This privacy statement describes what information we at Oraura collect on our website www.oraura.com, and how we use this information. If you have any questions about this statement or your personal information, please contact us at secretariat (at)oraura.com.

This website is operated by Oraura. Any personal data communicated to Oraura processed and used by Oraura in accordance with the provisions of the Belgian law dated December 8, 1992, on the protection of private life and processing of personal data as amended from time to time.

Collection, retention and updating of your personal information

You do not have to give us any personal information in order to use this website. However, if you wish to take advantage of the personalised services that we offer, you will need to provide us with certain information about yourself.

For instance, if you wish to upload your Research Profile or Venture Profile in order to participate at one of the Innovation Challenges, or if you wish to participate as expert in one of the expert panels, or if you wish to register for one of our events, you will need to register for the website first.

The following information is mandatory when you register online: first name, last name, title, country and e-mail address. Your e-mail address will function as your username. 

Through your user profile you can take the opportunity to let us know more about your preferences and experience so that we can fine-tune our services at all times. You may edit, review and correct this information by updating your user profile online at any time.

You are responsible for all use of the site made by you or anyone else using your Login details and for preventing unauthorised use of your Login details. If you believe there has been any breach of security such as the disclosure, theft or unauthorised use of your Login, you must notify us  immediately by e-mailing secretariat (AT) oraura.com.

The database which results from the collection of profiles is the property of Oraura. It is protected by national and international rules governing author's rights, including the Belgian law dated June 30, 1994. It is also protected by the Belgian Law dated August 31, 1998 on the legal protection of the databases implementing the directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996.

By using this site, you acknowledge and guarantee us that you have obtained the prior consent of any person or organisation concerned with the data you provide. You guarantee that your data are correct and accurate. You acknowledge that you use the services on our site exclusively within the framework of your commercial and professional activity.

How we use and with whom we share your information

We will use your personal information to manage your registration and allow you to benefit from the services on our website.

We will not share personal data with third parties unless (i) you have agreed to doing so OR (ii) we need to share these data with third parties involved in delivering our services, like: members of selection committees, expert panelsand juries, participants at Oraura events. In such event, we will use our best efforts to ensure that such third party processes the data under similar conditions and complies with the legal requirements governing the processing of personal data. 

We may use aggregated information for the purposes of tracking usage of the website and in order to help up improve our website and for research and analysis purposes. We may pass this information to third parties. The aggregate information and statistics will not, however, include details that can be used to identify you. Except as set out in this statement, we do not share, sell or transfer your information to anyone else.

Marketing

We would like to keep you up to date, by email, with details of our services, or those of carefully selected third parties, using the information that you have supplied, but only with your permission.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of your computer's hard drive. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.
When you visit our website we send you a cookie. Cookies may be used in the following ways:

• To help us recognise you as a unique visitor (just a number) when you return to our website and to allow us to tailor content or advertisements to match your preferred interests or to avoid showing you the same adverts repeatedly.
• To compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how users use our site and to help us improve the structure of our website. We cannot identify you personally in this way.

Two types of cookies may be used on this website, session cookies, which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site, and persistent cookies which remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie).

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled.

We may use a third party to serve advertisements on our site. Cookies may be associated with these advertisements to enable the advertiser to track the number of anonymous users responding to the campaign. We do not have access to or control of cookies placed by third parties.

Links

Our site contains links to other websites over which we have no control. We are not responsible for privacy policies or practices of other websites to which you choose to link from this site.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those other web sites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your information.

Security

We have implemented reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorised access, use, alteration or
disclosure. However, the Internet is an open system and we cannot guarantee that unauthorised third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes

Your right to access information

You are entitled to see the information held about you. If you wish to do this, please contact us at secretariat (AT) oraura.com. Please note that in certain circumstances we may withhold access to your information where we have the right to do so under current data protection legislation.

Changes to this privacy statement

If our privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page.

Regularly reviewing this page ensures that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.

This privacy statement was last updated on 24 February 2009 and replaces all previous editions.