Thank you for visiting the official Denimology website located at https://denimology.com. Denimology is an Internet property of Leadscale Labs Limited (“Leadscale Labs,” “we” or “us”).
You agree to the following Terms and Conditions in their entirety, when you: (a) access or use Denimology;
(b) register as a commenter on Denimology, which enables you to comment using the various interactive services associated with Denimology;
(c) sign up to receive our daily or weekly Newsletters; and/or
(d) register for one of our giveaways, promotional offers or contests
At Denimology, we are committed to protecting the privacy of our users and visitors. The following Privacy Policy outlines the information Denimology may collect and how we may use that information to better serve visitors and members of Denimology.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at Privacy@leadscale.com
1. Children Under the Age of 13
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason, Denimology does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information or non-personally-identifiable information on Denimology from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of our website is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access Denimology at any time or in any manner. If Denimology learns that personally identifiable information of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on Denimology without verified parental consent, then Denimology will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.
2. Information We Collect
* Information Submitted by a user. Denimology collects personal information when you register or request information from us. The personal information we may collect is listed below:
o Login Name
o Password
o Email address
o Name
o Postal Code
o Instant Messenger User Names (for example AIM, Yahoo, MSN)
o Personal Preferences (Favorite Colors, Style Description)
* You may also submit information about other people. For example, you may enter a friend’s email to invite them to Denimology, or email links to Denimology. In this circumstance, we collect the following information about the recipient:
o Email address
* Non-submitted Information Collected. Denimology may also collect non-personal information not associated with your identity. We collect this data to improve Denimology. The non-submitted information we collect is listed below:
o IP
o Time
o File
o Data transferred
o Browser type and version
o Operating system
o Cookies
3. How We Use Your Information
Among our primary goals in collecting information is to provide you with a customized experience when visiting our site and to make our site more valuable to you. We use this information to closely monitor which areas of the site are used most and to determine which areas we need to focus on improving. This information is used exclusively by Denimology in aggregate form so that we may continue to improve the value of the services and information on Denimology for our members as a whole.
As a valued customer of Denimology, we will occasionally contact you, typically by e-mail (or any other way you prefer) in order to notify you of special promotions, and up-to-date news, custom-tailored to your personal interests. Of course, if you do not wish to receive this personalized information, you can remove yourself from receiving such information by changing the appropriate option on your user account.
Denimology uses your Internet Protocol (IP) address to help diagnose problems with our computer server, and to administer our web site. Your IP address is used to help identify you, and to gather broad demographic data. Your IP address contains no personal information about you.
Please note that, once you’ve logged on to our servers, we use cookies keep track of your application states and log in status. Cookies are small files that take up minimal room on your computer and cannot, by itself, damage your computer’s files. Cookies work by assigning a number to a user that has no meaning outside of the assigning web site, in this case, Denimology. If you do not want information to be collected through the use of cookies, your browser allows you to deny or accept the use of cookies. There may, however, be some features on Denimology which requires the use of cookies in order to customize the delivery of information and content to you.
Except as described above, we will not monitor, edit or disclose any personal information about you or your account, without your prior consent unless we have a belief that such action is necessary to: (i) comply with legal process or other legal requirements of any governmental authority; (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Denimology; (iii) enforce our Terms of Service; (iv) protect the interests of users of our services other than you or any other person; or (v) operate or conduct maintenance and repair of Denimology’s services or equipment as authorized by law.
4. Our Disclosure of Your Information
Denimology may share your details with third parties, such as the companies that provide prizes for our giveaway, if and when we do this it will be clearly stated on the sign-up form. You will have an opportunity to remove yourself from any such lists prior to your inclusion therein by emailing us at privacy@leadscale.com or by changing the appropriate option on your user account. Denimology does, however, perform statistical analysis of customer usage in order to measure interest in, and use of, the various parts of Denimology, and Denimology shares that information with current and prospective advertisers, and other interested third parties. But, this information is aggregated data only (statistics, etc.), and contains no personally identifiable information whatsoever.
Denimology cooperates with all law enforcement inquires and with all third parties to enforce their intellectual property or other rights.
You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose personal information in chat areas, on bulletin boards, or in classified areas within Denimology, that information might be collected and disseminated by third-parties, and result in, among other things, unsolicited inquiries, messages, and offers from third-parties. Please understand that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and this third-party conduct is out of the control of Denimology. Please exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Denimology also contains links to other web sites. Denimology is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.
5. Security
The personally identifiable information we collect is securely stored within our database, and we use standard, industry-wide practices such as encryption, firewalls and (in some certain areas) SSL (Secure Socket Layers) for protecting your information. However, as effective as encryption technology is, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that information you supply won’t be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. We recommend that you not disclose your password to anyone.
