Terms & Conditions of Use 

The following Terms and Conditions and any other rules posted on our Sites constitute an agreement between THE SACRED MANDALA (“TSM", "we", "our", "us") and you, the visitor, governing your access and use of all content and functionalities available at the TSM website, as well as any other websites, webpages or frames accessible through the TSM website or other third party sites TSM hosts or sponsors such as third party social media sites, mobile apps, and services (collectively, the “Site” or “Sites”). Please note that TSM also has a separate Privacy Policy that may also govern your use of the Sites—it is available here: Privacy Policy 

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS. THESE INCLUDE VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS. 

Those persons wishing to use our Sites and their services must read these Terms and Conditions.  Your use of our Site constitutes your agreement to be bound by these Terms and Conditions relating to those Sites and their services. If you are under 18, you must let your parent or guardian know about TSM's Privacy Policy before you register to use this Site or any of this Site's services. 

If you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions and/or the Privacy Policy, please do not use the Sites.  TSM reserves the right to revise the Terms and Conditions at any time, so please visit this page periodically so that you know the most up to date Terms and Conditions that govern your use of the Sites.  If the Terms and Conditions are updated in a manner which requires us to provide notice to you under applicable privacy laws, regulations, or ordinances, we will do so at that time. If you have any questions, please contact us as explained below.   

Registration 

To use some of the services or features made available to you on this Site, you will need to register. When you register, you are required to provide information about yourself that is true, accurate, current, and complete in all respects. Should any of your registration information change, please update your account immediately. We may also change registration requirements from time to time. Please also review the Privacy Policy for more information on what information we are requesting, the reason we are requesting it, how it will be stored (if applicable), the purpose(s) we are using it for, and how you may request its deletion. 

The account password (if applicable) you provide should be unique and kept secure, and you must notify TSM immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. Although TSM will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may be liable for TSM’s (or other third parties’) losses due to such unauthorized use.  Remember that you are responsible for any use of your registered account on the Sites, so please make sure you are the only one using it. 

Note that by registering your name, your e-mail, and any other information regarding you, you are representing that your name, e-mail and any other information are yours and yours alone.  You are also representing that you are 18 years old or older or have someone who is 18 years or older who is your legal guardian with you when you register or use the Sites.  Users who are 13 years old or younger should not be visiting or using the Sites and TSM does not want to collect information on individuals that are 13 years old or younger.  If you are 13 or younger, please do not use or register for the Sites.   

Intellectual Property Rights

You acknowledge and agree that all copyright, designs, the "look and feel" of the Sites, trademarks and all other intellectual property and material rights relating to the Content as defined below, including all HTML and other code contained in this Site, shall remain at all times vested in TSM and/or are the property of their respective owners. All such Content, including third party trademarks, designs and related intellectual property rights mentioned or displayed on this Site are protected by federal and state laws and regulations and international treaty provisions. You are permitted to use the Content only as expressly authorized by TSM and/or its third party licensors. Any reproduction or redistribution of the above listed Content is prohibited and may result in civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, copying and use of the above listed materials to any other server, location or support for publication, reproduction or distribution is expressly prohibited except for viewing purposes as explained below for personal, non-commercial use. Please note that this prohibition also includes without limitation the unauthorized framing of any Content from the Sites, as well as any unauthorized linking to the Sites. 

Trademarks and Copyright 

The term TSM, and the graphics on the Sites involving the term TSM, as well as other design and content featured on the Sites, including without limitation graphics, designs, page headers/footers, scripts, coding, HTML, logos, navigational buttons/images/titles, photography, text, artwork, service names, and the like (collectively, the “Content”) are trademarks, trade dress, intellectual property, or copyrights of TSM’s in the United States of America and/or other countries.  The TSM trademarks, trade dress, intellectual property, or copyrights may not be used, mimicked, copied, imitated, or emulated in whole or in part in any manner which would cause a likelihood of confusion, including but not limited to use in website addresses, without TSM’s prior express written approval.   

