Collecting Information:

Vision Site Design Awards collects information about users, personal information, such as name and e-mail address, as well as IP addresses of viewers and pages viewed; all of which is kept completely confidential by Vision Site Design Awards.

Personal Information is collected when users voluntarily submit information via the online forms. These forms include applying to the Web Award Program and making inquiries about the Awards Program. This information enables Vision Site Design Awards to improve the site to make your online visits more productive and enjoyable. Web Award applicants agree within the submission form to have the following information posted; site name, URL address and a brief description of the winning site.

It is our firm policy to NEVER sell, rent, or otherwise share any visitors' personal information with any third parties. We will however disclose information we maintain as required by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena or to disclose information to a specific law enforcement agency.

Vision Site Design Awards is hosted by OTR Web Systems. Visitors are encouraged to contact OTR Web Systems directly for questions regarding their design and hosting services.

Cookies:

This site does use 'cookies' to record information. A cookie is a small data file that web sites store on your hard drive when you visit them. Cookies allow sites to measure activity and to improve a user's experience by remembering passwords and viewing preferences, and allowing users to visit various members-only parts of sites without re-registering. Cookies allow sites to determine which areas and features of their sites are most popular by measuring user activity.

Children's Privacy:

Vision Site Design Awards encourages parents and guardians to spend time with their children online and become familiar with the sites their children visit. In various sections of our site, we ask whether applicants are under the age of 17. Vision Site Design Awards relies on our visitors to be truthful in responding to these questions.

We understand that the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ( COPPA ) defines a "child" as an individual under the age 13. We, at Vision Site Design Awards, have made the decision not to accept applications from persons 16 years of age and under. As such - Vision Site Design Awards does not knowingly accept applications from persons 16 years of age and under with or without parental consent.

Links To Sites:

Our site contains links to sites other than our own. Those sites may not follow the same privacy policies as Vision Site Design Awards. Such links may be to advertisers, content providers or general web resources. These sites may send their own cookies to you, and may collect information and use it in a way inconsistent with Vision Site Design Awards Privacy Policy. Vision Site Design Awards does not control the content that appears on these sites. Such sites may contain information that content providers independent of Vision Site Design Awards have created, maintained, published, posted or otherwise made available. We do continue to monitor external links for family friendliness. External links to sites that are not family friendly/child safe will be promptly removed from our website.

The use of any information or materials that you may access at these external sites is purely voluntary. These external sites may also refer to specific commercial products, processes, or services by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer or otherwise. Vision Site Design Awards has provided explicit authority, such references in no way indicate our endorsement, recommendation, or preference.