Department 5 ("Dept5," "we," "us," "our") respects visitor privacy. This notice covers information collected through dept5.com and related business communications with us.
01. Scope
Dept5 is a United States digital production studio. The Site is primarily a portfolio and business-contact website. It does not currently provide account registration, ecommerce checkout, payment processing, or an on-site contact form.
This notice is not a contract and does not replace any client services agreement, statement of work, NDA, or other written agreement with Department 5.
02. Information we collect
Information you provide
- Name, email address, phone number, company, role, and mailing address if you choose to send them to us
- Project details, files, links, budgets, timelines, and other information included in a business inquiry
- Client, vendor, or partner information exchanged during normal business communications
Information collected automatically
- IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, timestamps, and approximate location inferred from IP address
- Server log, security, performance, and error data generated when your browser requests pages or files from the Site
- Information shared by third-party services used to load fonts, host infrastructure, or deliver site assets
03. How we use information
- Respond to inquiries and evaluate potential projects
- Operate, maintain, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the Site
- Provide requested services and manage client, vendor, or partner relationships
- Protect against fraud, misuse, security incidents, and unauthorized access
- Comply with legal, accounting, tax, insurance, and contractual obligations
- Send business communications if you have asked for them or if they relate to an existing relationship
04. Cookies and third-party services
The current Site does not intentionally use advertising pixels, behavioral ad cookies, ecommerce cookies, or an on-site analytics package. Basic cookies or local browser storage may still be set by hosting infrastructure, embedded media, security tooling, or a visitor's browser.
The Site loads fonts from Google Fonts. When your browser requests those files, Google may receive technical information such as your IP address, browser, and requested font file. We also link to third-party websites and may embed or serve media files through normal web infrastructure.
If we add analytics, advertising pixels, or a consent-management tool later, this notice should be updated before or at the time those tools go live.
05. How information is shared
We may share information with:
- Hosting, security, email, storage, professional-service, and production vendors who help us operate the Site or our business
- Clients, collaborators, or vendors as needed to scope, produce, review, or deliver work
- Government, law-enforcement, regulatory, or court authorities when required or appropriate under law
- Successors or advisors in connection with a merger, financing, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets
- Other parties with your direction or consent
We do not knowingly sell personal information. We do not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms are used in California privacy law.
06. Retention and security
We keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this notice, including active business relationships, legal and accounting obligations, dispute resolution, security, backups, and legitimate business records.
We use reasonable technical, organizational, and administrative safeguards. No website, email system, or internet transmission is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
07. California privacy choices
California privacy laws may give California residents specific rights depending on the size and activities of a business and the type of personal information involved. Where applicable, you may have the right to know/access, delete, correct, opt out of sale or sharing, limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information, use an authorized agent, and receive non-discriminatory treatment for exercising privacy rights.
Categories we may collect:
- Identifiers such as name, email address, phone number, company, IP address, and mailing address if provided
- Professional or employment-related information such as company, title, project role, and business contact details
- Internet or network activity such as pages viewed, device/browser data, referrer, and server logs
- Commercial or project information voluntarily provided in inquiries or business communications
- Sensitive personal information only if you choose to include it in materials you send us, or if it is required for limited legal, security, or business purposes
Do Not Sell or Share: we do not knowingly sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. If you believe a site feature or vendor interaction should be treated as a sale or sharing under California law, contact us and we will review it.
Shine the Light: California residents may request information about certain disclosures of personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, if any.
To submit a California privacy request, email hello@dept5.com with "Privacy Request" in the subject line. We may need to verify your identity or authority before completing a request.
08. International visitors
The Site is operated from the United States and is directed primarily to United States business visitors. If privacy law in the EEA, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another jurisdiction applies to your interaction with us, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or port personal data, and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Where GDPR-style rules apply, our legal bases may include your consent, performance of a contract or pre-contractual request, legitimate interests in operating and securing a business website, and compliance with legal obligations. Your information may be processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
09. Children's privacy
The Site is intended for business and professional audiences. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
10. Updates
We may update this notice from time to time. The "Last updated" date above shows when the current version was posted.
11. Contact
Email: hello@dept5.com
Mailing address:
Department 5
5920 Spring Street
Buena Park, CA 90621
United States
For privacy requests, include enough information for us to understand and verify the request. Please do not send sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for the request.
End of notice · Copyright 2026 Department 5. All rights reserved.