The Noun Project, LLC (“The Noun Project”) values the privacy of its customers, visitors, users, and others (known collectively or individually as "Users") who use www.thenounproject.com (the "Web site"). This Privacy Policy applies to all of the products and services offered by The Noun Project, and details important information regarding the use and disclosure of User information collected on the Web site. By using the site you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this policy.
Your use of the Web site and any personal information you provide on the Web site remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy and The Noun Project’s Terms of Use.
The Noun Project’s Privacy Policy applies only to the Web sites and services that are owned and operated by The Noun Project. While other sites may be displayed as links from within www.thenounproject.com, those sites are owned and operated by others, and they may have different privacy policies. When linking from www.thenounproject.com to other sites, if you have privacy concerns, we urge you to review the privacy policies of those sites.
Information Collection and Use
When you visit The Noun Project’s Web site, certain kinds of non-personal information, such as the site that referred you to us, your IP address, browser type and language, and access times, may be collected automatically as part of the site's operation. We may also collect navigational information, including information about the pages you view and the links you click, as well as actions taken in connection with the Web site, such as user downloads and search terms. Demographic information (e.g., your occupation, hobbies, gender, or interests) may also be collected when available and may be linked to your personal information.
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve or track ads on our Web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other sites in order to measure advertising effectiveness and to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you.
We only collect personal information about you after you have provided us with your consent to collect that specific information. By voluntarily providing this information to us, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy.
If you purchase a product or service from us, we request certain personally identifiable information from you in order to process your order. You must provide contact information (such as name, email and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date and the 3 digit security code). We use this information for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this information to contact you.
If you choose to submit your email, we will use it to communicate with you about your transactions, new products and services. We may send transaction-related communications such as welcome letters, billing reminders, and purchase confirmations. We may also send you surveys or marketing communications to inform you of new products or services or other information or offers that may be of interest. If you do not wish to receive surveys or marketing communications, you may follow the "unsubscribe" instructions included within each email communication. Please keep in mind that if you choose not to receive marketing communications, you will continue to receive transactional or account communications such as emails confirming your order.
Children Under 13
The Noun Project is committed to protecting the privacy of children. www.thenounproject.com does not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information online from children under the age of 13.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
The Noun Project does not rent, trade, or share Personal Information with third parties except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
We use other third parties such as a credit card processing company to bill you for goods sold on our Web site, and an email service provider to send out emails on our behalf. When you make a purchase on our Web site or sign up for our email list, we will share the necessary amount of personally identifiable information as necessary for the third party to provide that service. These third parties are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for promotional purposes.
We provide Non-Personal Information to interested third-parties for purposes of understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality of the Web site.
We use both your Personal Information and certain Non-Personal Information to improve the quality and design of the Web site and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, or legal process served on our Web site.
We may share Personal Information if we believe it is necessary 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 The Noun Project’s Terms of Use, or as otherwise required by law.
In the event The Noun Project, LLC goes through a business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via email of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site and we do link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information.
We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file.
If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site will be limited.
The Noun Project does utilize tracking technology to better understand site traffic patterns and use. However, none of the information collected via tracking technology is personally identifiable information.
The use of cookies by our partners, affiliates or tracking utility company is not covered by our privacy statement. We do not have access or control over these cookies. Our partners, affiliates, tracking utility company and service providers use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site.
If you click on a link to a third party site, including on an advertisement, you will leave www.thenounproject.com and go to the site you selected. Because we cannot control the activities of third parties, we cannot accept responsibility for any use of your personally identifiable information by such third parties, and we cannot guarantee that they will adhere to the same privacy practices as The Noun Project. We encourage you to review the privacy statements of any other service provider from whom you request services.
The Noun Project may use web beacons in connection with e-mails sent to The Noun Project’s users, to let us know whether and when the email was opened. No personal information is transmitted through web beacons.
Confidentiality and Security
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personally identifiable information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can send us an email at info@thenounproject.com.
International Users
If you are a User accessing the Web site from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Web site, which is governed by U.S. law and this Privacy Policy as incorporated in our Terms of Use, you will be transferring your Personal Information into the United States and you consent to that transfer.
Changes and Updates to this Privacy Policy
The Noun Project may update this policy at any time in its sole discretion and without prior notice. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement and will strive to 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 and/or by placing a notice on the Web site.
Effective Date
This Privacy Policy was last modified October 20, 2011.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at info@thenounproject.com.
- The Noun Project, LLC
- P.O. Box 480677
- Los Angeles, CA 90048