Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY - COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
This site is owned and operated by www.yourdesignerlandscapes Inc. and will be referred to as YDL inc. through the
rest of this policy.. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At YDL inc., we want to make your
experience online satisfying and safe.
Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and
the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what
information we gather and how we use it.
INFORMATION, YDL Inc. GATHERS AND TRACKS
YDL Inc. gathers two types of information about users:
·        Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to
receive our electronic newsletters, to participate in our message boards or forums, to email a friend, and from
participation in polls and surveys:
·        Information YDL Inc. gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views
throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our
advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Because YDL Inc. derives its
revenue mainly from sponsorships and advertising, providing such aggregated demographic data is essential to
keeping our service fees to a minimal. Under no circumstances does YDL Inc. divulge any information about an
individual user to a third party unawares.
YDL Inc. Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:
Optional Voluntary Information
We offer the following services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users:

1. Electronic newsletters policy (Dispatches)
We will offer a free electronic newsletter to users. YDL Inc. gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily
subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter that
points users to the subscription management page. Users can also subscribe to the newsletters at the time of
registration.
2. Message boards/forums policy (when it becomes available)
Users of the site's Message Boards and Forums must register separately for these services (both are free of charge)
in order to post messages, although they needn't register to visit the site. During registration the user is required to
supply a username, password, and email address.
3. "E-mail this to a friend" policy
Our site users can choose to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by clicking "e-mail
this to a friend". The user must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used
only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the email. The information is
not used for any other purpose.
4. Polling
We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our
audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable
to any particular user. YDL Inc. may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on
a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.
5. Surveys
YDL Inc. may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share
the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our sponsors, advertisers and partners. We never
share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party.

The policy clause about children below is becoming more important as it is nearly impossible to tell the age of any
visitor. We recommend adding this sample line to all your forms that request information.
Children
Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly
request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.
Usage tracking
YDL Inc. tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data
about individual users. YDL Inc. does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name,
browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every
user's browser).
YDL Inc. sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking is
never associated with individual users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like
and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each
page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.
Cookies
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain
Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically
and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A
cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. YDL Inc. uses cookies to track
user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad
impressions and click rates.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting
cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use
this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.


USE OF INFORMATION
YDL Inc. uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites,
whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the
interests of our users.
As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to
enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers
on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think
subscribers might be particularly interested in something we are doing. YDL Inc. never shares newsletter mailing lists
with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to
those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps
us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many
measures of what interests our users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.
YDL Inc. creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and
partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements
that are pertinent to their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns of individual users, an advertiser or
sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any individual
user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the
public.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
YDL Inc. uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help our advertisers better
understand our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our service free. We will not share information
about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the
personal safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
YDL Inc. operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems.
Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized
individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.
OPT-OUT POLICY
We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:
·        Opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters.
·        Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any
personally identifiable information from our users
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by YDL Inc.. If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.