If users have questions or concerns regarding this statement, they should first contact Justin Boeckman by email sent to justin@propertydesigns.com.
Information Collection
Information Collection
PropertyDesigns.com is the sole owner of the information
collected on PropertyDesigns.com. PropertyDesigns.com collects
information from our users at several different points
on our Web site.
Registration
In order to use this Web site, a user must first complete
the registration form. During registration a user [is required
to] give[s] contact information (such as name and email
address). We use this information to contact the user about
services on our site for which he has expressed interest.
PropertyDesigns.com will never share your personal information
without your expressed permission to do so.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form.
A user must provide contact information (such as name,
email, and shipping address) and financial information
(such as credit card number, expiration date). This information
is used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s
orders. If we have trouble processing an order, the information
is used to contact the user.
Information Use
Profile
We store information that we collect through cookies, log
files, clear gifs, and/or third parties to create a profile
of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep
on individual users that details their viewing preferences.
Consequently, collected information is tied to the users
personally identifiable information to provide offers and
improve the content of the site for the user. This profile
is used to tailor a user’s visit to our Web site,
and to direct pertinent marketing promotions to them. We
do not share your profile with other third parties.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s
computer tied to information about the user. Usage of a
cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable
information while on our site. We use both session ID cookies
and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once
users close the browser, the cookie simply terminates.
A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the
user’s hard drive for an extended period of time.
Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet
browser help file directions.
By setting a cookie on our site, users would not have to
log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while
on our site. If users reject the cookie, they may still
use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user
will be limited in some areas of our site. Persistent cookies
enable us to track and target the interests of our users
to enhance the experience on our site. See the “Profile” section.
Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for
example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or
control over these cookies, once we have given permission
for them to set cookies for advertising.
Third Party Advertising
The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to users
by various means. This privacy statement covers the use
of cookies by PropertyDesigns.com only and does not cover
the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This
includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type,
internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages,
platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to
analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s
movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic
information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not
linked to personally identifiable information.
Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
We employ [or our third party advertising company employs]
a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web
Bugs), that help us better manage content on our site by
informing us what content is effective. Clear gifs are
tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function
to cookies, and are used to track the online movements
of Web users. The main difference between the two is that
clear gifs are invisible on the page and are much smaller,
about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.
Clear gifs are not tied to users’ personally identifiable
information.
Clear Gifs can "work with" existing cookies on
a computer if they are both from the same Web site or advertising
company. That means, for example, that if a person visited “www.companyX.com”,
which uses an advertising company's clear gif, the Web
site [or advertising company] would match the clear gif's
identifier and the advertising company's cookie ID number,
to show the past online behavior for that computer. This
collected information would then be given to the advertising
company [or Web site].
In addition, we use clear gifs in our HTML-based emails
to let us know which emails have been opened by the recipients.
This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of certain communications
and the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. If users
would like to opt-out of these emails, please see the Opt-out
section.
Communications from the Site
Special Offers and Updates
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password
and username. Established members will occasionally receive
information on products, services, special deals, and a
newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users
we present the option to not receive these types of communications.
Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask
for contact information such as name and email address.
Out of respect for our users privacy we provide a way to
opt-out of these communications. Please see the Choice
and Opt-out sections.
Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly
service related announcement. For instance, if our service
is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send
users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these
communications, though they can deactivate their account.
However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
Customer Service
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide
requested services and in regards to issues relating to
their account we reply via email or phone, in accordance
with the users wishes.
Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we
may need to disclose personal information when required
by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action
is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding,
a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Third Party Advertisers
PropertyDesigns.com shares Web site usage information about
users with a reputable third parties for the purpose
of targeting our Internet banner advertisements on this
site and other sites. For example, PropertyDesigns.com
uses cookies and clear GIFs on this site, which allow
them to recognize a user's cookie when a user visits
this site. The information they collect and share through
this technology is not personally identifiable.
These are the instances in which we will share
users’ personal information:
Service Providers
We partner with other third parties to provide specific
services. [For example, custom Flash design] When the user
signs up for these particular services, we share names,
or other contact information that is necessary for the
third party to provide these services. These third parties
are not allowed to use personally identifiable information
except for the purpose of providing these services.
Business Transitions
In the event PropertyDesigns.com goes through a business
transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another
company, or selling a portion of its assets, users’ personal
information will, in most instances, be part of the assets
transferred.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of
having their information used for purposes not directly
related to our site at the point where we ask for information.
For example, our order form has an ‘opt-out’ mechanism
so users who buy a product from us, but don’t want
any marketing material, can keep their email address off
of our lists.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter and
promotional communications may opt-out of receiving these
communications by replying to unsubscribe in the subject
line in the email or email us at info@propertydesigns.com.
Users of our site are always notified when their information
is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so
our users can make an informed choice as to whether or
not they should proceed with services that require an outside
party.
Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be
aware that we, PropertyDesigns.com, are not responsible
for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage
our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every Web site that
collects personally identifiable information. This privacy
statement applies solely to information collected by this
Web site.
Surveys [& Contests]
From time-to-time our site requests information from users
via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys
or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore
has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
The requested information typically includes contact information
(such as name and shipping address), and demographic information
(such as zip code). Contact information will be used shared
with the contest [survey] sponsors to notify the winners
and award prizes. Anonymous Survey information will be
used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and
satisfaction of this site. Users’ personally identifiable
information is not shared with third parties unless we
give prior notice and choice. Though we may use an intermediary
to conduct these surveys or contests, they may not use
users’ personally identifiable information for any
secondary purposes.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing
a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend’s
name and email address. PropertyDesigns.com will automatically
send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit
the site. PropertyDesigns.com stores this information for
the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking
the success of our referral program. The friend may contact
PropertyDesigns.com at info@propertydesigns.com to request
the removal of this information from our database.
Chat Rooms, Message Boards,
and Public Forums
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose
personal information online - for example on message boards,
through e-mail, or in chat areas - that information can
be collected and used by others. In short, by posting personal
information online that is publicly accessible, you may
receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ information.
When users submit sensitive information via the Web site,
their information is protected both online and off-line.
If users have any questions about the security at our Web
site, users can send an email to info@propertydesigns.com.
Supplementation of Information
In order for this Web site to properly fulfill its obligation
to users it is necessary for us to supplement the information
we receive with information from 3rd party sources.
ID [Address] Verification
ID verification may be necessary for transactional requests,
when a user purchases a product from our site, for example.
Enhancement of Marketing Profile
We purchase third party marketing data and add it to our
existing user database to better target our advertising
and provide pertinent offers we think our users would be
interested in. We use this information to enhance or overlay
the ‘profile’ of individual users. This aggregate
marketing data is therefore tied to the users’ personally
identifiable information. See also the “Profile.”
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes
(such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), or
if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way
to correct, update or delete/deactivate users’ personally
identifiable information. This can usually be done at the
by emailing our Customer Support at info@propertydesigns.com.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post
those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage,
and other places we deem appropriate so our users are
always aware of what information we collect, how we use
it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose
it.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our
privacy policy, please contact
us.
