Privacy Policy

Last reviewed: Jan 2025
For review: Jan 2028
 
InnerPerceptions.org respects the privacy of our members and visitors to our websites. This
policy is concerned with how we collect information, what we do with it and what controls you
have.
 
Your Privacy
We take our duty to process your personal data very seriously. This policy explains how we
collect, manage, use and protect your personal data.
Please read our Terms and Conditions for more information.
We may change this document from time to time to reflect the latest view of what we do with
your information. Please check back frequently; you will be able to see if changes have been
made by the date it was last updated at the top of the page.
Refer to the sections below for more details on how and why we use your personal
information:
 
 

1. Who are we?
   In this policy references to InnerPerceptions.org, as ‘we’ or ‘us’
   Our registered address is
   The Psychology of Inner Perceptions
   602, 1st floor 9th Building Kangzhuang Zhuzhai Community, Kangzhuang Town, Yanqing
   District, Beijing, China
   We are registered in China.  
    
2. What personal data we collect and how we use it
   What we need
   INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG is what is known as the ‘controller’ of the personal data you
   provide to us. If you are a member or are supporting us financially, we will collect basic
   personal data about you such as your name, postal address, telephone number, email
   address and your bank details.
   Additional information about you may also be collected, e.g. date of birth, gender or health
   details. This will be made clear at point of collection of such information and we would only
   do so with your specific consent and permission.
   Why we need it

We collect your personal data in connection with specific activities, such as campaign
updates, newsletter requests, registration or membership requests, product purchases,
feedback, donations, competition entries.
The information is either needed to fulfil your request or to enable us to provide you with a
more personalised service. You don’t have to disclose any of this information to browse our
sites. However, if you choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to
provide you with certain services.
Our communications
Sometimes, with your consent, we will process your personal data to provide you with
information about our work or our activities that you have requested or are expecting.
On other occasions, we may process personal data when we need to do this to fulfil a
contract or where we are required to do this by law or other regulations.
The INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG also processes your data when it is in our legitimate
interest to do this and when these interests do not override your rights. Those legitimate
interests include providing you with information on our training, membership, services,
products, newsletter requests, feedback, competitions and other activities.
Legitimate interests
There are a number of lawful purposes that enable us to use (or ‘process’) your personal
information. One lawful purpose falls within what is called ‘legitimate interests’. Broadly
speaking Legitimate Interests means we can process your personal information if:
 We have a genuine and legitimate reason.
 We are not harming any of your rights and interests.
Sharing your information
We only disclose information to third parties or individuals when obliged to by law, for
purposes of national security, taxation and criminal investigations and in the following
situations:
 If you have agreed that we may do so.
 When we use other companies to provide services on our behalf, e.g. processing,
mailing or delivering orders, answering customers’ questions about products or
services, sending mail and emails, customer analysis, assessment and profiling,
when using auditors/advisors or processing credit/debit card payments.
 To our subsidiaries (i.e. the companies owned by InnerPerceptions.org).
 If we receive a complaint about any content you have posted or transmitted to or
from one of our sites, to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions or if we believe
that we need to do so to protect and defend the rights, property or personal safety of
InnerPerceptions.org, our websites or our visitors, and for other lawful purposes.
 If we merge with another organisation to form a new entity, information may be
transferred to the new entity.
We may disclose aggregate statistics about our site visitors, members sales to describe our
services and operations to prospective partners, advertisers and other reputable third parties

and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics won’t include any personally identifying
information.
If we run an event in partnership with other named organisations your details may need to be
shared. We will be very clear what will happen to your data when you register.
We will never sell your personal information to other organisations.
Building profiles of supporters
INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG may make use of profiling and screening methods to produce
relevant communications and provide a better experience for our members. Profiling can
help us target our resources more effectively through gaining an insight into the background
of our supporters and helping us to build relationships that are appropriate to their interests.
We will also hold information about your details so that we can respect your preferences for
being contacted by us.
All the personal data we process is processed by our staff in the UK and will only ever
be handled in accordance with guidance issued by the Information Commissioner’s
Office.
 
 

3. How we obtain your details
   We collect your personal information in a number of ways:
    When you provide it to us directly.
    When you provide permission to other organisations to share it with us (including
   social media networking or sites e.g. Facebook or Instagram).
    When we collect it as you use our website.
    When you have given it to a third party and you have provided permission to pass
   your information on to us.
    From publicly available sources (where possible) to keep your information up to date
   (e.g. the Post Office’s National Change of Address database).
   We combine the information from these sources with the information you provide to us
   directly.
    
    
4. Children
   Please note that we will not knowingly market to or accept donations or orders for goods or
   services from persons aged under 18 years.
    
    
5. Volunteering

When you volunteer with INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG we will keep you up to date with the
work we are doing and events with which we are involved. We will also let you know of any
changes that might affect you volunteering with us about which you need to be aware. We
will only use this information in relation to your volunteering with us and whilst you remain a
volunteer with the INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG. By agreeing to volunteer with the
INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG you are agreeing for us to send you emails about volunteering
and your volunteer role. We will on occasion share your email address with other
INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG volunteers, for instance in the process of organising an event
you have chosen to attend.
Retaining your information
We hold your information only as long as necessary for each purpose we use it.
If you request that we have no further contact with you, we will keep some basic information
in order to avoid sending you unwanted materials in the future and to ensure that we don’t
accidentally duplicate information. Should you wish us to delete any retained basic
information then please contact us.
 
