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Google Advertising Cookie and Privacy Policies
At Story Soup Kids, our purpose and goal is to encourage creative
storytelling. Literacy is very important in our eyes and we want every child
to have fun and enjoy reading. We welcome our visitors, help parents to
parent more effectively and treat guests with the utmost respect. We also
take the issue of privacy very seriously. We respect the privacy of
children, and do not collect any more personal information than is
reasonably necessary to enable them to participate in the activities we
offer at our Web sites.
Kids: Be sure to ask your parents for
permission before you send any information about yourself (your name,
address, e-mail address, etc.) to us or anyone else over the Internet.
Parents and Guardians: We encourage you
to get involved with your children's online usage and to be aware of the
activities in which they are participating. While we welcome all of our
guests to enjoy the many features of our site, we encourage you to limit
your children's time online. When used properly, the Internet can be
entertaining and educational. But even we at Story Soup Kids realize that
there is a lot more to a well-balanced life than just 'surfing the web'.
Information Collection Policies
At our sites, we have a policy of collecting limited personally identifiable
information. To enable children to participate in some of our online
activities, we may ask them to provide us with their first name and e-mail
address. Story Soup Kids will only use this information for internal
purposes – for fulfillment of a requested transaction or to respond to
children’s specific requests to participate in activities, such as sending
stories they have wrote.
When you, or your child visits our sites, we automatically collect certain
non-personally identifiable information, such as the type of computer
operating system (e.g., Windows 98 or Mac OS) and browser (e.g., Netscape or
Internet Explorer) that you use, and the domain name of your Internet
service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink). (See “Cookies”
below.) We use this information to improve the design and content of our
site, and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may
use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage and to offer you
products, programs or services.
We Do Not Share Personal Information
We do not share any personal information. No third parties will ever receive
any data collected
Product Orders:
Story Soup Kids uses an order form for users to request products and order
information. For that order form, we collect the user’s name, e-mail
address, billing address, phone number, shipping address, and necessary
financial information to process the order (i.e. credit card number).
We will disclose the information we maintain when required to do so by law –
for example, in response to a court order or subpoena. We may also disclose
such information in response to a law enforcement agency’s request.
If Story Soup Kids, or substantially all of its assets, are acquired, the
information we collect may be one of the transferred assets. Any such
transfer will be subject to applicable privacy laws.
Cookies:
http://childstoryhour.com uses cookies to help us make the site better. A
"cookie" is a small, temporary file placed on your computer's hard disk, and
is used to collect user information. (Unfortunately, it's not edible!)
Cookies help us to find out what kind of computer and Web browser you are
using to visit our site, how often you visit our site, and which pages you
look at while you're here. The information we gather from these cookies
helps us to make our site available to the most people possible.
Story Soup Kids collects aggregate information about visitors to our site.
We do not use cookies to collect specific information about individual
users, such as your name, address, e-mail address, credit card information,
passwords, or anything else. Sometimes we will attach information from
cookies to messages sent to our Customer Service department.
Most Web browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you
can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are
being sent by changing your preferences under the options menu of your
browser. However, some portions of our sites may not function properly or
may run very slowly when you change this setting on your browser.
Security: We have in place appropriate safeguards to secure the very limited
personal information we receive from our visitors for the limited time it is
in our possession. We use industry standard security measures, such as SSL,
to protect any sensitive information (such as credit card information) that
you may provide to us to access some of our services.
Off-Site Links:
Story Soup Kids makes available links to sponsor sites. Our
policy is that all links be kid friendly. We may also provide links to
newsworthy information or articles about literacy that may be of interest to
Story Soup Kids web site visitors. We do not make representations and
warranties as to other sites' content or information collection policies.
Changes to the Privacy Policy:
This policy is reviewed periodically by Story Soup Kids and may be subject
to change. Any changes will be posted here.
Contact Us:
Parents can review the information that we have collected from their
children online, prevent the further use or maintenance of such information,
or direct the deletion of their children’s or their own personal
information. If you would like to do so, or if you have any questions or
concerns about this privacy policy or our Web sites, please contact us at:
Story Soup Kids
E-mail:
support@childstoryhour.com
For questions regarding online order information, please refer to our FAQ's
or you may contact us at:
support@childstoryhour.com
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Last updated: May 18, 2006
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