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Privacy Policy
Introduction
We take your right to privacy seriously and want you to
feel comfortable using our web site. This Privacy Policy deals with
personally identifiable information (referred to as Data below) that
may be collected by us on our site. This Policy does not apply to other
entities that we do not own or control or persons that are not our
employees, agents or within our control. Please take time to read our
Terms of Use.
1. Collection of Data
Our registration process
requires only a valid e-mail address and a unique user ID and password.
Providing us with other information is at your option. Please take note
that your user name, e-mail address, or other submissions that you make
on this site may contain your real name or other personally
identifiable information and, as a result, may appear on this site.
Like many web sites, we may also automatically receive general
information that is contained in our server log files such as your IP
address and cookie information. Information about how advertising may
be served on this site (if at all) is set forth below.
2. Use of Data
We
may use Data to customize and improve your user experience on this
site. We will make efforts so that your Data will not be provided to
third parties unless (i) provided for otherwise in this Privacy Policy;
(ii) we obtain your consent, such as when you choose to opt-in or
opt-out to the sharing of Data; (iii) a service provided on our site
requires the interaction with or is provided by a third party, by way
of example an Application Service Provider; (iv) pursuant to legal
process or law enforcement; (v) we find that your use of this site
violates this Policy, Terms of Service, other usage guidelines or as
deemed reasonably necessary by us to protect our legal rights and/or
property; (vi) or (vi) this site is purchased by a third party whereby
that third party will be able to use the Data in the same manner as we
can as set forth in this Policy. In the event you choose to use links
that appear on our site to visit other web sites, you are advised to
read the privacy policies that appear on those sites.
3. Cookies
Like
many web sites, we set and use cookies to enhance your user experience,
such as retaining your personal settings. Advertisements may appear on
our web site and, if so, may set and access cookies on your computer
and is subject to the privacy policy of those parties providing the
advertisement. However, the companies serving the advertising do not
have access to our cookies. These companies usually use non-personally
identifiable or anonymous codes to obtain information about your visits
to our site.
4. Children
We do not allow persons under the
age of thirteen (13) to become members of this site. For more
information, please contact our webmaster* at info@designgadgets.com
5. Editing or Deleting Your Account Information
We
provide you with the ability to edit the information in your user
account information that you provided to us in registration by using
your personal page configuration area. You may request deletion of your
user account by contacting our webmaster* at info@designgadgets.com.
Content or other data that you may have provided to us and that is not
contained within your user account, such as posts that may appear
within our forums, may continue to remain on our site at our discretion
even though your user account is deleted. Please see our Terms of Use
for more information.
6. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We
may make changes to this Policy from time to time. We will notify you
of substantial changes to this Policy either by posting a prominent
announcement on our site and/or by sending a message to the e-mail
address you have provided to us that is contained within your user
settings.
7. No guarantees
While this Privacy Policy states
our standards for maintenance of Data and we will make efforts to meet
them, we are not in a position to guarantee these standards. There may
be factors beyond our control that may result in disclosure of data. As
a consequence, we disclaim any warranties or representations relating
to maintenance or nondisclosure of Data.
8. Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Policy or our web site, please feel free to contact us at info@designgadgets.com
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