 

6. Your details on the web: our Cookie Policy
   Please refer separately to our Terms and Conditions in respect of cookies.
    
    
7. What are your rights?
   A new data protection law, beginning on 25 May 2018, gave everyone a number of very
   important rights.
   These are:
    Transparency over how we use your personal information (right to be informed).
    Ability to request a copy of the information we hold about you, which will be provided
   to you within one month (right of access).
    The requesting of updating or amending the information we hold about you if it is
   incorrect (right of rectification).
    Instructing us to stop using your information (right to restrict processing).
    Instructing us to remove your personal information from our records (right to be
   ‘forgotten’).
    Objecting to the processing of your information for marketing purposes (right to
   object).
    Obtaining and reusing your personal data for your own purposes (right to data
   portability).
    Not being subject to a decision when it is based on automated processing
   (automated decision making and profiling).

 If you would like to know more about your rights under the data protection law, please
see the Information Commissioners Office website.
 

8. How to contact us
   Remember, you can change the way you hear from us or withdraw your permission for us to
   process your personal data at any time by using the form on the
   INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG Members portal page or by contacting us directly via
   info@innerperceptions.org
   If you wish to talk through anything in our privacy policy, find out more about your rights or
   obtain a copy of the information we hold about you, we will be happy to help. If you wish to
   raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact our data
   protection officer, who will investigate the matter. You can contact our data protection officer
   by emailing us at info@innerperceptions.org marking the subject line Data Protection.
   If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are not processing your personal
   data in accordance with the law, you can make a complaint to the Information
   Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
   Our Newsletter Disclaimer Notice
   Our regular email newsletter, sent to our members approximately 12 times a year. At our
   core remains our guiding philosophy to promote a greater understanding of Zhineng Qigong
   and its safe practice through experience, education, discussion, study and training.
   Intended recipient:
   Our is intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you
   have received Our in error, please notify us immediately and permanently delete it. Do not
   use, copy or disclose any information contained in the email or in any attachment.
   Submissions and claims by contributors:
   The purpose of Our Newsletter is to keep members up to date with relevant
   INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG news, information and topics and on current and upcoming
   projects and events. Opinions or claims that are expressed in our contributor submissions
   are the opinions or claims of those contributors and are not necessarily those of
   INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG. Although we take reasonable efforts to check the accuracy of
   information or claims at the time of publication, we cannot guarantee that all information and
   claims made in submissions will be factual or accurate. We also use reasonable efforts to
   acknowledge the sources of all material used. In case of inadvertent error or omission of
   facts or sources, the Marketing Manager will make the necessary correction in a future issue
   of Our Newsletter.
   No medical advice:
   Readers are encouraged to use their discretion at all times. All content in Our Newsletter is
   for general and informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice
   or a health claim (or relied upon as such). If you have any health concerns or are new to
   Qigong and want to check whether you are fit to partake in a particular exercise, you should
   seek appropriate medical assistance. When doing Qigong, we encourage you to act
   responsibly and sensibly at all times.

Intellectual property rights and plagiarism:
All rights in materials contained in Our Newsletter are reserved. The materials contained in
Our Newsletter may not be reproduced, transmitted, distributed or used in any way so as to
undermine the ownership of such material without the express written consent of the owner
of the materials (whether that be INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG, a contributor or another third
party). Any queries on the ownership or use of materials contained in Our Newsletter can be
directed to the Communications Officer. We take reasonable steps to prevent the plagiarism
of material in Our Newsletter, but we cannot guarantee submissions made by contributors
are always original. Any complaints in this regard should be directed to the individual author
who can be contacted via Our Newsletter.
Security:
Although INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no bugs
or viruses are present in Our Newsletter email, we do not guarantee that it (or any
attachments) will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You should take steps to ensure
that you have appropriate measures in place to prevent damage caused by bugs or viruses,
including using your own virus protection software. Our Newsletter may contain links to third
party websites or resources over which INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG has no control. Where
Our Newsletter provides a link to websites or resources that are provided by a third party,
these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as
approval by INNERPERCEPTIONS.ORG of those linked websites or information you may
obtain from them.
Email: info@innerperceptions.org
Address: The Psychology of Inner Perceptions
602, 1st floor 9th Building Kangzhuang Zhuzhai Community, Kangzhuang Town, Yanqing
District, Beijing, China
Data Protection Officer
Our data protection officer can be contacted by email at
E: info@innerperceptions.org marking your email Data Protection in the subject line.
Or you can write to:
Data Protection Officer
The Psychology of Inner Perceptions
602, 1st floor 9th Building Kangzhuang Zhuzhai Community, Kangzhuang Town, Yanqing
District, Beijing, China
If you wish to talk to us about anything in the policy or the information we hold about you
please contact Central Office:

 By email: info@innerperceptions.org