DesignNewbie.com (WebDesignNewbie.com) strives to offer its visitors, students and members the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive and personalized experience to each and every one of them. We may use personally identifiable information (your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number) subject to the terms of this policy. We will never sell, barter, or rent your email address (or any other information) to any unauthorized third party at any time.

Gathering Information
We collect and store information through the activities that you elect to participate and the services provided, depending on the page you are visiting. For example, you may be asked to provide information when you register for access to certain portions of our site or request certain features, such as newsletters , course registration, student registration, or when you make a purchase. You may provide information when you participate in contests, community forums, and other interactive areas within our website. WebDesignNewbie, like most websites, also collect information automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. As an example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or use cookie technology to recognize you and hold information from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store your username and password, saving you from having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or they may control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather information through other means. In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, as for instance, by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked to re-enter your username and password every time, and we may not be able to customize the site’s features according to your preferences.

Collected Information
Like other Websites, WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) collects information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising. We respect your privacy and do not share your information with anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other users to help enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive). Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our advertisers and business partners. Again, this information does not include any personally identifiable information about you or allow anyone to identify you individually.
WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) may use personally identifiable information collected on our website to communicate with you about your registration and customization preferences.

Personally identifiable information collected by WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited to website administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce transactions, administration of contests, and other communications with you. Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site (our website hosting service for example) may access such information. We will use your information only as permitted by law. In addition, from time to time as we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies and/or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your information in response to a court order, and/or at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.

Links to the Rest of the World Wide Web
WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) expects its partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware, however, that third parties, including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other content providers accessible through our site, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For example, during your visit to our site you may link to certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) you may be introduced to, or be able to access information, websites, features, or contests offered by other parties. WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or page operated by a third party.
While on our site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about you. For example, some of our advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other features available on our site may offer services operated by third parties and may use cookies or other technology to gather information. WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) does not control the use of this technology by third parties or the resulting information, and is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.
You should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information on our forums, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) and this policy.

Children
WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) does not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from or about children under 13 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under 13 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) has any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact us immediately.

Code of Conduct
All users are expected to follow this code of conduct:

• users/students will not make racist, obscene or otherwise inflammatory remarks within any communication on the WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) website, either through the community forums or elsewhere
• users/students accept that WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) reserves the right to remove community forum posts that do not meet these or our editorial/comments guidelines at any time
• users/students will respect all copyrights and trademarks
• users/students accept that WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) is an educational medium and that content submitted may appear elsewhere on our network.
• Liability
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  Anyone using the information on WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) does so at his or her own risk, and by using such information agrees to indemnify WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com), its parent company, TinaStephenl, and its content providers from any and all liability, loss, injury, damages, costs and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) arising from such use.
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• Warranty
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• Policy Changes
  WebDesignNewbie.com (DesignNewbie.com) reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our site and/or services following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.