Online Privacy Policy
Updated May 25, 2018
Your privacy is of utmost importance to us at KidSpirit. KidSpirit only stores personal information with your permission when you subscribe to KidSpirit or when we process an order. This information is never sold and is used only to send newsletters or updates about our organization. If you wish to unsubscribe or to ask us to delete your information, please write us at info@kidspiritonline.com and we will do so within 1-2 business days.
KidSpirit may use third-party processors to store Personal Information such as your name, email, and address. We require all third-party processors to protect data in a manner consistent with this policy. Read more about their privacy policies:
https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/privacy-statement
https://bloomerang.co/privacy-policy/
We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our visitors use the site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
KidSpirit may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
For more information about our privacy policy, please see below or contact us at info@kidspiritonline.com.
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At KidSpirit, Inc. (“KidSpirit,” “we,” or “us”), our online privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes the types of information we gather from those persons visiting the Internet website www.kidspiritonline.com (the “Site”) and how we use that information.By accessing this Site, you agree to be bound by the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Site. Each time you use the Site, the current version of the Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, when you use the Site, you should check the date of this Policy (which appears at the top) and review any changes since the last version.
1. Collection and Sharing of Information
We may collect two types of information from users of our Site: “personally identifiable information” (such as name, e-mail address, postal address) and “aggregate information” (such as frequency of visits to the Site, Site pages most frequently accessed, browser type, etc.). We use this information in an effort to improve your experience on the Site and to communicate with you.
2. Collection of Personally Identifiable Information
We only collect personally identifiable information that is voluntarily provided by users of the Site when users want to become registered members and when users want to submit their work for publication to KidSpirit Magazine.
3. Collection of Aggregate information
We also collect aggregate information from all visitors to the Site. Aggregate Information is used in a collective manner, and no single person can be identified by that compiled information.
4. Sharing, Selling, and Trading Personally Identifiable Information Collected Online with Third Parties
We will not sell, share, trade or otherwise disclose personally identifiable information or non-personally identifiable information collected on our Site with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
We may share personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information with third party service providers hired by KidSpirit, such as companies who perform technical and processing functions on our behalf. These third parties are not authorized to retain, share, store or use your personally identifiable information for any purpose other than completion of the specific services for which they were hired.
In addition, in the following circumstances we may share or transfer personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information to unrelated third parties: (i) to comply with a legal requirement, judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on us; (ii) to investigate a possible crime, such as fraud or identity theft; (iii) when we believe it is necessary to do so to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company or other persons.
5. Collection and Use of IP Addresses
In addition, we collect IP addresses to obtain aggregate information on the Site. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer by a Web server when you are on the Web. When you are on our Site, we have a back-end server that logs your computer’s IP address. We only use the information we find out from tracking IP addresses in the aggregate, such as how many users entered a specific area of our Site, and not to track a specific IP address to identify an individual user. However, we reserve the right to use such information to identify a user if safety and/or security issues arise or to comply with legal requirements.
6. Submissions/Forums/Groups/Comments
On the Site, (i) we provide areas for registered members to submit communications, including comments, forum threads, postings on blogs, creation of personal Web pages and the creation of magazine content; and (ii) we provide certain areas for non-members to leave comments (collectively, “User Submission(s)”). If you are a registered member, your User Submissions will be associated with your username and avatar. If you are not a registered member, your comments will be submitted anonymously, however, the submission of magazine content will be associated with your name. Please note that any personally identifiable information you decide to include within your User Submission will be available to the public, so it is important for you to exercise discretion and appropriate caution when deciding to reveal personally identifiable information in such User Submissions.
7. Children and Privacy
We are concerned about the safety of children when they use the Internet, and understand that children may not understand all the provisions of our Privacy Policy or make informed decisions about the choices that are made available to adult users of the Site. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time with their children online and to be familiar with the sites their children visit. In addition, we recognize the need to provide additional privacy protections for children who visit our sites. Read about our protections for children who are under the age of 13 in theKids’ Privacy Policy, below.
8. Links to Other Websites
This Site may contain links to websites operated by other people or companies. Those websites may have their own privacy policy or no privacy policy at all. We do not have any responsibility for those websites, and we provide the links solely for the convenience of our visitors.
9. Security
The security of your personally identifiable information is important to us and we are committed to handling your information carefully. We restrict access to your personally identifiable information to employees who need to know that information in order to provide services. In addition, we make reasonable efforts to follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personally identifiable information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. IN NO EVENT WILL KIDSPIRIT OR OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS OR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THIS SITE (“RELEASED PARTIES”) BE LIABLE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF: (I) THIS SITE, YOUR ACCESS, USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE; (II) ANY FAILURE OR PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE (INCLUDING LOSS PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, AND DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM INACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION OR INCONVENIENCE, DELAY, OR LOSS OF THE USE OF THE SITE); (III) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE, (IV) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (V) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS APPLY WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF THE RELEASED PARTIES OR ANY OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
10. Changes to this Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this Policy, at any time and without prior notice, by posting the revised version of this Policy on our Site.
11. Corrections/Information Removal/Opt-Out
If your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information changes, you may update, correct or omit the relevant information by contacting us at info@kidspiritonline.com.
