Privacy Policy

SMDesign Studio (“SMDesign” or “we”) is committed to protecting the privacy of the personally-identifiable information that we collect from you as you use this website (the “Site”). The scope of SMDesign’s commitment is detailed in this Privacy Policy. By submitting information, you agree to SMDesign’s use of such information as described herein.

Information Collection and Use

You can generally visit our Site without revealing any personally identifiable information about yourself. However, in certain sections of this Site, we may invite you to contact us with inquiries, to request information, to provide us with feedback or to participate in blogs. Due to the nature of some of these activities, we may collect personally identifiable information such as your email address and other information that you voluntarily transmit with your communications to us via email, phone or in person. You will be required to submit your email address when you subscribe to our newsletters and blogs. You may also be asked to submit your name, email address and phone number when you submit an your information for job postings.

Newsletters

Users may opt out of receiving newsletters by removing themselves from SMDesign’s mailing list by following the link provided in each newsletter.

Children’s Privacy

SMDesign recognizes the privacy interests of children, and SMDesign encourages parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests. The Site is not intended for children under the age of 13, and SMDesign endeavors not to collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. SMDesign targets its Site to adults and not to children under 13.

Aggregate Information

The Site may track the total number of visitors to our Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Site, the users’ activities on the Site (e.g., tracking how Web traffic flows on the Site), browser type, platform type, IP addresses and External Websites (defined below) linked from and to by the user from the Site, and we may analyze this data for trends and statistics in the aggregate, but such information will be maintained, used and disclosed in aggregate form only and it will not contain personally identifiable information. We may use such aggregate information to analyze trends and statistics, customize the Site, administer the Site, track users’ movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

Cookies

SMDesign uses small text files called cookies in order to assist SMDesign in aggregate statistical analysis and sometimes to provide site customization based on anonymous session tracking. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. Cookies generally do not permit us to personally identify you.

Links to Third-Party Sites

The Site may provide links to other Websites or resources over which SMDesign does not have control (“External Websites”). Such links do not constitute an endorsement by SMDesign of those External Websites. You acknowledge that SMDesign is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and further agree that SMDesign is not responsible for the content of such External Websites. Your use of External Websites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies located on the linked to External Websites.

Disclosure

We may provide your personally identifiable information and aggregate information to the vendors and service agencies that we may engage to assist us in providing the Site. We will also disclose your personally identifiable information: (a) if we are required to do so by law, regulation or other government authority or otherwise in cooperation with an investigation of a governmental authority, (b) to enforce the SMDesign Terms of Use, or (c) to protect the rights, property or safety of SMDesign, its licensors and/or users of our Site. We will not sell your personally identifiable information to any company or organization.