 Storydog.com is a place where children and their families can read stories, play games and voice their opinions. We urge children and their parents/or Guardians ("Parents") to use and enjoy our website. We believe that it is a good policy not to collect more personally identifiable information from children 12 and younger than is necessary for them to participate in our online activities. Our information collection practices are described below. Children should check with their parents/guardians before entering information on any website and parents should discuss with their children restrictions regarding the online release of personal information to anyone they don't know. If there is any change in this policy in the future, Storydog.com will notify a child's parent to get his or her consent. What Information Is Collected? At Storydog.com, it is our policy to create website content that requires minimum collection of information from our visitors. Generally, Storydog.com limits our collection of information from children to what is known as nonpersonally identifiable information (i.e. screen name, birthday, gender and zip code). No information collected from users 12 and younger is used for any external marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever. This information is collected so children can participate in activities and post messages, for example, without giving unnecessary personal information. However, there are areas of Storydog.com where some personally identifiable information is asked for and collected (e.g. online sweepstakes, electronic postcards, etc.). We request only the information that is required to ensure that children can effectively join in our activities and do not condition a child's participation in an online activity on the disclosure of more information than is reasonably necessary. Storydog.com also does not sell, market, trade or otherwise share personally identifiable information with any third party. Online Sweepstakes Storydog.com occasionally sponsors sweepstakes, which may be entered online. To enter a sweepstakes, a child is asked to provide his or her first name and email address and the email address of his or her parent. We then send the child's parent an email within two business days informing him or her of the child's entry and give the parent the option to have their child's entry deleted. All the information collected by Storydog.com is used for the purpose of conducting the sweepstakes and for tailoring the website to children’s interests. The information collected in the storydog.com sweepstakes may be passed to a fulfillment house that helps run the sweepstakes. Cookies and Log Data Cookies are information files that your web browser places on your computer when you visit a website. Storydog.com will be able to access only the cookies that it sets on your computer and we are able to determine the type of computer operating system and browser that you and other visitors are using. Storydog.com collects this information and uses it in the aggregate in order to improve access to our content based on our visitors' browsers and operating system types to make our content available to as many children as possible. We do not link the information collected through cookies to the personal information that children submit online when participating in our activities. You can, of course, disable cookies on your computer by indicating this in the preferences or options menus in your browser. Aggregate data collected on web servers both within Storydog.com's control and under the control of Storydog.com's third party service provider supplies Storydog.com with aggregate information about the number of visits to different pages on our site. We use this information only for improving our site. We do not link the log data collected to the personal information that children submit online when participating in our activities. Parental Access At Storydog.com, our goal is to help parents ensure that their children have a safe and fun online experience. That's why we've set up a system by which parents can print out and mail or fax us a signed form that allows them to review any identifiable information collected about their child, have this information deleted, and/or request that there be no further collection or use of their child's information. You can link to the form from here. Storydog.com endeavors to take reasonable steps to verify the identity of anyone requesting information about a child and to ensure that the person is in fact the child's parent or legal guardian. Questions/Concerns? If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding Storydog.com's privacy policy and/or practices, please email us at: tiffany@storydog.com Storydog.com is operated by Maria Tubay and Tiffany Owen. For further information about Storydog.com’s Privacy Policy, please contact:
The Storydog.com website is intended for domestic viewers and is consequently directed towards residents of the United States.
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