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Last Updated: 25 April 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Design Shack takes data privacy very seriously and recognises the importance of protecting and respecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect, how we use that information, to whom we pass the information, your rights and key contact information.<\/p>\n

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1. Overview<\/h2>\n

To provide you with a Design Shack membership, we need to collect information about you. Our aim is not to be intrusive, and we won\u2019t ask you unnecessary questions. Any information we receive about you will be subject to strict controls to minimise the risk of misuse \u2013 including unauthorised access to, or disclosure of, your personal data.<\/p>\n

Please read this notice carefully, and any other documents referred to in it. Here we set out the basis on which any information we collect about you or from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us and other parties in providing you with the services accessed through the website. Design Shack (\u201cour\u201d, \u201cus\u201d and \u201cwe\u201d) commits to using your information only in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.<\/p>\n

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the term \u201cinformation\u201d means any confidential and\/or personal data or other information related to users of Design Shack \u2013 including, but not limited to, corporate and individual customers and their connected parties.<\/p>\n

By visiting this website or providing your personal information to one of our employees, for example by telephone or email, you accept and expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information and direct us to do so in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. <\/p>\n

This includes information you provide when you browse our website, register for an account, enter a competition, promotion or survey, purchase from us, and when you contact us for other reasons.<\/p>\n

If you have concerns about any of the terms of this Privacy Policy, please email us so that we can provide further information. <\/p>\n

2. What Information We Collect<\/h2>\n

We may collect and process the following information about you:<\/p>\n

Information You Provide to Us<\/h3>\n

You may provide us with information by filling in forms on our website, our partners\u2019 websites or by talking with us by over the phone or corresponding with us via email or otherwise.<\/p>\n

This includes information you provide when you browse our website, register for an account, purchase from us, and when you contact us for other reasons.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tInitial Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

To open a free Design Shack account, you must provide your email address. You then have the option to enter additional information to your profile: your name, website URL, biography, and social media account usernames.<\/p>\n

To submit a design to our gallery, you must provide a URL, screenshot, name, and description.<\/p>\n

When We Communicate<\/h3>\n

When you communicate with us for customer service or other purposes, including by phone, email or using other methods, we retain that information and our responses to you.<\/p>\n

Information We Collect When You Use Our Website<\/h3>\n

When you arrive at or leave the Design Shack website, whether connected by a fixed line or wirelessly, we receive the web address of the site that you came from or are going to.<\/p>\n

While you are using our site we collect information on the services you search for or view, page response times and length of visits to specific pages, how you interacted with each page (including scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.<\/p>\n

We collect information about the device you are using, such as the type of device, operating system and platform, the type and version of browser, browser plug-in types and versions, the times you access our website\/app and the time zone setting, mobile network information and unique device identifier.<\/p>\n

3. How We Use Your Information<\/h2>\n

Our primary purpose in collecting your information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient and customised experience. By submitting your information to Design Shack, you agree that we may use your information for the following purposes:<\/p>\n

Fulfilling Your Requests<\/h3>\n

We will use your information to:<\/p>\n