What Information is Pieces Of You Designs gathering about its visitors and how is it being used?

Every computer connected to the Internet is provided with a domain name (e.g. earthlink.net) and an IP address (e.g.216.157.42.159). When a visitor requests a page from within the Pieces Of You Designs website, our web servers automatically identify and log the HTTP request that is made to our web server. This information reveals nothing personal about you. In fact, the only information that we have the ability to automatically gather and log is as follows:

• The IP Address of the Site that may have referred you.
• Your IP Address.
• The web page that you may have linked to us from, if any.
• The product identifier for version and make of browser (e.g. Internet Explorer 4.5)
• The operating system platform that you may be running (e.g. Macintosh or Windows)
• Search words or terms that are passed from a search engine (e.g. Google, Yahoo, or Lycos)

There is absolutely nothing special about the information just described, and the practice of collecting this data has been generally standardized by virtually every web server on the Internet today.


What other information does Pieces Of You Designs request?

We may also request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes of conducting a survey, adding you to our mailing list, or by your request to have someone contact you for additional information. Whenever we request the identity of a visitor, we will clearly indicate the purpose of the inquiry before the information is requested. We maintain a strict "No Spam" policy that means we do not intend to sell, rent, or otherwise give your e-mail address to a third-party, without your consent.

In addition, Pieces Of You Designs will not send you e-mail that you have not agreed to receive. If you are a member of our mailing list, you will be contacted with announcements, news, portfolio additions, and new products or services. You have the option of "Unsubscribing" from our mailing list at any time, thereby disabling any further such e-mail communication from being sent to you. If you wish to have specific communications with a member of the Pieces Of You Designs staff, you will be required to provide specific information that will be routed to the appropriate contact within Pieces Of You Designs.


Will Pieces Of You Designs disclose the information collected to third parties?

Pieces Of You Designs will disclose your personal information or any of its log file information only when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such actions are necessary to:

1. Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on Pieces Of You Designs.
2. Protect and defend the rights or property of Pieces Of You Designs, or visitors of Pieces Of You Designs.
3. Identify persons who may be violating the law, the legal notice, or the rights of third parties.
4. Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities.

Pieces Of You Designs uses reasonable precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure. We are not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive the information. Pieces Of You Designs also provides links to a wide variety of other web sites on the Internet. We are not responsible for their privacy policies or how those web sites manage information about their users. We strongly urge you to check with those web sites to determine their privacy policy.

Any changes to this privacy policy will be posted on this page so that you are always aware of the information that we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.