ESL DESIGNS INC. PRIVACY AND
SECURITY POLICIES
(Please
also visit our Terms of Use section that explains other terms governing use of
our website)
Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. ESL Designs INC. (“ESL Designs INC.”) has prepared these privacy and security policies (“Privacy Policy”) so you may better understand how Designsbyesl.com (“our Site”) may use your personal information in connection with our Site and services, as well as how it protects your information against unauthorized use. Please take the time to review this Privacy Policy and contact us with any questions or concerns.
Your privacy is important to us. ESL Designs INC. (“ESL Designs INC.”) has prepared these privacy and security policies (“Privacy Policy”) so you may better understand how Designsbyesl.com (“our Site”) may use your personal information in connection with our Site and services, as well as how it protects your information against unauthorized use. Please take the time to review this Privacy Policy and contact us with any questions or concerns.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
Personal
Information
Our
Site may ask you to register and provide personal information in certain
instances, such as when you choose to personalize your use of our Site for
environmental interest, when you ask a question of our experts, or when you
contact our customer support group. Personally identifiable information that we
may collect includes your name, e-mail address, and address. ESL Designs INC. may
also collect demographic information such as your age, gender, zip code, and
interests.
If
you choose not to register, you can still use most of our Site, but you won’t
have full access to our user-generated video and blogging channels.
Children’s
Personal Information
ESL
Designs INC. does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information
from users under the age of 13. If we find out that we have such personal
information, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
Website
Usage Information
ESL
Designs INC. tracks navigational data (log files, server logs, click-stream)
and information about how our Site is used by you (through cookies, Internet
tags, or web beacons). We also collect information such as the URL of the
websites you previously visited and the time of day that you use our Site. ESL
Designs INC. also keeps track of the pages you visit within our Site as well as
any transaction details (downloads, orders, requests, or referrals). You can
set your browser to notify you when a cookie is sent, or to refuse or delete
cookies altogether, but in such cases certain features of our Site might not
function as expected.
Third-Party
Ad-Serving Companies
On
our Site, we will display third-party advertisements. While many of these
advertisements are displayed by our site, we may allow third-party ad-serving
companies or ad networks to display advertisements on our Site. Some of these
ad networks may place a persistent cookie in order to recognize your computer
each time they send you an online advertisement. Thus, third party ad-serving
companies or ad networks may compile information about where you are using your
computer, where you saw their advertisements, and which ads are clicked on.
This information allows the third party to deliver targeted advertisements that
they believe will be of most interest to you. ESL Designs INC. does not have
access to the cookies that may be placed by the third-party ad-serving
companies or ad networks. We will not share information that will specifically
identify you to an ad-serving company or ad.
HOW
WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
Personal
Information
ESL
Designs INC. collects, integrates, and uses your personal information to help
enhance and personalize your use of our Site and the products and services that
we may offer. This information also allows us to provide you with targeted
content, information, and advertising (on our Site, in newsletters, via e-mail,
etc.). We also use anonymous and aggregated data to create statistics and
reports for various business purposes. We may aggregate anonymous data and
share it with our advertisers or our partners in order to offer you potentially
desirable products and services.
ESL
Designs INC. may also use your information to communicate via our newsletters,
but only after you give your express permission for such communication. The
exception is the case of “service e-mails,” which we use to communicate with
you regarding the system itself or your use of the system. Examples include
Communication around system downtimes, announcements regarding the launch of
new services, responses to customer service enquires, and messages regarding
the completion of transactions you have initiated.
Website
Usage Information
The
website usage information we collect (e.g., cookies, Internet tags, web
beacons, etc.) is used by ESL Designs INC.to monitor the operation, technical
functions, and quality of our Site and services. This information is also used
to provide general statistics regarding use of our Site. We may also use such
information for research or improvements of our Site and the services we offer
you. This data is also used by ESL Designs INC.to deliver customized content
and advertising to you when your online behavior indicates that you are
interested in a particular subject area (i.e. you’ve communicated to us that
you are particularly interested in recycling).
Disclosure
of Data
ESL
Designs INC. keeps your personally identifiable information confidential. We do
not disclose it to third parties or others that do not have a need to know such
information, except under certain circumstances. Set forth below are various
circumstances under which ESL Designs INC. may share your personal information:
Certain
of our employees and independent contractors have access to your personally
identifiable information for the sole purpose of helping us run our business.
These employees and contractors have confidentiality and security obligations.
We
may disclose your personally identifiable information in the event that we sell
this Site or substantial parts of our business, provided that the buyer agrees
to comply with this Privacy Policy.
We
may share your information with affiliated companies or strategic alliance
partners, provided they comply with this Privacy Policy.
Although
we do not provide your personally identifiable information to our advertising
customers and ad networks, we do aggregate and supply them with anonymous data
(for example, “5,000 members of ESL Designs INC. say that global warming is
their top environmental concern”).
If
you post any information in public areas of our Site, such as blogs or
article-commenting, it will be available to the public and we may reuse and
republish such information at our discretion and in accordance with our Terms
of Use.
We
may also share your personally identifiable information to respond to law
enforcement requests, court orders, or other legal processes; or if we believe
that such disclosure is necessary to investigate, prevent, or respond to
illegal activities, fraud, physical threats to you or others; or as otherwise
required by any applicable law or regulation.
Before
we disclose your personally identifiable information for other reasons, we will
first obtain your consent, via e-mail, click-through, an online opportunity to
enter your preference, or some other manner.
In
the event that we disclose your personally identifiable information as set
forth above, we will require third party organizations to protect and maintain
your personally identifiable information in compliance with the terms and
conditions of this Privacy Policy.
Prohibited
Disclosures
Except
as set forth above, ESL Designs INC. will not disclose your personally
identifiable information to any third party, including advertisers, without
your explicit consent. In addition, ESL Designs INC. will not sell, rent, or
otherwise disclose ESL Designs INC., Inc.’s e-mail list or address list except
as explicitly set forth in this Privacy Policy.
CONTROL
OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
ESL
Designs INC. offers its users choices for the collection, use, and sharing of
personally identifiable information at the time a user decides to register. In
addition, users may stop the delivery of future communications from ESL Designs
INC.by unsubscribing at any time. For instance, each e-mail you receive (aside
from “service e-mails”) contains instructions explaining how to stop receiving
such e-mails.
If
your personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, or
e-mail or postal address), or if you no longer desire our service, we provide a
way for you to correct, update, or delete/deactivate your personally
identifiable information. This can be done by visiting your account page on our
Site or by e-mailing our Customer Support service at info@designsbyesl.com
PROTECTION
OF INFORMATION — SECURITY
ESL
Designs INC.is committed to protecting the security of your personal information.
We use a variety of up-to date security technologies and procedures to help
protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
For example, we store any personal information you provide on computer systems
with limited access. These systems are located in controlled facilities. When
we transmit highly confidential information over the Internet, we protect it
through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
You
should keep in mind that no Internet communication is ever completely secure or
error-free.
CHANGES
TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We
may periodically update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services
and policies. When we post changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the
“last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If there are material
changes to the Privacy Policy or in how ESL Designs INC. will use your personal
information, we will notify you either by posting a prominent notice prior to
implementing the change or by sending you a direct notification. We encourage
you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to be informed of how we are
protecting your information.
CONTACT
INFORMATION
If
you have questions or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy, you should
first write us at info@designsbyesl.com with any questions or concerns. All customer requests will be
formally reviewed by our staff.
Chief
Privacy
ESL
Designs, INC