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Privacy Statement
 

Online Design Studios is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Online Design Studios Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Online Design Studios website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Online Design Studios collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Online Design Studios also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Online Design Studios. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Online Design Studios for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Online Design Studios Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Online Design Studios public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Online Design Studios does not read any of your private online communications.

Online Design Studios encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Online Design Studios so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Online Design Studios is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Online Design Studios and Online Design Studios family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Online Design Studios collects and uses your personal information to operate the Online Design Studios Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Online Design Studios also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Online Design Studios and its affiliates. Online Design Studios may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Online Design Studios does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Online Design Studios may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Online Design Studios may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Online Design Studios, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Online Design Studios does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Online Design Studios keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Online Design Studios, in order to determine what Online Design Studios services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Online Design Studios to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Online Design Studios Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Online Design Studios or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Online Design Studios; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Online Design Studios, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Online Design Studios Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Online Design Studios pages, or register with Online Design Studios site or services, a cookie helps Online Design Studios to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Online Design Studios Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Online Design Studios features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Online Design Studios services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Online Design Studios secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Online Design Studios secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Online Design Studios will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Online Design Studios encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Online Design Studios is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Online Design Studios welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Online Design Studios has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Online Design Studios at admin@onlinedesignstudios.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.