This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect on jdsleather.com. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

You provide certain personally identifiable information to (such as your name and email address) to JDS Leather Co. when choosing to participate in various activities on the JDS Leather Co. ’ sites such as uploading videos, posting messages in our forums or in the video comments section, entering contests or sweepstakes, taking advantage of promotions, responding to surveys, or subscribing to newsletters or other mailing lists.

By using our website, we may employ “clear GIFs” (a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to track the online usage patterns of our Users anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable manner). In addition, we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients.

If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the JDS Leather Co. ’ sites, then we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the JDS Leather Co. ’ sites.

Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, within your public profile page, etc.) becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Your account name (not your email address) is displayed to other users when you upload videos or send messages through jdsleather.com and other users can contact you through messages and comments. Any videos that you submit to jdsleather.com may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels and may be viewed by the general public.

• We do not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send commercial or marketing messages without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. We may, however, use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major jdsleather.com site changes or for customer service purposes).
• We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous user usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the jdsleather.com to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
• We use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit jdsleather.com; (b) provide custom, personalized content, and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as a total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.

jdsleather.com provides personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other businesses or persons for the purpose of processing such information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information in compliance with our privacy policy, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

• We do not share your personally identifiable information (such as name or email address) with other, third-party companies for their commercial or marketing use without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
• We do share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous user usage data, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with interested third-parties to assist them in understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the JDS Leather Co. ’ sites.
• We may release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law) or respond to a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.

jdsleather.com also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that JDS Leather Co. believes, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend itself against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of our web site, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of JDS Leather Co., our users or others.

jdsleather.com uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to JDS Leather Co. and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, JDS Leather Co. makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

If JDS Leather Co. learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. JDS Leather Co. may post a notice on the JDS Leather Co. ’ sites if a security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.

JDS Leather Co.’ sites are hosted in the United States and are intended for and directed to users in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. If you are a user accessing the JDS Leather Co.’ sites 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 JDS Leather Co.’ sites, which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Notice, and our Terms of Use, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.

In the event that JDS Leather Co. is acquired by or merged with a third-party entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected from our users as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors’ rights generally, we may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.

This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by the “effective date” below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. In general, we only use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Notice in effect when we received the personal information you provided. Your continued use of the JDS Leather Co. ’ sites constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions. For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of the personal information you have already provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.

Date Last Modified:

January 1st 2021