No Commercial Use 

This Site is for your personal non-commercial use only. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, commercially exploit, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any Content, software, products, or services contained within this Site. You may not use this Site, or any of its Content, to further any commercial purpose, including any advertising or advertising revenue generation activity on your own Site. 

Your Activity 

You use this Site at your sole risk. You agree that you will be personally responsible for your use of this Site and for all of your communication and activity on this Site. We reserve the right to deny you access to this Site, or any part of this Site, at any time without notice. If we determine, in our sole discretion, that you engaged in prohibited activities, including without limitation that you were not respectful of other users, we may deny you access to this Site on a temporary or permanent basis and any decision to do so is final. 

You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices), which may be affixed to or contained within the Site. 

You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Site, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Site for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Site with respect to any submissions made by them. 

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

The Site’s services are provided on an “AS-IS” basis and as available.  TSM disclaims any express or implied warranty of any kind, including but not limited to any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, any warranty of title, any warranty of merchantability, any freedom from computer virus, or non-infringement, unless otherwise legally required by local law.  We do not guarantee or promise any specific results from the use of the Site.  We do not warrant or represent that the Site is free of viruses and other malicious codes; you should exercise caution in the downloading of any content or materials.  

We are not responsible for the Site being unavailable for any reason, including but not limited to, Site maintenance or other reasons.  Further, we are not responsible for any late, lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, garbled, incomplete, misaddressed, or misdirected submissions to the Sites, or for errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, or delays in operations or transmission of information, in each case whether arising by way of technical or other failures or malfunctions of computer hardware, software, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website (including, but not limited to, the Sites), communications devices, or telephone or transmission lines or data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of Posted Items (as defined below) or attempts to purchase, for any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of attempts to purchase merchandise, or on account of any combination of the foregoing which may result in the inability to access the Site or to submit or complete a Posted Item.  Further, we are not responsible for electronic communications which are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive filtering of any kind (i.e., misdirection of our emails to your bulk or junk items folder), or insufficient space in your e-mail account to receive e-mail messages.   

The use of automated software or computer programs to register for the Sites is prohibited and if you use or attempt to use such methods to register, you will not be allowed to register or use the Sites.   

We disclaim any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with, the Sites, and reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend the Sites should any virus, bug, technical failures, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond TSM’s control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Sites.  In the event of any such cancellation, termination or suspension, a notice will be posted on the Sites.      

TSM does not endorse and is not responsible for third party websites (or any merchandise or services on such websites) that link to the Sites or from the Sites.  You agree that TSM is not liable or responsible for such sites or their content, including without limitation any omissions on such sites, any errors on such sites, or any merchandise, goods or services provided on, purchased from, or viewed on such sites.  

Jurisdiction and Venue 

By registering for and/or entering the Sites, you are agreeing that the proper jurisdiction and venue for any and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with or related to the Sites is in Ventura County, California and thus any and all legal actions or claims must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction within Ventura County, California.   

All Terms and Conditions

This is the whole agreement between you and us and supersedes any prior agreement(s).  We both agree that TSM may change, modify, or alter the Terms and Conditions and TSM reserves its right to do so, at its sole discretion.  If TSM decides to modify the Terms and Conditions, we will post the modified Terms and Conditions on the Sites and by continuing to use the Sites and/or by continuing as a registered user, you agree to be bound by and comply with the modified Terms and Conditions.  The modified Terms and Conditions shall supersede any prior version(s) of the Terms and Conditions.  Should any provision of the Terms and Conditions, or any modification thereto, be determined by any court to be illegal or invalid, the validity of the remaining parts, terms or provisions shall not be affected thereby.  Moreover, if any one or more of the provisions of the Terms and Conditions or any modification thereto should be held to be excessively overbroad as to duration, activity or subject, such provision shall be construed by limiting and reducing it so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law.  You agree to review the Terms and Conditions on a regular basis so that you are aware of any changes.  You can find the most recent Terms and Conditions by clicking on the Terms and Conditions hyperlinks available on the Site’s homepage and on footers throughout the Site.   

