Network Designs, Inc. ("Network Designs") respects your privacy and has developed this Privacy Policy to inform you of its privacy policy and practices and of the choices you can make while accessing this Site.
By accessing the Network Designs Website (www.netdes.com) ("the Site"), you (the "User") acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions described below as to Network Designs's On-Line Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy"). If you do not agree to the terms discussed here, you should exit this Site now. Network Designs may revise this Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you, and your continued use of the system constitutes the acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
Network Designs is concerned about the security of any personal information Network Designs has collected from you and has taken reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized access to that information. It is the goal of Network Designs to balance the benefits of e-commerce with the right of individuals to prevent misuse of personal information. However, Network Designs will not be held liable for any unauthorized access to your personal information. Network Designs has created this privacy policy in order to demonstrate its firm commitment to privacy. The policy discloses Network Designs's information gathering and dissemination practices for this Site.
Collecting Information
Generally, Network Designs does not collect any personally identifiable information from individuals unless specifically provided by that individual. For example, when you request information regarding products, promotions or warranties, you voluntarily provide your name, company, contact address, e-mail address and type of software services, products and supporting equipment that you own or use. Occasionally you may be asked to provide additional information regarding such things as your personal or professional interests, demographics, experience with Network Designs’s products and contact preferences so that Network Designs may better understand your needs and continue to improve its products and services to you. Network Designs may also collect and store statistics and other information about the on-line activities of its visitors on an aggregate basis. Network Designs does not intend to obtain any personal information from minors. If you are under the age of 18, please do not provide Network Designs with any personal information.
Using Information
Although Network Designs has the utmost respect for your privacy, any communication or material that you transmit to this Site by electronic mail or otherwise, is and will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary. As a general rule, Network Designs will not sell, rent, lease or license your personally identifiable information and will not disclose your personally identifiable information to others except when Network Designs has your permission or under special circumstances, such as when Network Designs believes in good faith that the law requires it. Network Designs uses your personal information primarily to tailor is eService solutions to your needs, to track compliance with the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, for research purposes or for marketing and promotional purposes. Network Designs may also share such information with its advertisers, business partners of other affiliates. Network Designs may publish or use information about activity in the Site using transaction data that has been combined with other transaction data and that does not identify any Subscriber. Network Designs will employ whatever statistically sound methods it deems best to accomplish this result before reporting it on an aggregated basis.
Contacting You
Occasionally, Network Designs may send you email communications to provide information or offers that Network Designs believes that you will find useful. You can opt not to receive future emails from Network Designs by changing your account preferences at any time, in accordance with the "Changing Your Information" section below. However, to the extent that corrected or deleted information is also stored in other databases, Network Designs cannot always ensure that such corrections or deletions will immediately reach the other databases. Please be aware that Network Designs may occasionally contact you for administrative purposes even if you unsubscribe from its mail list.
Changing Your Information
You can change your contact information and preferences at any time by contacting your account representative.
Cookies
This Site may employ cookies to better serve you. Any affiliate or partner networks that link to Network Designs's Site may also use their own cookies. Cookies are pieces of information that a Site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record keeping purposes. Cookies may save information such as your page preferences. By saving this information, cookies make your Web-surfing easier as well as giving Network Designs data regarding which areas of the Site are popular and which are not. This data may be used to effectively improve Network Designs's Site. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, it is possible that parts of Network Designs's Site may not function properly if you do so. Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online, that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your personally identifying information, your passwords, and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online. In some cases Network Designs may track or collect information about your use of its Site by the numeric address assigned to the computer you are using (your IP address) or by the URLs that you come from or leave to. These methods also allow Network Designs to resolve server problems or administer this Site. Generally, Network Designs does not associate this information with any other personally identifiable information that you may have provided to Network Designs.
Third Party Links
Network Designs provides third-party links for your convenience only. These third-party sites may send their own cookies to you, or otherwise collect data or solicit personal information from you. You follow the third-party links posted on Network Designs's Site at your own risk. Those third-party sites may not follow the same privacy policies as Network Designs. This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices of the Web Privacy Policy posted on the Site or sites that are linked to Network Designs. Network Designs does not accept any responsibility to liability for privacy or any other issues associated with any sites that you may link to through this Site.
Security
Keeping your personally identifiable information private is important to Network Designs. Whenever Network Designs handles personally identifiable information as described above, regardless of where this occurs, Network Designs uses industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information and takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with the relevant Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while Network Designs strives to protect the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information, Network Designs cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Network Designs or from this Site, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make reasonable efforts consistent with those practices in the on-line industry to ensure its security on our systems. Finally, your careful use and protection of your passwords and account information will assist in making your Internet experience safe and secure.
Limits on Network Designs Abilities
Although your privacy is very important to Network Designs, due to the existing legal and technical environment, Network Designs cannot ensure that your personally identifiable information will not be disclosed to third parties in ways not described in this policy. For example, Network Designs may be forced to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmission or private communications. Additionally, Network Designs can (and you authorize Network Designs to) disclose any information about you to private entities, law enforcement or other government officials as Network Designs, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to address or resolve inquiries or problems.
Notice
By using this Site, you signify your assent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do no use this Site. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of changes to this policy will mean you accept those changes. You can access the full terms and conditions pertaining to use of this Site at Terms of Use. Please contact info@netdes.com if you have any additional questions or concerns regarding Network Designs's Privacy Policy.
