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Publishing Designs, Inc. Privacy Policy

This document sets forth the Publishing Designs, Inc. (PDI) Online Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") for this Web site, www.publishingdesigns.com (the "Site"). If you have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should not access or use this Site.

Changes in Privacy Policy

All "personal information" ("personal information" is defined as any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains) that we collect and maintain will be subject to the version of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of such collection. PDI reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion, and will provide notice of material changes on the home page of the Site. If as the result of such changes, you want to alter the ways in which PDI is allowed to use your personal information, you can do so by following the procedure described below in the section titled "Updating your personal information and privacy preferences." You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be subject to, the changes to the Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after such notice has been posted for thirty (30) days with the following exception: If at the time you provide personal information to PDI you are given the opportunity (as you currently are) to limit how such information will be used to communicate with you, either by PDI or by third parties, PDI will not change your preference in this regard without your express consent. However, if PDI sells assets (or the assets of a division or subsidiary) to another entity, or PDI (or a division or subsidiary) is acquired by, or merged with, another entity, PDI may provide to such entity customer information that is related to that part of our business that was sold to or merged with the other entity without your consent.

Entities collecting personal information

Personal information on this Site is collected by Publishing Designs, Inc.

The Site contains links to other sites at which personal information is collected. In such instances, the collection and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that site. That privacy policy should identify the entity that is collecting your personal information.

Collection of personal information

As a visitor to this Site, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information. In connection with other activities, such as subscribing to the collaboration services offered on the Site or utilizing online software applications, PDI may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, PDI may ask that you provide us personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address (including ZIP code), e-mail address, employer, job title and department, telephone and facsimile numbers, and other personal information. When ordering products or services on the Site, you may be asked to provide a credit card number. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.

When you use the Site, PDI or third parties authorized by PDI may also collect certain technical and routing information about your computer to facilitate your use of the Site and its services. For example, we may log environmental variables, such as browser type, operating system, CPU speed, and the Internet Protocol ("IP") address of your computer. We use these environmental variables to facilitate and track your use of the Site and its services. PDI also uses such environmental variables to measure traffic patterns on the Site. Without expressly informing you in each particular circumstance, we do not match such information with any of your personal information.

How your personal information is used

PDI collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. If you subscribe to a service or register a product, for example, the information is used to register your rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits that may be made available to registered users. As another example, if you enter a contest, information is collected to qualify the entry and contact you regarding the contest or prize awards. Your personal information is also used to keep you informed about product upgrades, special offers, and other products and services of PDI and selected third parties if you have so opted to receive such communications.

PDI may collect information about the use of the Site, such as the types of services used and how many users we receive daily. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. PDI may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar promotional purposes.

Your choices with respect to personal information

PDI recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on this Site. Without your consent, PDI will not communicate any information to you regarding products, services, and special offers available from PDI, although we may find it necessary to communicate with you regarding your use of the services on this Site. Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, PDI will also not provide your name to other companies or organizations without your consent.

There are other instances in which PDI may divulge your personal information. PDI may provide your personal information if necessary, in PDI's good faith judgment, to comply with laws or regulations of a governmental or regulatory body or in response to a valid subpoena, warrant, or order or to protect the rights of PDI or others.

Protection of your personal information

The personal information that you provide in connection with registering yourself as a user of PDI products or services or registering an PDI product is classified as Registration Information. Registration Information is protected in several ways. Access by you to your Registration Information is available through a password and unique customer ID selected by you. This password is encrypted. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. In addition, your Registration Information resides on a secure server that only selected PDI personnel and contractors have access to via password. PDI encrypts your personal information and thereby strives to prevent unauthorized parties from viewing such information when it is transmitted to PDI.

Personal information that you provide that does not constitute Registration Information also resides on a secure server and is only accessible to selected PDI personnel and contractors via password. Since this information is not accessible by you, you will not be asked to select a password in order to view or modify such information.

Use of cookies

When you visit this Site, you can browse the Site and access important information without revealing your identity. In order to improve our Site, we may use "cookies" to track your visit. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a Web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It functions as your identification card, and enables PDI to record your passwords, purchases, and preferences. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses.

Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. (For some Web pages that require an authorization, cookies are not optional. Users choosing not to accept cookies will probably not be able to access those pages.)

While PDI uses cookies to track your visit to publishingdesigns.com, and our Web servers automatically log the IP/Internet address of your computer, PDI does not use this information to identify you personally.

Updating your personal information and privacy preferences

You have the right to access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences at any time.  You may also access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences (such as whether you wish to receive promotional communications from PDI or third parties) by writing or calling Publishing Designs, Inc.

Personal information submitted through this Site that is not Registration Information is not accessible online. To access and/or correct such information, you may write PDI at Publishing Designs, Inc.

In your correspondence, please indicate with as much detail as possible the location on this Site where you provided your personal information.

Privacy-related inquiries and complaints

PDI takes its users' privacy concerns seriously. If you believe that PDI has not complied with this Online Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may write to the PDI Privacy Officer at the address indicated above.

In your letter, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the PDI Online Privacy Policy has not been complied with. We will investigate your inquiry or complaint promptly.

Please note that if you provide PDI with inconsistent privacy preferences (for example, by indicating on one occasion that third parties may contact you with marketing offers and indicating on another occasion that they may not), PDI cannot guarantee that your most recent privacy preference will be honored.

Also, please note that PDI is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of non-PDI Web sites to which this Site or any other PDI Web site may link. You should review the privacy policy of such sites before using the sites.