This policy describes our privacy practices for our websites and smart phone applications and programming services (the "applications").
Information We Collect
Contact information: For example, we might collect your name and street address. We might also collect your phone number or email.
Demographic information: We may collect information about products you like, services you use or what you buy. We might also ask for information like your age.
Third Party Information: We might collect a friend's email address to send them an electronic postcard. We may also collect contact information to get a parent's consent if a minor wants to use our site.
Other Information: If you use our applications, we may collect information about the browser or platform you are using. We might track the pages you visit. We might look at what site you came from, or what site you visit when you leave us. We collect this information using the tracking tools described below.
How We Collect Information
We collect information directly from you.The following are a few examples of when we collect information from you:
If you register for one of our programs.
If you make contact requests.
Some of our Sites and applications use analytics software, including Display Advertising.You can opt-out of analytics software and personalized ads/recommendations from Flurry by clicking here. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising by using the Ads Preferences Manager. You may also want to implement the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
How We Use Information
We use your information as is disclosed at the time we collect the information and in the following ways:
To respond to your requests or questions.Examples include:
To improve our products and services.We might use your information to customize your experience with us.
To look at site trends and customer interests.We may use your information to make website or product improvements. We may also combine information we get from you with information about you we have gotten from third parties.
For security purposes.We may use information to protect our company, our customers, or our applications.
To promote us and our various applications.Unless we tell you otherwise, we might send you notices of special promotions, offers or solicitations. We might tell you about new Site features or product or service offerings. To manage this, follow the instructions in Your Choices, below.
To communicate with you about your account or our relationship.We may contact you to tell you about changes to this Policy or our Terms. We may also tell you about issues with your orders.
To talk to parents or guardians to get permission.We may use contact information to get permission from parents for children who want to use our site.
Location Data
To the extent Our applications make location enabled Services available and you use such Services, we may collect and process your location data to provide location related Services and advertisements. For example, some add-ons or offers may be available at dedicated locations. The location data is processed and stored only for the duration that is required for the provision of the location related Services.
We may use, depending on the service (1)IP-based location based on the IP address presented by the end-user, (2) fine geo-location data based on coordinates obtained from a mobile device’s GPS radio, or (3) coarse, network-based geo-location data based on proximity of network towers or the location of WiFi networks.
Your fine, GPS-based geo-location is not accessed without your consent. Notwithstanding our’s partners who are providing location related parts of the Service, we will not share your GPS geo-location with third parties without your consent. To the extent we make available GPS geo-location to third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy, it will be provided anonymously.
Information Sharing
We may share your information as follows:
Within our company.
If we think we have to in order to comply with the law.For example, we will share information to respond to a court order or subpoena. We may also share it if a government agency or investigatory body requests.
With third parties who perform services on our behalf.For example, we share information with vendors, or will authorize them to collect information on our behalf. Some vendors may be located outside of the United States.
With our business partners.For example, we might share information with a business partner who is running a joint promotion with us. We might also share information to trusted business partners whose products we think you would like. To opt out of having your information shared, see the Your Choices section below.
Our Applications and Children
The sites on which this policy appears are not intended for children under 13. We take steps on these sites to avoid collecting information online from children under 13. In some cases, children may give us information without us knowing about it. If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that your child under 13 has provided us with personally identifiable information, please email us. If you want to write, use the address listed above. Please mark your inquiries to the attention of "COPPA - Information Request" and include your email and phone number.
Learn more about how to protect your child online. Read the helpful information provided by the FTC.
Security
We use industry standard means to protect our applications and your information. The Internet is not 100% secure, though. We thus cannot promise that your use of our sites will be completely safe. We encourage you to use caution when using the Internet.
Online access to your personal information is protected with a password you select. We strongly recommend that you do not share your password.
About Our Ads
We or third parties operating the ad serving technology may use demographic and geo-location information as well as information logged from your hardware or device to ensure that relevant advertising is presented within the Service. We or third parties may collect and use data, for such purposes, including but not limited to, data such as IP address, Device ID, application usage data, hardware type, Operating System information, unique identifiers in browser cookies, Flash cookies, and HTML5 local storage, Internet and on-line usage information and in-app information.