Privacy Policy

Homevilla Yoga Private Limited is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains the use and protection of personal information collected by Homevilla Yoga Private Limited. It applies to any personal information you provide to us and, subject to local law, any personal information we collect from other sources.

We protect your personal information in accordance with applicable laws and our data privacy policies. In addition, we maintain the appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and/or against accidental loss, alteration, disclosure, or access thereto.

Throughout this privacy Policy, “(Homevilla)” refers to Homevilla, including its affiliates and subsidiaries (also referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”).

We may collect personal information such as your personal details and contact details. We may also collect “sensitive” personal information about you when you voluntarily provide this information or where such information is required for us to respond to your request for products or services or permitted to be collected by law or professional standards.

Sensitive Personal Information (SPI) includes personal information regarding a person’s physical or mental health, genetic data, biometric data. Individuals should use their discretion when providing sensitive information to us. When you provide information that enables us to respond to your request for products or services, we will, wherever permissible by relevant laws, collect, use, and disclose this information to third parties including clients both prospective and existing ensuring strict confidentiality and adhering to appropriate security standards for the purposes described in this Policy. This includes collecting information when you:

1. Visit Yoga.in Website

In some instances, we automatically collect personal information pertaining to you when you visit our website and through e-mails that we may exchange with you. We may use automated technologies including the use of web server logs to collect IP addresses, “cookies” and web beacons. The collection of this information will allow us to improve the effectiveness of Yoga.in website and our marketing activities.

We also collect information provided by you from our contact us form and/or Get on Board form (including but not limited to name, mobile number, email address, address, country) and our careers portal (e.g., name, mobile number) on our website. By using Yoga.in website, associated microsites, and mobile applications, you agree to the processing of your information as explained in this Policy.
Yoga.in website may contain links to other sites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy statement/Policy of each website you visit provided on Yoga.in Website and satisfy the need for providing personal information of any kind.

2. Engage with Yoga.in through social media

You can engage with us through social media websites or through features on Yoga.in website that integrate with social media sites. When you engage with us through social media sites, you may allow us to have access to certain information from your social media profile based upon your privacy preference settings on such platform.

3. Access our Website and mobile application through Mobile Devices

If you access our website and application on your mobile device, we may also collect your personal information, device information, location details, contact information, network information and other details.

When you provide us with your mobile phone number, you consent to the use of your mobile phone number for the purposes identified in this Policy. If you choose to refrain from receiving any text notifications from us on your mobile, we will not be using your mobile number for such purposes unless required to meet legal requirements or for legitimate business purposes. We do not collect more information from you than is required for us to fulfil our stated purposes and will not retain your information for longer than is necessary.

Personal Data we may receive from other sources

On occasion, we may obtain information about you, including Personal Information, from third parties. This may occur, for example, when you have explicitly requested information about Homevilla Yoga Private Limited or our Website while visiting a Third-Party Site and have opted to be included in their lists. When we receive such information, we may combine it with other Personal Information we already possess about you. In doing so, this Privacy Policy governs the treatment of any combined information that we maintain in a format that identifies you personally.

Purpose of collection and use of collected Data

The personal information we collect for the purpose of and that may be used to:

Provide information and services as requested by you
Assess queries, requirements, and process requests for products and services
Perform client communication, service, billing and administration
Conduct data analysis
Execute monitoring
Share it with affiliated entities/subsidiaries/branch offices for legitimate business purposes
Share it with statutory authorities, government institutions or other bodies for compliance with legal requirements
Market products and services based on legitimate business interest under the applicable law or
Conduct processing necessary to fulfil other contractual obligations for the individual
To conduct background verifications for employee/ partners onboarding.
Job Application processing.
Address Data Subject Rights Requests.

With your consent, we may also use your personal information for additional purposes. Instances where sensitive personal information is collected will warrant explicit consent. Unless it is necessary for our legitimate business purposes, should you choose not to provide any personal information during certain activity, you will be able to continue with such activity wherever possible.

Change of purpose

We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose.
Please note that we may process your Personal Data without your knowledge or consent, where it is required or permitted by law.
Except for certain information that is required by law or by Homevilla policies (including management of an employment relationship with Homevilla), your decision to provide any personal data to us is voluntary. You will therefore not be subject to adverse consequences if you do not wish to provide us with your personal data except as required by Homevilla policies. However, please note that if you do not provide certain information, we may not be able to accomplish some or all the purposes outlined in this privacy statement, and you may not be able to use certain tools and systems which require the use of such personal data.

Lawful Grounds for Processing of Personal Information

(a) To perform a Contract:

To fulfil and meet the business requirements and contractual obligations for which you have provided the Personal Data (including during the performance of your employment relationship with us).
To provide information, services, or support.
To plan, perform, and manage our relationship with and to carry out any related administration.

(b) To carry out Legitimate Interests:

To identify you for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the terms of our agreements (if any).
To communicate related to the Services, including using email, SMS, newsletters and social media platforms.
For fraud detection and information security purposes.
To market products and services based on legitimate business interest under the applicable law.
To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Sites, Services, databases, technology assets, and business.
To improve our Services and to tailor and personalize our Sites.
For accuracy and to verify information with third parties as needed.
To enforce this Policy, and our policies, terms and conditions, agreements and other provisions related to the Services.
To carry out research, including market research, statistical research on site traffic, sales, and other commercial information to assist us in improving the Services.

We will process your personal data for the purposes mentioned above based on your prior consent, to the extent such consent is mandatory under applicable laws.
To the extent you are asked to click on/check “I accept”, “I agree” or similar buttons/checkboxes/functionalities in relation to a privacy statement, doing so will be considered as providing your consent to process your personal data, only in the countries where such consent is required by mandatory law. In all other countries, such action will be considered as a mere acknowledgement and the legal basis of the processing of your personal data will not be your consent but any other applicable legal basis.

(d) To fulfill a Legal Obligation:

To identify you for compliance purposes.
To detect, investigate and prevent activity we think may be potentially illegal, unlawful, or harmful.
To respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

Disclosure to Third Parties

We do not share personal information about you with non-affiliated companies except:

(a) to provide products or services you’ve requested;
(b) when we have your permission;

We provide the information to trusted entities who work on behalf of or with us under strict confidentiality agreements. These entities may use your personal information to help us communicate with you about offers from us and for other legitimate business purposes. However, these companies do not have any independent right to further share or disseminate this information.

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

(1) Service Providers Processing/ Storage of Data on Our Behalf

We may use contractors and service providers to process your information on our behalf for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
We contractually enforce that contractors and service providers keep information secure and confidential. We do not allow them to share or use your information without our prior authorization. Where you have an independent relationship with these service providers their privacy policies will apply.
We share information with our clients both prospective and existing under strict confidentiality agreements and ensure adherence to appropriate security standards and safeguards.

(2) Law Enforcement

In certain instances, and under applicable law, it may be necessary for us to disclose your information to government officials or other third parties in response to the following:

A subpoena, warrant or other process issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
A legal process having the same consequence as a court-issued request for information, in that if we were to refuse to provide such information, it would be in breach of local law, and it or its officers, executives or employees would be subject to liability for failing to honor such legal process.
Where such disclosure is necessary for us to enforce our legal rights pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction from which such information was gathered, or where we reasonably consider that this is necessary for it to protect our legal rights or to allow a third party to do so.
A request for information with the purpose of identifying and/or preventing financial fraud.
Where such disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat of bodily harm to an individual.

(3) Transfer Across Homevilla subsidiaries

Your information may be transferred to other Homevilla entities and subsidiaries, and all transfers will occur in compliance with the data transfer requirements of applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Data Transfer

We may transfer certain personal information across geographical borders to our entities or service providers in other countries working on our behalf in accordance with applicable law. We may transfer your personal information to any other body corporate or a person in any country that ensures the “same level of data protection” as applicable data protection laws and regulations.
When you provide us with your information or use our websites, we may collect, transfer, store, and process your information. These transfers are governed by European Union (EU) standard contractual clauses or equivalent data transfer agreements to protect the security and confidentiality of personal information.

Technical Processing

In view of the global nature of the world wide web, the User understands and agrees that technical processing of tools of communication is (and may be) required to send and receive messages, to correspond / conform to the technical requirements of connecting networks, to correspond / conform to the limitations of The Service, or to correspond / conform to other, similar technical requirements.

Interactive Features and Public Areas

Yoga.in offers interactive features that enable you to engage with other users, participate in forums, share comments, upload User Content such as photographs, take part in surveys, and interact with both the Service and fellow users. Should you choose to utilize any of these interactive functionalities on our website, which may involve providing personal information, we will collect the Personal Information you provide during your use of these features.

Please be aware that any information you share in chat sessions, message boards, email exchanges, newsgroups, or similar non-private areas of the Service may be accessed, collected, and used by others who have access to these areas. It’s important to note that this information is not considered Personal Information under the scope of this Policy.

If you would like to request the removal of your Personal Information from these areas, kindly reach out to us. However, please understand that in certain circumstances, it may not be possible for us to remove your Personal Information. If this is the case, we will inform you of the reasons behind our inability to fulfill your request.

Promotions

From time to time, we or our advertising partners and other business associates may organize or support special contests, sweepstakes, and other promotions for users to participate in on our website. Some of these promotions may be conducted in collaboration with our advertisers or business partners under a co-branded arrangement. In such cases, the collection of your Personal Information may be carried out directly by the third-party partner on their website or other online service, and it may be shared with us as well. The specific privacy policy or policies governing the collection of your personal information will be clearly stated in the promotion itself.

Marketing Communications

We would like to contact you with exciting and relevant information about yoga.in promotions, events, information, products and services which may be of interest to you. We may do this by post, email, SMS, Whatsapp and/or telephone where you have indicated that you would like to receive marketing information from us in such ways.

You have the right to opt out of our use of your information to provide marketing communications to you.

How we protect your information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our website. We will ensure through formally executed contracts that the service providers are committed to “same level of data protection” as applicable data protection laws and regulations.

We have implemented reasonable physical, technical and administrative security measures to protect personal information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction.

Our service providers and agents are bound to maintain the confidentiality of personal information and may not use the information for any unauthorized purpose.

Profile

If you have created a profile or account on one of our websites, you can update your contact information and other details after you log into your account.

Newsletters

If you request electronic communications, such as an e-newsletter, you will be able to unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions included in the communication.

Mobile Devices

If you previously chose to receive push notifications on your mobile device from us but no longer wish to receive them, you can manage your preferences either through your device or the application settings. If you no longer wish to have any information collected by the mobile application, you may uninstall the application by using the uninstall process available on your mobile device.

Information from Children

We do not seek to collect personal information of children under the age defined in respective and applicable jurisdiction(s). If a parent or guardian becomes aware that their child has provided personal data to the Website without their consent, we kindly request that they contact us promptly to request the deletion of such information.

We prioritize the protection of children’s privacy and adhere to relevant regulations regarding the collection of personal data from minors. If you have any concerns or need assistance regarding the personal data of a child, please reach out to us immediately.

If ever such children data is collected for the purpose of the services or products requested by you, we will secure explicit consent from the parent or legal guardian for the legitimate process.

We are committed to taking appropriate actions to address such situations and ensure the privacy and safety of all individuals using our Website.

Cookies

A “cookie” is a small piece of text that a website places in the cookie file of your browser and that allows the site to remember who you are. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. We only use cookies in accordance with applicable laws. Cookies by themselves do not provide email address or otherwise identify an individual browsing through the website. We use cookies to compile aggregate statistics to help us determine areas of preference of a visitor.

If an individual subsequently registers with our website, the information may be linked to a cookie in order to enhance and personalize the online experience (e.g., by welcoming an individual when he or she returns to the website). The choice of deciding whether to accept or refuse cookies will be the responsibility of the individual. The browser can be set to reject cookies or notify the presence of cookies.

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies on the website to personalize and optimize both your browsing experience and the website by:

providing you tailored content and advertisements (see below for more information);
the pages you visit;
the type of browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape) and operating system (Windows) you use;
enabling social media features;
safeguarding against spam and malware;
analysing trends, traffic, and user behaviour;
administering the website;
gathering demographic information about our user base as a whole;
tracking web and advertising analytics throughout the website and its affiliate websites;
remembering your preferences and voluntarily-submitted information (e.g. membership status, attendance, fees reminder);
performing location-related functionalities and analytics;
participating in market research (e.g., website ratings); and
educating ourselves about how we can continue to improve the website and its various elements.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but generally allow users to modify their browser settings to display a warning before accepting a cookie, to accept cookies only from certain websites, and/or to refuse all cookies. Essential Cookies, certain cookies are used for specific purposes that are essential to your secure use and navigation of the website. Without them, our website may not be able to provide core website functions and features to you, and the website would not operate as well as you or we would like. These cookies collect and use information such as your server preferences, single-session data and corresponding identifier, web beacons and log files (detailed below), and other credential-related information.

Other cookies are used to collect and process information about your preferences and similar choices in connection with the website in order to optimize your browsing experience (e.g., various local preference settings; which geographically customized version of the Site and related content you may prefer). Preference cookies include social media cookies, which collect information about your social media usage and other data you may have provided in connection with such usage (if you access the website through a social media website or mobile application, you may have social media cookies).

Note: Our website may not function at desired efficiency levels, or you may not experience some of the website features fully if the cookie is disabled or refused.

Email

Contact us at the e-mail listed in the “Contact Us” section at the bottom of this Policy. Please include your current contact information, the information you are interested in accessing and your requested changes. We will provide you with access to the personal information requested, subject to reasonable limitations provided by law, unless it infringes on the privacy of other individuals. If we do not provide you with access, we will provide you with the reason for refusal and inform you of any exceptions relied upon.

Data Protection

We have implemented reasonable physical, technical, and administrative security measures to protect personal information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Our service providers and agents are bound to maintain the confidentiality of personal information and may not use the information for any unauthorized purpose. We will ensure through formally executed contracts that the service providers are committed to “same level of data protection” as required under applicable data protection laws and regulations.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide the services you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our policies.

Exercise your Rights

We respect your right to be informed, access, correct, request deletion or request restriction, portability, objection, and rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling, in our usage of your personal information as required by applicable law. We also take steps to ensure that the personal information we collect is accurate and up to date and deleted when data is no longer required. Your rights are subject to defined conditions and the feasibility of exercising such rights and subject to Geo Locations applicability.

You have the right to know what personal information we maintain about you subject to availability.
We will provide you with a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format on request subject to availability.
If your personal information is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to ask us to update it.
You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information only if the data is processed.
You can also ask us to delete or restrict how we use your personal information, but this right is determined by applicable law and may impact your access to some of our services.
You have the right to access your personal information which may vary from visitor to visitor.
You have a right to object to processing your personal information where it is so conducted by automated means and involves any kind of decision-making subject to discovery that your data was used for automated means.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant authority if you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes applicable law.

We respond to requests in accordance with applicable data protection laws. We may refuse requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort, risk the privacy of others, may compromise an ongoing investigation, or are impractical. It is our policy to never discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

Revision to the Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated annually or as required from time to time as per the applicable laws, changes in regulations, precedents, or any communication from Supervisory or regulatory authorities. If any changes to the Privacy Policy have a material impact on your rights, we will notify you appropriately. Such changes to the Privacy Policy will apply from the effective date specified in the Policy on the website. We encourage you to annually review the Policy for the latest information on our privacy practices.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this website, you signify your acceptance of this policy. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes. This Privacy Policy and its enumerated policies are intended to comply with provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and Regulation of the General Data Protection Regulation and provide appropriate protection and care with respect to the treatment of your user information in accordance with the GDPR.

California Consumer Privacy Act – Specific Policy for California residents

If you are a resident of California State, references to the CCPA and CPRA will be applicable to you. This Policy in its entirety complies with the CCPA and CPRA Policies requirement. We may collect your personal information as is necessary when you visit our website or social media sites to obtain information about our products or services for personal and professional use. The collected information about yourself will be used, disclosed, and retained by us as detailed in this privacy Policy.

Please note -We do not sell your personal information that is collected in this website for direct marketing purposes or for any commercial purpose.
For more information related to your rights please visit CCPA Policy
However, if you have any question or concern about our compliance with CCPA and CPRA, please contact us as mentioned below.

For residents (data subjects) of the European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK), when we collect and use personal data (information) about you, we may be subject to the
• European Union General Data Protection Regulation (‘EU GDPR’);
• United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and
• United Kingdom Data Protection Act 2018 (UK DPA 2018) when acting as a ‘data controller’ for such personal data.

Below you will find the rights applicable to you as a resident within the EEA and UK, including your rights to your data as it may be processed by us.

Right to access your personal information. This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to ask us to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
Right to erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us, in certain situations, to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us to continue to process it.
The right to object to the processing of your data, where we are processing it to meet our public tasks or legitimate interests (or the legitimate interests of a third party) and there is something about your situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground.
The right to request that the processing of your data is restricted. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your data.
Request the transfer of your data to another party.
Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.

Grievance Officer:

In accordance with Information Technology Act 2000 and rules made there under, the name and contact details of the Grievance Officer are provided below:

Name: Lakshmi Narayanan
Designation: Grievance Officer
Postal Address: Unit No. 205, 2nd Floor, Welspun House Kamala City, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400013
Email: [email protected]

Note: The Grievance Officer shall redress your grievances expeditiously not later than one month from the date of receipt of grievance.

Contact Us:

If you have any questions or complaints about this Policy, our privacy and information handling practices, you can contact our Data Protection Officer through the following details:

Name of the Data Protection Officer: Lakshmi Narayanan
Email ID: [email protected]
Address: Unit No. 205, 2nd Floor, Welspun House Kamala City, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400013

Change in Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change Privacy Policy at any time. Users may note that this Privacy Policy itself and any such change of policy will be effective from the date of posting on our Website.