Definition of the Information Dezigns by T gathers and
keeps track of.
Dezigns by T gathers
two types of information about users:
Information that users provide through optional,
voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to
receive our electronic newsletters, download e-guides or
whitepapers, to leave comments on our blog(s), to join our
mailing list, and from participation in polls and surveys.
Information Dezigns by T gathers through aggregated
tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views
throughout our sites. This information allows us to better
tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our
advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics
of our audience. Under no circumstances does Dezigns by T
divulge any information about an individual user to a third
party.
Dezigns by T Gathers User Information In The Following
Processes:
Optional Voluntary Information
We offer the following free services, which require some
type of voluntary submission of personal information by
users:
1. Electronic Newsletters. We offer a free
electronic newsletter to users. Dezigns by T gathers the
email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users
may remove themselves from this mailing list by following
the link provided in every newsletter that points users to
the subscription management page.
2. Blog(s). Users of the site's blog(s) must
register separately for these services in order to post
comments or reply to posts and/or other users comments,
although they needn't register to visit the site. During
registration the user is required to supply a username,
password, and email address.
3. Polling.
We may offer interactive polls to users
so they can easily share their opinions with other users and
see what our audience thinks about important issues.
Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are
not identifiable to any particular user. Dezigns by T may
use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they
can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not
correlated with information about individual users.
4. Surveys. Dezigns by T may occasionally conduct
user surveys to better target our content to our audience.
We never share any of this information about specific
individuals with any third party.
5. White Papers and E-guides.
Children
Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly
request personally identifiable information from anyone
under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.
Usage Tracking
Dezigns by T tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of
our sites. However, we do not correlate this information
with data about individual users. Dezigns by T does break
down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain
name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this
information from the browser string (information contained
in every user's browser).
Dezigns by T sometimes tracks and catalogs the search
terms that users enter in our Search function, but this
tracking is never associated with individual users. We use
tracking information to determine which areas of our sites
users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas.
We do not track what individual users read, but rather how
well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to
build a better service for you.
When we send emails to our own registered subscribers,
we'll sometimes track who opened and who clicked. We do this
to measure the performance of our email campaigns, and to
improve our offerings to specific customer segments.
Cookies
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser
files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain
Personal Information although it will enable us to relate
your use of this site to information that you have
specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal
information a cookie can contain is information you supply
yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or
read cookie files created by other sites. Dezigns by T uses
cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above).
Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better
track ad impressions and click rates.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your
browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before
accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with
each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to
use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate
actively in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.
Use of Information
Dezigns by T uses any information voluntarily given by our
users to enhance their experience in our network of sites,
whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on
the sites or to better prepare future content based on the
interests of our users. The information we collect is used
for internal review and to improve the content of our web
pages and is then discarded.
As stated above, we use information that users
voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic
newsletters and to enable users to participate in blogs and
surveys. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular
schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally
send out special editions when we think subscribers might be
particularly interested in something we are doing.
Dezigns by T never shares newsletter mailing lists with any
third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas
of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to
those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but
rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us
continue to build a better service for you. We track search
terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of
what interests our users. But we don't track which terms a
particular user enters.
We will not disclose any information about any individual
user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal
process or to protect the personal safety of our users or
the public.
Sharing of the Information
We will not share information about individual users with
any third party, except to comply with applicable law or
valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our
users or the public.
Security
Dezigns by T operates secure data networks protected by
industry standard firewall and password protection systems.
Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed
and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals
have access to the information provided by our customers.
Our order pages are served through a secure HTTPS
connection using industry standard 128-bit SSL V2/V3
encryption.
Opt-Out Policy
We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such
choices include:
-
Opting not to register to receive our electronic
newsletters.
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Opting not to participate in certain interactive
areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather
any personally identifiable information from our users
Your Consent
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of
this information by Dezigns by T. If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so
that you are always aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.