Privacy   

Your privacy is very important to us.  For more information, please review the Privacy Policy, which you may access via this Privacy Policy link. 

Submissions/Postings on the Sites 

By posting anything on the Sites (hereinafter “Posted Item” refers to any item that has been posted on the Sites--for example, a photograph, an answer to a question, a review, etc.), you acknowledge and agree that you are the person solely responsible for the Posted Item.  You agree that you will not post any Posted Item that doesn’t belong to you, that is defamatory or libelous, that invades another’s privacy, that is harmful to minors, that is harassing or discriminatory, that is false, fraudulent or deceptive, that is illegal or that is otherwise offensive.   

Any and all Posted Items shall become the property of TSM, and may be used in any manner by TSM  When you post anything on the Sites, you irrevocably grant to us and our affiliates, legal representatives, assigns, successors, parent corporations, agents and licensees, the unconditional and perpetual right and permission to copyright, reproduce, copy, publish, post, display, adapt, exhibit and/or otherwise use or reuse (without limitation as to when or to the number of times used), your display name and any Posted Items  (collectively, the "Additional Materials") in any media throughout the world for any purpose, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from you. Furthermore, you forever waive any rights of privacy, intellectual property rights, and any other legal or moral rights that may preclude TSM’s use of the Additional Materials for any purpose.  You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us, our officers, directors, employees, agents, investors, consultants, shareholders, parent corporations, administrators, affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, predecessor and successor corporations, and assigns (collectively, the " Indemnitees"), harmless from any and all claims, damages, expenses, costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) and liabilities (including settlements), brought or asserted by any third party against any of the Indemnitees arising out of or in connection with (a) any Additional Materials (including, but not limited to, any and all claims of third parties, whether or not groundless, based on the submission of such other material); (b) any breach by you of any warranty, agreement or representation contained in the Terms and Conditions and any modifications thereto, or in any documentation submitted by you; (c) your conduct in connection with the Additional Materials, including but not limited to trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property rights, right of publicity, right of privacy or defamation; or, (d) any profit or use of the Additional Materials. 

TSM reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to alter or edit any Posted Item, including but not limited to changing any names mentioned in the Posted Item.  TSM reserves the right to reject content that does not comply with these Terms and Conditions, and any modifications thereto. 

You further agree that in any Posted Item you post, you will not post any derogatory or defamatory comments which could be construed as slanderous or libelous, illegal in any way, pornographic, threatening, obscene, infringing on a third party’s or individual’s privacy or on a third party’s or individual’s intellectual property rights, or which would otherwise cause injury or be inappropriate for TSM’s audience.  You further agree that you will not post any Posted Item which contains or links to any virus, malicious software codes (including, but not limited to Trojan horses), any websites or links to websites, e-mail address, and/or commercial solicitations.  Opinions, if any, expressed in the Posted Items are not those of TSM. 

If you believe a Posted Item violates your intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyright infringement, please notify our agent for notice of claims of intellectual property infringement (“Agent”) at: 

1-805-214-1782 

Or: 

The Sacred Mandala 

ATTN: Laura Smith / Intellectual Property Agent 

3835 E Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite R 516 

Westlake Village, CA 91362 

 

So that we may best address your concerns, please provide our Agent with the following information: 

(1) Identify the Posted Item that you believe is infringing (please include as much detail as possible so that we may find the Posted Item on the Site) and that you have a good faith belief that the alleged infringing use is not authorized by law, the intellectual property owner, or the owner’s agent; 

(2) Your statement, under penalty of perjury, that: (a) the statement under (1) above is accurate and correct; and (b) that you are either the owner of the intellectual property or authorized by the owner to act on her/his/its/their behalf; 

(3) Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address; and, 

(4) Your signature. 

