Effective Date: 11 September 2026
Website: https://yogapedia.in
Email: contact@yogapedia.in

Introduction

Yogapedia India respects your privacy.

This Privacy Policy explains how Yogapedia India, currently operated by Nikita Enterprises, collects, uses, stores and shares personal information when you visit our website, create a teacher profile, submit an enquiry, interact with a teacher, make a booking, make a payment, contact us or otherwise use our services.

Information We May Collect

Depending on how you use the platform, we may collect:

Learner information

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • City/location
  • Yoga requirements or preferences
  • Booking information
  • Communication with teachers or Yogapedia India
  • Feedback and reviews

Teacher information

  • Name
  • Contact details
  • City
  • Professional biography
  • Yoga styles
  • Qualifications
  • Certifications
  • Training information
  • Teaching experience
  • Profile photograph
  • Introductory videos
  • Teaching format
  • Availability
  • Professional services and fees

Booking and payment information

We may collect booking details, transaction IDs, payment status, refund status and other information required to manage transactions.

Payment card details, UPI PINs, banking passwords and similar payment credentials are processed by the relevant payment gateway and are not intended to be stored by Yogapedia India.

Information You Choose to Provide

You may voluntarily provide additional information when communicating with Yogapedia India or a teacher.

This may include information about your yoga experience, physical limitations, injuries, goals or other personal circumstances.

You should only provide information that is necessary and relevant to the service you are requesting.

How We Use Your Information

We may use information to:

  • Create and manage teacher profiles.
  • Help learners discover suitable teachers.
  • Facilitate enquiries and communication.
  • Arrange introductory interactions.
  • Process bookings.
  • Process payments and refunds.
  • Send booking confirmations and reminders.
  • Provide customer support.
  • Verify teacher information.
  • Improve platform safety and reliability.
  • Prevent fraud and misuse.
  • Improve our website and services.
  • Send promotional communications where permitted.
  • Comply with legal, tax and regulatory obligations.

Teacher-Learner Information Sharing

Certain information may need to be shared between a learner and teacher to facilitate a requested interaction or booking.

For example, a teacher may need a learner’s name, contact information, booking details or information voluntarily provided by the learner for the purpose of conducting a session.

Teachers are expected to use learner information responsibly and only for legitimate purposes connected with the service.

Third-Party Service Providers

Yogapedia India may use third-party providers for:

  • Payment processing
  • Website hosting
  • Email
  • SMS or messaging
  • Video meetings
  • Scheduling
  • Analytics
  • Security
  • Technical support

These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and contractual obligations.

Cookies

The website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Keep the website functioning.
  • Remember preferences.
  • Understand website usage.
  • Improve website performance.
  • Analyse traffic and user behaviour.

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

Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, misuse, alteration, loss or disclosure.

However, no internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including legal, accounting, tax, dispute-resolution, fraud-prevention and security requirements.

Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including rights to:

  • Request access to information we hold about you.
  • Request correction of inaccurate information.
  • Request deletion where legally applicable.
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
  • Raise a privacy-related grievance.

Requests can be sent to contact@yogapedia.in.

Children’s Privacy

Yogapedia India does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children in circumstances where such collection is prohibited by applicable law.

Where yoga services are provided to minors, appropriate parent/guardian involvement and applicable safeguarding requirements should be followed.

Health Information

Yogapedia India is not a medical provider.

We do not require users to provide medical information simply to browse the platform.

Where users voluntarily provide health-related information for the purpose of communicating with a teacher, such information should be limited to what is reasonably necessary.

Users should avoid providing unnecessary sensitive medical information through general website forms or public profile fields.

Marketing Communications

Where permitted by applicable law, Yogapedia India may send information about new services, platform updates, educational content, teacher discovery opportunities or other relevant communications.

Users may request to stop receiving promotional communications.

Legal Disclosure

We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with applicable law.
  • Respond to lawful government requests.
  • Prevent fraud or abuse.
  • Protect users or the platform.
  • Resolve disputes.
  • Protect legal rights.

Business Changes

If Yogapedia India is subsequently incorporated as a separate legal entity, acquired, transferred or reorganised, personal information may be transferred as part of the relevant business transition, subject to applicable law and appropriate safeguards.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated as the platform, technology or legal requirements evolve.

The latest version will always be published on the website with its effective date.

Contact

For privacy questions, correction requests or grievances:

Yogapedia India
Operated by Nikita Enterprises
Email: contact@yogapedia.in
Website: https://yogapedia.in