Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 2026
At the Golden Lotus Yoga Teachers Association (GLYTA), your privacy matters. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected through this website, how it may be used, and how it may be shared in order to support our programs, membership, communications, registrations, donations, and website services.
Who We Are
The Golden Lotus Yoga Teachers Association operates this website at https://goldenlotusyoga.org and is committed to handling personal information with care and respect.
Information Collection & Use
Contact Forms & Communications
When you contact GLYTA through our website or communicate with us by email, we may collect information you voluntarily provide, such as your name, email address, phone number, and the contents of your message.
We use this information to respond to questions, provide requested information, assist with membership or programs, and communicate with you regarding GLYTA activities.
Membership, Applications & Registrations
When you submit membership information, a teacher training application, event registration, or another form through our website, we may collect the information necessary to process your request and support related organizational activities.
This may include your name, contact information, registration details, membership information, application responses, and other information you choose to provide.
Newsletter & Email Communications
When you subscribe to GLYTA email communications, we may collect your name, email address, and related subscription information.
We may use a third-party email marketing service to manage our mailing list and distribute newsletters and organizational updates. You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
GLYTA does not sell your personal information or mailing list information to outside marketers.
Donations & Online Payments
When you make a donation or other payment through our website, we collect information necessary to process and document the transaction. This may include your name, email address, billing information, payment amount, transaction details, and any optional note or message you provide.
Online payments are processed through trusted third-party payment and e-commerce providers. GLYTA does not directly store complete credit or debit card numbers entered through these payment services.
Transaction information may be retained as necessary for accounting, administrative, legal, and organizational recordkeeping purposes.
Cookies & Website Technologies
Our website and the services used to operate it may use cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files stored on your device that may help the website function properly, remember preferences, maintain sessions, improve security, and support features such as shopping carts and online checkout.
Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Please be aware that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of portions of the website.
Embedded Content & Third-Party Services
Pages on this website may include embedded content or links from third-party websites, such as videos, social media content, forms, maps, or other online resources.
Embedded content may behave in the same way as if you visited the third-party website directly. Those services may collect information, use cookies, or monitor interactions according to their own privacy policies.
GLYTA may also use trusted third-party services for website hosting, payment processing, email communications, forms, website security, spam prevention, and other technical or administrative functions necessary to operate the website and organization.
How We Share Information
GLYTA does not sell your personal information.
Information may be shared with trusted service providers when reasonably necessary to operate our website, process payments, manage communications, administer programs, or provide services requested by you.
We may also disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, security, or integrity of GLYTA, our website, or others.
Data Retention
GLYTA retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and for appropriate administrative, financial, historical, legal, or organizational recordkeeping needs.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
How We Protect Your Information
GLYTA takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect information submitted through our website.
However, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted over the internet.
Your Privacy Rights & Choices
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may contact GLYTA to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we maintain about you.
Certain information may need to be retained for administrative, financial, legal, security, or recordkeeping purposes.
You may unsubscribe from newsletter or promotional email communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those messages.
Children’s Privacy
The GLYTA website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate parental or guardian involvement where required. If you believe personal information from a child has been submitted to us inappropriately, please contact GLYTA.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically as GLYTA’s website, programs, services, and practices evolve. Any updates will be reflected on this page along with the current revision date.
Contact Information
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how information submitted through the GLYTA website is handled, please contact:
Golden Lotus Yoga Teachers Association (GLYTA)
Email: glyta@goldenlotusyoga.org
Website: goldenlotusyoga.org