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CHILDREN’S PRIVACY POLICY |
Privacy PolicyNotice to parents:The Winston Broadcasting Network, operating as WBNX CW, respects your child’s privacy. We are committed to safeguarding personal information that may be collected from children who visit and use this website. The following privacy policy has been implemented to govern the collection and use of personal information that WBNX CW may obtain from children that visit this site or participate in the various games, activities, and contests we offer online. WBNX CW may revise this privacy policy from time to time. Therefore, you should periodically review our policy so that you are up to date on our policies and practices. If there is a material change in our policies and practices, parents of children that have provided us with personal information in the past will be notified. We welcome your input on how personal information is used and collected. If you want to communicate with WBNX CW about this privacy policy, please contact us at: WBNX CW Telephone: (440) 843-5555 Collection of limited personal information from children.WBNX CW does not directly collect information from children online. However, we may directly collect limited personally identifiable information from children, such as a child’s first name, home address, and e-mail address, at our website in the future. Such information may be collected in connection with our sweepstakes, contests, games, surveys, kids club registrations, applications, bulletin boards, chat rooms, requests for information, and other on-line activities and services. The collection of such personally identifiable information will be made only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted. WBNX CW may from time to time passively collect non-personally identifiable information incidental to a visitors use of our site. For example, we may automatically collect information concerning the web pages a user visited, the order in which they were visited, hyperlinks used, the type of computer operating system and browser being used, and the type of internet service provider used by the visitor. In addition, we may use a software technology called “cookies.” Cookies are small files that are placed in a visitor’s computer hard drive to store information about a visitor’s use of this site for future visits to our site. The cookie itself does not contain any personally identifiable information about a visitor and we do not use cookies to obtain personally identifiable information. WBNX CW may use non-personally identifiable information and information obtained through cookies in order to monitor and improve our site. By counting the number of visits to our site and where each visitor goes on our site, we are able to determine the areas of our site that visitors like and use the most and which areas need improvement. With this information, we are able to continually improve our site for the best online experience possible. WBNX CW may also disclose some non-personally identifiable information to advertisers to inform them of how many people have visited our site and have seen or linked to advertisements on our site. Use of personal information collected at our website.If collected, WBNX CW would use different types of personally identifiable information collected from children at our website in a variety of ways that are discussed below. We would collect only as much personal information as is reasonably necessary to enable the child to participate in the chosen online activity. We will not condition a child’s participation in any online activity on the disclosure of more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the chosen activity. We may collect a child’s e-mail address in connection with an online contest or game for the sole purpose of communicating the results of the contest or game to the child on a one-time basis. This information will not be used to re-contact the child and will be deleted from our records when the contest or game is over. We may collect a child’s e-mail and home address in order to communicate more than once with the child and the child’s parent concerning an online activity, request, or service. In these instances, we will also obtain a parent’s e-mail address along with the child’s for consent purposes. We may collect information including a child’s name, age, date of birth, e-mail address, home address, and phone number. Such personal information is collected by WBNX CW to enable a child to participate in activities that may include: club registration, chats, forums, surveys, games, bulletin boards, requests for suggestions, subscriptions, contest submissions, requests for products or services, and requests for additional information. The information may also be used by us for marketing, advertising, and record keeping purposes. Prior to using a child’s personal information for any purpose we will obtain parental consent for its collection, use, and disclosure. We may collect a child’s name and e-mail address to the extent reasonable necessary to protect the security of this site, to protect against liability, or as otherwise required or permitted by law. Information collected for these reasons will not be used for any other purpose. Links to other websites.Our website contains hyperlinks that allow visitors to link directly other websites operated by other parties. The links to these third party sites are meant for the visitor’s convenience only. Links to third party sites do not constitute our sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the content, policies, or practices of the linked sites. Linked sites may collect personal information from children. We are not responsible for any information these linked sites may obtain and do not oversee their policies or practices in collecting information. Parental discretion should therefore be exercised in utilizing these linked sites and once the visitor has left our website, the separate privacy policy of the third party site should be examined. Third party disclosure.WBNX CW may disclose personally identifiable information collected from children online to third parties. Any time we share personal information with a third party, we expect them to adhere to a privacy policy, but such adherence is not guaranteed. We do not have any control over the Kids WB, The CW or 4Kids Network (doing business as television program sources/networks) or bear any responsibility for any actions of those entities or any other third party. Parents may consent to our collection and use of their child’s personal information without also consenting to the disclosure of such information to third parties. Parental Right of review and deletion.If we collect personal information from a child, the child’s parents have the option to review and request that we delete their child’s personal information and may also request that we no longer collect or use their child’s personal information. If you would like to review or delete your child’s personal information, please contact us at: WBNX CW Telephone: (440) 843-5555 If we have collected personal information and you request deletion of your child’s personal information, we will immediately delete such information and refrain from collecting any other personally identifiable information from you at your request. |
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