privacy policy

INTRODUCTION

Design42day.com is an internation design platform managed by Parthecipe S.n.c. (Design42day), an Italian company based in Via G.Bugatti 12, 20144 Milano (MI).

Users, that is to say visitors, consumers, clients and anyone who can access www.design42day.com (the "Website") is subject to the terms of use and privacy policy as set out below.

Design42day does not require that you register in order to view its products or read User comments.

Registration is required to use certain interactive features such as posting comments, participating in the blog forums, in order to submit ideas, participate in Contest, vote, when you make a purchase or any time you provide information to Design42day about yourself.

You must be 18 years or older to register on the Website. If you're younger you can still participate, but the registration must be done on your behalf by a parent or guardian.

For the registration Desgn42day asks you "Personal Information" such as username, password, email address, Month and Year of birth and other personally-identifying information.

When you register with Design42day and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us, in fact our server logs automatically collect "Non-Personal Information", such as your IP address, your browser type and language, Design42day cookie information and the date and time of your visit, which helps us track users' movements around our site and understand trends.

PRIVACY POLICY

1) INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

We may use the "Personal Information" and "Non-Personal Information" we collect in order to:

Fulfill your requests for products and services

Offer products and services that may be of interest to you

Facilitate use of our website

Manage your account and your preferences

Analyze use of and improve our website, products and services

Identify and protect against fraudulent transactions and other misuses of our website

Enforce our Terms of Use

Provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients

Parthecipe S.n.c. is the sole party responsible for data privacy.

2) MARKETING BY THIRD PARTIES

We don't sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. However, we may aggregate your personal information with information on other users and information we collect from other companies (such as demographic data) and disclose such aggregated, non personal information to advertisers and other third parties. If you do not want to receive commercial communications from us, please select your choices by using the opt-out box available on that page.

3) INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE

We may share and disclose your "Personal Information" and "Non-Personal Information"
when we have your permission or under the following circumstances:

- we provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Design42day under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your Personal Information to help Design42day communicate with you about offers from Design42day and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information;

- we provide Non-Personal Information to interested third-parties for purposes of understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the Website;

- we use both your Personal Information and certain Non-Personal Information to improve the quality and design of the Website and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends;

- we may share Personal Information in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other forms of legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;

- we may share Personal Information if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Shicon"s Terms of Use, or as otherwise required by law;

- we may transmit Personal Information if Design42day is acquired by or merged with another company; in this event, Design42day will notify active known users if there is a need to change this Privacy Policy based on an Design42day acquisition or merger;

- in the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, we may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.

Keep in mind that any personal information or comments that you voluntarily disclose on the Website, for example on comment pages or on the blog forums becomes publicly available. Your username is displayed to other Users when you send and/or post messages through the Website.

4) COOKIES

We use "cookies" (small files placed on your hard drive) on certain of our pages to help analyse our web page flow; customise our services, content and advertising; measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety.

Design42day may set and access Design42day cookies on your computer. You may disable these cookies within your browser, but some portions of the Website may require your Design42day cookies be enabled.

You should know about cookies are that we offer certain features that are available only through the use of cookies. We use cookies to help identify you and maintain your signed-in status. Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session.

You may encounter cookies from third parties on certain pages of the sites that we do not control. (For example, if you view a web page created by another user, there may be a cookie placed by that web page.) These companies may use tracking technologies, such as cookies, to collect information about users who view or interact with their advertisements. Our website does not provide any personal information to these third parties, but they may collect information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw and/or clicked on the advertisements they deliver, and possibly associate this information with your subsequent visits to the advertised websites. They also may combine this information with personal information they collect from you. The collection and use of that information is subject to the third-party's privacy policy. This information allows them to deliver targeted advertisements and gauge their effectiveness.

5) WEB BEACONS

Web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags or web bugs) are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of web users or to access cookies. Unlike cookies, which are stored on the user's computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on the web pages (or in email) and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

Web beacons may be used to deliver or communicate with cookies, to count users who have visited certain pages and to understand usage patterns. We also may include web beacons in promotional or other e-mail messages or newsletters to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon. We also may receive an anonymous identification number if you come to our site from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website.

6) ACCOUNT PROTECTION

When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account and you must keep your account password secure. You may change your password at any time by updating your MyProfile page. Your Design42day password is the key to your Design42day account. Use unique numbers, letters and special characters and do not disclose your password to anyone. If you do share your password or your personal information with others, remember that you are responsible for all actions taken in the name of your account, including actions that result in fees being charged to your account Therefore, if your password has been compromised for any reason, you should immediately notify us and change your password.

7) YOUR ABILITY TO EDIT AND DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION

You can edit your Design42day account information at any time by visiting your account profile page.
We reserve the right to use your Personal Information in order to send you certain communications relating to the Design42day service, such as service announcements and administrative messages, that are considered part of your Design42day account, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
You can deactivate your Design42day account at any time by cancelling your account on the account profile page.

8) INTERNATIONAL USERS

If you are a User accessing the Website from other region than European Union please be advised that through your continued use of the Website, which is governed by European Union law and this Privacy Policy as incorporated in our Terms of Use, you will be transferring your Personal Information into the European Union and you consent to that transfer.

9) ITALIAN LAW

These contract shall be governed by the Laws of Italy. The Courts of law at Milan shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising under these terms. The use of Website/services thereon is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph.

 

For any question, problem or violation about Privacy Policy and Terms of Use please contact [email protected]

Updates to Privacy Policy

Terms of Use updated Sept 2009.

According to article 1341 of the Italian Codice Civile (Civil Code) the User has read and accepts the terms contained in: 1 (Information collection and use); 2 (Marketing by third parties): 3 (Information Sharing and Disclosure); 4 (Cookies); 5 (Web beacons); 6 (Account protection); 7 (Your Ability to Edit and Delete Your Account Information); 8 (International Users); 9 (Italian law).