1. About Us
This Privacy Policy describes how Waking Awareness Institute ("Waking Awareness," "we," "our," or "us") collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information when you visit our website, participate in our educational programs, register for events, subscribe to communications, or otherwise interact with our services.
Waking Awareness Institute
1600 Dove St., Suite 480
Newport Beach, California 92660-1801
United States
info@wakingawareness.org
2. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to WakingAwareness.org, our websites and online platforms, educational programs and courses, events, conferences and workshops, memberships and volunteer activities, email newsletters and communications, social media interactions, and any related products or services operated by Waking Awareness.
3. Information We Collect
Personal Information — including name, email address, mailing address, phone number, organization, payment-related information, membership information, volunteer applications, event registration details, survey responses, and communications you send to us.
Technical Information — we may automatically collect IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, language settings, pages visited, referring website, date and time of access, and website usage data.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use personal information to provide educational services, process registrations and memberships, manage conferences and events, respond to inquiries, send newsletters and announcements, improve our website and services, analyze website performance, prevent fraud and misuse, maintain security, and comply with applicable laws.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
Where applicable, we process personal information based on your consent, performance of a contract, legitimate organizational interests, legal obligations, and other lawful bases permitted under applicable law.
6. Sharing of Information
We may share information with trusted third parties that help us operate our services, including payment processors, email communication providers, website hosting providers, analytics providers, event management services, technology vendors, and legal authorities when required by law.
We do not sell your personal information for monetary compensation.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, analytics technologies, and similar tracking technologies to understand website performance, improve user experience, measure website traffic, and improve educational services.
8. Third-Party Services
Our website may utilize third-party providers including Google Analytics, Meta (Facebook) Pixel, email marketing providers, payment processing services, website hosting providers, embedded YouTube videos, and social media integrations. These providers maintain their own privacy policies.
9. Email Communications
If you subscribe to our mailing list, we may send educational updates, new discoveries and publications, event announcements, platform updates, newsletters, and opportunities to participate in Waking Awareness activities. You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
10. SMS Communications
If you choose to receive text messages, we may send event reminders, registration confirmations, program updates, and announcements. Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out at any time.
11. Events, Memberships, and Volunteers
When participating in Waking Awareness programs, we may collect information necessary to administer educational events, conferences, workshops, memberships, and volunteer opportunities.
12. Payment Processing
Payments may be processed through secure third-party payment providers. Waking Awareness generally does not store complete payment card information on its own servers.
13. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, maintain organizational records, and enforce agreements.
14. International Data Transfers
Information may be processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate. Where required, appropriate safeguards will be implemented.
15. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to access your personal information, correct inaccurate information, request deletion, restrict processing, object to processing, withdraw consent, and request data portability. Requests may be submitted to info@wakingawareness.org.
16. California Privacy Rights
California residents may have rights under applicable California privacy laws, including the right to know what information is collected, request deletion, correct inaccurate information, and access personal information, subject to applicable legal exceptions.
17. Children's Privacy
Our services are intended for a general audience and are not directed toward children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
18. Embedded Content
Our website may contain embedded content from third-party platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and similar providers. These services may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
19. Information Security
We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
20. Data Breach Notification
If a data security incident occurs, we will take appropriate measures and provide notifications as required by applicable law.
21. Do Not Track
Because there is currently no universally accepted standard for responding to browser-based "Do Not Track" signals, our website may not respond to all such requests.
22. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The revised version will be posted on this page with an updated Effective Date.