Disclosures
The information you provide on this form will be treated confidentially unless disclosure is required by law. By completing and signing this form, you give your consent to the storage and use of this information by the Vipassana course organizers as described in the Privacy Policy, applicable where the course for which you are applying is being held. A copy of which may be obtained from the course registrar.
Details of the processing of your information
- Your application is being initially received by Dhamma.org which is the initial processor in the registration process relating to your application to participate in a Vipassana Meditation course or other Vipassana Meditation related activity. The contact information for Dhamma.org is
[email protected]. Dhamma.org will either pass your application directly to the Center Registrars, or to a Regional Registration Processor (“RRP”) who in turn will pass your application to the Center Registrars. The Course Registrars will be responsible for the handling of your application at the center where the Vipassana Meditation course or other Vipassana Meditation related activity will be held.
- Dhamma.org is hosting its systems infrastructure with Amazon Web Services Ireland Limited, Dublin, Ireland (“AWS”).
Purpose of the processing by Dhamma.org and RRP
- The purpose of the processing of your information by Dhamma.org and by the RRP is to provide your application information to the Center Registrars so that they can carry out the registration process at the Vipassana Meditation Center organizing the course or other activity for which you have applied. Individual Center Registrars include Regular Registrars who receive and process application form data, Assistant Teachers who process applicant information pursuant to preparing for and conducting a course, and/or Special Registrars who handle special circumstances and conditions evident in the application form pursuant to accepting or declining you into a course.
- These steps and procedures are necessary to allow your application to be handled as efficiently and quickly as possible for review by the Vipassana Meditation Center to which you have applied.
Period for which the data will be stored
- Your data will be retained by Dhamma.org on AWS long enough to allow the data to be received from you and transferred to the RRP, or the Course Registrars for access by the Vipassana Meditation Center to which you have applied. This process may take between a few seconds up to minutes or longer depending on the time taken by you to provide required data and the availability and speed of access over the Internet’s wide area network. After successful transfer to RRP or Course Registrars, your application will be purged from AWS by Dhamma.org.
- Following the transfer of your data by Dhamma.org to the RRP, your data will be retained by the RRP in accordance with the data retention policies and procedures of the RRPs. Once your data transfers to the Center Registrars, either directly by Dhamma.org or via RRP, your data will be retained in accordance with the data retention policies and procedures of the Center to which you have applied.
Rights of the Applicant
Pursuant to data protection laws of certain countries, you may have certain rights relating to the data you provide, including the following:
- The right to request access, rectification, and erasure of your data or to object to the processing.
- The right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority for your country and to obtain further information regarding details of the controller’s and/or processor’s contact information.
- The right to withdraw your consent.
Voluntary nature of the data input and consequences of failing to provide data
There is no legal obligation for you to provide any of the information in this form. You are providing the information voluntarily and in order to register for a Vipassana Meditation course or other Vipassana Meditation related activity. You have the right to decline to provide Dhamma.org, the RRP and the Center organizing the Vipassana Meditation course or other Vipassana Meditation related activity for which you have applied with this information but in that case, we will not be able to process your application. This is because the information requested is essential to determine your eligibility for the course. This is important for your protection and the protection of other students attending the course.