Helios Education Foundation Privacy Policy
Helios Education Foundation is committed to respecting the privacy of its online visitors. This statement discloses this website’s privacy practices involving the information collected.
Information Gathering and Use
Helios welcomes the public to visit its website, which visitors can browse without submitting any personal information online. Visitors may choose to sign up to receive information from Helios through its newsletter and to access research reports.
Following registration on the website, Helios will send newsletters, event invitations and other information via email. The information guests enter is provided on a confidential basis to one or more third-party service providers that we engage to maintain contact databases and/or send messages on Helios’ behalf. Information that is provided by the user will not be forwarded, traded or sold to outside organizations/entities.
Helios’ marketing emails provide the option to unsubscribe if the recipient desires to no longer receive these messages.
Technology and Tracking
Helios uses Google Analytics to monitor website traffic. No personal information is collected during this process.
External Links
Helios’ website provides links to other websites and resources that may be useful to visitors. These links connect to sites operated by third parties with varying privacy practices. When leaving Helios’ website it is recommended that visitors check the privacy policy of the new site before submitting information to these third parties.
Copyrights
Copyright of the text materials contained on Helios’ website is owned by Helios Education Foundation.
Permission to reproduce materials for commercial use (e.g., book publishing) must be obtained in writing. Text materials included in this site may not be modified in any way.
The site may also offer software, graphic images, data and other non-text-based materials. All rights to these materials are reserved to Helios Education Foundation and/or the copyright owners who license such materials to Helios.
Photography and Videography
By attending a Helios event, attendees give Helios consent to copyright and publish all photographs and/or videos and/or voice recordings taken that they appear in. These materials may be used for marketing and communications materials that include website and social media content, other online and print publications, advertising purposes, etc.
Credit lines for various images used on Helios’ website, if applicable, are specified. If no specific credit line is noted for an image, however, it is to be considered covered by site-wide copyright of Helios Education Foundation. As with all other content, images from the website may not be reproduced in any form without written consent of Helios Education Foundation.
If you have questions about Helios’ privacy policy, information you have submitted or the use of information collected, please contact our Communications team at communications@helios.org.