Terms and Privacy Policy

The Sustainable Sky Institute (Sustainable Sky Ltd.) is bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Australian Commonwealth) which sets out a number of principles concerning the privacy of individuals. Accordingly, we have enacted the following website privacy policy and terms that apply to all parts of this website.

What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a form, register, or visit our website.
For each visitor to reach the site, we collect the following non-personally identifiable information: browser type, version and language, operating system, pages viewed while browsing the Site, page access times and referring website address. This collected information is used solely for the purpose of gauging visitor traffic, trends and delivering personalized content to you while you are at this Site.
When subscribing to our newsletter, filling out a form, or registering for any of our activities, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information, medical details or other information. You may, however, visit our the top pages of our site anonymously.

What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  • To personalize your experience on the website, and to improve our website,
  • To administer our programs in furtherance of our charitable mission, including charging participants for those activities,
  • To send periodic emails.

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the program requested.
The email address you provide for any part of the site, may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to the context in which you provided it, in addition to receiving occasional Sustainable Sky news, updates, related program information, and so on. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. All our online transactions make use of Stripe, an industry leader in payment protection.
After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.

Do we use cookies?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our activities, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

By using our site, you consent to our online privacy policy.

Accessing Your Personal Information
You have a right to access your personal information, subject to exceptions allowed by law. If you would like to do so, please let us know. You may be required to put your request in writing for security reasons. Sustainable Sky reserves the right to charge a fee for searching for, and providing access to, your information on a per request basis.

Operation of Sustainable Sky privacy policies
It should also be noted that as a condition to participation in any Sustainable Sky activity, whether online or in the physical world, participants grant permission to Sustainable Sky to:

  • Use their photograph and/or comments in print, broadcast, online and social media, without further consent and free of charge, acknowledging Sustainable Sky’s right to crop or treat the photograph at its discretion and waiving any right to inspect or approve the finished product, including written copy, wherein their likeness or comments appear.
  • Choose to use their photo/comments at any time, and to discontinue use of photos/comments without notice.

Changes to our Privacy Policy
Sustainable Sky reserves the right to make amendments to this Privacy Policy at any time. If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

Sustainable Sky Disclaimer of Hypertexts
This web site may contain hypertext links to information and websites created and maintained by other public and private organizations and companies. This information and these links are provided for the user's convenience and are not owned or sponsored by Sustainable Sky. Sustainable Sky is not responsible for the content, accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of any websites or information that may be accessed from this site. Furthermore, the inclusion of such links does not constitute or imply an endorsement by Sustainable Sky of any organization or company, or its opinions, products or services. Please use caution and use your best judgment when considering a product or service offered by a linked website.

Sustainable Sky Disclaimer of Endorsement
Any reference obtained from this server to a specific commercial product, process, or service does not constitute or imply an endorsement by Sustainable Sky of the product, process, or service, or its producer or provider. The views and opinions expressed in any referenced document do not necessarily state or reflect those of Sustainable Sky.

Sustainable Sky Disclaimer of Liability
Neither Sustainable Sky nor any of its employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information from this server. Selection criteria for adding resources to Sustainable Sky's outside Internet resources lists are selected based on their usefulness to the aviation community. Because this can encompass many topics, we use evaluation criteria.

Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding any of the above you may contact us via info@sustainablesky.com

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