Micro Design Systems takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy.

What This Privacy Policy Covers

This policy covers how Micro Design Systems treats personal information that Micro Design Systems collects and receives on the OnABlog.com web site, including information related to your past use of Micro Design Systems products and services. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.
This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Micro Design Systems does not own or control, or to people that Micro Design Systems does not employ or manage.

Information Collection and Use

Micro Design Systems collects personal information when you register with OnABlog.com, when you use the OnABlog.com services, and when you visit OnABlog.com pages or the pages of certain Micro Design Systems partners. Micro Design Systems may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.
When you register we ask for information such as your name, address, email address, and phone number. Once you register with OnABlog.com and sign in to the OnABlog.com services, you are not anonymous to us.
Micro Design Systems collects information about your transactions with us and with some of our business partners.
Micro Design Systems automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser.
Micro Design Systems uses information for the following general purposes: to customize content, fulfill requests for products and services, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting.

IP Addresses.

An internet protocol address ("IP address") is the unique number that identifies the computer you are using to browse the Internet. OnABlog.com uses IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the OnABlog.com Site, track users' movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Micro Design Systems does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances: We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Micro Design Systems under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help Micro Design Systems communicate with you about news and information from Micro Design Systems. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
We believe it is necessary to share information 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 Micro Design Systems's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
We transfer information about you if Micro Design Systems is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Micro Design Systems will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Aggregate Information Shared with Third Parties.

From time to time, we may disclose anonymous information or personal information about our members in the form of aggregated statistics to third parties for marketing purposes.

Other Third Party Disclosure.

OnABlog.com reserves the right to disclose any personal information about you or your use of the OnABlog.com Site/Services, including its content, without your prior permission if OnABlog.com has a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of OnABlog.com or its affiliated companies; (3) enforce the Terms of Use; or (4) act to protect the interests of its members or others.

LINKS

The OnABlog.com Site may contain images of and links to third party web sites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of OnABlog.com and OnABlog.com is not responsible for the content of any Linked Site. Use of information collected at Linked Sites is subject to any privacy policies at those sites.

Cookies

Your Ability to Edit and Deactivate Your Account Information and Preferences

You can edit your OnABlog.com Account Information at any time.
Certain communications from OnABlog.com, such as service announcements and administrative messages, are considered part of OnABlog.com membership and you may not opt out of receiving them.
You can deactivate your OnABlog.com account by contacting us. Please click here to read about information that might possibly remain in our archived records after your account has been deactivated.

Confidentiality and Security

Your OnABlog.com Account Information is password-protected.

In certain areas, Micro Design Systems may use industry-standard SSL encryption to protect data transmissions.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Micro Design Systems may update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the email address specified in your OnABlog.com account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.

Questions and Suggestions

If you have questions or suggestions, please contact us.

Revised February 22, 2004