Upon receipt of the above information, we will remove the alleged infringing Posted Item, subject to the procedures outlined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”).  In accordance with the DMCA, TSM’s policy is to terminate the registration and use of any individuals who repeatedly infringe upon the copyrights of others, provided that we are made aware of such infringement as set forth under the DMCA. 

No Waiver

TSM’s failure or omission to enforce any part of the Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of its rights hereunder.  Rather, TSM may enforce any portion of the Terms and Conditions, as well as pursue any and all rights under equity or law as it deems necessary. 

LAST UPDATE: Nov 2024 

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Our Privacy Policy 

The Sacred Mandala Online Privacy Statement 

At The Sacred Mandala, we are committed to protecting the privacy of confidential and personal information, including personal data relating to clients, staff, personnel, agents, personnel, and job applicants, within or external to The Sacred Mandala. 

This Privacy Statement is based on privacy and data protection principles that apply to meet our over-arching obligations to comply with the law, and commitments to preserve confidential information in the countries where we operate according to the Safe Harbor Framework established by the United States Department of Commerce. 

This Privacy Statement is intended to summarize generally The Sacred Mandala’s data protection practices, and to advise our clients, job applicants, website visitors, and other third parties about our privacy polices that may apply to them. 

This Privacy Statement applies to data that The Sacred Mandala may collect through its Website and services, and is addressed specifically to parties outside The Sacred Mandala who provide personal information to The Sacred Mandala, or who visit or use The Sacred Mandala’s Website. It does not apply to those The Sacred Mandala sites, services and products which do not display or link to this Privacy Statement or that may have their own privacy statements. 

Your Consent and Your Rights 

Important: If you submit personal data to The Sacred Mandala and/or by using this website, you give your consent that all personal data that you submit may be processed by The Sacred Mandala in the manner and for the purposes described below. 

In compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL you have the right to have your information amended, corrected, or deleted. The Sacred Mandala commits to make any requested changes promptly and to inform you when the change has been completed. Contact The Sacred Mandala by email at [email protected], call us at (805) 214-1782, or write to us: 

The Sacred Mandala 

Attn: Laura Smith / Privacy 

3835 E Thousand Oaks Blvd R 516 

Westlake Village, CA 91362 

Collection and Use of Personal Data 

The Sacred Mandala does not collect from visitors to its website any personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, job description, email or mailing addresses, (“Personal Data”) that is not provided voluntarily. You do not have to submit any personal data in order to use this website. If you do provide Personal Data, we may combine such Personal Data with other publicly available data about you and use that data for the following purposes: 

  • We may contact you from time to time to inform you of new products and services we will be providing. 
  • We may send you regular updates on issues we think may interest you. 
  • We may send you requested information on our products and services. 
  • We may use your Personal Data for marketing purposes and market research. 
  • We may, when we act as a Data Processor for third parties, process your data strictly in accordance with the instructions of that third party. 
  • We may use your Personal Data internally to administer this website and to help us improve our services. 
  • We may use your Personal Data when processing your job application to The Sacred Mandala, which may include evaluation of your application for other positions within The Sacred Mandala for which you may be qualified or interested. 
  • We may, if you are or become a client of The Sacred Mandala, provide you with services, and/or deal with requests or inquiries you ask of us. 
  • We may use your Personal Data to enter into or carry out contracts of various kinds. 
  • We may use your Personal Data to comply with applicable laws or regulations in a country. If you do not wish to receive emails or mail from us for these purposes, please let us know by contacting us as described below. 

If you do not wish to receive emails or mail from us for these purposes, please let us know by contacting us as described below. 

User Postings 

Our site may contain areas where you may be able to publicly post information and communicate with others, such as blogs and discussion boards. We may collect and process any information that you post on our website. Prior to posting in these areas, please read our Terms of Use carefully. All of the information you post in such situations will be accessible to anyone with Internet access, and any Personal Data you include in your posting may be read, collected, and used by others. Please avoid posting Personal Data. The content of this site is intended to be informative and is not professional or business advice. 

