Privacy Policy | Satsang with Soham

We process personal data (hereinafter generally referred to as "data") only to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its content and the services offered there.

Pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e., the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the "GDPR"), "processing" means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.

In the following Privacy Policy, we inform you in particular about the nature, scope, purpose, duration, and legal basis of the processing of personal data, insofar as we determine the purposes and means of processing either alone or jointly with others. In addition, we inform you below about the third-party components we use for optimization purposes and to enhance the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data in this context under their own responsibility.

Our Privacy Policy is structured as follows:

I. Information about us as the data controller
II. Rights of users and data subjects
III. Information on data processing

I. Information about us as the data controller

The provider of this website responsible under data protection law and the data protection officer is:

Sam Golden
P.O. Box 1430
67287 Kirchheimbolanden

Phone: 0700 72872647
Email: info@soham.one

II. Rights of Users and Data Subjects

With regard to the data processing described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right

to confirmation as to whether data concerning them is being processed, to information about the processed data, to further information regarding data processing, and to copies of the data (see also Art. 15 GDPR);
to have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected or completed (see also Art. 16 GDPR);
to the immediate erasure of data concerning them (see also Art. 17 GDPR), or, alternatively, to the restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to the extent that further processing is necessary pursuant to Art. 17(3) GDPR;
to receive the data concerning them and provided by them, and to have this data transmitted to other providers/controllers (see also Art. 20 GDPR);
to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if they believe that the data concerning them is being processed by the provider in violation of data protection regulations (see also Art. 77 GDPR).

Furthermore, the provider is obligated to inform all recipients to whom data has been disclosed by the provider of any rectification or erasure of data or restriction of processing carried out pursuant to Articles 16, 17(1), and 18 of the GDPR. However, this obligation does not apply if such notification is impossible or would involve disproportionate effort. Notwithstanding this, the user has the right to obtain information about these recipients.

Likewise, pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the future processing of data concerning them, provided that the data is processed by the provider in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purposes of direct marketing is permissible.

III. Information on Data Processing

Your data processed when using our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies, provided that no legal retention obligations prevent the deletion of the data and no contrary information regarding individual processing procedures is provided below.

a) Session Cookies

We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies that are placed and stored on your device by the internet browser you use. Through these cookies, certain information about you, such as your browser or location data or your IP address, is processed to a specific extent.

This processing makes our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure, as it enables, for example, the display of our website in different languages or the provision of a shopping cart function.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, provided that these cookies process data for the purpose of contract initiation or contract fulfillment.

If the processing does not serve the purpose of contract initiation or contract fulfillment, our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. The legal basis in this case is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

These session cookies are deleted when you close your web browser.

b) Third-party cookies

Where applicable, our website may also use cookies from partner companies with whom we collaborate for the purposes of advertising, analysis, or the functionality of our website.

For details on this, particularly regarding the purposes and legal bases for processing such third-party cookies, please refer to the information below.

c) Option to delete

You can prevent or restrict the installation of cookies by adjusting your web browser settings. You can also delete cookies that have already been stored at any time. However, the steps and measures required for this depend on the specific web browser you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or documentation of your web browser or contact its manufacturer or support team. However, for so-called Flash cookies, processing cannot be prevented via the browser settings. Instead, you must change the settings of your Flash Player. The steps and measures required for this also depend on the specific Flash Player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Flash Player or contact the manufacturer or user support.

If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, however, this may result in not all features of our website being fully usable.

Contact Requests / Contact Options

If you contact us via the contact form or by email, the data you provide will be used to process your inquiry. Providing this data is necessary to process and respond to your inquiry—without it, we cannot respond to your inquiry or may only be able to do so to a limited extent.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.

Your data will be deleted once your inquiry has been fully resolved and provided that no legal retention obligations prevent its deletion, such as in the case of any subsequent contract processing.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to our free newsletter, the data requested from you for this purpose—namely your email address and, optionally, your name and address—will be transmitted to us. At the same time, we store the IP address of the internet connection from which you access our website, as well as the date and time of your registration. As part of the subsequent registration process, we will obtain your consent to receive the newsletter, describe its content in detail, and refer you to this Privacy Policy. We use the data collected for this purpose exclusively for sending the newsletter—it is therefore not disclosed to third parties.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You may revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time with future effect in accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR. To do so, you need only notify us of your revocation or click the unsubscribe link included in every newsletter.

User Contributions, Comments, and Reviews

We offer you the opportunity to publish questions, answers, opinions, or reviews—hereinafter referred to simply as "contributions"—on our website. If you take advantage of this offer, we will process and publish your contribution, the date and time of submission, and any pseudonym you may have used.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect in accordance with Art. 7(3) of the GDPR. To do so, you need only notify us of your revocation.

In addition, we also process your IP address and email address. The IP address is processed because we have a legitimate interest in taking or supporting further action if your contribution infringes on the rights of third parties and/or is otherwise unlawful.

The legal basis in this case is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the legal defense that may be necessary.

Server Data

For technical reasons, particularly to ensure a secure and stable website, data is transmitted to us or to our web hosting provider via your internet browser. These so-called server log files collect, among other things, the type and version of your web browser, the operating system, the website from which you navigated to our website (referrer URL), the page(s) of our website that you visit, the date and time of each visit, and the IP address of the internet connection from which our website is accessed.

The data collected in this manner is stored temporarily, but not in conjunction with any other data about you.

This storage is based on the legal grounds of Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality, and security of our website.

The data is deleted after seven days at the latest, unless further retention is necessary for evidentiary purposes. Otherwise, the data is fully or partially exempt from deletion until the final clarification of an incident.

