Privacy Policy
DESIGNLORE.com is committed to ensuring your privacy is protected. This Privacy Policy, effective December 21, 2012, sets out how DESIGNLORE.com and other mirror sites (designlore.com, engineeringlore.com, designlore.ca etc.) (the "site", "us" or "we"), developed & owned by DESIGNLORE / ENGINEERINGLORE, a trade names of LORE Product Design Engineering and Development Inc., uses and protects any information that you ("you" or "user") provide us when you use the DESIGNLORE Web Site (excluding the Old Site). If you have questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at general@designlore.com.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
The data we collect from you comes under two general categories:
(1) data obtained from you via this site (cookies) and
(2) information you provide about yourself by using the Online Forms or emailing DESIGNLORE.
The type of data we collect via this site (cookies) is collected in order to provide you with better web experience . Our web site uses cookies to capture information about page visits (e.g. “performance cookies.”) This information is anonymous and DESIGNLORE uses this information to deliver the most effective content to our visitors. Information from the cookie is used to gauge page popularity, analyze traffic patterns on our site and guide development of future improvements to our site. We do NOT collect your personal information using cookies.
The type of data we collect using Online Forms may contain your personal information. Basic contact form will provide us with your name, e-mail address and content of your request, while NDA Form data will include your name and/or Company name and address, telephone and fax numbers. This information is provided voluntary by you and is used only for the indicated purpose. We do not collect payment information and all Online payments are processed via PayPal secure site. In addition, your data may sometimes also be used by us to inform you about changes to our website, new services and offers that you might find interesting.
We co-operate with law enforcement agencies, as well as other third parties, to assist in the enforcement of laws. We can (and you authorise us to) disclose any information about you to such law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate in connection with any investigation by such law enforcement agencies or other government officials
Confidential Information
DESIGNLORE may collect information regarding a certain product / project /process, and all other information related to your ideas, techniques, business plans, voluntary disclosed by you via the Online Contact Form or by emailing your requests to DESIGNLORE. All such information is treated as Confidential Information and it will receive the same level of care as our own Confidential Information. We will not deliberately disclose any such information provided and received by us to anyone other than our employees or suppliers on Need to Know bases, and we will take reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized use, disclosure, publication or dissemination of such Information. Any such information received via form will be exclusively used for the sole purpose of addressing your request, evaluation and in connection with business discussions you have initiated using our online forms.
Although we will treat all such received information as Confidential and without judging if it is indeed sensitive information we encourage you to contact us prior to disclosing any such information you may deem sensitive and arrange for the appropriate Non Disclosure (NDA) / Confidentiality Agreement prior to disclosure. We have our standard NDA and, if you prefer, we will gladly work with your standard NDA.
Cookies - How We Use Them
A cookie is a small file sent to your browser from a Web server to be stored on your computer. A cookie cannot give access to your computer or any information stored on your computer. We use cookies to allow the Site to respond to you as an individual by gathering and remembering information about your preferences when using the Site.
Cookies can also be used to personalize the content you view on the Site (we are hoping to have more customized web site in the future.). You can choose to accept or decline cookies.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to refuse cookies (or alert you when a cookie is being sent at any time) if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. To view more information regarding cookie settings please visit:
For Microsoft Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx
For Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95647
For Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies
For Apple Safari 5: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.html
Online Advertising
We use Google Analytics and AdWords Remarketing to advertise DESIGNLORE across the Internet. AdWords remarketing will display relevant ads tailored to you based on what parts of the DESIGNLORE website you have viewed by placing a cookie on your machine. THIS COOKIE DOES NOT IN ANYWAY IDENTIFY YOU OR GIVE ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER. The cookie is used to say "This person visited this page, so show them ads relating to that page." Google AdWords Remarketing allows us to tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and only display ads that are relevant to you.
How to Opt Out of Remarketing and Advertising
If you do not wish to participate in our Google AdWords Remarketing, you can opt out by visiting Google's Ads Preferences Manager. You can also opt out of any third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting NAI (Network Advertizing initiative): www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
How We Store Data
We utilize external vendors and hosting companies to provide the web site hosting, related software, hardware, storage, networking and other necessary technology required to provide this web service. Your emails received by us are kept on the appropriate computer with reasonable security. We use industry standard practices to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identifiable information, including “firewalls”. However, no security system is impenetrable and we cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that data you supply to us will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. We will NOT deliberately share your personal information with Third Party.
Hyperlinks
DESIGNLORE does sometimes contain hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, including cookies and we urge you to review them. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such third party websites is at your own risk.
Updates and Changes to this Privacy Policy
Occasionally, we may change this Privacy Policy. Should we do so, we will post a notification on the Site. Changes will take effect from the date they are posted.