Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Yaogará & Camino al Sol

Last Updated: July 25, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Yaogará. We are deeply committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with the utmost care and respect. This Privacy Policy outlines what information we collect, why we collect it, and how we use and protect it when you use our website (yaogara.com and its affiliated domains) and sign up for our retreats.

Our guiding principle is to collect only the information necessary to provide you with a safe, transformative, and well-organized retreat experience.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information at different stages of your journey with us.

a) When You Sign Up for a Retreat:

To begin the booking process, we collect basic contact information through our online forms:

  • Full Name
  • Email Address
  • Phone Number
  • Country of Residence

b) When You Complete the Medical Form:

To ensure the safety and well-being of all participants, we are required to collect sensitive health and personal information. This is a critical step for us to responsibly facilitate our retreats. This information includes:

  • Date of Birth and Sex
  • Occupation, Nationality, and Languages Spoken
  • Details regarding your physical and mental health history
  • Information about any current medications or substance use
  • Your motivations and previous experiences with spiritual work

c) When You Provide Transportation Details:

To coordinate your arrival and departure, we collect:

  • Arrival and departure dates and times
  • Pickup and drop-off locations (e.g., airport, bus terminal)
  • Flight or bus numbers

d) When You Use Our Website (Analytics):

We collect anonymous, aggregated data about website usage to help us improve our site. This includes:

  • The pages you visit
  • The duration of your visit
  • The source that referred you to our site (e.g., Google, Instagram)

We do not use tracking cookies, and we do not collect your IP address for analytics purposes.

3. How We Use Your Information

Your information is used exclusively for the following purposes:

  • To Manage Your Booking: We use your contact details to create and manage your retreat reservation.
  • To Ensure Your Safety: Your medical information is carefully reviewed by our team to ensure that participation in our retreats is safe for you. This is our primary and most important use of this data.
  • To Communicate With You: We use your email address to send essential information about your booking, including confirmations, preparation guides, transport details, and post-retreat follow-ups.
  • To Coordinate Logistics: Your transportation details are used to arrange pickups and drop-offs, ensuring a smooth arrival and departure.
  • To Improve Our Services: Anonymized website analytics help us understand how our website is used and how we can make it better.

4. Data Storage, Security, and Third Parties

Protecting your data is a top priority. A key part of our privacy commitment is our use of self-hosted, open-source software for core operations, which gives us greater control over your information.

  • Data Storage (Baserow): All your personal, medical, and logistical information is stored in our private, self-hosted database on a secure server located in Germany. It is not stored with a large third-party cloud provider.
  • Automation (n8n): Our automation workflows run on our own self-hosted server, meaning your data is processed within our secure environment.
  • Forms (Tally): We use Tally to collect your initial application and form data. Tally is a GDPR-compliant service, and the data is immediately and securely transferred to our private database upon submission.
  • Transactional Emails (MailerSend): We use MailerSend to send you emails related to your booking. Only necessary information (like your name and email address) is shared with MailerSend to facilitate these communications.
  • Website Analytics (Plausible): Our analytics platform is self-hosted. It does not use cookies and does not track personal information, ensuring your browsing remains private.
  • Phone Country Code Lookup: To make our forms easier to use, we perform a one-time, anonymous lookup of your IP address via the ipapi.co service solely to pre-select your country code in the phone number field. This information is not stored or linked to your personal data.

We will never sell, rent, or share your personal or medical information with any other third parties for marketing purposes.

5. Your Rights Over Your Data

You have the right to control your personal information. In accordance with data protection principles, including Colombian Law 1581 of 2012, you have the right to:

  • Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you at any time.
  • Correction: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • Deletion: You can request that we delete your personal information from our records after your engagement with us is complete.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided below.

6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The date of the latest revision will always be posted at the top of this page.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

privacy@yaogara.com