Privacy policy

We respect your privacy. Any and all information collected on this site will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold, reused, rented, disclosed, or loaned! Any information you give to us will be held with the utmost care and will not be used in ways that you have not consented to.

Any personal information that you may submit will be used only for the purpose for which it is submitted. When you enter the website we may also collect aggregate data for session management and site development purposes.

Astronomy New Zealand strives to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personal information submitted to our websites. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. Although we aim to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you may transmit to us, or our transmissions to you. To ensure that your transaction is safe and secure, please do not transmit your credit card details by e- mail.

We may collect and aggregate information to develop our website, or to optimise website operation. In order to continually enhance the site's features, performance, and relevancy to you we may collect certain information (such as your browser and platform type, and the site you have come from) using cookies. Other site data such as how visitors use the site may also be collected to monitor site performance and develop future enhancements. This data will generally be grouped to measure trends. Where individual activity may be collected, this will not be disclosed to third parties. Aggregate information may be used to provide summary reports to third parties for marketing, advertising or research purposes. Details that identify you personally will not appear in these summary reports.

We may use Session Variables and Cookies data for session management purposes only. Session Variables may be used to record how long since you logged on to a community area and maintain your preferences for your visit. Cookies may be used to record how long since you last completed an on-line poll. This will allow us to improve site operation by making sure the same person cannot cast multiple votes in on- line polls, or by allowing you to re-renter the site shortly after exiting without the need to log in again.