Privacy Policy

Beyond Placebo respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains how personal information may be collected, used, stored, shared, and protected when you visit or use the Beyond Placebo website, products, programs, tools, and related services.

Beyond Placebo may include educational content, books, digital products, meditation resources, the Meditation Coach, Transformational Coaching, email programs, applications, forms, and other online resources.

By using relevant parts of the website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you interact with Beyond Placebo, we may collect different types of information.

Information you provide directly

This may include:

• Name

• Email address

• Contact information

• Country or general location

• Information submitted through contact forms

• Coaching application information

• Information provided when registering for a program

• Information provided when requesting a resource

• Communications you send to us

• Feedback or other information you voluntarily provide

You do not necessarily need to provide all of this information to browse the public portions of the website.

2. Coaching Application Information

If you apply for Transformational Coaching, you may voluntarily provide information concerning your background, experience, goals, previous work, spiritual or transformational experiences, professional activities, and other information relevant to determining program suitability.

This information is used primarily to:

• Review your application

• Assess eligibility and suitability

• Communicate with you regarding the application

• Determine whether the program is appropriate for your stated circumstances

• Conduct the screening process

• Administer the coaching relationship if you are accepted

Because coaching applications may contain personal or sensitive information, applicants should provide only information that is relevant and reasonably necessary for the application.

The separate Transformational Coaching Terms also govern the coaching application and participation process.

3. Information from the Meditation Coach

The Meditation Coach may ask you to provide information or make selections in order to generate structured meditation or self-reflection guidance.

Depending on the implementation of the program, this may include information such as:

• Selected emotional states

• Reflection responses

• Meditation preferences

• Responses to structured questions

• Other information voluntarily entered into the program

The Meditation Coach is a deterministic program rather than a clinical assessment system.

Information provided through it should therefore be treated as personal information where it can be associated with you.

We use such information only for purposes connected with operating, improving, securing, or administering the relevant resource, subject to applicable law.

4. Automatically Collected Information

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the website, hosting provider, analytics services, security systems, advertising platforms, or other technology used to operate the website.

This may include:

• IP address

• Browser type

• Device type

• Operating system

• Pages visited

• Referring website

• Approximate geographic information

• Date and time of access

• Technical and diagnostic information

• Website interaction information

The exact information collected depends on the technologies and third-party services active on the website.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Beyond Placebo may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, or similar technologies.

These technologies may be used for purposes such as:

• Website functionality

• Security

• Remembering preferences

• Understanding website usage

• Measuring campaigns

• Improving website performance

• Marketing and advertising measurement

Some technologies may be operated by third-party providers.

Where legally required, appropriate consent or controls will be provided for non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

You may also be able to control cookies through your browser or device settings.

6. Analytics and Website Measurement

Beyond Placebo may use analytics and measurement tools to understand how visitors use the website.

This may help us understand:

• Which pages receive visits

• How visitors reach the website

• Which resources are useful

• General geographic and device patterns

• Campaign performance

• Website performance

• Conversion or interaction patterns

Analytics information may be aggregated or associated with identifiers depending on the technology used.

7. Advertising and Marketing

Beyond Placebo may use online advertising and marketing platforms to promote its books, courses, meditation resources, coaching, or other services.

Marketing technologies may allow us to measure whether advertising campaigns result in website visits or other interactions.

Advertising providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.

Where required by applicable law, appropriate consent mechanisms will be used.

We do not intend to sell personal information to advertisers.

8. Email Communications

If you voluntarily provide your email address, we may use it to send:

• Requested resources

• Educational material

• Course communications

• Meditation or personal-development content

• Information about books and products

• Program-related communications

• Relevant Beyond Placebo announcements

• Marketing communications where permitted

You can unsubscribe from promotional email communications using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in the relevant email.

Transactional or administrative communications may still be sent where reasonably necessary to provide a service or manage an existing relationship.

9. Why We Use Personal Information

Depending on the circumstances, we may process personal information to:

• Provide requested resources

• Operate the website

• Deliver products and services

• Process applications

• Assess coaching eligibility

• Communicate with users

• Manage purchases and payments

• Provide program access

• Operate the Meditation Coach

• Send requested or permitted communications

• Improve website functionality

• Analyze website usage

• Measure advertising and marketing

• Prevent fraud and abuse

• Protect website and system security

• Maintain business and administrative records

• Comply with legal obligations

• Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights

• Respond to legitimate requests

We aim to collect and use information for appropriate and relevant purposes rather than collecting information unnecessarily.

10. Payment Information

When you purchase a product or service, payment may be processed through a third-party payment provider.

Depending on the payment method, the payment provider may collect information such as:

• Name

• Billing information

• Payment details

• Transaction information

• Currency

• Purchase information

Payment-card or other financial credentials may be handled directly by the relevant payment provider rather than stored by Beyond Placebo.

The applicable payment provider's own privacy policy and terms may also apply.

11. Third-Party Service Providers

Beyond Placebo may use third-party providers to operate parts of its ecosystem.

These may include providers for:

• Website hosting

• Website infrastructure

• Email delivery

• Email marketing

• Payment processing

• Analytics

• Advertising

• Security

• Forms

• Video or audio hosting

• Course delivery

• Communication

• Other technical services

Where appropriate, information may be shared with these providers only to the extent reasonably necessary for them to provide their services to us or to comply with legal requirements.

