This privacy statement covers the site design-cast.com. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to our users' privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices. This privacy statement covers only information that is collected through this Web site, and does not cover information that may be collected through software downloaded from the site.

Information Collection.
The Design-Cast Company is the sole owner of the information collected on www.design-cast.com. The Design-Cast Company does not collect information from users on our Web site.

Information Use
Profiles
A profile is stored information collected on individual users that details their viewing preferences. This information can be collected through cookies, log files, clear gifs, and/or third parties. Consequently, collected information is tied to the users personally identifiable information to provide offers and improve the content of the site for the user.
This Web site does not compile user Profiles.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data (i.e. a small text file) stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. There are two types of cookies: session ID cookies and persistent cookies. Session ID cookies will terminate once the user's browser is closed. A persistent cookie is a stored on the user's hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following the web browser help file directions.
This site does not use any form of cookies.

Third Party Advertising
This site contains no third party advertising.

Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users. The main difference between the two is that clear gifs are invisible on the page and are much smaller, about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Clear Gifs can "work with" existing cookies on a computer if they are both from the same Web site or advertising company. That means, for example, that if a person visited www.somesite.com, which uses an advertising company's clear gif, the Web site or advertising company would match the clear gif's identifier and the advertising company's cookie ID number, to show the past online behavior for that computer. This collected information would then be given to the advertising company or Web site. In addition, clear gifs can be used in HTML-based emails to identify which emails have been opened by the recipients. This is often used to gauge the effectiveness of certain communications and marketing campaigns.
This site does not use clear gifs.

Communications from the Site
A user will only receive communications from Design-Cast in response to an inqiry.

Information Sharing and Disclosure
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.

Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
This is not linked to any personally identifiable information. We do not share our aggregated demographic information with any other organization.

Third Party Advertisers
We do not share any user information with third party advertisers.

These are the instances in which we will share users' personal information:
We DO NOT voluntarily share personal information with third parties.

Third Party Intermediaries
We use outside shipping companies to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to handle financial transactions for orders of goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

Service Providers
We do not partner with other third parties to provide specific services to users on this web site.

Business Transitions
In the event the Design-Cast Company goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users' personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. Users will be notified via a notice on our Web site prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result of the business transition, the users' personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection they will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section.

Choice/Opt-out
Since this Web site does not gather personally identifiable information, this section is not applicable.

Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, The Design-Cast Company, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Surveys & Contests
This site does not request information from users via surveys or contests.

Tell-A-Friend
This site does not use a referral service for informing friends and collegues about the site.

Security
Sensitive personal and financial information is neither gathered online, nor stored on this Web site's servers.

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected unless the user is given the opportunity, and declines, to opt-out of the new information usage described in the amended privacy policy.

Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:

• privacy@design-cast.com
• (609) 896-1624 (voice)
• (609) 865-1228 (fax)
• Design-Cast
  P.O. Box 55093
  Trenton, NJ 08636-6093

Design-Cast® is a registered trademark.
Terms and conditions of use are available here.
Online privacy statement is available here.
Copyright © 2002, all rights reserved.

Last update: Tuesday, August 27, 2002