Effective Date June 1, 2022
Alameda Aikikai, a California non-profit and public benefit corporation (referred to herein as “Alameda Aikikai”, “we,” “us,” or “our”) values your privacy. In this Privacy Policy (“Policy”), we describe how we collect, use, and disclose or otherwise process information and personal information that we obtain about visitors to our physical dojo in Alameda, California (the “Dojo”) and/or our website located at https://www.alamedaaikido.com/ (“Site” and collectively with the Dojo our “Locations”).
This Policy describes our collection, use and disclosure of personal information and other information collected from you.
Alameda Aikikai collects Personally Identifiable Information and other information regarding visitors to our Locations. “Personally Identifiable Information” is information that Alameda Aikikai has collected and can reasonably link to a specific person or device. We may collect Personally Identifiable Information or other information about you directly from you and from third parties, as well as automatically through your use of our Site.
Information We Collect Directly from You.
We collect Personally Identifiable Information directly from you in various ways:
● Certain areas and features of our Site may require registration. In order to register for programs and events, you must first complete the registration form. During registration you will be required to give certain contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact you about the products and services you purchase on our Site or in which you have expressed interest and to enroll you or your child in specific events. At your option, you may also provide additional information about yourself, your child, and family members, but it is not required. You must also provide certain financial information (like credit card number, and expiration date) that will be used for billing purposes only. If we have trouble processing an order, we’ll use this information to contact you.
● When you or your child first take a class, you must sign a release and waiver which includes your name, age and contact information and that of your child(ren). We use this information to limit our liability and to communicate with you concerning Dojo events.
Information We Collect Automatically.
We, through our third party service provider Squarespace, may automatically collect the following Personally Identifiable Information or other information about your use of our Site through cookies, web beacons, and other technologies: your domain name; your browser type and operating system; web pages you view; links you click; your IP address; device ID; the length of time you visit our Site; page views; and the referring URL or webpage that led you to our Site.
This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
Clicks
Internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use the information we collect or other information that we gather about you for the following purposes:
● To respond to your inquiries and for other customer service purposes;
● For marketing and promotional purposes. For example, we may use your Personally Identifiable Information, such as your email address, to send you news and newsletters, special offers, and promotions, or to otherwise contact you about information we think may interest you. We also may use the information that we learn about you to assist us in advertising on third-party websites.
● To better understand how users access and use our Site, both on an aggregated and individualized basis, in order to improve our Site and respond to user desires and preferences, and for other research and analytical purposes.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We may share the information that we collect about you, including Personally Identifiable Information, as follows:
● Service Providers. We may disclose the information we collect from you to third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform functions on our behalf. For example, we may disclose collected information to our web hosting service(s) and/or communication services.
● Credit Card Processors. We use an outside credit card processing company to charge customers for programs and services. This company does not share or use personal information for any secondary purpose beyond filling your order.
● In Response to Legal Process. We also may disclose the information we collect from you in order to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena.
● To Protect Us and Others. We also may disclose the information we collect from you where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our policies, or as evidence in litigation in which Alameda Aikikai is involved.
● Aggregate and De-Identified Information. We may share aggregate or de-identified information about users with third parties for marketing, advertising, research, or similar purposes.
● Third Parties. We do not share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
OUR USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING MECHANISMS
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit: The cookies Squarespace uses.
These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
● Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser for record-keeping purposes. Some cookies allow us to make it easier for you to navigate our Site, while others are used to enable a faster log-in process or to allow us to track your activities at our Site.
● Disabling Cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. The “Help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your computer from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Visitors to our Site who disable cookies will be able to browse certain areas of the Site, but some features may not function.
DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURES
For information on how Squarespace interacts with any “do-not-track” requests, please see here. Alameda Aikikai does not, independently from Squarespace track your activity on our Site. Your presence in the Dojo is tracked when you log your training hours.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites. Any access to and use of such linked websites is not governed by this Policy, but instead is governed by the privacy policies of those third-party websites. We are not responsible for the information practices of such third-party websites. Please read their respective privacy policies (if any) for information about how these third parties handle the processing of Personally Identifiable Information and other information.
INTERNATIONAL USERS
We are headquartered in the United States. Please be aware that information you provide to us or that we obtain through the Site may be collected in your country and subsequently transferred to, maintained, accessed and otherwise processed in the United States or another country by us or our service providers for the purposes mentioned above in accordance with applicable law. The privacy laws of these countries may not always offer the same level of protection as in your country.
SECURITY OF MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
While we have implemented commercially reasonable precautions, including, where appropriate, password protection, encryption, SSL, firewalls, and internal restrictions on who may access data to protect the information we collect from you, loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction are all very real risks you recognize and accept by accessing our Locations and providing us with your information.
At the end of the day, please be aware that despite our best efforts, no data security measures can guarantee 100% security.
You should take steps to protect against unauthorized access to your accounts and computer by, among other things, signing off after using a shared computer, choosing a robust password that nobody else knows or can easily guess, and keeping your log-in and password private. We are not responsible for any lost, stolen, or compromised passwords or for any activity on your account via unauthorized password activity.
CHOICES REGARDING USE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
As explained above, Alameda Aikikai may send periodic promotional or informational emails to you about recommendations or other information we think may interest you. If, at any time, you prefer not to receive such email communications from Alameda Aikikai, you will have the ability to unsubscribe by means of an email to request opting out. Please note that it may take up to ten (10) business days for us to process opt-out requests.
If, at any time, you prefer not to receive any other form of communication from Alameda Aikikai, you will have the ability to unsubscribe from such communications by contacting us through this url [https://www.alamedaaikido.com/contactus] or emailing us at [aikikaialameda@gmail.com]. Please include with your unsubscribe request your first and last name and the email address you wish to unsubscribe from such communications.
LOCATION AND STORAGE OF INFORMATION
Alameda Aikikai controls and operates the Site from Alameda, California. By using the Site, you consent to the transfer of your Personally Identifiable Information within and to the United States.
CHILDREN UNDER 13
Our Site is not designed or intended for use by children under 13 and we do not collect Personally Identifiable Information from children under 13 on our Site (though we necessarily collect information about children under 13 at the Dojo for insurance and training purposes). If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with Personally Identifiable Information on our Site, we will delete such information from our systems.
CONTACT US
If you have questions about this Policy, please contact us by email at: through this url [https://www.alamedaaikido.com/contactus] or emailing us at [aikikaialameda@gmail.com]
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
This Policy is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. We may change this Policy from time to time, so please be sure to check back periodically. We will also communicate any changes to this policy to you using the email you provide to us.