Privacy Policy
We at Portfolio Design Labs, along with our affiliates (collectively, “PDL”), respect your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the types of personal information we obtain, how we use that information, to whom we disclose it, and the choices available to you regarding our use of the information. We also describe the measures we take to protect the security of the information and how you can contact us about our privacy practices.
Information We May Obtain
We receive, collect, and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer, and connection information. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, phone number) from forms we receive from you or on your behalf.
Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.
Information We Obtain by Automated Means
When you visit our Sites, open our emails or interact with PDL-related tools, widgets or plug-ins, we may obtain certain information by automated means, such as through cookies, web server logs, web beacons and JavaScript. A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. A “web beacon,” also known as an Internet tag, pixel tag or clear GIF, links web pages or applications to web servers and may be used to transmit information back to a web server.
The information we obtain in this manner may include IP addresses, unique device identifiers, browser and operating system characteristics, device characteristics, language preferences, clickstream data, referring/exit URLs, information on actions taken, dates and times of activity and other technical information. These technologies help us (1) remember your information so you will not have to re-enter it; (2) track and understand how you use and interact with our products, services and Sites; (3) tailor our products, services and Sites around your preferences; (4) measure the usability of our products, services and Sites and the effectiveness of our communications; (5) to provide you with advertising that is more relevant to you and your interests; and (6) otherwise manage and enhance our products, services and Sites.
Information about our cookie practices, and how to disable the storage of cookies on your device is available below. Please note, however, that without cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of our Sites. To the extent required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before collecting information using cookies or similar automated means.
Our Sites use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies (collectively, “cookies”) to function effectively. A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other Internetconnected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. A “web beacon,” also known as an Internet tag, pixel tag or clear GIF, links web pages or applications to web servers and may be used to transmit information back to a web server.
Cookies Used on Our Sites
Essential Cookies
Some cookies are essential for our Sites to function effectively and to offer our products and services. For example, essential cookies enable you to securely access and navigate within our Sites and to log in. Essential cookies help us understand information, such as your session ID and other server authentication information. Essential cookies are required to enable basic website functionality; you cannot disable essential cookies.
Targeted Advertising Cookies
These cookies allow our Sites to deliver advertising that is more relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our website.
Personalization Cookies
These cookies allow our Sites to remember the choices you make, such as your username, language or the region you are in, and provide enhanced, more personalized features.
Analytics Cookies
Our Sites may use third-party analytics cookies, for example, to help create reports and statistics 23 on the performance of our Websites, how visitors interact with the Site and whether there may be technical issues. Analytics cookies help us understand information such as device ID, IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, time and date of activity, actions taken on our Websites (including site searches), language preferences, city and country information and demographic data.
Your Choices
You can change your cookie preferences at any time. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect. You may be able to stop cookies from being downloaded on your computer by selecting the appropriate settings on your web browser. Most web browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie and how to disable existing cookies. On Microsoft Internet Explorer, this can be done by selecting “Tools/Internet Options” and reviewing your privacy settings or selecting “delete cookies.” You can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking “help” on your browser’s menu or by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org. Please note, however, that without certain cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of all features on our Sites.
The following links explain how to access cookie settings in various browsers:
Third-Party Analytics Services
We use third-party web analytics services on the Sites, including Google Analytics. The analytics providers that administer these services use technologies such as cookies, web beacons and web server logs to help us analyze how visitors use the Sites. The information obtained for this purpose (including your IP address and other information collected by automated means) will be disclosed to or collected directly by these third-party service providers, and other relevant third parties who use the information to evaluate use of the Sites. In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we may also use information collected for analytics purposes for marketing purposes such as providing you with advertising that is more relevant to your interests or tracking the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. To learn more about these analytics services and how to opt out (where applicable) visit: Google Analytics: https://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/learn/privacy.html
We do not track visitors of the Sites over time and across third-party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore do not respond to Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals.
Links to Third-Party Websites, Apps and Other Features
Our Sites may provide links to other websites, apps and features for your convenience and information. The providers of the websites, apps and features may use automated means to collect information regarding your use of the Sites and your interactions with the other websites, apps and features. These websites, apps and features may operate independently from us and may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review. To the extent that any website, app or feature is not owned or controlled by us, we are not responsible for the content, any use of the website, app or feature, or the privacy practices (including cookie practices) of the website, app or feature.
How We Protect Personal Information
We use safeguards designed to protect the personal information we obtain against unauthorized or unlawful use, disclosure, access, loss, destruction or damage.
Retention of Personal Information
To the extent permitted by applicable law, we retain personal information we obtain about you as long as (1) it is needed for the purposes for which we obtained it, in accordance with the provisions of this Policy or (2) we have another lawful basis for retaining the data beyond the period for which it is necessary to serve the original purpose for collecting the data.
Policy Updates
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website.
How To Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, or if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences or otherwise to exercise your privacy rights, please email us at info@portfoliolabs.com.