Complaints 

The Sacred Mandala commits to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. European Union and/or Swiss, as applicable, individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our policy should first contact The Sacred Mandala by email at [email protected], call us at (805) 214-1782, or write to us: 

The Sacred Mandala  

Attn: Laura Smith 

3835 E Thousand Oaks Blvd R 516 

Westlake Village, CA 91362 

If you do not receive acknowledgment of your complaint from us, or if we have not resolved your complaint within 45 days, please contact or visit the DPAs and/or the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, as applicable, for more information or to file a complaint. The services are provided at no cost to you. 

The Sacred Mandala commits to cooperate with either the panel established by the EU data protection authorities (DPAs) and/or the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, as applicable, and comply with the advice given by the panel and/or Commissioner, as applicable, with regard to data transferred from the EU and/or Switzerland, as applicable. 

Confidentiality of Client Information 

It has always been The Sacred Mandala’s policy to exercise the utmost discretion regarding the information our clients entrust to us. The Sacred Mandala accepts and processes confidential client information always subject to the client’s direction and control, and The Sacred Mandala maintains reasonable and appropriate, although not infallible, security precautions. Operating internationally, we operate systems that may make data related to your matters accessible from our various offices around the world and often transfer client data between our offices. We never trade, sell or share your information with any unrelated parties except as necessary or appropriate to conduct The Sacred Mandala’ business activities, subject to appropriate confidentiality, privacy and information security commitments provided by the receiving party, or to further your interests or as permitted or required by law or as authorized or directed by you. Please feel free to raise any questions, concerns or specific directions you may have regarding the privacy and security of your information to the The Sacred Mandala principal who is handling your matter or to: [email protected] 

Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Data 

We do not share, sell, or distribute your Personal Data to unrelated third parties outside of The Sacred Mandala, except to our agents or data processors or other contractors acting on our behalf and at our direction, subject to appropriate confidentiality, privacy and information security commitments provided by the receiving party, or where we believe it necessary to provide a service which you have requested, or as permitted or required by law, or as otherwise authorized or directed by you, including and under these limited circumstances: 

Personal Data may occasionally be transferred or shared with or among The Sacred Mandala’ direct or indirect affiliates for further processing in accordance with the purposes for which such Personal Data was originally collected. We may also share your Personal Data with third parties who we use to support our business. For example, sometimes a third party may have access to your Personal Data in order to support our information technology or to handle mailings on our behalf or for validation services within the context of recruitment. 

Where you have consented, we may also share your Personal Data with or among The Sacred Mandala’ direct or indirect affiliates or with other businesses who may contact you about their products or services that may interest you. 

We may also share your personal information with other companies within our group of companies or disclose your personal information to other businesses may wish to receive and use research data about you. Where we do so we will anonymize your information as far as possible, so that you cannot be identified. 

We may share, transfer or disclose the information in our databases and server logs to comply with a legal requirement, for the administration of justice, interacting with anti-fraud databases, to protect your vital interests, to protect the security or integrity of our databases or this website, to take precautions against legal liability, or in the event of our sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event. We will inform you of any such transfer or disclosure as required by law. 

Where appropriate, before disclosing Personal Data to a third party, we contractually require the third party to take adequate precautions to protect that data and to comply with applicable law. 

We may transfer your Personal Data to other affiliated offices of The Sacred Mandala for the purposes set out for use of Personal Data in this Privacy Statement. Such transfers may involve the transfer of your information between jurisdictions and outside of the jurisdiction in which you submitted your information, including to jurisdictions the European Union may not deem to provide “adequate” data protection. Please do not provide us any information that you do not wish to be transferred between our offices. 

