Interactive Design Solutions
Privacy Policy
Who We Are & Privacy Policy Purpose:
Our website or site address is: https://interactivedesignsolutions.com.
This privacy policy has been created to serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ or ‘PII’ is used by our website. PII is, according to US Privacy Law, information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, locate, or contact a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully so that you can get a full understanding of how we collect, use, protect, or otherwise handle your PII in accordance with our website.
What personal information do we collect?
When contacting our team via our website, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your full name, email address, phone number, company name, and supply information related to services that you are requesting including but not limited to your website url, budget, timeline, and any other project goals that you may have. We also collect data such as visitor’s IP address and browser agent string to help us with identifying potential spam.
When submitting your information to apply, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, phone number, position that you are applying for, upload a resume, and submit information on how you feel that you would best fit our team. We also collect data such as visitor’s IP address and browser agent string to help us with identifying potential spam.
When submitting comments on our site for our ‘Insights’ also known as blog articles, we collect the data that is shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.
The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
When do we collect information?
Information is collected when you visit our website, submit a form, register for our email list, respond to a survey, fill out an application for employment, submit a request for service, provide testimonials, submit feedback, or enter any information on our site.
How do we use your information?
We may use the information that we collect from you in the following ways:
- To personalize your website experience and provide you with content that is structured to your needs.
- To improve our website in order to serve you better.
- To administer a promotion, survey, request for testimonial, or other request.
- To follow up on a request for service, application, or other request.
How do we protect your information?
In order to protect your information we use regular Malware Scanning. Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and potential vulnerabilities in order to make your visit on our site safe. Your personal information is contained behind our secure hosting network and is only accessible by a limited number of team members who have access to our systems. All team members are required to keep your information confidential.
Do we utilize cookies?
Yes we do. We utilize cookies to help us remember and process your form requests, services that you are interested in, and your interactions with our website. We utilize these cookies to help us compile data about our website traffic and interactions, so that we can offer better experiences for your.
If you wish you can choose to have your computer alert you when a cookie is bing sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You can do this through your browser settings. All browsers are a little different, so we recommend looking into your specific browsers setup to find the proper way to modify your cookie preferences.
If you leave a comment, submit a form, or register on a landing page on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment, submit an additional request, or complete an application. These cookies will last for one year.
Third-Party Disclosure:
We are the sole owners of the information that your submit to us. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfers to outside parties. We will not share your PII with any third-party entity unless it is necessary to fulfill your requests (email marketing software, contact management software, etc.). This does not include our hosting platform and other parties that assist in us operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties all have agreed to keep this information confidential.
We may also release information when the release of that information is appropriate to comply with law, enforce our policies, or to protect ours or the rights of others property or safety.
Third-Party Links: We may include or offer third-party products and services on our website to better serve you. These third-party sites have separate privacy policies and are independent from us. We assume no responsibility or liability for the content or activities of these linked websites. However if you find any issues with the links provided please contact us and let us know so we can take action as appropriate.
Embedded Content: Articles on this site may also include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Google:
Advertising requirements for Google can be summed up by their Advertising Policies. These were put in place to provide a positive user experience and can be found here: https://support.google.com/adspolicy. We may use any of Google’s advertising platforms on our website to help promote our company and our services. Google is considered a third-oarty vendor, that does use cookies to serve advertisements. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables them to serve information to our users based on their previous visits to our site and other websites on the internet. Users may opt-out of the use by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (Google Analytics & Tracking) and third-party cookies and identifies to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to this website.
Opting Out: Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings Page.
California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
CalOPPA requires commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. To learn more about it visit: https://consumercal.org/about-cfc/cfc-education-foundation/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa-3/. According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
- Users can visit our site anonymously.
- We will link to this privacy policy on our home page of our website.
- Privacy is included in the link to make it easily to identify.
- You will be notified of any changes via our Privacy Policy page.
You can change your personal information by:
- Calling our offices at 419-442-7911.
- Emailing us at info@idstoledo.com
- By submitting a contact form on our contact page.
Do Not Track Signals & Behavior Tracking:
At IDS, we honor Do Not Track Signals. If these mechanisms are in place we will not track, plant cookies, or use advertising. It is however, important to note that when these mechanisms are not in place we do allow for third-party behavioral tracking.
Do we let third-parties, including ad networks or plug-ins collect PII from children under 13?
Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur: We will notify you via email within 7 business days. We will also notify the users via in-site notification within 7 business days.
We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
CAN SPAM Act
- Send information, respond to requests and inquires, and other requests or questions.
- Send details related to a product or service that you have.
- Market to you via our mailing list or continue to send emails regarding services and or transactions.
To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM Act, we agree to the following:
- Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
- Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
- Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance.
- Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
- Allow users to unsusbscribe by using the link at the bottom of the email.
- If you at any time would like to unsubscribe you can email us at info@idstoledo.com.
- Include our business address in the email.
Contact Us
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, please contact us via email at info@idstoledo.com or via telephone at 419-442-7911.
Privacy Policy Last Updated: 9/03/2025