Privacy Policy

Design Depot, Inc. 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 Design Depot, Inc. Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Design Depot, Inc. website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

 

Design Depot, Inc. is strongly committed to preserving the privacy of its customers. This privacy statement lets you know about our policies for the collection and use of information about you and your transactions with us.

When You Create an Account with Us
Our site's registration form asks you to give us contact information, including your billing address, shipping address, credit card information, and email address. You may supply as much or as little of this information as you like. We use the information provided to facilitate any subsequent orders.

When You Place an Order
Our order form asks you to give us information specific to that order, including your billing address, shipping address, credit card information and email address. The information that you provide is used to process and send your orders. We also use the information to contact you if there is a problem with your order. We may also use the information to contact you on our products and services.

Security
All of our transactions automatically take place on a secure server. All of your personal information is encrypted before it is transmitted over the Internet. None of our customers has ever reported fraudulent use of a credit card as a result of purchases made at Design Depot, Inc.

 

Collection of your Personal Information

Design Depot, Inc. collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Design Depot, Inc. 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 Design Depot, Inc. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Design Depot, Inc. for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Design Depot, Inc.

 

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

 

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

 

Use of your Personal Information

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

 

Design Depot, Inc. does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Design Depot, Inc. 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, Design Depot, Inc. 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 Design Depot, Inc., and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

 

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

 

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

 

Design Depot, Inc. 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 Design Depot, Inc. or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Design Depot, Inc.; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Design Depot, Inc., or the public.

 

Use of Cookies
The Design Depot, Inc. 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 Design Depot, Inc. pages, or register with Design Depot, Inc. site or services, a cookie helps Design Depot, Inc. 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 Design Depot, Inc. Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Design Depot, Inc. 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 Design Depot, Inc. services or Web sites you visit.

 

Security of your Personal Information

Design Depot, Inc. secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Design Depot, Inc. 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
Design Depot, Inc. will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Design Depot, Inc. encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Design Depot, Inc. is protecting your information.

 

Contact Information

Design Depot, Inc. welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Design Depot, Inc. has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Design Depot, Inc. at www.designdepotinc.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.