Privacy Policy
By visiting Kidzinfo, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy covers Kidzinfo's treatment of personal information that Kidzinfo gathers when you are on the Kidzinfo web site.
We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our web site, which is to enable users to discover and share information with one another. This information allows us to provide you with an efficient experience. We do not process this information in a way that is incompatible with this objective. We collect the following types of information from our users:
Information You Provide to Us
We receive and store any information you enter on our web site. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features.
- Registration: In order for you to use Kidzinfo services, such as submitted a web site entry, you must complete a registration form. As part of this registration form, we ask for select personal information (including your full name, city, state and email address).
Automatic Information
- We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Kidzinfo and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain "traffic data" on their server logs from your browser including your IP address, Kidzinfo cookie information, and the page you requested. Kidzinfo uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems, analyze trends and administer the web site.
Email Communications
Kidzinfo is very concerned about your privacy and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your explicit permission. Kidzinfo may send out emails with Kidzinfo-related news, products, offers, surveys or promotions. You may also receive notification emails from Kidzinfo, which inform you of actions (e.g. joining a group, a entry to a group has been published) that have been performed on the site. If you do not want to receive email from us, please visit your user profile. However, please note that in all cases you will continue to receive all system emails (e.g. forgotten user password) from us.
Cookies
- Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our web site are visited and by how many people. Kidzinfo cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or email address is.
- The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use Kidzinfo's best features.
Sharing Your Information
Information about the people who use Kidzinfo is an integral part of the Kidzinfo experience. We neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and we share your personal information only as described below.
- Protection of Kidzinfo and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Kidzinfo, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
- User Profile information: Information collected during registration and subsequent visits, such as your full name and location, may be displayed to other Kidzinfo users in your User Profile. The User Profile is the area on Kidzinfo where we allow you to tell other Kidzinfo users about yourself and your interests. You may control what personal information is displayed by entering as much or as little as you desire.
- Social sharing of data: Kidzinfo allows other users to browse entries that you have submitted, commented on, voted on, and rated. This information is made available via your user profile. Kidzinfo may choose to post this data on other site features.
- Syndication: Kidzinfo allows for the RSS syndication of all of its public content within the Kidzinfo web site.
Keeping Information Secure
Your Kidzinfo account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished when using a shared computer.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Kidzinfo may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the Kidzinfo website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.
Conditions of Use
If you decide to visit Kidzinfo website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy.