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Last updated on September 22, 2023.
This Privacy Statement explains how Laughter Yoga School handles personal data and privacy. This policy may change from time to time. We encourage visitors and users of our site to periodically review our Privacy Policy.
All ” Personal Data ” (any information that identifies or permits the identification, contact or location of a person to whom such information relates) that we collect and maintain is subject to this Privacy Policy, which may be modified from time to time. To update your information and preferences, please see the bottom of any e-mail you receive from École du yoga du rire.
École du yoga du rire undertakes to submit all personal data from member countries of the European Union (EU) and Switzerland respectively, in accordance with the applicable principles of this agreement.
As a visitor to the site, you can take part in all kinds of activities without providing any personal data.
However, when you sign up to receive the newsletter and order products or services as a customer of Laughter Yoga School, in order to provide you with the services in question, we may collect the following personal data:
Depending on your activity, some of the information we ask you to provide is mandatory, others are not. If you do not provide the mandatory data for an activity, you will not be able to participate in that activity.
As with most web sites, when you use the Site, Laughter Yoga School or third-party contractors under contract to Laughter Yoga School may also collect certain technical or routing information about your computer in order to improve your use of the Site and Services. For example, we may log information about your environment, such as browser type, operating system, processor speed and computer IP address. We use these variables to facilitate and track your use of the Site and its services. Laughter Yoga School also uses them to evaluate site traffic. To better understand the needs of our site visitors, we sometimes link this data to your personal information.
When you download and use our Mobile Apps or services, we automatically collect data about the type of device you are using and the version of your operating system. We do not require you to be able to access or track location-based information at any time when you download or use our Mobile Apps or services.
At your request, Laughter Yoga School will provide you with information as to whether we hold, or process on behalf of a third party, your personal data. To request this information, please contact us at info@yogadurire.com
You have the right to access, correct or delete your personal information and privacy preferences at any time. To do so, click on the “My account” link at the bottom of every e-mail you receive from École du yoga du rire. You can then view and modify most of your personal information immediately.
Laughter Yoga School collects information about you in order to provide services to you, to fulfill its obligations and to improve its products and services. We do not sell, rent or disclose personally identifiable information to third parties other than in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Laughter Yoga School may use this information:
We store the information we collect via cookies, log files, transparent images or external sources to create a summary of your preferences. We combine your personal data or usage history with the information in the summary of your preferences in order to provide you with tailored promotions and commercial offers, to improve the content of the site or to determine your preferences.
Laughter Yoga School uses a credit card processing company to bill you for our products and services. To the best of our knowledge, this company does not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any other purpose.
We do not sell or provide personal data to other companies marketing their own products and services.
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active. We need this information to provide you with services or to meet our legal obligations. To delete your account or to request that we no longer use your data to provide you with our services, please contact us at info@yogadurire.com. We will process your request within 30 days. We will retain and use your information, where appropriate, to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and fulfill our contracts.
You can request to no longer receive news, newsletters from École du yoga du rire or e-mails from our partners. To do so, click on the “Manage my preferences” link at the bottom of each e-mail from Laughter Yoga School and choose the options accordingly. You can usually opt-out of these communications at the time of registration. In addition, we will continue to send you service-related announcements, including, but not limited to, e-mail regarding a registration, e-mails regarding benefits offered, e-mails automatically sent when you perform certain actions on the site, and notices regarding invoices. As a general rule, you cannot opt out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you can deactivate your account.
If you use a RIRE+ Laughter Exercises mobile app, you may occasionally receive push notifications from us informing you of any events or promotions we may be running. If you no longer wish to receive this type of communication, you can deactivate it in your device settings.
The personal data you provide when using the site is protected in various ways.
We make every effort to protect personal data sent to us, both during transmission and once we have received it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet and no method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Although we take into account the sensitive nature of the personal data we collect, process and store, and the current state of technology in implementing these measures to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee their 100% security.
If you have any questions about the security of our websites, you can send us an e-mail at info@yogadurire.com.
