Protecting our members privacy

Although our ability to provide service requires that we collect personal information about our customers, we take measures to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of that information.

Online privacy concerns focus on the protection of "customer identifiable" information that an individual or other customer reasonably expects to be kept private. As the term suggests, "customer identifiable" information is information which can be associated with a specific individual or entity, including, for example, a customer's name, address, or telephone number, e-mail address, and information about online activities that are directly linked to them.

We respect your privacy. We are not involved in the selling, trading or other unauthorized uses of your personal information. We promise that we will not pass on any of your personal details to any other organizations. By providing us with your information and visiting this web site, you accept and consent to the practices described in this privacy policy.

Mandatory personal information needed for us to provide a service to you. To first join the Aurora Foundation and the events held, information such as your name, contact details, age and gender are requested. We will not disclose this personal information unless we have received your express consent to do so.

We may also disclose this information if we believe it is required by law - that is, to answer a subpoena, warrant or in response to other legal processes. All of your information may be transferred to and maintained on computer networks which may be located outside of the state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction in which you reside, and the countries in which these computer networks are located may not have privacy laws as protective as the laws in your country.

The Aurora Foundation surveys, newsletters, and in conjunction with third party offers

We collect information that you volunteer to us on surveys, contests and on registration pages and use the information collected only to improve the Aurora Foundation online experience. These surveys are strictly confidential. We do not reveal, disclose, sell, distribute, rent, license, share or pass on to any third parties your personal information without your consent. Please read this information carefully, and understand that it is your own choice should you choose to disclose your personally identifiable information to the third party. The information that you offer to the third party is voluntary.

Contacting you by e-mail

We may use your e-mail address for any purpose for which you provided it. We may also use it to respond to feedback given about our Site or Services, to provide you with any information you request, to confirm receipt of e-mails you have sent to us or if we need to contact you for any reason.

When do we collect personal information?

Generally, we only collect personal information about you in the following situations:

you register for an event;
you send us an e-mail;
you register as a sponsor;
To whom, and for what purposes, will we disclose information we collect from you?
We will not disclose any personal information we collect from you without your consent.

How do we protect your personal information?

High technology is used to ensure your sensitive information is secure and is protected from unauthorized access or improper use. Your personal password is confidential and is encrypted to ensure its secrecy. With your password, you are able to edit your personal details via the Member Services pages.

Particularly sensitive information such as your credit card number is not collected on our site. All transmission of data for the purposes of billing and collections is done directly through a secured PAYPAL page. The user is forwarded back to the Aurora Foundation site.

Unsolicited commercial e-mail

The Aurora Foundation will not send you any e-mail for the purpose of marketing. We may however, send you general information on services that we provide and other related information.

Pointers to protect your privacy

Always close your browser and log out once you have finished surfing the net to prevent other people gaining access to your information and correspondence. the Aurora Foundation has no control over other web sites we may link to, and we take no responsibility for the conduct of these companies. Always read the Terms and Conditions when using other web sites. Keep your passwords and your member details secret. If unauthorized access of your account occurs please inform us immediately. Frequently change your password. Posting of personal contact information is prohibited on the Aurora Foundation site. We take no responsibility for any personal contact information disclosed to other members in our network. Personal information includes information such as full names, telephone numbers and home addresses. Beware - if you voluntarily disclose personal information it may be collected and used by others. Take precaution!