Tara Namaste Foundation
Landstrasse 63
9490 Vaduz
Switzerland

Email: info@tara-namaste.org

Authorised Representatives
Lilo Veraguth

Company Name
Tara Namaste Foundation

Data Protection Contact
Lilo Veraguth
info@tara-namaste.org

General Information / Introduction

Pursuant to Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of Swiss federal law (Federal Act on Data Protection, FADP), every person is entitled to protection of their privacy and to protection against the misuse of their personal data. The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the applicable statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.

In cooperation with our hosting providers, we endeavour to protect our databases as effectively as possible against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or falsification.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties cannot be guaranteed.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data in accordance with the following description. This website can generally be visited without registration. Data such as the pages accessed or the names of files accessed, as well as the date and time, are stored on the server for statistical purposes without being directly linked to your identity. Where personal data (such as names, addresses or email addresses) are collected on our website, this is done, wherever possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

Processing of Personal Data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. A data subject is an individual whose personal data are processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means or procedures used, and in particular the storage, disclosure, collection, deletion, retention, modification, destruction and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. Where and to the extent that the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, we also process personal data on the following legal bases in conjunction with Article 6(1) GDPR:

(a) Processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
 (b) Processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the data subject and for the implementation of corresponding pre-contractual measures.
 (c) Processing of personal data to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject under applicable EU law or the law of a country in which the GDPR applies in whole or in part.
 (d) Processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.
 (f) Processing of personal data to protect our legitimate interests or those of third parties, provided that these interests are not overridden by the fundamental rights and freedoms or interests of the data subject. Legitimate interests include, in particular, our business interest in making our website available, information security, the enforcement of our own legal claims and compliance with Swiss law.

We process personal data for as long as necessary for the relevant purpose or purposes. Where longer retention periods apply due to statutory or other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict processing accordingly.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that make it possible to store specific information relating to the user on the user’s device while the website is being used. Cookies are used in particular to determine the frequency of use and the number of users visiting the website, analyse patterns of website usage and make our services more user-friendly.

Cookies remain stored after the end of a browser session and may be retrieved when you visit the website again. If you do not wish this to happen, you should configure your Internet browser to refuse cookies.

A general objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can be submitted for a range of services, particularly tracking services, via the US website [http://www.aboutads.info/choices/](http://www.aboutads.info/choices/) or the EU website [http://www.youronlinechoices.com/](http://www.youronlinechoices.com/). You can also prevent cookies from being stored by disabling them in your browser settings. Please note that, in this case, you may not be able to use all the features of this online service.

SSL/TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries you send to us as the website operator, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the change in the browser’s address bar from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol displayed in your browser.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

 Transmission Without SSL/TLS Encryption

Please note that data transmitted over an open network such as the Internet or through an email service without SSL encryption may be visible to anyone. An unencrypted connection can be recognised by the presence of “http://” in the browser’s address bar and the absence of a padlock symbol.

Information transmitted over the Internet and content received online may be transferred through third-party networks. We cannot guarantee the confidentiality of communications or materials transmitted through such open networks or third-party networks. If you disclose personal data over an open network or a third-party network, you should be aware that your data may be lost or accessed by third parties and that the data may consequently be collected and used without your consent.

Although individual data packets are often transmitted in encrypted form, the names of the sender and recipient are not necessarily encrypted. Even if the sender and recipient are located in the same country, data transfers through such networks may take place without control via third countries, including countries that do not offer the same level of data protection as your country of residence.

We accept no responsibility for the security of your data during transmission over the Internet and disclaim liability for any direct or indirect damages. If you consider it necessary or appropriate for security reasons, we ask you to use alternative means of communication.

Despite extensive technical and organisational security measures, data may be lost, intercepted by unauthorised persons and/or manipulated. Wherever possible, we implement appropriate technical and organisational security measures to prevent this within our systems. However, your computer is outside the security area under our control. As a user, you are responsible for informing yourself about the necessary security precautions and taking appropriate measures. As the website operator, we accept no liability for damage resulting from data loss or manipulation.

Data entered into online forms may be disclosed to authorised third parties for the purpose of processing requests or orders. Such third parties may access and, where applicable, process this data.

