PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 23, 2025
Website: yonigallery.ca (also yonigallery.com and yonimudra.ca)
Business Name: Yoni Mudra Art Gallery
Business Address: 241 Duke Street West, Kitchener, ON, Canada, N2H 3X5
Contact Email: melissa@yonigallery.ca
Yoni Mudra Art Gallery ("we," "us," or "our") operates the yonigallery.ca website [also accessible via yonigallery.com and yonimudra.ca] (“the Service”). This paper informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated vis-a-vis that data and its use.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users ("you"). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable privacy laws.
1. Personal Data Collection
We collective several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Personal Identifiable Information (PII): First and last name, email address, shipping and billing address, telephone number (if provided by users).
- Account Information: Login credentials (if account creation is available on the website).
- Payment Information: If you purchase artwork or services, payment details will be processed securely by third-party payment providers.
- Communication Data: Emails, inquiries, and messages exchanged with us.
- Technical and Usage Data: We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers (e.g., cookies), and other diagnostic and analytics data (collected via Google Analytics or similar tools).
2. Purpose of Data Collection
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our website and services.
- To process transactions and fulfill orders.
- To communicate with you regarding inquiries, updates, and promotional content (only with your consent).
- To analyze website usage and improve user experience.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect against fraud.
3. Legal Basis for Processing Data
Under GDPR, we process your data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: When you voluntarily provide information (e.g., signing up for a newsletter).
- Contractual Obligation: When processing payments or fulfilling orders.
- Legal Compliance: When required to retain certain information for legal purposes.
- Legitimate Interests: When analyzing website traffic and improving services.
4. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. However, we may share your data with:
- Service Providers: Third-party partners who assist in website hosting, payment processing, and marketing. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
- Legal Authorities: If required by law to comply with legal obligations.
- Business Transfers: If our business undergoes a merger, acquisition, or sale.
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
6. Your Rights Under GDPR
You have the following rights concerning your personal data:
- Right to Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold.
- Right to Rectification: Request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data (subject to legal obligations).
- Right to Restriction of Processing: Request limited use of your data.
- Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another service provider.
- Right to Object: Opt out of certain processing activities.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time for data processing based on consent.
To exercise your rights, contact us at melissa@yonigallery.ca.
7. Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no data transmission over the internet is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to learn more about the activity of users of our Service, enhance user experience, and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with small amounts of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies used also include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze the effectiveness of our Service for our customers.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.
You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
9. Third-Party Links
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us, but by third-parties. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, private policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. The latest version will always be available on our website with the updated "Effective Date."
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective hen they are posted on this page.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
By email: melissa@yonigallery.ca
By mail: Yoni Mudra Art Gallery Inc., 241 Duke Street West, Kitchener, ON, Canada, N2H 3X5
By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
