Privacy Policy

S.C.S. JCG – Ashtanga Yoga Institute attaches great importance to the protection of your personal data. This policy explains what data we collect, why, and what your rights are under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – EU Regulation 2016/679).

1. Data Controller

  • Name: S.C.S. JCG – Ashtanga Yoga Institute
  • Address: Chaussée d’Alsemberg, 610 – 1180 Uccle, Brussels, Belgium
  • Email: info@yoga-ashtanga.net

2. Data Collected and Purposes

Contact form

When you use our contact form, we collect your name, your email address and the content of your message. This data is used solely to respond to your request and is never passed on to third parties. Legal basis: legitimate interest (art. 6.1.f GDPR).

Newsletter (Brevo)

If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address is transmitted to our sending provider Brevo (formerly Sendinblue), a French company headquartered at 7 rue de Madrid, 75008 Paris. Brevo acts as a processor and handles your data solely to send our communications. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link at the bottom of each email. Legal basis: consent (art. 6.1.a GDPR). Brevo’s privacy policy: brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics to measure audience (pages visited, session duration, geographic origin). IP addresses are anonymised before processing. Google LLC, as a processor, handles this data on servers located in the United States (covered by the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses). Legal basis: legitimate interest (art. 6.1.f GDPR). To opt out: Google Analytics Opt-out.

Google Fonts

This website uses fonts hosted on Google’s servers (Google Fonts). When pages load, your browser sends a request to Google’s servers, which may transmit your IP address. No personal data is stored on this occasion. Legal basis: legitimate interest (art. 6.1.f GDPR).

3. Retention Period

  • Contact messages: kept for 3 years from the last interaction.
  • Newsletter email addresses: kept until you unsubscribe.
  • Analytics data: kept for 26 months (Google Analytics setting).

4. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access — obtain a copy of the data concerning you.
  • Right to rectification — correct inaccurate data.
  • Right to erasure — request the deletion of your data.
  • Right to object — object to processing based on legitimate interest.
  • Right to portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format.
  • Right to withdraw consent — at any time for consent-based processing.

To exercise these rights, contact us at: info@yoga-ashtanga.net. We will respond within a maximum of one month.

5. Complaint to the Supervisory Authority

If you believe that the processing of your data does not comply with the regulations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Belgian data protection authority:

6. Cookies

This website does not use advertising or third-party tracking cookies beyond those mentioned above (Google Analytics). Cookies strictly necessary for the site to function (WordPress session) do not require consent.

Last updated: 23 July 2026