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Policies!
What are the WGVU/PBS Kids Policies?
For Parents and Caregivers of PBS
Kids:
You have
trusted us for many years to provide responsible and quality
content for children. As
we move into the cyberspace world, this trust becomes even more
important to you, and to us. We believe the following promises
will improve the safety, value, and enjoyment of your child's visits
to our site and our affiliated sites.
We will not collect personally identifiable information
from your child.
• If
your child sends us an e-mail with a question or comment, or
enters one of our contests, we will respond using his or her
e-mail, but will not store it for future communications.
• If
we know that your child is under the age of thirteen, we will
collect your permission offline (by postal mail, fax or phone)
before we mail any prizes or share your child's personal information
with anyone else.
• If
your child submits stories, artwork, comments or anything else
to us that is posted on our site, he or she will be identified
only by first name and age.
• If
you or your child localize on pbskids.org, a cookie will tell
us your station's call letters. PBS only
keeps track of how many computers choose each station. No
personal information is stored in the cookie, even if you have
entered your name or email address on other parts of PBS Online.
We also promise
to help children, their families and communities find the information
they need to use the Internet safely and responsibly.
When a WGVU PBS Kids site is partially funded by outside sponsors,
we will mark any underwriter logos with a "sponsored by"
tag. We select our underwriters carefully, to ensure that
the company's products and services fit PBS standards. WGVU
PBS Kids sites will not contain advertisements promoting e-commerce
or direct links to e-commerce.
Since we cannot be assured that links to outside sites follow our
safety or privacy guidelines, we encourage adults and children
to discuss these choices together. We are not responsible
for the content or safety and privacy practices at any sites linked
from our pages.
With areas of the PBS Kids site like TechKnow's "You Be the
Judge" and "Get Your Web License," as well as our
"Know Before You Go" Web literacy tips, we will continue
to empower children by helping them to make informed choices.
You and your child's use of this site are conditioned on your having
accepted these terms. You should check back at this policy
frequently, since it is subject to change from time to time, and
your continued use of the site is conditioned upon your acceptance
of any modifications hereto.
We want to make this site a place where families can surf together,
and where parents and caregivers are happy to have their children
interact, learn and play.
If you have any comments or questions, we're happy to hear them.
This is, after all, your site.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy, send
us an e-mail at marketing@wgvu.org. You may also contact
us at 301 West Fulton, Grand Rapids MI 49504 or 800-442-2771.
Last modified: 4/2/03 |
