Last updated: Mar 16, 2026

General. This Privacy Policy describes how Astera Institute (“Astera,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, and discloses information when you visit or use our Site and Services. By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy. We may occasionally change this Privacy Policy to reflect updates and changes in our information collection and disclosure practices. Changes to the Privacy Policy will automatically be effective when it is published on the Site. By visiting our Site or using the Services at any time, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy and any updates to it. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring that you regularly visit the Site and this Privacy Policy to see the most updated Privacy Policy.

Information Collected. If you sign up for our newsletter, you must provide us with your email address which is considered “personal information,” meaning information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be linked to an individual. In addition, as you navigate through and interact with our Site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

Details of your visits to our Site, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Site.

Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

Geo-location information to provide certain location-based services that you request.

If you access our Site through a mobile device, we may additionally collect information such as your unique device identifier, device’s operating system, mobile carrier, location or GPS/geo-location. We obtain this personal information from you either by information you voluntarily provide to us, or by the automatic collection as you use the Site or Services through cookies, log files, or similar technologies.

Cookies and Analytics. We may use cookies, log files, or similar technologies to collect information about how users access and interact with the Site. These technologies help us understand usage patterns, improve the Site, and maintain security. You may configure your browser to refuse cookies, although some portions of the Site may not function properly if cookies are disabled. We may also use third-party analytics providers to help us understand how the Site is used.

Use of personal information. Our primary purpose in collecting your personal information is to provide you with the Services you request and those which we believe will optimize your use of the Site. We may use your personal information for the following purposes, including but not limited to:

For the Services you requested;
To support and enhance the Services you requested;
To contact you with Service updates;
To measure and improve our Services; and
To communicate with you about programs, updates, or resources related to the Site.

Disclosure of your personal information. We may disclose your personal information in response to a request by a law enforcement or government authority (including, but not limited to, national security or law enforcement obligations and applicable law, rule, order, or regulation) or in connection with actual or proposed litigation, if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our Users, or others, or to enforce or apply our rights under the Agreement. We do not sell or share personal information for monetary consideration or for cross-context behavioral advertising.

In addition, we may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

To our partners if you’ve requested their services.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them and not for their own independent purposes.
To operate or conduct maintenance and repair of the Site and/or Services as authorized by law.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about our Users is among the assets transferred.
To act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or members of the public.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

Securing of your personal information. We store and process your information on our services located in the United States. We use a secure server and security protocol to safeguard any information you provide. We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site.

Data Retention. We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Children’s Privacy. The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete it.

Your Privacy Rights. Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding personal information we hold about you, including the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information. To make a request regarding your personal information, please contact us at info@astera.org.