Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Jwala Temple of Martial Art / Shinkudo India represents the Bujin Shinkudoryu International Association in India. Our website provides information about our organisation, martial arts training, events, announcements and admission enquiries.

For privacy questions, requests concerning your information, or other website-related enquiries, contact us using the details below.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of information:

• Contact and admission enquiries: Information you submit through website forms, including your name, phone number, email address and message. Forms may be provided by WordPress form plugins such as WPForms or MetForm.
• Phone and WhatsApp enquiries: Your phone number, name or profile details, and the information you choose to share when contacting us about classes, admissions, events or training.
• Technical information: Limited information generated when the website operates, such as browser or device information and cookie or preference data, where applicable.
• Language preferences: A language preference may be stored by GTranslate or related website functionality to help display content in your chosen language.

Please do not send sensitive personal information through general enquiry forms unless it is genuinely necessary for your enquiry.

3. Children's Information

Our academy offers training that may involve children and young people. A parent or legal guardian should submit or authorise a minor's admission enquiry and provide the necessary consent for participation and associated information processing.

We seek to collect only information reasonably necessary to respond to enquiries, manage admissions and support training-related communication. Parents or guardians may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of a child's information, subject to applicable law and legitimate record-retention requirements.

Photographs or videos identifying a child for promotional or public website use will be published only where the required parent or guardian consent has been obtained.

4. Photographs and Media Consent

Our training sessions, seminars, demonstrations, competitions and events may be photographed or recorded. Images and videos may be used for event documentation, reporting, website news and promotional communication where appropriate consent has been obtained.

We will seek appropriate consent before publishing identifiable photographs or videos, particularly those featuring minors. If you believe an image has been published without appropriate permission, contact us at jwala@shinkudoindia.com with the relevant page or image details so we can review your request.

5. How We Use Information

We may use information you provide for the following purposes:

• Responding to questions, phone calls, WhatsApp messages and website enquiries.
• Handling admission enquiries, trial-class requests and training-related communication.
• Sharing relevant updates about classes, seminars, gradings, championships and events when appropriate.
• Maintaining website functionality, language preferences and basic security.
• Addressing requests, complaints or matters required by applicable law.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not use enquiry details for unrelated promotional purposes as a general practice. Where a service provider processes information on our behalf, it should be limited to the relevant website or communication function.

6. Cookies and Website Technologies

Cookies or similar technologies may be used to support website performance, security, language preferences and the functioning of WordPress and Elementor. LiteSpeed Cache may support caching and performance features, while GTranslate may store language-related preferences. The exact cookies used depend on the website configuration and any enabled services.

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect website features or saved preferences. We do not claim that every listed technology necessarily places a cookie on every visit.

7. Data Retention and Your Rights

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to enquiries, manage training-related communication, maintain relevant records, resolve disputes or meet applicable legal obligations. Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information and the purpose for which it was collected.

Subject to applicable law and verification of your identity, you may request access to personal information we hold about you, correction of inaccurate information, or deletion where retention is no longer required or otherwise justified. You may also raise concerns about how your information is being used.

To make a request, email jwala@shinkudoindia.com. Please describe your request clearly and include enough information for us to identify the relevant enquiry. We may need to retain certain records where required or permitted by law.

8. Payments

This website does not collect online payments through its admission or general enquiry forms. Please do not submit card numbers, banking credentials, payment passwords or other financial authentication details through these forms.

9. External Websites and Links

Our website may link to external resources, including the rulebook or other information available through shinkudo.su. External websites operate under their own policies and practices. We do not control their content, privacy practices, cookies or security. Please review the relevant external website's terms and privacy policy before providing personal information there.

10. Policy Changes and Effective Date

We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, practices or applicable legal requirements change. The revised version will be published on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

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