AURORA INC LIMITED Apps Privacy & Support
Privacy
1 Who we are
AURORA INC LIMITED, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong under company registration number 70072601 and having its registered office at ROOM 1201, 12/F., CORE45, 43 TSUN YIP STREET, KWUN TONG KLN, HONG KONG (“AURORA INC LIMITED”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is the controller for the purpose of this privacy notice.
2 Who does this notice apply to?
Our website https://aurora-bliss.github.io/ is intended for use by adults who wish to learn about our products and services, and who wish to purchase, through a user account on our website, subscriptions to access digital content on the mobile applications we make available for download through app stores from time to time (each a “AURORA INC LIMITED App”). As such, any feature of the website that permits the input of personal data, for example by placing an order for a paid subscription or subscribing to newsletters or other publications, are only intended for use by an adult and is generally placed in areas of our website directed to adults only.
Each AURORA INC LIMITED App is intended for use by children under adult supervision. We do not knowingly process children’s personal data. AURORA INC LIMITED Apps provide numerous activities and features for children that do not require the processing of personal data. Any feature of a AURORA INC LIMITED App that allows in-app purchases is only intended for adults, and is operated by the relevant App Channel Provider (as defined below).
This notice applies to you when you access, browse and use our website (through various domains) and AURORA INC LIMITED Apps, join our mailing lists to receive our newsletter communications, and interact with us on the website, our social media pages, by telephone, email and by other means.
If you are an educator and have received a complementary subscription for a AURORA INC LIMITED App, to the extent that you disclose to us an email address of any other person (e.g. an email address of a student’s parent) you confirm that you have their prior authority to disclose their email address to us.
AURORA INC LIMITED Apps are only available for download from app stores made available by authorised app channel providers (for example, Apple’s App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore or such other app store as we may authorise) (an “App Channel Provider”). If you make any in-app purchases on a AURORA INC LIMITED App, the privacy notices of the relevant App Channel Provider will also apply in respect of the personal data it controls and processes.
We strive to comply with the United States’ Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
3 Types of personal data we process
“Personal data” means information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include information where an individual’s identity has been removed (anonymous data). Throughout this privacy notice we use the term “processing” to refer to all activities involving your personal data, including collecting, handling, storing, sharing, accessing, using, transferring, erasing and disposing of it.
The personal data we receive about you depends on how you interact with us, and whether you are using our website or a AURORA INC LIMITED App. For this reason, we have distinguished parts of this privacy notice to describe our data protection practices in relation to our website and AURORA INC LIMITED Apps.
Website: Typically, we process the following kinds of personal data when you use our website:
- Identity and Contact Data includes your name, email address, country of residence, authentication token for social media accounts and any personal data provided when contacting us, and in respect of educators only, the school you are affiliated with, your role/job title, class (grade) type and the city or town and country where your school is located;
- Profile Data includes your email address, password (which we pseudonymise), login and user account details, preferences, subscriptions purchased, gift codes and their expiry dates, the online channel through which you created your user account, feedback and survey responses;
- Transaction Data (Website) includes details about payments from and to you and other details of digital content you have subscribed for with us. However, this does not include payment card or bank details, as you provide this information directly to the secure payments service providers we make available to you on our website;
- Technical Data (Website) may include internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, country and language, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access our website;
- Usage Data (Website) includes information about how you use our website such as the services you view or search for, page response times, download errors, length of visits and page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs), traffic data, web logs and other communication data and the resources that you access; and
- Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving electronic newsletters and marketing communications from us and your communication preferences.