Server Log Files

The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This information includes:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request

This data cannot be attributed to specific individuals. This data is not combined with data from other sources. We reserve the right to review this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

Third-Party Services

This website may use Google Maps to embed maps, Google Invisible reCAPTCHA to protect against bots and spam, and YouTube to embed videos.

These services are provided by the US company Google LLC and may use cookies, among other technologies, which can result in data being transferred to Google in the United States. We assume that the use of our website alone does not result in personal tracking in this context.

Google has undertaken to ensure an adequate level of data protection under the former EU–US and Swiss–US Privacy Shield frameworks.

Further information can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy.

Contact Form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, we will store the information you provide in the form, including the contact details you enter, in order to process your enquiry and respond to any follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

Rights of Data Subjects

Right to Confirmation

Every data subject has the right to request confirmation from the website operator as to whether personal data relating to them are being processed. If you wish to exercise this right, you may contact the data protection contact at any time.

Right of Access

Every person whose personal data are processed has the right to obtain, free of charge and at any time, information about the personal data stored about them and a copy of that information.

Where applicable, the following information may also be provided:

• The purposes of processing
• The categories of personal data being processed
• The recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed
• Where possible, the planned period for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
• The existence of the right to request rectification or erasure of personal data, restriction of processing by the controller, or to object to such processing
• The existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
• Where the personal data have not been collected from the data subject, all available information about their source

The data subject also has the right to be informed whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to receive information about the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

If you wish to exercise this right of access, you may contact our data protection contact at any time.

Right to Rectification

Every person whose personal data are processed has the right to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data relating to them. In addition, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of processing, to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of a supplementary statement.

If you wish to exercise this right to rectification, you may contact our data protection contact at any time.

Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten)

Every person whose personal data are processed has the right to request the immediate erasure of personal data relating to them from the controller of this website, provided that one of the following grounds applies and the processing is no longer necessary:

• The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
• The data subject withdraws the consent on which the processing was based, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
• The data subject objects to the processing on grounds relating to their particular situation, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, including related profiling.
• The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
• The personal data must be erased to comply with a legal obligation under EU law or the law of a Member State to which the controller is subject.
• The personal data were collected in connection with information society services offered directly to a child.

If any of the above grounds apply and you wish to request the erasure of personal data stored by the operator of this website, you may contact our data protection contact at any time. The data protection contact will arrange for the erasure request to be fulfilled without undue delay.

Right to Restriction of Processing

Every person whose personal data are processed has the right to request restriction of processing by the controller of this website if one of the following conditions applies:

• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
• The processing is unlawful, the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests restriction of their use instead.
• The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject requires them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
• The data subject has objected to processing on grounds relating to their particular situation, and it has not yet been determined whether the controller’s legitimate grounds override those of the data subject.

If any of the above conditions apply, you may contact our data protection contact at any time to request restriction of the processing of your personal data by the operator of this website. The data protection contact will arrange for the processing to be restricted.

Right to Data Portability

Every person whose personal data are processed has the right to receive the personal data relating to them in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. The data subject also has the right to have those data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

To exercise the right to data portability, you may contact the data protection contact appointed by the operator of this website at any time.

Right to Object

Every person whose personal data are processed has the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to them.

In the event of an objection, the operator of this website will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

To exercise your right to object, you may contact the data protection contact of this website directly.

Right to Withdraw Consent Under Data Protection Law

Every person whose personal data are processed has the right to withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If you wish to exercise your right to withdraw consent, you may contact our data protection contact at any time.

Copyright

The copyright and all other rights to the content, images, photographs and other files on this website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or to the specifically named rights holders. Written permission must be obtained from the copyright holders in advance before reproducing any of these files.

Anyone who infringes copyright without the consent of the relevant rights holder may be liable to prosecution and, under certain circumstances, to claims for damages.

Disclaimer

All information on our website has been carefully reviewed. We endeavour to ensure that the information we provide is current, accurate and complete. Nevertheless, errors cannot be entirely ruled out, and we therefore cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy or timeliness of the information, including information of a journalistic or editorial nature.

Claims for liability relating to material or immaterial damage caused by the use or non-use of the information provided, or by the use of incorrect or incomplete information, are generally excluded.

