Privacy Statement
This Overall Privacy Statement discloses the privacy practices for all The
Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute Web sites including:
www.Ayurveda-Institute.org.
Because the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute wants to demonstrate a
commitment to your privacy, we have agreed to disclose our information
practices as outlined below. This document discloses:
What information this site gathers/tracks about you
What this site does with the information it gathers/tracks
With whom this site shares the information it gathers/tracks
Questions regarding this statement should be directed to the Ayurveda
Healing Arts Institute site coordinator at (1) 510-292-6696.
Other Information We May Collect
When you submit an order on-line, your credit card number is
submitted to the credit institution (www.PayPal.com)
for normal, routine processing. Your personal credit history information
is not collected by the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute, and we do not
share credit or credit card information with other companies or third
parties, unless compelled by law or court order to do so.
A "cookie" is an element of data that a Web site like
www.Ayurveda-Institute.org
can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. It can
be used to provide you with tailored information from the Web site you
have visited. Some of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute pages may use
cookies, so that we can better serve you when you visit our site by
providing you with information tailored to your interests. You can set
your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the
chance to decide whether or not to accept it. The Ayurveda Healing Arts
Institute does not require that you accept cookies.
A "referrer" is the information passed along by a web browser that
references the Web URL you linked from, and our Web server automatically
gathers it. This information is used by the Ayurveda Healing Arts
Institute in identifying broad demographic trends and may be used to
provide information tailored to your interests.
IP addresses are automatically gathered by our Web server. Your IP
address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify
your computer so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent
to you. You will not be personally identified from this information.
Environment variables we gather include time, type of Web browser being
used, the operating system/platform, and CPU speed. This information is
used only for broad demographic information. This information is used by
the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute in identifying broad demographic
trends and may be used to provide information tailored to your interests.
Additionally, the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute site contains links
to other Web sites, however, we are not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of such Web sites.
What Sites This Covers The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute owns and maintains a
variety of Web sites. Each of these sites may have their own mailing lists
or other methods of contacting customers. All of the sites follow this
policy for privacy and sharing of information with third parties.
The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute and Your Privacy At the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute , it is our intent to
give you as much control as possible over your privacy concerning your
personal information and the use we make of it in the course of our
business. In general, you can visit the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute on
the Web without telling us who you are or revealing any information about
yourself. Any information collected by us is used strictly to improve the
content of our Web site, to notify clients about updates, new features,
and new content, and to contact clients regarding their account. The
Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute neither shares nor sells the information
we collect with other companies for commercial purposes. The the Ayurveda
Healing Arts Institute collects registration information from visitors
using our free materials on a voluntary basis. Information collected from
users who purchase information is required for authentication and billing
purposes.
What Information We Gather and Track
There are times when we may need information from you. This generally
involves filling out forms so you can download a product or order a
product. When you purchase products and services, we require you to fill
out a form with your name and E-Mail address. During this process, you are
given the opportunity to decline further notification of important news
and events. Otherwise, you can remove yourself from the mailing list at
any time by contacting our Webmaster.
About E-Mail updates from The Ayurvedic Institute Periodically, the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute sends news
and information via E-Mail to users of its products and services. These
E-Mails are an information service to users who have indicated a
preference to receive updates about Ayurveda and related topics. You can
add or remove your E-Mail address from our mailing list by sending a
request to our Webmaster.
What We Do with Information Gathered When You Acquire
Our Partners' Products The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute will never sell or share
personal information collected from the distribution of Ayurveda Healing
Arts Institute products or gathered on an Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute
Web site with third parties, except if the product or service in question
is developed or owned by a Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute partner or
licensor.
Contacting Us about Privacy If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices
of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you may contact:
Webmaster, (1) 510-292-6696.
Use under the "fair use" provision (17 USC §107) of the U.S. Copyright Act
for non-profit educational purposes only.
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2150 Center Street, Berkeley, California, 94704 USA
Vipashina Buddha University is a non-profit
501(c)3 educational project of
the Medicine Buddha Wholistic Ministry
and its Center and Temple
Except where
explicitly mentioned, All our materials on this site are
offered free-of-charge
to the public domain (without copyright)
in service to all living beings
by the Vipashina Buddha University
who
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All Rights Reserved without Prejudice
We are a
Buddhist Ayurveda church school,
as proven by our duly and ceremonially notarized founding
Articles of Association and Organization
and are hence not under any government jurisdiction whatsoever.
"The religious Association
(Church), that is to say the Ministry, Institute, University, Center and Temple is in no way
under the jurisdiction of the Internal Revenue
Service, the Social Security Administration, or the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, or
any other government organization, agency, or agent (federal, state or local).
Any attempt by any government or private agent or agency to regulate our above
described religious educational practices and spiritual practices is in
violation of our now declared
First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendment Constitutional rights. Notice is
hereby given to any person(s) who, acting under the color of the law,
intentionally interferes with the free exercise of the rights retained by our
Ministry, Institute, Center and Temple and its Pastoral Counselors, faculty,
students, congregation, and members under the First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth
Amendments, as enumerated in these Articles of Association and Organization and
in our Pastoral Counselor’s Declaration of First Amendment Constitutional Rights
(Section C2.14) and Pastoral Counselor’s Declaration of First, Fourth, Sixth and
Ninth Amendment Constitutional Rights (Section C2.15), that they may be in
violation of the Pastoral Counselor’s civil and constitutional rights, Title 42,
U.S.C. 1983 et seq. and Title 18, Section 241. We hereby declare, all rights
reserved without prejudice."
