Swimage Privacy Policy
Your privacy and trust are important to us and this Privacy Statement provides important information about how Logical Design Solutions, Inc. DBA Swimage and its subsidiaries (“Swimage”, “LogicDS”, “we”, or “us”) handle personal information. This Statement applies to any Swimage website, application, product, software, or service that links to it (collectively, our “Services”). By using the Swimage website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Personal information
Swimage is committed to the responsible handling and protection of personal information. Personal information means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, economic, cultural, or social identity of that person
We collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store personal information only when needed to provide our Services and for our operational and business purposes as described in this Statement. We want to be clear about our privacy practices so that you can make informed choices about the use of your information, and we encourage you to contact us at any time with questions or concerns.
Collection of Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered, Swimage may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
- First and Last Name
- E-mail Address
- Phone Number
- Employer
- General location or address
We collect personal information about you when you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) submitting an information request; (d) sending us an email message. We make an effort to neither collect nor store highly sensitive information such as credit cards names and numbers. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Not all of the personal information Swimage holds about you will always come directly from you. It may, for example, come from your employer, other organizations to which you belong, or a professional service provider. We also collect personal information from third parties such as our partners, service providers, and publicly available websites, to offer Services we think may be of interest and to help us maintain data accuracy and provide and enhance the Services.
In addition, our servers, logs, and other technologies automatically collect certain information to help us administer, protect, and improve our Services; analyze usage; and improve users’ experience. We share personal information with others only as described in this Statement, or when we believe that the law permits or requires it.
Use of Your Personal Information
Swimage may process personal information for the following reasons:
Account setup and administration: We use personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, and potentially information about your technical environment to set up and administer your account, provide technical and customer support and training and to send important account, subscription, and Service information.
Personalization: We may use personal information to deliver and suggest tailored content such as news, research, reports, and business information and to personalize your experience with our Services.
Marketing and events: We use personal information to deliver marketing and event communications to you across various platforms, such as email, telephone, text messaging, direct mail, and online. If we send you a marketing email, it will include instructions on how to opt out of receiving these emails in the future. We may still send you important Service information related to your accounts and subscriptions.
Surveys and polls: If you choose to participate in a survey or poll, any personal information you provide may be used for marketing or market research purposes.
Research and development: We use personal information for internal research and development purposes and to improve and test the features and functions of our Services.
Chat rooms, messaging, and community and event forums: A number of our Services provide features including community and event forums for collaboration, peer connection, and information exchange purposes. Depending upon the Service, the personal information you choose to post, share, upload, or make available is public and visible to others who use those Services. You should never post or share any information that is confidential or about others unless you have permission to do so. These Services may have their own Terms of Use and, where appropriate, their own privacy statements. We moderate these Services for compliance with our Terms of Use.
Legal obligations: We may be required to use and retain personal information for legal and compliance reasons, such as the prevention, detection, or investigation of a crime; loss prevention; or fraud. We may also use personal information to meet our internal and external audit requirements, information security purposes, and as we otherwise believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, which may include laws outside your country of residence; (b) to respond to requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities, which may include such authorities outside your country of residence; (c) to enforce our terms and conditions; and (d) to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, or those of other persons.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Swimage does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Swimage shares or discloses personal information when necessary to provide Services or conduct our business operations as described below. When we share personal information, we do so in accordance with data privacy and security requirements. We may occasionally share non-personal, anonymized, and statistical data with third parties. Below are the parties with whom we may share personal information and why.
Within Swimage: Our businesses around the world are supported by a variety of teams and functions, and personal information will be made available to them if necessary for the provision of Services, account administration, sales and marketing, customer and technical support, and business and product development, for instance. All of our employees and contractors are required to follow our data privacy and security policies when handling personal information.
Our business partners: We occasionally partner with other organizations to deliver Services, provide content, or to host events, conferences, and seminars. As part of these arrangements we and our partners may collect and share information about you. Swimage and our business partners will handle personal information in accordance with this Statement.
Our third-party service providers: We partner with and are supported by service providers around the world. Personal information will be made available to these parties only when necessary to fulfill the services they provide to us, such as direct marketing services, advertising and data analytics. Our third-party service providers are not permitted to share or use personal information we make available to them for any other purpose than to provide services to us.
Third parties for legal reasons: We will share personal information when we believe it is required, such as:
- To comply with legal obligations and respond to requests from government agencies, including law enforcement and other public authorities, which may include such authorities outside your country of residence.
- In the event of a merger, sale, restructure, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
- To protect our rights, users, systems, and Services.
Recruitment: If you register with Swimage or one of our Recruitment Partners in order to apply for employment, your personal information, including any sensitive personal information you provide, will be made available to appropriate people in the appropriate part of Swimage in order to consider your application.
Tracking User Behavior
Swimage may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Swimage, in order to determine what Swimage services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Swimage to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Swimage. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Swimage website.
Security of Your Personal Information
Swimage takes data security seriously, and we use appropriate technologies and procedures to protect personal information. Our information security policies and procedures are closely aligned with widely accepted international standards and are updated as necessary to meet our business needs, changes in technology, and regulatory requirements.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Personal Information Retention
Swimage has implemented policies and rules relating to the retention of personal information. We only retain personal information for as long as we reasonably require it for legal or business purposes. In determining data retention periods, Swimage takes into consideration local laws, contractual obligations, and the expectations and requirements of our customers. When we no longer need personal information, we securely delete or destroy it.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
- Delete your personal information from our records; and
- Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
- Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
- Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
Swimage does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, Swimage may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Swimage, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the Unsubscribe button.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Changes to this Statement
Swimage reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Swimage welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Swimage has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Swimage at:
Logical Design Solutions, Inc. DBA Swimage
400 E Diehl Rd Ste 440
Naperville, Illinois 60563
Email Address: Info@Swimage.com
Effective as of June 24, 2023