your information with the goal of providing high-quality, customized services. Your data helps us meet your expectations while maintaining compliance and service reliability.

To deliver and manage services. We process your data to facilitate bookings, personalize your retreat experiences, and manage account settings. This ensures we meet our contractual obligations to you.

To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.

To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.

To fulfill and manage your orders. We may process your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Services.

To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.

To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may process the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time. For more information, see "WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?" below.

To deliver targeted advertising to you. We may process your information to develop and display personalized content and advertising tailored to your interests, location, and more. For more information see our Cookie Notice https://www.shaktirisingretreats.com/cookie-policy/.

To protect our platform. We use data for fraud detection, abuse prevention, and maintaining system integrity. This helps protect both our business and your sensitive information.

To determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns. We may process your information to better understand how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant to you.

To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.

3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e., legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.

If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:

Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Learn more about withdrawing your consent.

Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.

Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to:
- Send users information about special offers and discounts on our products and services
- Develop and display personalized and relevant advertising content for our users
- Analyze how our Services are used so we can improve them to engage and
- retain users
- Support our marketing activities
- Diagnose problems and/or prevent fraudulent activities
- Understand how our users use our products and services so we can improve user experience

Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.

If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.

We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at

any time.

In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:

If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way
For investigations and fraud detection and prevention
For business transactions provided certain conditions are met
If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim
For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin
If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse
If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach o
f an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province
If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records
If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced
If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes
If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations

4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following categories of third parties.

Service providers. These include platforms for email marketing, website hosting, analytics, and secure payment processors. We ensure they meet strict privacy standards.
Retreat facilitators and partners. For logistics, we may share details with hotels, guides, or transportation providers. This ensures a seamless retreat experience.
Legal authorities. If required by court order or law enforcement, we may disclose information to comply with legal obligations.
Marketing platforms (if opted-in). Only when you consent, we may share data with third-party tools to deliver personalized ads or announcements.

We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

When we use Google Analytics. We may share your information with Google Analytics to track and analyze the use of the Services. The Google Analytics Advertising Features that we may use include: Remarketing with Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impressions Reporting and Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reporting. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across the Services, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can opt out of Google Analytics Advertising Features through Ads Settings and Ad Settings for mobile apps. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.

5. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

Cookies are small files placed on your device to improve user experience. They help us track behavior, remember preferences, and enhance performance.

Session cookies. These are temporary and deleted after you close your browser. They help keep you logged in or maintain progress during a booking.

Persistent cookies. These remain on your device to remember your preferences or provide targeted content.

Analytics cookies. Tools like Google Analytics help us track performance and user flow. This helps us understand which content is effective.

You can manage cookie settings in your browser, though disabling them may affect site functionality.

6. HOW LONG DO WE RETAIN YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

7. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

Security is essential to our relationship with you. We implement physical, technical, and administrative safeguards:

Encryption (SSL). All data transferred between your browser and our servers is encrypted.

Access control. Only authorized personnel can access sensitive data.

Monitoring and audits. We routinely assess our systems and vendors to ensure ongoing compliance and protection.

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at empower@shaktirisingretreats.com.

9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.

We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your

personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority.

If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, replying "STOP" or "UNSUBSCRIBE" to the SMS messages that we send, or by contacting us using the details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you — for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services. For further information, please see our Cookie Notice: https://shaktirisingretreats.com/cookie-policy/.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at empower@shaktirisingretreats.com.

Additional Rights for US Residents

If you are located in California, Colorado, Virginia, Utah, or Connecticut, your rights include:

Right to know. You may request the categories and sources of personal data we collect.
Right to delete. You may request we delete your personal data, subject to legal exceptions.
Right to opt-out. You may opt-out of sharing personal data for advertising or resale.
Right to non-discrimination. We will not deny services or offer different pricing based on privacy preferences.

To submit a request to exercise these rights, please contact us at empower@shaktirisingretreats.com.

Verification process

We may request that you provide additional information reasonably necessary to verify you and your consumer's request.

Upon receiving your request, we will respond without undue delay, but in all cases, within forty-five (45) days of receipt. The response period may be extended once by forty-five (45) additional days when reasonably necessary. We will inform you of any such extension within the initial 45-day response period, together with the reason for the extension.

Right to appeal

You can submit your appeals at empower@shaktirisingretreats.com.

10. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

11. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?

We reserve the right to revise this policy at any time. Updated versions will include the effective date and be posted publicly.

You are encouraged to review this policy periodically for changes.

12. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?

If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, you may email us at empower@shaktirisingretreats.com