Privacy Policy

At Banyan Collective, we respect your privacy and are committed to handling personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you use banyancollective.org, how we use it and how you can contact us about your information.

Banyan Collective is a sole proprietorship based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Banyan brings together experiences, programmes, resources and collaborations across psychology, education, career guidance, wellbeing, creativity, culture and community.

For privacy-related questions, you can contact us at:

Email: founder@banyancollective.org

When you interact with our website, you may choose to provide:

• Your name
• Your email address
• The contents of your enquiry or message
• Your preference to receive Banyan updates, where you voluntarily select the relevant subscription option

We collect only information that is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which you provide it.

Please do not submit confidential, sensitive or highly personal information through the general contact form.

We may collect information when you:

• Submit an enquiry through our contact form
• Subscribe to receive Banyan updates
• Contact us directly by email
• Express interest in a Banyan experience, collaboration or offering

Our website may also automatically process limited technical information through cookies and similar technologies.

We may use the information you provide to:

• Respond to your enquiries
• Communicate with you about an experience, programme or collaboration you have expressed interest in
• Send Banyan updates when you have chosen to receive them
• Understand and improve how our website functions
• Protect our website and forms from spam and misuse
• Maintain appropriate business and communication records
• Meet applicable legal or regulatory requirements

We do not sell your personal information.

Banyan Collective uses cookies and similar technologies through its website platform.

These technologies may help the website function properly and, where tracking has been accepted, help us understand website traffic and how visitors use the website.

Our website displays a cookie notification that allows visitors to Accept or Decline tracking.

If you decline tracking, GoDaddy's cookie system does not enable the tracking covered by that consent mechanism.

We currently do not have Google Analytics connected to the website.

Our contact form collects the information you choose to provide, including your name, email address and message.

The form is protected using Google reCAPTCHA, which helps protect websites and forms from spam and abuse.

Google may process technical information as part of providing reCAPTCHA. Google's own privacy terms apply to that service.

Banyan Collective uses GoDaddy's website and Conversations services to receive and manage website enquiries and communications.

Information submitted through our website may therefore be processed and stored by the service providers necessary to operate these functions.

We use such services only for legitimate website, communication and business purposes.

Our contact form provides an optional checkbox for people who wish to receive occasional Banyan updates, including stories, experiences, new offerings and other things worth knowing.

Selecting this option is voluntary.

You can stop receiving these communications at any time by using an unsubscribe option provided in the communication or by contacting us at:

founder@banyancollective.org

We take reasonable measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, misuse, loss or disclosure.

However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or where we have a legitimate business or legal reason to retain it.

If you subscribe to Banyan updates, your subscription information may be retained until you unsubscribe or request its deletion, subject to applicable requirements.

You may contact us to ask about the personal information we hold about you and, where applicable, request:

• Correction of inaccurate information
• Deletion of information
• Withdrawal from newsletter or marketing communications
• Information about how your personal information is being used

Please contact:

founder@banyancollective.org

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

Some Banyan experiences may be designed for children and young people.

Our general website does not intentionally ask children to submit sensitive personal information.

Where participation in a programme or experience involving children requires personal information, we may request that a parent, guardian, school or other authorised adult provide the relevant information.

Our website may contain links to external websites, resources or services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing them with personal information.

As Banyan Collective grows, our website, services and digital tools may change.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect those changes.

The latest version will always be published on this page with the date of the most recent update.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the way Banyan Collective handles your information, please contact:

Banyan Collective

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Email: founder@banyancollective.org
Website: banyancollective.org