Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 20, 2023

Aster Foundation and its affiliates and subsidiaries, (collectively, “Foundation”, “we”, “us”, “our”), operates this website and any other related website, app, or services that link to this Privacy Policy (“Policy”). The Foundation respects the privacy of its users and knows that privacy is important to you. This Policy informs you of how we collect, use, and disclose personal information when you interact with us on or through our websites, mobile applications, authorized social media sites and handles, and communications (such as emails) we may send (collectively our “Services”). This Policy forms a part of our Terms of Use. By using and interacting with us through the Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Policy and agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, you may not use the Services.

Unless otherwise defined in this Policy, the terms used in this Policy have the same meaning as in our Terms of Use.

Information Collection

Types of Personal Information Collected

Depending on how you interact with the Services, we may collect the following information about or from you:

  • Identifiers and contact information. We may collect contact information, such as your name, e-mail address, and any other information you submit when you contact us or other identifiers provided or transmitted incidental to your use of the Services (such as IP address, device ID, or browser ID, etc.).
  • Technical and usage information. We may also automatically collect data that is capable of association with individual users or devices, such as traffic data, location data, logs, diagnostic data, and device and operating system information, browser information, network and ISP information, and usage and activity details about how you view and interact with our Services.

Sources of Personal Information

We collect personal information from various sources including data directly from you (intentionally or by automatic means when you interact with our Services), from third parties, and from public sources.

Use of Personal Information

We, and our authorized service providers or third parties use the personal information that we collect for various purposes, including:

  • To provide and maintain our Service.
  • To notify you about changes to our Service.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so or to otherwise fulfill requests and/or contracts with you.
  • To provide customer support.
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service.
  • To monitor the usage, safety, and security of our Service and to protect against and stop unauthorized or unlawful use.
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
  • To protect our lawful business interests
  • For other purposes consistent with applicable law

International collection and storage of data: We are a global company and will collect and process your personal information around the globe. Your information, including personal information, may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction from where it was collected, and the applicable data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Personal information may be shared in the following circumstances:

Service providers

We may disclose personal information to third-party service providers or contractors who use this information to perform services for us, such as hosting providers, auditors, advisors, consultants, security providers, customer service and/or technical support providers and other similar service providers.

Legal Requirements

We may disclose your personal information to law enforcement, government officials, or other third parties when we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, such as a valid court order or subpoena, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection the Service, protect prevent physical or financial loss, or to protect against legal liability.

Business Transfers

We may share personal information with companies or other entities in connection with a merger, acquisition, asset sale or other reorganization or sale, or for related diligence purposes.

To Protect our Legal Rights

We may disclose personal information where we believe it necessary to respond to claims asserted against us, to enforce or administer our agreements and terms, for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation and/or to protect our rights, property, or safety and that of our affiliates, partners, clients, customers and/or others.

For Other Lawful Purposes Consistent with this Policy

We may disclose personal information with your consent or for other purposes that are consistent with this policy and permitted under applicable law.

Security of Data

We maintain procedural, technical, and physical safeguards to help protect against loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction of personal information you provide. Unfortunately, no transmission or storage of data is guaranteed to be completely secure. It may be possible for third parties not under our control to intercept or access transmissions or private communications unlawfully. Therefore, any transmission of personal information to us is made at your own risk. If you believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please notify us using the contact details below.

Links to Other Sites and Platforms

Our Services may contain links to other websites, plug-ins and applications that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site, which may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our services are not offered to users under the age of majority and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from individuals under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. Please check this page from time to time to ensure that you have read our up-to-date Policy. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service prior to any significant changes that may affect your legal rights. Other changes to this Policy will become effective upon posting of the new Policy and as of the "effective date" at the top of this page.

Contacting us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us using the details set out below. Email address: foundation@seifdn.org