Laughter Yoga School reserves the right to supplement this Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion. In the event of significant modifications to this Privacy Policy, users will be informed by e-mail or via the home page of the site before they take effect.
We will assume that you are aware of, and are subject to, any material changes to the Privacy Policy once notice of such changes is posted on the Site, with the following exception: if at the time of providing your personal information to École du yoga du rire, you are given the opportunity (as is currently the case) to limit the manner in which such information will be used to communicate with you, either by École du yoga du rire or by a third party, École du yoga du rire will not change your preferences in this regard without your express permission. However, in the event École du yoga du rire is acquired by or merged with another entity, École du yoga du rire may provide that entity with customer information related to that portion of the business sold to or merged with the entity without your authorization. Laughter Yoga School will, however, provide notice of such asset sales, acquisitions or mergers on this site.
Our site includes links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Laughter Yoga School. If you transmit your personal data to one of these sites, it will be governed by their privacy policies. We invite you to carefully read the privacy policies of the sites you visit.
Individuals located in certain countries, including the European Economic Area, have certain statutory rights regarding their personal data. Subject to statutory exemptions, you may have the right to request access to such Information, and also to request that it be updated, deleted or rectified.
Insofar as École du yoga du rire’s processing of your personal data is subject to the EU General Data Protection Regulation, École du yoga du rire relies on its legitimate interests, described above, for the processing of your data. Where École du yoga du rire processes certain personal data for its own direct marketing activities, you have the right to object at any time to École du yoga du rire using your personal data for this purpose. To do so, click on the link at the bottom of each e-mail you receive from École du yoga du rire and ask not to receive any more e-mails.
École du yoga du rire takes the privacy of its users very seriously.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact our Privacy Officer at info@yogadurire.com.
You should know that by leaving your e-mail address, you will receive free information on personal and professional development, research on the benefits of laughter, our programs and news on health through laughter, as well as commercial offers on products or services from partners we may recommend from time to time. You must provide your first name and e-mail address in order to subscribe. The owner of this e-mail list is L’École du yoga du rire (Linda Leclerc) You have the right to unsubscribe at any time. AT ANY TIME.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU for choosing to visit one of our sites. These terms and conditions set out the terms of use of the following websites:
www.yogadurire.com
www.hahasisterhood.com
www.destinationrire.com
www.lindaleclerc.com
www.sommetdelabonnehumeur.com
The visitor acknowledges that he/she has read this legal notice and accepts all this information, whether for personal or professional use.
Owner of the site
This site is the property of École du yoga du rire (Linda Leclerc), 2-799 bl des Bois-Francs Sud, Victoriaville, QC Canada G6P 5W3 (info@yogadurire.com)
This site is hosted by
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Responsibility
The site owner provides visitors with a wide range of free information (articles, audio, video). The site owner constantly strives, with integrity and ethics, to put the means at his disposal to ensure the quality of this content. Users (visitors to the sites) therefore undertake to use this information at their own risk, and release the owner (École du yoga du rire) from any liability in this respect. The information provided on these sites is not intended to replace a professional consultation, if such is your need. This method is not a substitute for treatment recommended by your physician. Rather, it is a complement. Effective, pleasant and joyful, but a complement! (Don’t stop taking your medication if this is your case! Consult your therapist first and use your common sense).
Cookies
You have now been informed that cookies may be installed on your browser. We prefer to eat them, but you are free to delete them from your browser at any time.
Processing of personal data
Visitors have the right to unsubscribe, modify and correct their personal data at any time. It is possible to request that such data be rectified, completed, clarified, updated or deleted. In particular, it is possible to unsubscribe from the site’s newsletter via a link located at the bottom of each e-mail sent. You can also access and modify your personal data (first name, last name and e-mail address) at any time by clicking on the link at the end of each e-mail sent. We use the services of the professional platforms Convertkit, Zenler and MailChimp to store data, and their security policy is very strict.
Like you, we hate spam, phishing, junk mail (no laughing matter!), and with us, your privacy is respected: Your e-mail address will never be sold or shared with anyone.
However, when you make a purchase, you are redirected to our partner PAYPAL, which handles the financial transactions. We do not store any of your credit card data, password, expiry date, etc., as you are then on another site. The data we do keep are your e-mail address, your postal address and the items ordered.
Mandatory/optional data
To receive our newsletter, you must enter your first name, last name and e-mail address to subscribe to our mailing list (yes, it’s a legal obligation to do so!).
Recipients
The recipients of this data are people who have made a purchase from our store, people who have signed up for our e-mail lists via one of our sites, or people who have attended one of our events or conferences, and who have registered on site on the sheet reserved for this purpose. We store this information in a secure location.
Affiliate
Beyond the free content that is shared on our sites, we may have an affiliate relationship with some of the partners and products that may be recommended to you. Regardless of this relationship, you are always free to purchase the recommended product or not.
WARNING: We will never recommend a product that we sincerely do not believe to be of quality. Regardless of the service, product or program, if we deem it to be of poor quality or invalid, you will never receive information about it. Our mission is health and wellness, and respecting these values is our priority.
Property
This site is the exclusive property of École du yoga du rire. The president of this organization is Linda Leclerc.
Canadian School of Laughter Yoga has a strict policy about data handling. We comply with the current Data Protection Act and applicable legislation and will continue to comply with new legislation as it arises.
Canadian School of Laughter Yoga does not share your information with any third parties. The information we hold extends to and does not exceed: name, postal address (sometimes), email address and telephone number. In some cases we might ask your birth date and month (hahasisterhood only) and location for your training (Laughter Yoga Leader and/or Teacher trainings)
Information is stored only for the purposes for which it has been provided which are
Regular checks are made to ensure that information is up-to-date with clear consent and that it is held no longer than necessary. Please also read our statement of where we keep your data and how we keep it safe.
Canadian School of Laughter Yoga is keen to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) which is in place from 25 May 2018, and we are currently assessing all our data handling processes.
Please be assured that we are following the guidelines for complying.
Mailing List
Canadian School of Laughter Yoga have requested all our registered contacts to kindly complete our subscription form in order to consent to receiving our news and allow for us to store your information.
We do not store data in spreadsheets, this is a thing of the past and all spreadsheets holding information including name, email, address and phone numbers have been or will be deleted permanently from our data storage no later than 25 May 2018.
As of 25 May 2018 information will be kept in two places only, online on MailChimp which is our choice of solution for our newsletter and general information distribution, and with a backup on a password protected hard drive.
MailChimp writes the following about their compliance:
What is MailChimp doing to prepare?
We’ve been researching the GDPR and modifying many of our internal practices and policies over the last year, because we are committed to achieving compliance with the GDPR in 2018. For example, we’re in the process of updating our Data Processing Agreement and third-party vendor contracts to meet the GDPR’s requirements.
We’re also assessing the impact of the GDPR on MailChimp’s tools to see if we can make them more practical for users who are subject to the GDPR.
As further guidance is released and our research progresses, we’ll continue to look for ways we can help our users around the world get ready for the GDPR.
As a Canadian School of Laughter Yoga customer your details are stored on our system for booking and invoicing purposes and only for as long as is required by Canadian law.
We keep your photo consent which you may withdraw at any time in writing to Linda Leclerc, Canadian School of Laughter Yoga, 556 rue Sigouin, Gatineau, QC J8P 5H8 Canada (info@yogadurire.com). However, you must acknowledge that images that have been used with your consent may still be in circulation and may not be withdrawn. Images we use on our websites have no personal name references.
Canadian School of Laughter Yoga have a strict policy regarding sharing of data and your information has not and will not be shared with any other parties. In the event you wish for your information to be passed on to our partners you will receive instructions how to make contact with our partners.
We would like to send you information about our own products and services through our occasional newsletter via email. If you consent to being contacted in this way please tick the relevant boxes below. You can at any time, withdraw your consent by contacting us at the address below or by email / telephone.
If you need any further information please write to us at Canadian School of Laughter Yoga, 556 rue Sigouin, Gatineau, QC J8P 5H8 Canada
Because it’s all very serious and very important.
Smiling customers!