The Chimpy Design Studios Privacy Policy
ChimpyDesign.com is the official website of Chimpy Design Studios
Our postal address is:
Chimpy Design Studios
114 Stewart Drive
Abington, MA 02351
We can also be reached via e-mail at support[at]ChimpyDesign.com
or by telephone at (339) 788-9261.
This Privacy Policy is effective beginning 01SEP2009
Collected Information
Chimpy Design Studios is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. We collect information from our users at several different points on our website.
Internet Cookies: Cookies may be used to enhance your experience as a general site visitor of the Chimpy Design Studios website. These cookies will not in any way harm your operating system or capabilities. In secured areas of the website cookies will be received to retain personal preferences set by the user.
Internet Ad Server Companies: Chimpy Design Studios does not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies and we do not sell or otherwise release any contact information or demographic information to ad server companies.
Website Visitor Tracking: We place great importance on website visitor privacy and security. Chimpy Design Studios reserves the right to perform statistical analysis of user behavior in order to measure consumer interest in the various areas of our site, and to better serve visitors to ChimpyDesign.com. Log files are maintained and analyzed for page views, user sessions, peak usage dates and times, referring URL's, page hits, top entry pages, top exit pages, search words and phrases, the user's IP address, operating system, browser, and country (where possible) by AWstats, a common website analysis program, and other website analysis programs. The information is used to gauge the effectiveness of marketing campaigns intended to bring users to the Chimpy Design Studios website. For more information about AWstats please visit http://awstats.sourceforge.net.
Website Forms and Email: While interacting with Chimpy Design Studios through Email and/or Chimpy Design Studios website users may volunteer the following contact information: name, business or nonprofit name, email address, website address, mailing address, phone number, and other personal and professional information. Information collected is used to provide requested information and/or services only. Demographic information such as age and gender may also be volunteered by users and will be maintained by Chimpy Design Studios employees to provide requested information and/or services and to improve the Chimpy Design Studios public image and/or services rendered. We do not sell or otherwise release any contact information or demographic information.
In-Person: We collect contact information volunteered by potential clients including name, business or nonprofit name, email address, website address, mailing address, phone number, and other personal and professional information in-person. Information collected is used to provide requested information and/or services only. Demographic information such as age and gender may also be volunteered in-person. This information will be maintained by Chimpy Design Studios employees to provide requested information and/or services and to improve the Chimpy Design Studios public image and/or services rendered. We do not sell or otherwise release any contact information or demographic information.
OPSEC and PERSEC: Employees of Chimpy Design Studios always follow OPSEC (Operations Security) and PERSEC (Personal Security) regulations and guidelines to protect our clients, their family and friends, the American public, and the Chimpy Design Studios employees to the best of our ability. This includes, but is not limited to, safeguarding all demographics and contact information of each client of Chimpy Design Studios. For a better understanding of what OPSEC or PERSEC regulations and guidelines include we invite you to visit any of the following links:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_security_(OPSEC)
* http://www.ioss.gov/bulletin.html
* http://blog.wired.com/defense/files/army_reg_530_1_updated.pdf
* http://www.army.com/articles/item/3305
* http://www.strykernews.com/docs/OPSECGuidelines.pdf
Legal Disclaimer: Though we make every effort to preserve privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order, or legal process.
Personally Identifiable Information:
Upon written request we will provide access to all information that we maintain about you, if any. If personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), we provide a way to correct or update personally identifiable information. Your information can be corrected or updated by sending a letter by postal mail at the following address:
Chimpy Design Studios
114 Stewart Drive
Abington, MA 02351
Financial Transactions: All online financial transactions are securely handled through PayPal or Google Checkout for the consumer's safety. In person and via postal mail we accept checks made out to Chimpy Design Studios. Credit cards are only accepted online at this time.
Security Measures: Chimpy Design Studios has appropriate security measures in place online and in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you.
Opt-In / Opt-Out Requests:
Newsletter: Chimpy Design Studios offers a free e-newsletter about marketing that website visitors may opt to receive by completing the Newsletter Sign-up Form online. At the bottom of each newsletter you may opt-out.
Links to Other Sites
This site contains links to other sites whose privacy policies may differ from those of ChimpyDesign.com. We encourage our visitors to check the privacy policies of these sites before disclosing personal information.
Privacy Policy Updates
From time to time, we may use online visitor information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our online information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our website to notify you of these changes and we will use for these new purposes only data collected from the time of the policy change forward. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our website periodically. Website visitors may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by writing to us at the above address.
Contacting the Site Administrator
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this site, please contact Skip Spoerke.
Email: Skip[at]ChimpyDesign.com | Phone: (339) 788-9261
Complaints
If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us online or through the mailing address above. We will work with you to resolve the complaint.