If you prefer not to receive marketing e-mails from us, please let us know by clicking on the unsubscribe link within any marketing e-mail you receive from us. Please note that such requests may take up to ten (10) days to become effective.
12. Contact Us
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the information collection and dissemination practices of this Site, please send an e-mail with your questions or comments to info@kidspiritonline.comor write us at:
KidSpirit Online
77 State Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
You may also telephone us at(718) 878-3900. (If you are not eighteen (18) years of age or older, you must have your parent or guardian’s permission to call this number.)
Kids’ Privacy Policy
Updated April 19, 2010
This Kids’ Privacy Policy is designed to answer your questions regarding our privacy policies and principles for www.kidspiritonline.com (the “Site”) with respect to children UNDER the age of 13.
Building on our general Privacy Policy, we recognize the need to provide additional privacy protections when children visit the Site. We explain those additional protections here in this Kids’ Privacy Policy. For your convenience, this Kids’ Privacy Policy uses terms that are defined in our general Privacy Policy.
The federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) requires that we inform parents and legal guardians about how we collect, use, and disclose personally identifiable information from children under thirteen (13) years of age (hereinafter “kids”); and that we obtain the consent of parents and guardians in order for kids to use certain features of our Site where personally identifiable information is collected. Below we explain our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of kids’ personally identifiable information. When we use the term “parent,” this term includes legal guardians.
Q1. What types of information do we collect about kids?
A1. Kids can surf our Site, view content, and make comments anonymously in certain areas of the Site without any personally identifiable information being collected. We do not collect personally identifiable information from kids unless they attempt to register on the Site as a member. Typically, kids will register to participate in groups and forums. The only personally identifiable information we collect from kids prior to obtaining parental consent is a kid’s birth date, kid’s first name, and parent’s e-mail address. We use this information to contact parents and obtain their consent. (See Q3/A3 below for further information regarding the parental consent process.)
Once we have received parental consent, the only personally identifiable information we collect from kids is their first name and parent’s email address. Note that all sites that are directed to children under thirteen (13) are prohibited by law from conditioning a kid’s participation in an online activity on the kid’s providing more personally identifiable information than is reasonably necessary. KidSpirit doesnotcondition a kid’s participation in any of our online activities on the disclosure of more personally identifiable information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity.
Even when kids under 13 become members of the Site (with parental consent), they are not permitted to participate in all functions of the Site. For example, kids under 13 are not permitted to create a personal webpage or blog on the Site. However, with parental consent, they can participate in discussion groups and forums and make comments in those areas of the Site. In the course of participating in some areas of the Site (i.e., groups and forums), a child may decide to reveal additional personally identifiable information about himself or herself. Given that other registered Site members can see information submitted in groups and forums, it is important for parents to monitor their kids activity on our Site (or any website) to make certain kids do not reveal information like their telephone number, address or last name.
Q2. How do we use and share the personally identifiable information that we have collected about kids?
A2. We use the personally identifiable information collected from kids to provide the services requested on the Site and to contact kids about new functions of the Site or information about KidSpirit’s activities. We do not share, sell or otherwise disclose a kid’s personally identifiable information, except with third party service providers hired by KidSpirit, such as companies who perform technical and processing functions on our behalf. These third parties are not authorized to retain, share, store or use your personally identifiable information for any purpose other than completion of the specific services for which they were hired. In addition, in the following circumstances we may share or transfer personally identifiable information to unrelated third parties: (i) to comply with a legal requirement, judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on us; (ii) to investigate a possible crime, such as fraud or identity theft; (iii) when we believe it is necessary to do so to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company or other persons.
Q3. How do we notify and obtain consent from parents for the collection of personally identifiable information from their kids?
A3. Within five business days of a child’s attempt to register on the Site, we will send their parent a notification email informing them of the kid’s request to become a member of the Site. We will not allow a child to register as a member of the Site until we receive an email back from the parent with consent.
Q4. How can parents access, change or delete personally identifiable information about their kids?
A4. At any time parents can refuse to permit KidSpirit to collect further personally identifiable information from their kid and can request that any personally identifiable information we have collected be deleted from our records. A parent can contact us to access, change, or delete the personally identifiable information that we have collected from his or her child by sending an e-mail toinfo@kidspiritonline.com. Please include the child’s member name and parent’s e-mail address in the e-mail so that we can better assist you with your inquiry or request.
Q5. How will we notify parents if our Kids’ Privacy Policy changes?
A5. We may amend our Kids’ Privacy Policy at any time. We will provide parents notice by e-mail of any material changes in the way we intend to collect, use, and/or share kids’ personally identifiable information. Please note that, at all times, parents should update their personally identifiable information to provide us current e-mail addresses. We will apply material changes in our Kids’ Privacy Policy only in conformance with applicable law, including any applicable provisions of COPPA that require parental consent
Q6. Who do guests contact with questions or concerns about our Kids’ Privacy Policy?
A6. If you need further assistance, please send an e-mail with your questions or comments to info@kidspiritonline.comor write us at:
KidSpirit Online
77 State Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
You may also telephone us at (718) 878-3900. (If you are not eighteen (18) years of age or older, you must have your parent or guardian’s permission to call this number.)