6. Revisions and Amendments
If you have further privacy concerns please do not hesitate to ask us by contacting privacy@leadscale.com . This Privacy Policy is not intended to and does not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party. Denimology reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, modify, change or update this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update or modification on www.denimology.com. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on Denimology.
7. Notice Regarding Online Behavioral Advertising
We allow third party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit our Web site. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g. click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information.
8. Limitation of Liability
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT DENIMOLOGY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL AND/OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF DENIMOLOGY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW FOR: (A) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, DENIMOLOGY SERVICES, PROMOTIONS, CONTENT, FEEDBACK, ANY INFORMATION, MATERIAL, PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES CONTAINED AND/OR MADE AVAILABLE THEREIN/THERETHROUGH; (B) THE UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ALTERATION OF, YOUR REGISTRATION DATA; AND (C) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO DENIMOLOGY, DENIMOLOGY SERVICES, PROMOTIONS, CONTENT, FEEDBACK, ANY INFORMATION, MATERIAL, PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES CONTAINED AND/OR MADE AVAILABLE THEREIN/THERETHROUGH. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION, IN THE AGGREGATE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, MISREPRESENTATIONS AND ANY AND ALL OTHER TORTS. YOU HEREBY RELEASE DENIMOLOGY FROM ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITIES AND CLAIMS IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATIONS STATED HEREIN. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT PERMIT SUCH LIMITATION, THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF DENIMOLOGY TO YOU SHALL BE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00). YOU HEREBY RELEASE DENIMOLOGY FROM ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITIES AND CLAIMS IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION. NO ACTION MAY BE BROUGHT BY YOU MORE THAN ONE (1) YEAR FOLLOWING THE EVENT WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE CAUSE OF ACTION. THE NEGATION OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE IS A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND DENIMOLOGY. ACCESS TO DENIMOLOGY AND/OR DENIMOLOGY SERVICES WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED TO YOU WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations on liability and, in such jurisdictions, Denimology’s liability shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
9. Dispute Resolution Provisions
The Agreement shall be treated as though it were executed and performed in England and Wales and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction of England and Wales.
10. COOKIES
About cookies
This Website uses cookies to collect information. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your browser and the hard drive of your computer, mobile or other handheld device as you browse the Website. The cookies we use store information about your visit to this Website and distinguish you from other users. Some cookies are essential to the effective operation of our Website. They help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our Website, as explained in Section 2.5.2.7 above.
The cookies set from our Website
The following table sets out the types of cookie used on our Website and provides detail about what they are used for. When you use the Website for the first time, cookies which are essential to make our Website operate (see those identified as “essential cookies” below) will have been set but the other cookies will not have been set unless you agreed to those cookies being set at the time. If you have agreed to accept cookies then our Website will remember this and continue to set cookies each time you visit. If you do not want a cookie to be stored, then you may turn off certain cookies listed below individually or you can select the appropriate options on your web browser to delete some or all cookies. Please note, however, that if you block some or all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to use or access all or parts of our Website, such as being able to log on to member specific areas.
| Cookie type | Cookie | Cookie name | Purpose | Further information |
How to disable the cookies
If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including those essential for the operation of the Website) you may not be able to access parts of our Website. How to do this will depend on the browser you use. We have provided instructions below on how to disable cookies for the most popular browsers:
For Microsoft Internet Explorer: Choose the menu “tools” then “Internet Options”; Click on the “privacy” tab; and Select the setting the appropriate setting.
For Mozilla firefox: Choose the menu “tools” then “Options”; Click on the icon “privacy”; and Find the menu “cookie” and select the relevant options.
- PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will take appropriate measures to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of the personal information you provide to the Website and any transmission by you of it to us is at your own risk.
10. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you. Any changes we make to this Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page and will be immediately effective upon the posting of the updated Privacy Policy, unless we indicate a particular date on which it will be effective. However, where we change our Privacy Policy to reflect a new way we may use personal information which we have not told you about before, we will not use your personal information collected before that change unless we notify you in advance. Previous versions of our Privacy Policy can be found here.
10. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS AS A WEBSITE USER
With respect to the personal information that Leadscale Labs collects about you from its Website, you have the right:
- To request access to that personal information;
- The right to rectification of inaccurate personal information;
- The right to erasure (the right to be forgotten);
- The right to data portability;
- The right to object at any time to processing of your personal information for direct marketing;
- The right to object to decision-making based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you;
- The right to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances; and
- The right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us by writing to us at Unit 1, 6 Owen Street, London EC1V 7JX or by visting the Help Desk.
You also have the right to make a complaint to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) whose details are as follows: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. http://ico.org.uk/0303 123 1113 or another European data protection authority about the manner in which Leadscale Labs processes that personal information.