Facebook

To promote our products and services and to communicate with prospective customers or clients, we maintain a company presence on the Facebook platform.

On this social media platform, we are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Facebook's Data Protection Officer can be reached via a contact form:

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

We have regulated our joint responsibility in an agreement regarding our respective obligations under the GDPR. This agreement, which sets forth our mutual obligations, is available at the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

The legal basis for the processing of personal data resulting therefrom and described below is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, communication, sales, and promotion of our products and services.

The legal basis may also be the user's consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR vis-à-vis the platform operator. The user may revoke this consent at any time with future effect pursuant to Article 7(3) of the GDPR by notifying the platform operator.

When accessing our online presence on the Facebook platform, Facebook Ireland Ltd., as the platform operator in the EU, processes the user's data (e.g., personal information, IP address, etc.).

This user data is used to gather statistical information about the use of our company's presence on Facebook. Facebook Ireland Ltd. uses this data for market research and advertising purposes, as well as to create user profiles. Based on these profiles, Facebook Ireland Ltd. is able, for example, to display interest-based advertisements to users both on and off Facebook. If the user is logged into their Facebook account at the time of visiting the site, Facebook Ireland Ltd. may also link the data to the respective user account.

If a user contacts us via Facebook, the personal data entered on that occasion will be used to process the inquiry. We will delete the user's data once the user's inquiry has been fully resolved, provided that no legal retention obligations—such as those arising from subsequent contract fulfillment—prevent us from doing so.

Facebook Ireland Ltd. may also set cookies for the purpose of processing the data.

If the user does not consent to this processing, they may prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting their browser settings accordingly. Cookies that have already been stored can also be deleted at any time. The settings for this depend on the respective browser. For Flash cookies, processing cannot be prevented via the browser settings, but rather by adjusting the settings in the Flash Player. If the user prevents or restricts the installation of cookies, this may result in not all Facebook features being fully usable.

Further details regarding processing activities, how to prevent them, and the deletion of data processed by Facebook can be found in Facebook's Privacy Policy:

https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

It cannot be ruled out that processing by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited may also take place via Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 in the United States.

Instagram

To promote our products and services and to communicate with prospective customers or clients, we maintain a company presence on the Instagram platform.

On this social media platform, we are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Instagram's data protection officer can be reached via a contact form:

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

The legal basis for the processing of personal data resulting therefrom and described below is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, communication, sales, and promotion of our products and services.

The legal basis may also be the user's consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR vis-à-vis the platform operator. The user may revoke this consent at any time with future effect by notifying the platform operator in accordance with Article 7(3) of the GDPR.

When accessing our online presence on the Instagram platform, Facebook Ireland Ltd., as the platform operator in the EU, processes user data (e.g., personal information, IP address, etc.).

This user data is used to gather statistical information about the use of our company's presence on Instagram. Facebook Ireland Ltd. uses this data for market research and advertising purposes, as well as to create user profiles. Based on these profiles, Facebook Ireland Ltd. is able, for example, to target users with interest-based advertising both on and off Instagram. If the user is logged into their Instagram account at the time of access, Facebook Ireland Ltd. may also link the data to the respective user account.

If a user contacts us via Instagram, the personal data entered on that occasion will be used to process the inquiry. We will delete the user's data once the user's inquiry has been fully resolved, provided that no legal retention obligations—such as those arising from subsequent contract fulfillment—prevent us from doing so.

Facebook Ireland Ltd. may also set cookies for the purpose of processing the data.

Further details regarding the processing activities, how to prevent them, and the deletion of data processed by Instagram can be found in Instagram's Privacy Policy:

https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

It cannot be ruled out that processing by Facebook Ireland Ltd. may also take place via Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, in the United States.

General Links to Third-Party Profiles

The provider includes links to the social networks listed below on the website.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The provider's legitimate interest lies in improving the user experience of the website.

The plugins are integrated via a linked graphic. Only by clicking on the corresponding graphic is the user redirected to the service of the respective social network.

After the user is redirected, the respective network collects information about the user. This initially includes data such as IP address, date, time, and the page visited. If the user is logged into their account on the respective network during this process, the network operator may be able to associate the information collected from the user's specific visit with the user's personal account. If the user interacts via a "Share" button on the respective network, this information may be stored in the user's personal account and, if applicable, published. If the user wishes to prevent the collected information from being directly associated with their user account, they must log out before clicking on the graphic. Additionally, it is possible to configure the respective user account accordingly.

The following social networks are linked by the provider:

facebook

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Instagram

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

YouTube

Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA

YouTube

We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "YouTube."

We use YouTube in conjunction with the "Enhanced Privacy Mode" feature to display videos to you. If you have given your consent to this processing, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. The legal basis may also be Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. According to YouTube, the "Enhanced Privacy Mode" feature ensures that the data described in more detail below is only transmitted to YouTube's server if you actually start playing a video.

Without this "Enhanced Privacy Mode," a connection to YouTube's server in the U.S. is established as soon as you visit one of our web pages on which a YouTube video is embedded.

This connection is necessary to display the respective video on our website via your web browser. In the process, YouTube will collect and process at least your IP address, the date and time, and the webpage you visited. Additionally, a connection is established to Google's "DoubleClick" advertising network.

If you are logged into YouTube at the same time, YouTube will associate the connection information with your YouTube account. If you wish to prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or adjust the relevant settings in your YouTube user account.

For the purposes of functionality and to analyze user behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your device via your web browser. If you do not consent to this processing, you have the option to prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting the settings in your web browser. Further information on this can be found above under "Cookies."

Further information regarding the collection and use of data, as well as your rights and protection options in this regard, is provided by Google at

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Source: Sample Privacy Policy from the law firm Weiß & Partner