MarDiSol Yoga respects your privacy and is committed to handling your personal information responsibly, transparently and securely.

1. Who we are

MarDiSol Yoga is operated by Maria Solomonidou in Ypsonas, Limassol, Cyprus.

For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Cyprus data-protection law, Maria Solomonidou is the data controller responsible for the personal information described in this policy.

For privacy-related questions or requests, contact:

Email: mardisolyoga@gmail.com

1. Information we may collect

Depending on how you use the website or communicate with MarDiSol Yoga, we may collect:

• Your name, email address and telephone number

• Your Wix member-account details

• Booking, attendance, cancellation and class-pass information

• Payment and transaction information

• Information submitted through Wix Forms, booking forms or contact forms

• Messages sent through email, WhatsApp or social media

• Marketing and communication preferences

• Language preferences and referral information

• Information about injuries, health conditions, pregnancy, accessibility needs or other matters relevant to safe participation

• Your photography and video preferences

• Photographs, audio or video recordings when you have provided separate consent

• Technical information such as IP address, browser, device, website activity and cookie preferences

Please provide only health information that is relevant to your safe participation. MarDiSol Yoga does not use this information to diagnose or provide medical treatment.

1. How we collect information

Information may be collected when you:

• Visit or use this website

• Create a Wix member account

• Book or cancel a class, private session or event

• Purchase or use a class pass

• Complete a contact, booking or registration form

• Subscribe to studio emails

• Contact MarDiSol Yoga through email, WhatsApp or social media

• Participate in a class, workshop, event or recording

• Use embedded content such as YouTube videos or Google Maps

Some technical information may also be collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies, depending on your cookie choices.

1. Why we use your information

Your information may be used to:

• Process and manage bookings, class passes and payments

• Provide classes, private sessions, sound healing and other services

• Communicate booking confirmations, reminders, changes and cancellations

• Respond to questions and enquiries

• Maintain accurate attendance and transaction records

• Adapt teaching and support safer participation

• Manage member accounts and customer relationships

• Send studio news or promotional emails when you have opted in

• Use approved photographs or recordings for the purposes explained when consent was requested

• Maintain website security and functionality

• Understand and improve the website and services

• Comply with legal, accounting, tax and regulatory obligations

• Establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary

1. Legal bases for processing

Depending on the circumstances, MarDiSol Yoga processes personal information on one or more of the following legal bases:

Contract: when information is necessary to manage a booking, class pass, payment or service you have requested.

Legal obligation: when information must be retained or used to comply with accounting, tax, safety or other legal requirements.

Legitimate interests: when reasonably necessary to operate and secure the studio, respond to enquiries, maintain appropriate records and improve services, provided that your rights do not override those interests.

Consent: for optional marketing, non-essential cookies, identifiable photography or video, and other optional uses for which consent is requested.

Explicit consent: for health, injury or other sensitive information you choose to provide so that teaching can be adapted with safe participation in mind.

You may withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place lawfully before consent was withdrawn.

1. Health and injury information

Information about health, injuries, pregnancy or accessibility requirements is treated as sensitive personal information.

It is collected only when relevant to participation and where you have provided explicit consent. It may be used to understand whether modifications, additional support or referral to a qualified healthcare professional may be appropriate.

Providing this information does not replace professional medical advice. You remain responsible for seeking medical guidance where necessary and for informing MarDiSol Yoga if relevant circumstances change.

Access to health information is limited and it is not used for marketing.

1. Photography, video and audio recordings

MarDiSol Yoga may occasionally take photographs or recordings during classes, workshops or events.

Identifiable photography or recording is optional and requires separate consent. Refusing consent will not prevent you from participating.

Where reasonably possible, you may later withdraw permission for future use by contacting MarDiSol Yoga. Withdrawal will not make earlier lawful use invalid, but reasonable steps will be taken to stop new use and remove material from channels controlled by MarDiSol Yoga where appropriate.

Images or recordings may remain outside MarDiSol Yoga’s control if they have already been shared, downloaded or reposted by others.

1. Marketing communications

Studio news, free practices, workshops and promotional communications are sent only where you have opted in or where another lawful basis permits them.

You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in an email or by contacting MarDiSol Yoga.

Unsubscribing from marketing will not prevent necessary transactional communications concerning bookings, purchases, timetable changes or cancellations.

1. Payments

Payments may be processed through providers offered at checkout or agreed with you, which may include Wix Payments, Stripe, Revolut, QuickPay or another payment provider.

MarDiSol Yoga may receive confirmation of the payment, amount, date, transaction status and limited identifying details. Full card information is handled by the relevant payment provider and is not normally accessible to MarDiSol Yoga.

Each provider processes information according to its own privacy terms.

1. Service providers and third-party platforms

MarDiSol Yoga may use trusted providers to operate the website and deliver services, including:

• Wix for website hosting, member accounts, forms, contacts, bookings, pricing plans and events

• Calendly for selected private appointments or consultations

• Payment providers such as Wix Payments, Stripe, Revolut or QuickPay

• Google services, including email, YouTube and Google Maps

• Mailmeteor or a similar provider for email communications

• WhatsApp and Meta services for direct communication and social-media functions

• Website analytics, security and cookie-consent services

These providers may process information on behalf of MarDiSol Yoga or as independent data controllers under their own privacy policies.

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

Information may also be disclosed when required by law, to protect someone’s safety, or to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

1. International data transfers

Some service providers may store or process information outside Cyprus or the European Economic Area.

Where required, such transfers should be protected through a recognised legal mechanism, such as an adequacy decision, contractual safeguards or the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.

1. Cookies and embedded content

The website uses essential cookies required for security, member accounts, bookings and basic website operation.

With your permission, it may also use functional, analytics or marketing cookies. You can accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies through the cookie banner and reopen your preferences through the Cookie Settings link.

Embedded YouTube videos, Google Maps and social-media features may connect to third-party services and may collect technical information or place cookies, subject to your choices and the provider’s practices.

Disabling some cookies may affect the way certain website features work.

1. How long information is kept

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Retention depends on factors including:

• The duration of your relationship with MarDiSol Yoga

• Active bookings, passes or member accounts

• Safety and service-delivery requirements

• Your consent and communication preferences

• Legal, accounting and tax obligations

• The need to resolve disputes or protect legal rights

When information is no longer required, it will be deleted, anonymised or securely restricted where reasonably possible.

1. Data security

Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to protect personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure.

However, no website, email, messaging service or online storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Please avoid sending unnecessary medical records or highly sensitive information through ordinary email, WhatsApp or social media.

1. Your data-protection rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal information

• Ask for inaccurate or incomplete information to be corrected

• Request deletion of your information

• Request restriction of processing

• Object to certain processing

• Receive certain information in a portable format

• Withdraw consent at any time

• Object to direct marketing

• Lodge a complaint with a data-protection authority

These rights are not absolute and may be limited where information must be retained for legal or legitimate reasons.

To exercise a right, contact MarDiSol Yoga using the email address provided above. Identity verification may be requested before fulfilling certain requests.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection in Cyprus:

www.dataprotection.gov.cy

1. Children’s privacy

Children and young people should not independently submit bookings, payments or sensitive information without the involvement of a parent or legal guardian.

Where participation by a minor is accepted, appropriate consent and contact information may be requested from their parent or guardian.

1. External links

The website may contain links to external websites and social-media platforms. MarDiSol Yoga is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of websites operated by third parties.

Please review the privacy information provided by those services before submitting personal information.

1. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when services, providers or legal requirements change.

The current version will be displayed on this page together with its most recent update date.