Privacy Policy

Introduction

At Artha Gatherings, we are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or engage with our event organization and luxury wedding planning services. By using our site or services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information We Collect

We may collect various types of information, including personal data, to provide and improve our services to you. This information may be collected directly from you or automatically as you interact with our online platform.

Personal Information You Provide Directly:

• Contact Information: Such as your name, email address, phone number, and postal address when you inquire about our services, request a quote, or subscribe to our newsletters.
• Event Details: Information related to your event, including dates, venues, guest lists, preferences for floral decor, catering requirements, cultural ceremony details, and any other specific requests necessary for bespoke event coordination.
• Payment Information: Details required for processing payments for our services (though actual payment processing is often handled by third-party secure gateways, and we do not store full payment card details on our servers).
• Communications: Records of your correspondence with us, including emails, phone calls, and messages through our online platform.

Automatically Collected Information:

• Usage Data: Information about how you access and use our site, including your IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our site and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

How We Use Your Information

We use the collected data for various purposes, primarily to provide, maintain, and improve our event organization and luxury wedding planning services:

• To provide and personalize our services, including wedding planning, floral decor design, guest program management, luxury catering, bespoke event coordination, and cultural ceremony consultation.
• To communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and provide customer support.
• To process transactions and manage billing.
• To send you updates, promotional materials, and other information about our services that may be of interest to you, based on your preferences.
• To monitor the usage of our site and analyze trends to improve its functionality and user experience.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or security breaches.
• To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms and conditions.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information with third parties in certain circumstances:

• Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service, provide the service on our behalf, perform service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our service is used (e.g., caterers, decorators, photographers, venues, payment processors). These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
• Business Transfers: If Artha Gatherings is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
  • Comply with a legal obligation.
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of Artha Gatherings.
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service.
  • Protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public.
  • Protect against legal liability.
• With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal data for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

Data Security

The security of your data is paramount to us. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR and other applicable laws)

Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.

Links to Other Sites

Our site may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our site, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: