Bird Brain Designs 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 Bird Brain Designs Web site and governs data collection and usage.
By using the Bird Brain Designs website, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Bird Brain Designs collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail
address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Bird Brain Designs also
collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as
your ZIP code, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically
collected by Bird Brain Designs. This information can include: your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This
information is used by Bird Brain Designs for the operation of the service, to maintain
quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Bird
Brain Designs Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through Bird Brain Designs public message boards, this
information may be collected and used by others. Note: Bird Brain Designs does not
read any of your private online communications.
Bird Brain Designs encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites
you choose to link to from Bird Brain Designs so that you can understand how those
Web sites collect, use and share your information. Bird Brain Designs is not responsible
for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Bird Brain
Designs and Bird Brain Designs family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Bird Brain Designs collects and uses your personal information to operate the Bird
Brain Designs Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Bird Brain Designs
also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products
or services available from Bird Brain Designs and its affiliates. Bird Brain Designs
may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current
services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Bird Brain Designs does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Bird Brain Designs 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, Bird Brain Designs 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 Bird Brain Designs, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality
of your information.
Bird Brain Designs does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such
as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. Bird
Brain Designs keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within
Bird Brain Designs, in order to determine what Bird Brain Designs services are the
most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within
Bird Brain Designs to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area. Bird Brain Designs 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 Bird Brain Designs or the site; (b) protect
and defend the rights or property of Bird Brain Designs; and, (c) act under exigent
circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Bird Brain Designs, or
the public.
Use of Cookies
The Bird Brain Designs 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 Bird Brain Designs pages, or
register with Bird Brain Designs site or services, a cookie helps Bird Brain Designs
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 Bird Brain Designs Web site, the information
you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Bird Brain Designs
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 Bird Brain Designs services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Bird Brain Designs secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use
or disclosure. Bird Brain Designs 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
Bird Brain Designs will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect
company and customer feedback. Bird Brain Designs encourages you to periodically
review this Statement to be informed of how Bird Brain Designs is protecting your
information.
Contact Information
Bird Brain Designs welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If
you believe that Bird Brain Designs has not adhered to this Statement, please contact
Bird Brain Designs at info@birdbraindesigns.net.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.