We do not authorize service providers to use personal information for purposes unrelated to their applicable services except where permitted by law or otherwise authorized.

12. Information We Do Not Intentionally Sell

Beyond Placebo does not intend to sell your personal information as a commercial data product.

Personal information may nevertheless be processed by third-party technology, advertising, analytics, payment, hosting, or communication providers as part of operating the website and services.

Such providers may have their own independent privacy practices.

13. International Data Processing

Beyond Placebo may serve users internationally.

As a result, personal information may be processed or stored in countries other than the country in which you live.

Different countries may provide different levels of legal protection for personal information.

Where required, we will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers and processing in accordance with applicable law.

14. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including where necessary to:

• Provide services

• Maintain business records

• Manage purchases

• Maintain application records

• Respond to communications

• Resolve disputes

• Prevent abuse or fraud

• Comply with legal obligations

• Establish or defend legal claims

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it is retained.

Some information may remain in backups or records for a reasonable period after active use has ended.

15. Data Security

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

However, no internet transmission, website, database, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You should therefore avoid submitting information that is unnecessary, excessively sensitive, or unrelated to the service you are using.

16. Confidentiality of Coaching Information

Information voluntarily disclosed during Transformational Coaching may be treated as confidential within the scope of the coaching relationship and applicable law.

However, confidentiality is not absolute.

Information may need to be disclosed where required by law, necessary to protect rights or safety, necessary to respond to legal proceedings, or otherwise permitted or required under applicable law or the relevant Coaching Terms.

Additional confidentiality provisions may apply under the Transformational Coaching Terms.

17. Children's Privacy

The general Beyond Placebo ecosystem is primarily intended for adults unless a particular resource expressly states otherwise.

We do not intentionally seek to collect personal information from children where doing so would violate applicable law.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us in circumstances where it should not have been collected, please contact us so that the matter can be reviewed.

18. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have legal rights concerning your personal information.

These may include, where applicable:

• The right to know what personal information is processed

• The right to request access to personal information

• The right to request correction of inaccurate information

• The right to request deletion

• The right to object to certain processing

• The right to restrict certain processing

• The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

• The right to receive certain information in a portable format

• The right to opt out of certain marketing communications

• The right to lodge a complaint with an applicable privacy regulator

These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exceptions.

19. Marketing Preferences

You can generally unsubscribe from promotional email communications through the unsubscribe mechanism included in the relevant communication.

Unsubscribing from marketing communications does not necessarily remove you from receiving essential transactional, administrative, security, or service-related communications.

20. Third-Party Websites

The Beyond Placebo website may contain links to third-party websites, including publishing platforms, social-media platforms, video platforms, payment providers, external resources, and other services.

Once you leave the Beyond Placebo website, the third party's privacy practices may apply.

Beyond Placebo is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any third-party service before providing personal information to it.

21. Social Media and Public Content

Beyond Placebo may maintain accounts or channels on third-party platforms.

Interactions with those platforms may be visible to others depending on the platform and your account settings.

Information submitted publicly through social-media platforms, comments, reviews, or other public areas should not be assumed to be private.

22. Publicly Submitted Information

If you voluntarily submit information to a public area of the website or a third-party platform, that information may become publicly accessible.

Do not publish personal, confidential, financial, medical, or other sensitive information in a public area unless you are comfortable with that information being publicly available.

23. Legal Disclosures

Beyond Placebo may disclose personal information where reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law

• Respond to lawful requests

• Comply with court orders or legal processes

• Protect the rights or property of Beyond Placebo

• Protect the safety of users or others

• Investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents

• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

We aim to limit such disclosures to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

24. Business Changes

If Beyond Placebo's business, website, assets, or operations are reorganized, transferred, merged, acquired, or otherwise changed, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction where permitted by applicable law.

Any such transfer will remain subject to applicable privacy obligations.

25. Accuracy of Information

You are responsible for providing accurate information when you voluntarily submit information to Beyond Placebo.

If your information changes and you are able to update it through the relevant service, you should provide updated information where reasonably necessary.

26. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Changes may be made to reflect:

• Changes in our services

• Changes in technology

• Changes in third-party providers

• Changes in legal requirements

• Changes in how information is processed

The updated version will be published on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.

Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.

27. Contact

If you have a question, concern, privacy request, or complaint concerning the handling of your personal information, please contact Beyond Placebo through the contact information provided on the official website or email at sukhendu@beyondplacebo.in

When making a privacy request, we may need sufficient information to verify your identity and locate the relevant information.

Important Privacy Principle

Beyond Placebo is a broad educational, creative, personal-development, meditation, and coaching ecosystem.

Different parts of the ecosystem may collect different types of information and may use different technology providers.

We aim to collect information that is relevant to the service being provided, use it for legitimate and clearly connected purposes, protect it through reasonable safeguards, and respect applicable privacy rights.

By using a particular Beyond Placebo service, you should also review any service-specific terms or notices provided with that service.

This Privacy Policy should be read together with the Beyond Placebo Terms and Conditions and, where applicable, the separate Transformational Coaching Terms and Health, Spiritual Practice & Meditation Coach Disclaimer.