Your privacy is important to victorious-bodhi.org. We respect your privacy and strictly comply with any applicable laws and regulations regarding personal information we may collect about you. Personal information is any information about you that can be used to identify you, including your personal information (such as name, address and date of birth), your device information, payment details, and even information about how you use the website or online services.
If our website contains links to third-party websites and services, please note that these websites and services have independent privacy policies. After clicking on the link to enter the third-party content, you should carefully read the privacy policy information published by it on how to collect and use personal information. This privacy policy does not apply to any activities after you leave our website.
This policy is effective from [2025年1月28日]
I. Information We Collect
The information we collect falls into two categories: “Voluntarily Provided” Information and “Automatically Collected” Information.
- “Voluntarily Provided” Information: refers to any information that you knowingly and actively provide to us when using or participating in any of our Services.
- “Automatically-Collected” Information: is any information that your device sends automatically when you access our products and services.
1. Log data
When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log standard data provided by your web browser. It may include your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page and other details of your visit.
Additionally, if you experience certain errors while using the Site, we may automatically collect data about that error and the circumstances under which it occurred. This data may include technical details of your device, the action you were attempting to perform when the error occurred, and other technical information related to the issue. You may or may not be notified of such errors, either when they occur, after they occur, or as to the nature of the error. Please note that while this information by itself may not be personally identifiable, it may be possible to combine it with other data to identify an individual.
2. Personal information
We may ask for personal information, for example, when you register for an account, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us, which may include one or more of the following:
- Name
- Social Media Profiles
- Date of Birth
- Telephone/mobile number
- Home/Mailing Address
3. Sensitive information
“Sensitive information” or “special category data” is a subset of personal information that is subject to a higher level of protection. Examples of sensitive information include information about your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, trade union or other professional associations or memberships, philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, sexual practices or sex life, criminal record, health information or biometric information. The types of sensitive information we may collect about you include:
- Religion
- Philosophical Beliefs
We will not collect your sensitive information without your prior explicit consent, and we will only use or disclose your sensitive information as permitted, required or authorized by law.
II. Lawful grounds for processing your personal information
We will only collect and use your personal information if we have a lawful reason to do so. In this case, we only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to provide you with the service. These lawful reasons include:
- Your consent: When you agree that we collect and use your personal information for specific purposes, such as consenting to receive marketing emails, etc. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us or using relevant functions, but the information processing based on consent will not be affected.
- Our legitimate interests: when we assess that it is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as for us to provide, operate, improve and advertise our services, including market research, data analysis, optimizing user experience, etc. We believe that our legitimate interests include research and development, understanding our audience, marketing and promotion of our services, measures taken to operate our services efficiently, marketing analysis, and measures taken to protect our legal rights and interests.
- Compliance with the law: In certain circumstances, we may have a legal obligation to use or retain your personal information. Such circumstances may include (but are not limited to) court orders, criminal investigations, government requests and regulatory obligations.
III. Collection and Use of Information
We may collect personal information from you when you do any of the following on our website:
- Register an account
- Sign up for our newsletter and receive updates via email or other channels
- Access our content using a mobile device or web browser
- Contact us via email, social media or any similar technology
- Mention us on social media
We may combine voluntarily provided and automatically collected personal information with general information or research data we receive from other trusted sources. For example, our marketing and market research activities may uncover data and insights that we may combine with information about how visitors use our website in order to improve our website and your experience on it.
IV. Security of Your Personal Information
When we collect and process personal information, and for the period during which we retain it, we will protect it in a commercially reasonable and acceptable manner to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we remind you that no electronic transmission or storage method is 100% secure and no one can guarantee absolute data security. You are responsible for choosing any password and its overall security strength to ensure the security of your own information within the scope of our services. For example, ensure that any passwords associated with accessing your personal information and account are secure and confidential.
V. How long do we retain your personal information?
We only retain your personal information for as long as we need it. This period may depend on the purpose for which we use your information. For example, if you have an account, we may retain the relevant information for the duration of your account; if you only make a one-time inquiry, we will delete or anonymize the relevant information after the inquiry is completed, if it complies with legal requirements. However, if necessary, we may retain your personal information in order to comply with legal, accounting or reporting obligations, or for public interest, scientific, historical research purposes or statistical purposes.
VI. Use of Cookies
We use “cookies” to collect information about you and your activities on our website. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer and is read each time you visit so that we can understand how you use our website. This helps us provide you with content based on your preferences and improve your experience. You can manage cookies according to your browser settings according to your preferences, and most browsers allow you to refuse or limit the use of cookies. If you choose to refuse cookies, it may affect your experience of certain features of the website.
VII. Limitations of this Policy
Our website may link to external websites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of these websites and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices. When accessing these links, please review and comply with the privacy policies of the corresponding websites.
8. Changes to this Policy
We reserve the right to change the Privacy Policy at our sole discretion to reflect updates to our business processes, current acceptable practices, or changes in laws or regulations. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post the changes prominently on the Site or notify you through the contact information you provide. If the changes are significant, or if required by applicable law, we will contact you and all our registered users with the new details and a link to the updated or changed policy, based on your preferences for communicating with us. If required by law, we will obtain your consent or provide you with the opportunity to opt-in or opt-out (as applicable) of any new use of your personal information.