Last Updated: April 04, 2020

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Privacy Policy

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Aurora Design Solutions operates this website.

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. 

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We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. 

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Information Collection And Use

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We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

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Types of Data Collected

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Personal Data

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While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally, identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address

• First name and last name

• Phone number

• Address, State, ZIP/Postal code, City

• Cookies and Usage Data​

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Usage Data

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We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

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Tracking & Cookies Data

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We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

• Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.

• Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.

• Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

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Use of Data

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Aurora Design Solutions uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain the Service

• To notify you about changes to our Service

• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so

• To provide customer care and support

• To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service

• To monitor the usage of the Service

• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

 

Transfer Of Data

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Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Malta and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Malta and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Aurora Design Solutions will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

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Disclosure Of Data

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Legal Requirements

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Aurora Design Solutions may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation

• To protect and defend the rights or property of Aurora Design Solutions

• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public

• To protect against legal liability

 

Security Of Data

 

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

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Service Providers

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We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

 

Analytics

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We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

• Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

 

Links To Other Sites

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Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

 

Children's Privacy

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Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

 

Changes To This Privacy Policy

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We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

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Contact Us

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If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By email: david@auroradesignsolutions.com

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Terms & Conditions

 

​The following terms and conditions apply to all website design & development services provided by the Contractor to the Client. By doing business with Aurora Design Solutions (the Contractor), the Client is hereby attesting to the fact that he has carefully read this. Unless the Client requested a formal document from the Contractor, anything exchanged over email is considered as agreement of the work that will be carried out on the agreed price accepted by the Client from the Contractor. Unless specified in a formal document, it is considered that the Contractor will carry out up to 2 (two) revisions free of charge.

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Commencement of Work

The deposit payment made by the Client to the Contractor of the initial non‐refundable deposit on account of the final price is to be considered an acceptance of the contract for work.

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Additional Expenses
Client hereby unequivocally agrees to reimburse the Contractor for any additional expenses necessary for the completion of the work as long as the Contractor has duly notified the Client of the requirement of said additional works. Additional works shall include, but are not limited to, custom photography, content creation or development, purchases of special fonts or stock photography.
 

Domain Names & Hosting
The Client hereby declares that he is aware that the Contractor does not provide any website hosting services. The hosting of the website shall be the responsibility of third parties to this agreement. While the third party is chosen based on a trusting and successful relationship in the past, the Contractor is not responsible for any shortcomings or errors that may occur on the part of the third parties. 
The Contractor hereby declares that the website shall be hosted by Wix.com. The Client hereby declares that he is familiar with the terms of services of the website Wix.com. For ease of reference said terms of services can be found at; https://www.wix.com/about/terms‐of‐use.

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Backup of Website and Data
The Client hereby declares that he shall be responsible for the backup of website data. In the rare eventuality of data loss or the momentary interruption of service, the Client hereby declares that he does not hold the Contractor responsible nor liable for any damages or losses he may suffer as a result of said eventuality.

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Transfer of Ownership
Upon final payment, the Contractor shall transfer all ownership of the website and its software to the Client. Should the Client separately agree to a monthly maintenance plan we will transfer the site to the Client and the Contractor shall remain as an administrator on the account for maintenance purposes.
Upon website transfer, it is the Client shall at all times ensure that the domains and subscriptions are paid annually. If the Client fails to pay the fees associated thereto, the parties agree that the Contractor shall in no way be liable nor responsible for the cancellation of the domain or subscription plans.

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Search Engines
The Client is aware of the fact that the Contractor does not in any way guarantee the position of the website, or any of its pages, a certain position on any search engine. In scenarios that we offer "Search engine friendly" or "SEO researched content" these items still do not guarantee a position on search engines.

 

Marketing
The Contractor holds the right to showcase the website created for the client, in his portfolio as well as it can be used for marketing purposes. 

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Limitations
If the Client requests some custom design or behavioral flow on the website which cannot be implemented due to the limitations of the platform (Wix.com), the Client hereby declares and understand that this is not the Contractor’s responsibility and the will hold Aurora Design Solutions and David Vella free from any liability.

 

Browsers
The Contractor hereby declares that it will make every effort to ensure websites are designed to be viewed by most visitors. The Client is however aware of the fact that the website shall be designed to work with the most popular current browsers which include Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge. Client agrees that the Contractor cannot guarantee the correct functionality with all browser software across different operating systems. The Contractor cannot accept any responsibility for web pages which do not display appropriately in any web browser released or updated after the completion of the website. As such, the Parties agree that any work needed in order to ensure that that the website is updated in such a manner that would make it function appropriately within any new version of the mentioned Web Browsers, or any other different Web Browser shall be charged at an extra cost chargeable to the Client by the Contractor and agreed to between the parties on an ad hoc basis.
 

Termination of Contract
The Client shall not have the possibility to cancel this contract after the project has commenced. If, after commencing the project, the Client decides not to continue with project development, then the Client is obliged to pay the Contractor an additional 40% of the price quoted in this agreement as a penalty, which penalty shall be in the form of pre‐liquidated damages which shall not be subject to revision or abetment by any court of Law.
 

Governing Law
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with the Laws of Malta, and the Maltese Courts shall have jurisdiction to decide any matter arising out of this agreement.
Should any one clause, or part of any clause, of this agreement be deemed to be against the Law, this shall in no way affect the entirety of this agreement. Furthermore, the Parties agree that in said circumstances they shall make their best endeavors to achieve as closely as possible the aim of any clause, or part of a clause, that be deemed to be illegal.
 

Disclaimer
The Contractor shall not be held responsible for any kind of media or content published on the Client’s website. The Client hereby declares that he is aware that it is the Client’s responsibility to ensure that the contents of the website do not breach any applicable law. The Client hereby hold Aurora Design Solutions and David Vella free from any liability that may emerge as a result of the work carried out in terms of said agreement. Should Aurora Design Solutions and David Vella suffer any financial damage for any reason as a result of this agreement,  you hereby bind yourself to fully indemnify  Aurora Design Solutions and David Vella for any harm or loss of any type caused to Aurora Design Solutions and David Vella.
 

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