Privacy Notice
Privacy notice
Effective Date: 2 September 2026
This privacy notice tells you what to expect when the Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre, registered charity collects personal information.
It applies to information we collect about:
How we use your information
Visitors to our websites
Use of cookies by the BKMC
E-newsletter
Security and performance
People who use our online booking system
People who submit a Volunteering Visitor application
Photos taken during events or day visits to Bodhisattva KMC
People who email us
How long we keep your information
Links to other websites
Changes to this privacy notice
Access to and amending your personal information
What you can do
How to contact us
How we use your information
Visitors to our websites
Use of cookies by the BKMC
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
Cookie | Name | Purpose |
Google Analytics 4 (Google) | _ga _ga_ | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. |
Hotjar cookies | _hjSessionUser_* _hjSession_* | These are session cookies to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels. Hotjar is another service we use to help us understand our visitor’s behaviour and improve the user experience. |
Third-party (other site’s) cookies | In addition to the above cookies, the following sites may set their own cookies whilst browsing our site. § Facebook / Meta § X (formerly Twitter) § YouTube § Bing § JotForm These cookies will generally only be set if you are signed in to (or have been signed in to) a matching account and are generally linked to the use of the social media like and share buttons embedded on our site and many others throughout the web. The use of these cookies is likely to have been detailed in each of the platform’s terms and conditions or privacy policies. For a refresher on these policies we’ve included links below: § Ticket Tailor These cookies will generally only be set if you have granted consent via our cookie banner or if you are signed in to (or have been signed in to) a matching account and are linked to the use of embedded media, interactive maps, or social media like and share buttons embedded on our site and many others throughout the web. The use of these cookies is detailed in each of the platform’s terms and conditions or privacy policies. For a refresher on these policies we’ve included links below: § Meta (Facebook) privacy policy § More information about our booking system privacy policy | |
| We use cookies set by Meta (Facebook Pixel) for conversion tracking purposes to measure the performance of our advertising campaigns. In addition to this, user behaviour on our website may be used to build custom audiences for our own advertising purposes (for example, we may want to show you an ad on Facebook or Instagram if you visited our site, looked at a few class pages but didn’t get in touch with us). The following links have more information on interest-based advertising and how to opt out: § Information on Meta interest-based advertising | ||
How do I change my cookie settings?
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We are planning to enhance our cookie tool to allow users to more easily change their cookie settings after their initial choice.
E-newsletter
BKMC uses a third-party provider, Mailchimp (Intuit), to deliver our e-newsletters. Statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies including clear gifs and tracking pixels help us to monitor engagement and improve our communications. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in the footer of each email. For more information, please see Mailchimp’s Privacy Policy
Security and performance
BKMC uses a third party service to help maintain the security and performance of the meditateinbrighton.com website. To deliver this service it processes the IP addresses of visitors to meditateinbrighton.com website.
People who use our online booking system
Information collected and processed is necessary to manage and administer your booking, and to facilitate event planning. We may contact you via email or phone regarding your booking. We may also send you e-newsletters with information about the event you have booked for, or future events.
We use a third-party provider, Ticket Tailor, to facilitate online event registrations. Ticket Tailor acts as a data processor on our behalf. Payments made through Ticket Tailor are processed securely by PCI-DSS compliant third-party payment gateways (such as Stripe or PayPal). Complete card details are securely handled directly by the payment processor and are never stored on BKMC or Ticket Tailor servers. For more information, please see TicketTailor privacy policy
People who submit a Volunteering Visitor application
Information collected and processed is necessary to manage and administer your application and your actual volunteering visit experience. We may contact you via email, phone call, or WhatsApp, regarding your application. We process all application in-house.
Photos taken during events or day visits to Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre
Images may be captured during events organised and hosted by BKMC charity using film photography, digital photography, video or other medium and may be used on the website, event publicity or brochures, other publicity material (such as internal and external newsletters), and may be provided to the media for publication in local or national newspapers or magazines and other resources. BKMC acknowledges its responsibilities in capturing images by photography or other means under applicable law.
People who email us
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is used to encrypt and protect email traffic in line with government standards. If your email service does not support TLS, you should be aware that any emails we send or receive may not be protected in transit.
We monitor any emails sent to us, including file attachments, for viruses or malicious software. Please be aware that you have a responsibility to ensure that any email you send is within the bounds of the law.
How long we keep your information
Your information will be retained for a period of 6 years plus the current year, for statutory record keeping purposes. After this time, unless we have a legal obligation to retain it for longer, your personal information will be deleted or, where data is required for statistical purposes, anonymised.
Your information used for marketing purposes will be kept until you notify us that you no longer wish to receive this information.
Links to other websites
This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.
Changes to this privacy notice
We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 2 September 2026.
Access to and amending your personal information
You may ask us to access, correct, or remove information that we hold on you, or object to its processing under the UK GDPR. Please contact us using the details below.
What you can do
If you are not satisfied with how we have dealt with your query, you may raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office ico.org.uk
How to contact us
If you want to request information about our privacy policy you can email us at info@meditateinbrighton.com or write to:
Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre
3 Lansdowne Road
East Sussex
Brighton/Hove
BN3 1DN
Registered Charity no 1016354
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