Privacy policy.

Effective April 01, 2025

1. Introduction

When you use our services you are trusting us with confidential information. We understand how serious a responsibility this is and take all possible steps to keep your information safe. We will work with you in full transparency on how your information is collected, used, and protected.

This Privacy Policy outlines how Yachay Mama Retreat Center collects, uses, and protects the personal information of our website users and guests. We are committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and any other relevant privacy legislation.

2. Data Security

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace follows and stays up to date with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law guidelines, and as users of Squarespace we as an organization are required to do the same. We will not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent, except as required or permitted by law.

This website is protected by Squarespace. Squarespace employs several measures to protect visitor data, including SSL encryption for secure connections, Transport Layer Security (TLS) for data in transit, and features like HSTS and a Web Application Firewall (WAF). This prevents hackers from impersonating this website, stealing stored information, or intercepting any information that is transmitted through electronic communication.

Any of our employees with access to your personal information are under contractual confidentiality obligation and trained to maintain confidentiality under the American Psychological Association Principles and Code of Conduct. Employees will be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.

3. Information We Collect and How It Is Used

  • While Using Our Site

Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

  • Submitting Information Through Web Form and Email

When you submit information to this website via webform, or communicate with us through email, we collect the data requested in the webform or email in order to track and respond to your submissions. We share this information with Squarespace, our hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us. Your name and contact information will also be stored within our Google Workspace account in order to reply to your requests in a timely and organized manner. (Please see Goolge Workspace Privacy Policy.) We will not send you any unsolicited communication.

  • Newsletter and Blog

If you submitted a request to join our mailing list to receive news and information from us we share your name and email address with Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf. You can unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of the email at any time and your name and contact information will be deleted from our records.

  • Regarding Blog Comments

This website includes commenting functionality on some pages which enables you to post a comment. This website collects personal data when you post a comment, including:

Your name (which will be displayed as part of your posted comment)

Your email address (optional, to let you know if someone replies to your comment)

Your website URL (optional)

This website includes “likes” functionality on some blog posts which enables you to “like” a post. This website collects personal data when you like a post to try to prevent the same person from liking the same post during the same visit, including:

Information about your browser, network and device

Details about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share

Your IP address

4. Cookie Policy

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

5. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Access:

    You have the right to access your personal information held by us.

  • Correction:

    You have the right to request that we correct any inaccuracies in your personal information.

  • Deletion:

    You have the right to request that we delete your personal information.

  • Withdrawal of Consent:

    You have the right to withdraw your consent for the use of your personal information.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at: admin@yachaymama.com

7. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our website.

8. Consent

By using our website or providing us with your personal information, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.