The Sacred Mandala's use of personally identifiable information may be governed by additional requirements described below: 

  • Personally identifiable information obtained from or relating to clients or former clients of The Sacred Mandala is also subject to the terms of any applicable contractual client agreements, laws and/or professional standards 
  • Certain websites maintained by The Sacred Mandala may have their own privacy policies, accessible on their respective websites, regarding the collection of personally identifiable information on those sites 

Access 

If you are an individual, you may have certain rights under applicable data protection legislation. This includes the right for you to review and correct Personal Data we hold about you. We may charge you a fee to receive a copy of this data. We will also correct, amend or delete any Personal Data that you inform us is inaccurate and notify any third party recipients of the necessary changes. Requests to delete Personal Data are subject to any applicable legal and ethical reporting or document retention obligations that are legally required of us. To receive a copy of or reasonable access to your Personal Data, please contact: [email protected] 

 

Sensitive Information 

We do not intend to seek or collect any sensitive information through our Website unless it is legally required for recruiting purposes. All references to “sensitive information” are to the various categories of personal data identified by applicable data privacy laws as requiring special treatment. These categories can include data relating to age, gender, ethnic origin or race, marital status, political opinions or affiliations, trade union membership, religious beliefs, physical or mental health, disability, sexual orientation or criminal record. We suggest that you do not provide sensitive information of this type to us. If you do provide any sensitive information to us, you explicitly consent by doing so to allow us to use such sensitive information as Personal Data in the ways described in this Privacy Statement, subject to applicable laws. 

Where we have obtained your express consent, we may use your sensitive personal data for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy, including for research purposes. 

Anonymous Data Collected through this Website 

In addition to the information we collect as described above, we use technology that automatically collects anonymous information about the use of our Website. For example, our web server automatically logs which pages of our Website our visitors view, their IP addresses and which web browsers our visitors use. This technology does not identify you personally; it only enables us to compile statistics about our visitors and their use of our website, which we may use, for example, to improve our website. Our Website contains hyperlinks to other pages on our website. We may use technology to track how often these links are used and which pages on our website our visitors choose to view. As stated above, this technology does not identify you personally – it simply enables us to compile statistics about the use of these hyperlinks. 

Data Collected through Tools and Surveys on this Website 

You may voluntarily participate in a survey or other tool available on this website. The Sacred Mandala compiles data collected from its online surveys and tools to produce benchmark reports for respondents, The Sacred Mandala Clients, and other third parties. Any information you provide provided by you when responding to our online surveys or tools will be anonymized and aggregated before being shared with a third party. The data you provide will becomes the property of The Sacred Mandala and may be used by The Sacred Mandala. 

We may use the data we collect through survey or tool results to provide you with feedback, to provide industry information to others, and/or to help us provide and improve our overall services. 

Cookies To collect the anonymous data described in the prior paragraph, we may use “cookies” that remain in the cookies file of your browser until the browser is closed. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies do not damage your computer. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. This enables you to decide if you want to accept it or not. However, some services and features offered through this website may not function properly if your cookies are disabled. We use cookies to improve the quality of our website by storing user preferences and monitoring user trends, as well as to deliver services requested by you. We use several types of cookies on our website: 

Authentication and authorization cookies (i.e., strictly necessary cookies) allow access to secure areas and specific functionality of the website. These are strictly necessary for the proper operation of our website and the service we provide to you. 

Personalization cookies (i.e. functionality cookies) allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features or may be used to provide services in the way you have specified, such as collating data in a report. 

Tracking cookies (i.e. performance cookies) collect information about how you use our website; what pages you visit and how often. We use this information to improve our website and the services we provide to you. We also use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our Website and to improve the services we offer to you. An IP address is the numeric code that identifies your computer on a network, or in this case, the Internet. Your IP address may also be used to gather broad demographic information. We may also perform IP lookups to determine which domain you are coming from (i.e., aol.com, yourcompany.com) to more accurately gauge our users’ demographics. 

In connection with our marketing activities, information from these types of cookies and technologies or about your website usage may be combined with identifiable information provided by you via the website (e.g. when you request a white paper or more information), and publicly available information about you from third party sources. By using our website, you agree that we may place these types of cookies on your device. 