The publisher may amend or delete texts at its own discretion and without prior notice and is under no obligation to update the content of this website. Use of and access to this website are at the visitor’s own risk. The publisher, its clients and partners are not responsible for damages, including direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, allegedly caused by visiting this website, and accept no liability for such damages.

The publisher also accepts no responsibility or liability for the content or availability of third-party websites that can be accessed through external links on this website. The operators of the linked websites are solely responsible for their content. The publisher therefore expressly distances itself from all third-party content that may be criminally or legally relevant or contrary to accepted standards of conduct.

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and provide you with convenient access to the map features.

When you visit the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the relevant subpage of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account. If you do not want your data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the relevant button.

Google stores your data in the form of usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such analysis is carried out in particular, including for users who are not logged in, to provide targeted advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website.

You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles. To exercise this right, you must contact Google.

Further information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Google, as well as your related rights and privacy settings, can be found at:

www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

Google reCAPTCHA

This website uses the reCAPTCHA service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

The purpose of this service is to determine whether data entered on the website have been submitted by a human or through automated, machine-based processing.

The verification process involves the transmission of your IP address and, where applicable, other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and processed further by Google.

However, Google first truncates your IP address within Member States of the European Union or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the service. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCAPTCHA is not combined with other Google data.

Your data may also be transferred to the United States. For data transfers to the United States, the original text of this policy refers to an adequacy framework known as the “Privacy Shield”. Google participated in that framework and undertook to comply with its requirements.

By completing the verification process, you consent to the processing of your data. The processing is based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, where applicable, namely your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time. Such withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy can be found at:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the controller responsible for data processing on this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are collectively referred to below as “Google”.

The statistics generated enable us to improve our services and make them more interesting for users. This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor traffic through a user ID. If you have a Google account, you can disable cross-device analysis of your usage in your account settings under “My Data” and “Personal Information”.

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, where applicable, namely legitimate interests.

The IP address transmitted by your browser through Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. Please note that this website has extended Google Analytics with the code “_anonymizeIp();” to ensure anonymised collection of IP addresses. This means that IP addresses are processed in truncated form so that they cannot be linked to a specific individual. If the data collected about you can be associated with an individual, this association is immediately excluded and the personal data are promptly deleted.

Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide the website operator with other services relating to website and Internet usage.

For exceptional cases in which personal data are transferred to the United States, Google has undertaken to comply with the former EU–US Privacy Shield framework:

https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework

Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States.

You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings. However, please note that you may not be able to use all the features of this website in that case.

You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website, including your IP address, and from processing these data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the relevant Google Analytics opt-out link.

You can also prevent the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the relevant “Disable Google Analytics” link on this website. This will store an opt-out cookie on your device that prevents the processing of personal data by Google Analytics.

Please note that if you delete all cookies on your device, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted. You will therefore need to set the opt-out cookie again if you wish to continue preventing this data collection. Opt-out cookies are set separately for each browser and computer or device and must therefore be activated individually for each browser, computer or other device.

Google Web Fonts

This website uses web fonts provided by Google to ensure consistent font display. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache so that text and fonts are displayed correctly.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font installed on your computer will be used instead.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at:

https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq

Further information about Google’s privacy practices can be found at:

https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Data Transfers to the United States

Our website may incorporate tools provided by companies based in the United States. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies.

We point out that the United States is not considered a safe third country under EU data protection law in the original wording of this policy. US companies may be required to disclose personal data to security authorities without the data subjects having an effective legal remedy against such disclosure.

Consequently, it cannot be ruled out that US authorities, such as intelligence agencies, may process, analyse and permanently store data held on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no control over these processing activities.

Amendments

We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. The version currently published on our website shall apply.

If this Privacy Policy forms part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of any updates by email or by other appropriate means.

Disclaimer

The author accepts no responsibility for the accuracy, correctness, timeliness, reliability or completeness of the information provided.

Liability claims against the author for material or immaterial damage arising from access to or use or non-use of the published information, misuse of the connection or technical faults are excluded.

All offers are non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right to amend, supplement or delete parts of the website or the entire service without separate notice, or to suspend or permanently discontinue publication.

Source: BrainBox Solutions