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Privacy Notice
Kathy Kuo Designs respects your
concerns about
privacy. Kathy Kuo Designs’ privacy policy is intended to provide
you
with information regarding our use of information collected from
users
of the Kathy Kuo Designs websites. As we continue to improve
our
website, our privacy policy may change over time. We therefore
recommend that you review this privacy policy regularly to
ensure that
you are familiar with our privacy practices. If at any time you have
questions regarding this privacy policy, you may always contact
us by
sending an e-mail to: privacy@kathykuodesigns.com
Kathy Kuo Designs collects aggregate
information, such as usage and traffic pattern data, through the
use
of cookies and IP addresses. Kathy Kuo Designs uses cookies
to provide
tailored information on our website. A cookie is a small data file
that a website transfers to online users' hard drives to
remember
service settings. Cookies do not personally identify users of
Kathy
Kuo Designs website. Cookies allow us to measure user
activity on the
website and to improve users' experiences. You can set your
browser to
notify you when you receive a cookie, and to decline to accept it.
Kathy Kuo Designs also collects IP addresses from every
online user.
An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to
your
computer and is automatically identified to Kathy Kuo Designs
web
server when you visit our website. This information is collected
to
provide aggregate data to Kathy Kuo Designs or other third
parties
about Kathy Kuo Designs users. Such aggregate information
collected by
Kathy Kuo Designs may be used either by Kathy Kuo Designs
or shared
with unrelated third parties.
Kathy Kuo Designs may send you
newsletter
related announcements from time to time through the general
operation
of the service. Generally, you may opt out of such emails, though
Kathy Kuo Designs reserves the right to send you notices about
your
account even if you opt out of all voluntary email
notifications.
When you register with Kathy Kuo
Designs, you
may voluntarily create your own profile and privacy settings. Your
profile information, as well as your name, email and photo, are
displayed to people on the site in order to enable you to connect
with
other shoppers on Kathy Kuo Designs. We may occasionally
use your name
and email address to send you notifications that we think you
may find
valuable.
Personal identifying information may
include
name, street address, phone number and/or e-mail addresses,
and other
similar information, some or all of which may be requested of
you when
interacting with our website. When you register with the Buyers
Gallery, you provide us with certain personal information, such
as
your name, your email address, your address, your gender, and
any
other personal or preference information that you provide to us.
Kathy Kuo Designs collects personal identifying information
from you
in circumstances when you knowingly provide such information,
including on the "contact us" page. Kathy Kuo Designs uses
personal
information provided by you in order to improve Kathy Kuo
Designs’
website, to provide you with products or services and to inform
you
about additional products or services that may be of interest to
you.
Kathy Kuo Designs may share personal information with third
parties in
the following circumstances: where we believe in good faith that
disclosure is required by applicable law; to cooperate with
regulators
or law enforcement authorities; or to protect our rights or
property.
Kathy Kuo Designs may use
information in your
profile without identifying you as an individual to third parties. We
do this for purposes such as aggregating how many people
like a
product or product category, and personalizing advertisements.
Advertisements that appear on Kathy Kuo Designs are
sometimes
delivered (or "served") directly to users by third party advertisers.
They automatically receive your IP address when this happens.
Doing
this allows the advertising network to recognize your computer
each
time they send you an advertisement in order to measure the
effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content.
Kathy Kuo Designs does not have access to or control of the
cookies
that may be placed by the third party advertisers. Third party
advertisers have no access to your contact information stored
on Kathy
Kuo Designs unless you choose to share it with them.
This privacy policy covers the use of
cookies
by Kathy Kuo Designs and does not cover the use of cookies or
other
tracking technologies by any of its advertisers.
Kathy Kuo Designs' website may, from
time to
time, contain links to other websites. Kathy Kuo Designs takes
no
responsibility for the privacy practices of such other websites.
You
should consult the privacy policies of each linked website in
order to
determine whether the site adheres to a similar privacy policy as
Kathy Kuo Designs
Your use of Kathy Kuo Designs’ website
signifies that you agree to the terms of this privacy policy. Last
updated: April 12th, 2008
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