Our purpose and goal is to bring the uniquely creative storytelling of children to the world through fun and engaging interactive media. We welcome our visitors warmly, entertain creatively, help parents effectively, and treat guests with the utmost respect. We take the issue of privacy very seriously and respect the privacy of children, collecting no more personal information than is reasonably necessary for them to participate in the activities we offer on our website.
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.
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.
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 their first name and e-mail address, used only for internal purposes such as fulfilling a requested transaction or responding to a specific request to participate in an activity, such as sending an electronic greeting card.
On some pages, such as where children can send electronic postcards or game links to friends, we may ask for personal information about other people, usually limited to a first name and e-mail address. This information is deleted from our records as soon as the e-mail is sent. Newsletter or "member" signups require visitors to be 13 years old or older.
We automatically collect certain non-personally identifiable information — such as operating system, browser type, and the domain name of your Internet service provider — to improve the design and content of our site and personalize your experience.
We do not share personal information with anyone other than those who provide support for the internal operations of the website, and agents (such as contractors providing fulfillment or technical support) who have agreed to maintain the security and integrity of that information.
We use cookies to help make the site better — small temporary files that let us learn what kind of computer and browser you use, how often you visit, and which pages you view. We do not use cookies to collect specific information such as your name, address, e-mail address, credit card information or passwords. Most browsers accept cookies by default; you may set yours to refuse them, though some parts of the site may then function less well.
We have appropriate safeguards in place to secure the limited personal information we receive from visitors for the limited time it is in our possession, using industry-standard security measures such as SSL to protect sensitive information.
We generally avoid linking from our site to other sites. Occasionally, for children's educational benefit, we put up links to partner sites for a limited time to promote contests and information; such partners agree not to use collected information for any other purpose. We do not make representations or warranties as to other sites' content or information collection policies.
This policy is reviewed periodically and may be subject to change. Any changes will be posted here.
Parents, teachers and students can review the information we have collected online, request that we stop using or maintaining it, or direct its deletion. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us:
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