AURORA INC LIMITED Apps: Typically, we process the following kinds of personal data when you use a AURORA INC LIMITED App:
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- User Account Data includes your email address, the online channel through which you created your user account, country of residence, subscriptions purchased, gift codes and their expiry dates, and in respect of educators only, your name, the school you are affiliated with, your role, class (grade) type and the city or town and the country where your school is located;
- Transaction Data (App) relates to your making of an in-app purchase on a AURORA INC LIMITED App. However, your App Channel Provider only provides us with aggregated information so that we know how many users purchase content for AURORA INC LIMITED Apps via the App Channel Provider, but we do not know the actual identity of those users (including you). Please consult your App Channel Provider’s privacy notices for information on how they process this type of personal data;
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- Technical Data (App) except as described below in respect of our older apps, AURORA INC LIMITED Apps do not collect your device ID. Instead, we create an anonymous ID in respect of your device, which is a random alphanumeric value but not linked to a device ID, so that we know generally the time zone setting and location, country and language, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices used to access AURORA INC LIMITED Apps, but not specifically relating to you or your device. For certain older AURORA INC LIMITED Apps, namely Chug Patrol (iOS), Mother Goose Club, Beauty & The Beast (Google Play), The Very Hungry Caterpillar Play & Explore (Google Play), for which we may process an IDFA (Identifier for Advertising) or Google advertising ID, we may process in respect of your device the time zone setting and location, country and language, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access AURORA INC LIMITED Apps;
- Usage Data (App) except as described below in respect of our older apps, AURORA INC LIMITED Apps do not collect your device ID. Instead, we create an anonymous ID in respect of your device, which is a random alphanumeric value but not linked to a device ID, so that we know generally (but not specific to you) information on use of a AURORA INC LIMITED App, length and frequency of use, content use (e.g. pages, game play or video watched), information regarding the volume and status of data transmission, page interaction information, activity completion information, click-through statistics, and the date and time users access certain parts of a AURORA INC LIMITED App. For certain older AURORA INC LIMITED Apps, namely Chug Patrol (iOS), Mother Goose Club, Beauty & The Beast (Google Play), The Very Hungry Caterpillar Play & Explore (Google Play), we may process an IDFA (Identifier for Advertising) or Google advertising ID, which may allow us to know in respect of your device information on how you use a AURORA INC LIMITED App, length and frequency of use, content use (e.g. pages, game play or video watched), information regarding the volume and status of data transmission, page interaction information, activity completion information, click-through statistics, and the date and time you access certain parts of your AURORA INC LIMITED App.
Website and AURORA INC LIMITED Apps: We also collect, use and share aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data for various purposes. Aggregated data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website or AURORA INC LIMITED App feature. However, if we combine or connect aggregated data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice. We do not collect any special categories of personal data about you (this is personal data that reveals racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs or trade union membership; genetic data; biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying an individual or data concerning health or sexual orientation). Where we need to collect personal data by law, and you do not provide that personal data when requested, you may not be able to subscribe for or use some of our products or services. We will let you know at the time of collecting personal data from you whether you must provide the personal data in order to receive any of our products or services, and whether the provision of personal data requested by us is optional.
4 How your personal data is received
We may receive your personal data through various means including:
- Direct interactions: As a user of our website, you may give us your Identity and Contact Data, Profile Data and Transaction Data (Website) by creating and managing your user account, purchasing and subscribing for our products, using gift codes, selecting preferences, filling in website forms, sharing product details or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, social media or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you enter a promotion or survey, give us feedback or contact us.
- Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our website we collect Technical Data (Website) and Usage Data (Website). We collect this by using cookies, tracking codes and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data if you visit other websites using our cookies.
- Third party sources:
For website users only, we may receive personal data about you from third parties, as set out below:
- Technical Data (Website) from the following parties: We use Google Analytics to better understand the use of our website (which is intended for adults only). These features use cookies and anonymous identifiers to collect information and help target advertising; we also receive this kind of data from advertising networks such as Google Ads;
- Identity and Contact Data and Transaction Data (Website) from providers of payment services, namely Stripe;
- Identity and Contact Data when you create a user account or login using the services of third parties such as Facebook, Apple or Google; and
- Identity and Contact Data (specifically your email address) from Mailchimp when you subscribe for our newsletters.
For AURORA INC LIMITED Apps only, we may receive personal data about you from third parties, as set out below:
- Transaction Data (App) from App Channel Operators when you make in-app purchases through an App Channel Operator. However, the App Channel Operator provides us with aggregated and de-identified information so we do not know it is specific to you or your device. Please refer to your App Channel Operator’s privacy notices;
- Technical Data (App) and Usage Data (App) from App Channel Operators relating to analytics. However, the App Channel Operator provides us with aggregated and de-identified information so we do not know it is specific to you or your device. Some App Channel Operators seek your express agreement before they will share this de-identified analytics information. Please refer to your App Channel Operator’s privacy notices; and
- Technical Data (App), namely an IDFA (Identifier for Advertising) or Google advertising ID linked to a device, from Appsflyer if you use certain older AURORA INC LIMITED Apps, namely Chug Patrol (iOS), Mother Goose Club, Beauty & The Beast (Google Play), The Very Hungry Caterpillar Play & Explore (Google Play).
5 How we use your personal data
We have set out below a description of the ways we typically process your personal data when you use our website and AURORA INC LIMITED Apps, and the legal reasons we rely on to do so.
Website only