Privacy Policy
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization Privacy Policy
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”), effective 2022 between Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization (“BKWSO”) a U.S. 501©3 nonprofit organization, and individuals (“You”) who choose to visit the BKWSO website to read and download documents and presentation and register for BKWSO seminars, emails, video conferences or other services, to further spiritual growth and personal transformation (collectively “Services”). BKWSO operates through several centers and retreat centers in the United States of America.
BKWSO’s Mission Statement
BKWSO acknowledges the intrinsic goodness of all people. BKWSO teaches a practical method of meditation that helps individuals understand their inner strengths and values. BKWSO is committed to spiritual growth and personal transformation, believing them essential in creating a peaceful and just world. Acknowledging the challenges of rapid global change, BKWSO nurtures the well-being of the human family by promoting spiritual understanding, leadership with integrity and elevated actions towards a better world.
1. INFORMATION COLLECTION
This privacy policy will explain how BKWSO uses the personal data it collects from you.
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
City, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, Country
Cookies and usage data
Occupation
Language
Whether 18 years or over
Age range
Gender Identity
Special needs for residential accommodation / special diet requirements.
Register online for BKWSO sponsored programs including but not limited to courses, seminars, retreats, video conferences and other events
Purchase online BKWSO media and gifts (books, CDs, posters, artwork/graphics)
You make donations
Voluntarily complete a survey or provide feedback on any of BKWSO message boards or via email
Use or view BKWSO websites via your browser cookies
Walk-in registrations and referrals.
BKWSO may also receive your personal data indirectly from other sources/parties such as referrals.
to offer you further support for your spiritual growth with other BKWSO organizations
to organize events such as: seminars, workshops, courses, retreats, talks when you might register for such an event
to update you with information about national / international upcoming events if you opted to be on one of our mailing lists
To provide and maintain the Services
To notify you about changes to BKWSO Services
To allow you to participate in interactive features of BKWSO Services when you choose to do so
To provide analysis or valuable information so that BKWSO can improve the Services
To monitor the usage of the Services
To detect, prevent and address technical issues
To send you donation receipts.
2. SECURITY OF DATA
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and secure servers
Credit card information is NOT stored on any of our servers. It is handled via third-party merchants such as Amazon, STRIPE, SQUARE, Donorbox, Paypal
Video and audio recordings of the program may be stored on the cloud, such as Zoom and other audio/video platforms.
BKWSO is located and established in the United States and, therefore, your personal information may be stored, or processed in the United States.
3. TRACKING DATA
BKWSO uses tracking technologies to track your activity on its Services and hold certain information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of BKWSO’s Services that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may use third-parties to track and analyze BKWSO web traffic. Please review the Privacy Policy of these third-parties sites since BKWSO has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Cookies are text files placed on your computer in a range of ways to improve your experience our BKWSO websites, including:
Keeping you signed in
Understanding how you use BKWSO websites
You can set your browser not to accept cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, in a few cases, some of BKWSO websites may not function as a result.
Session Cookies to operate its Services.
Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies for security purposes.
Service Provider Cookies set up by third party service providers to provide Services to BKWSO.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of BKWSO Services. You can opt-out by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
4. YOUR DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS
Based on your location, you may be entitled to different rights to your personal data, and BKWSO will make all reasonable efforts to comply with such regulations to the extent there is not a conflict with the regulations required to maintain our U.S. 503(c)3 non-profit status and legally operate our services to fulfil our mission.
BKWSO may disclose your personal data when such disclosure is necessary to:
To comply with a legal obligation
To protect and defend the rights or property of BKWSO
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Services
To protect the personal safety of users of the Services or the public
To protect against legal liability
Right of Rectification - You have the right to request BKWSO to correct any information you believe is inaccurate and to complete information you believe is incomplete.
Right to Access - You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
Right to be Forgotten- You have the right to request removal of your personal data.
Right to Erasure - You have the right to request that BKWSO erase your personal data, under certain conditions. BKWSO may also retain your personal information as needed to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce any agreements.
Right to Restrict Processing - You have the right to request that BKWSO restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Object to Processing - You have the right to object to BKWSO’s processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
If you believe we have not processed your personal information according to your rights, we encourage you to contact BKWSO at privacy-bkwso@us.brahmakumaris.org. BKWSO may authenticate you are the person who makes the request. BKWSO will take the appropriate steps to comply to your legitimate request unless it has legitimate reasons to refuse to do so.
5. PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE
Persons under 18 years old can only register for BKWSO programs if they have written parental/guardian consent. For more information you may contact BKWSO at privacy-bkwso @us.brahmakumaris.org
6. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
BKWSO may post changes to this Privacy Policy on its websites
7. CONTACT BKWSO
If you no longer wish to receive communications from BKWSO via email or mail, you may opt-out by clicking the unsubscribe link available at the bottom of the emails or by contacting BKWSO privacy-bkwso @us.brahmakumaris.org and providing your full name and email address so that you can be identified in the opt-out process.
You may contact BKWSO using the information below, and we will do our best to assist you.
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization (Attn: Policy)
46 S Middle Rd, Great Neck, NY 11201
By email: privacy-bkwso@us.brahmakumaris.org
