Privacy Policy

Journey-Retreat.com (“Website”) is governed by the following Privacy Policy. 

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This Privacy Policy applies to this Website. 

INFORMATION WE COLLECT 

The Website collects information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household (“Personal Information”). The Website has collected the following categories of Personal Information from you: 

Identifiers: 

This category includes your: real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. 

  1. The Website does collect information in this category.
  2. The Website collects the following information in this category for the following reasons:
    1. Identifiers are required for applicants to apply to join the weekend. This information may be used to assess a candidate’s fitness to join the retreat program. This information is also used in an medical emergency situation. This information is shared only with individuals who are directly involved with the supervision, administration, and coordination of the Journey Retreat Program. 

Personal Information as Described in California Customer Records Statute (CA Code 1798.80): 

This includes your: name, signature, social security number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. 

  1. The Website does collect information in this category.
  2. The Website collects the following information in this category for the following reasons: 
    1. Personal information is required for applicants to apply to join the weekend. This information may be used to assess a candidate’s fitness to join the retreat program. This information is also used in an medical emergency situation. This information is shared only with individuals who are directly involved with the supervision, administration, and coordination of the Journey Retreat Program. 

Protected Classification Characteristics (under California or federal law). 

This includes: Age (over age 40), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental health disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or genetic information.

  1. The Website does collect information in this category.
  2. The Website collects the following information in this category for the following reasons: 
    1. Some protected classification information is required for applicants to apply to join the weekend. This information may be used to assess a candidate’s fitness to join the retreat program. This information is also used in an medical emergency situation. This information is shared only with individuals who are directly involved with the supervision, administration, and coordination of the Journey Retreat Program. 

Commercial Information: 

This includes records of personal property, products, or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. 

  1. The Website does not collect information in this category.

Biometric Information: 

This includes: an individual’s physiological, biological or behavioral characteristics, including an individual’s DNA, that can be used, singly or in combination with each other or with other identifying data, to establish individual identity. 

  1. The Website does not collect information in this category.

Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information: 

This includes, but is not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with the Website, application, or advertisement. 

  1. The Website does not collect information in this category.

Geolocation Data: 

This includes your physical location or movements. 

  1. The Website does not collect information in this category.

Audio, Electronic, Visual, Thermal, Olfactory, or Other Similar Information: 

  1. The Website does not collect information in this category.

Professional or Employment-related information: 

This may include your current or past employment history or other information related thereto.

  1. The Website does collect information in this category.
  2. The Website collects the following information in this category for the following reasons: 
    1. Employment information is required for applicants to apply to join the weekend as a spiritual director. This information may be used to assess a candidate’s fitness to join the retreat program in this capacity. This information is shared only with individuals who are directly involved with the supervision, administration, and coordination of the Journey Retreat Program.

Education Information: 

This is defined as information that is not publicly available personally identifiable information as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which includes: records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, schedule, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records. 

  1. The Website does collect information in this category.
  2. The Website collects the following information in this category for the following reasons: 
    1. Education information is required for applicants to apply to join the weekend. This information may be used to assess a candidate’s fitness to join the retreat program. This information is shared only with individuals who are directly involved with the supervision, administration, and coordination of the Journey Retreat Program.

Inferences Drawn from Personal Information: 

This includes inferences drawn from the Personal Information collected by the Website to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. 

  1. The Website does collect information in this category.
  2. The Website collects the following information in this category for the following reasons:
    1. Inferences are drawn to assess a candidate’s fitness to join the retreat program. This information is shared only with individuals who are directly involved with the supervision, administration, and coordination of the Journey Retreat Program.

HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

  • Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address, as described above. This information is all voluntarily submitted by you at the time the information is collected. For example, you may voluntarily submit information in the Application form found on the Website.
  • Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. For example, if you use a third-party software through the site, they may transfer information to us for fulfillment. 
  • Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked. 
  • Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

We may use the information collected in the following ways: 

  • To operate and maintain the Website; 
  • To assess a candidate’s fitness to join the retreat program in various capacities;
  • To respond to a medical emergency situation during the weekend retreat;
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts; 
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries; 
  • To provide you with user support; 
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. 

The companies listed below are “Service Providers,” which are defined as “a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, or other legal entity that is organized or operated for the profit or financial benefit of its shareholders or other owners, that process information on behalf of a business and to which the business discloses a consumer’s personal information for a business purpose pursuant to a written contract, provided that the contract prohibits the entity receiving the information from retaining, using or disclosing the personal information for any purposes other than for the specific purpose of performing the services specified in the contract for the business” or “retaining, using, or disclosing the personal information for a commercial purpose other than providing the services specified in the contract with the business.” 

The Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies. The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers: 

  • Google Gmail – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Gmail will also track information regarding your interaction with our emails, such as whether they have been opened or you have clicked on a particular link. Google’s privacy policy can be found at policies.google.com
  • Google Drive, Forms, and Sheets – these services are used to collect and store information required to apply for the Journey Retreat Program. Information collected with these services is entered voluntarily by the user. Google’s privacy policy can be found at policies.google.com

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion. 

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent.

WEBSITE ANALYTICS

This Website uses Google Analytics to analyze traffic to the Website. In order to track usage, Google Analytics places a cookie with a randomly generated Client ID on your browser. Google does use your personal information such as your IP address in order to capture reporting for the Website regarding usage. You may opt-out of Google Analytics through a Browser Add-on, which is available here. 

ANONYMOUS DATA

From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies. 

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION

COOKIES

The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein. 

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy. 

CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13 in its database, please contact us immediately at journeyretreatny@gmail.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

CONTACT INFORMATION

At any time, please contact us at journeyretreatny@gmail.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy. 

Last updated: April 13th, 2020