Non-Anonymous Data Provided through this Website 

Your access to and use of this website, if through an identification code or password, is monitored by us, and the data provided by you is ascribed to you.  

Links to Other Websites 

This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites that are not operated by us. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the activities of these third-party websites or any association with their operators. We do not control these websites and are not responsible for their data or privacy practices. We urge you to review any privacy policy posted on any site you visit before using the site or providing any Personal Data about yourself. 

Transfer of Data Abroad 

If you are visiting this website from a country other than the country in which our servers are located (currently the United States), the various communications will result by necessity in transferring information across international boundaries. 

Because The Sacred Mandala has legal entities operating components of our website worldwide, transfers of your personal information may be to countries which provide varying levels of protection of personal data. By visiting this Website and communicating electronically with us, you consent to the processing and transfer of your Personal Data as set out in this Privacy Statement. 

Children 

To respect the privacy of children online, The Sacred Mandala does not knowingly collect, maintain or process Personal Data submitted by children under the age of 13. 

Security 

We maintain reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards intended to maintain the confidentiality of Personal Data provided by a visitor to this Website. We do not guarantee that our safeguards will always work. 

Changes 

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Statement at any time without advance notice. Should any new policy go into effect, The Sacred Mandala will post it on this website. 

Marketing 

We like to keep our clients, personnel and other interested parties informed of events and news of interest to them. If you do not want to receive publications or details of events or seminars that we consider may be of interest to you, please let us know by sending an email with your instructions to [email protected]. 

Contractors, Suppliers and Vendors 

In order to support its provision of services to its clients, from time to time, The Sacred Mandala may maintain business information about prospective or ongoing contractors, suppliers, and vendors. We use this information for internal purposes and do not share this data with unrelated third parties. 

We expect contractors, suppliers, and vendors to maintain data protections consistent with reasonable and appropriate obligations of data processors including, where applicable, the European Union’s Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). Any prospective contractors, suppliers, or vendors with questions about our policies and expectations should contact us at: [email protected] 

Governing Law 

This Privacy Statement forms part of our Website Terms of Use, and the substantive laws of the State of California govern any controversy or claim of whatever nature arising out of or relating to the use of this website, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions. All actions or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Privacy Statement, its validity, performance, enforcement or breach, or the subject matter of this Privacy Statement may be venued in the courts of the State of California, and you hereby irrevocably consent and submit yourself to the personal jurisdiction of said courts for all such purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we retain the right to bring legal proceedings in any jurisdiction where we believe that breach of this agreement is taking place or originating. 

Controlling “Spam” or Unsolicited E-mail 

The Sacred Mandala is concerned about controlling unsolicited commercial e-mail, or “spam.” The Sacred Mandala prohibits the use of its website or services linked to send spam. There is no currently available technology that will totally prevent the sending and receiving of unsolicited email. Using junk email tools and being cautious about the sharing of your email address while online will help reduce the amount of unsolicited email you receive. 

Contacting Us 

The Sacred Mandala welcomes comments about this Privacy Statement. If you have any questions about this Statement or any part of our service, you may contact at: 

The Sacred Mandala 

[email protected] 

Definitions 

References in this Website and this Privacy Statement to “The Sacred Mandala”, “we”, “us”, and “our” are references to The Sacred Mandala and its direct or indirect affiliates. 

When referring to The Sacred Mandala in this website and this Privacy Statement as a “firm”, we are referring collectively to The Sacred Mandala. 

The terms “you”, “your” and “yours” when used in this Privacy Statement mean any user of this website. 

The terms “Data Processor” and “Data Controller” have the following meanings ascribed to them in the Data Protection Directive (EU Directive 95/46/EC): 

The term “Data Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body that processes personal data on behalf of the Data Controller. 

The term “Data Controller” means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data; where the purposes and means of processing are determined by natural or Community laws or regulations, the Controller or specific criteria for his nomination may be designated by national or Community law. 

The term “website” shall mean all The Sacred Mandala’s websites linked to this Online Privacy Statement. 

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