1. Introduction
KidMango cares about protecting your online privacy. We will not disclose any of your personal information to third parties without your consent. To let you know how we collect and use your information, we have established the following privacy policy. Since this policy may change from time to time, please refer to it on a regular basis.
Children's online privacy is a top priority for KidMango.
2. Who We Are
KidMango is owned and operated by GenMouse Inc., an online network of kid-safe, kid-friendly, and kid-awesome websites.
Our general mailing address is:
11050 Santa Monica Blvd., Third Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Our phone and fax numbers are:
310.477.8400 (phone)
310.477.5555 (fax)
To contact us about registration or privacy issues, please email: privacy@kidmango.com
3. What Information We Know About You and How We Use It
Although we may collect certain information from you as discussed below, please be reassured in knowing the following:
- We do not use any information about where you personally go on our Site, nor do we give such information out to third parties except in aggregate format, as described in the section, “Information That We Independently Derive From Your Use of Our Site” under the sub-section, “Aggregate Information”
- We do not give out your personal information, unless you (or, if you are a child under the age of 18, your parent, your guardian, or teacher) authorize us to do so
Children can surf KidMango.com and view content, without any personal information being collected. Please note that all sites directed to children under 13 are prohibited by law from conditioning a child’s participation in an online activity on the child providing more personal information than is reasonably necessary.
In the course of a child’s KidMango activity, he or she may also provide us with additional information regarding their site activity in situations of encountering technical problems.
3a. Personal Information That You Give Us
There are a few areas on KidMango where we either require or permit you to transfer personal information voluntarily. We use this personal information only for the specific purpose indicated at the time you input such information. In addition, we never divulge such information to third parties without your consent. These areas include:
- Emails: Personal information regarding a child may be collected and used to enable a kid's participation in certain interactive features such as sending digital postcards or in communicating a technical problem to KidMango”s technical support team. In addition, we may share a child's personal information with third parties to the extent reasonably necessary to: protect the security of integrity of our sites; to take precautions against liability; to respond to judicial process; or to the extent permitted under provisions of law, to provide information to law enforcement agencies or for an investigation related to public safety.
3b. Information That We Independently Derive From Your Use of Our Site
Aside from any information you may voluntarily disclose to us, there is other, less obvious, information that we might gain from you. We use such information to improve the content of our Website. In addition, we keep records of your contact with KidMango and any reported violations of our Terms of Use that you may have committed on KidMango.
- Computer Information. We may automatically query your computer for information about your computer system, such as the speed of your modem, error messages you may have received, or operating system type, to help us fit our services to your individual needs and to help us diagnose problems you may be having with your system. We use an identifier in the form of a user ID to give you access to users-based services.
- Geographic Location. We may use information about your geographical location to provide localized service. By knowing where your computer is located, we can provide faster service by sending your server localized content. In some cases, we may restrict access to certain content based upon your geographic location, in order to honor the intentions and/or restrictions from the publisher(s).
- Aggregate Information. Our system automatically gathers information about the areas you visit on our Website. We use this navigational information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use our service, so that we can make our Website more useful. We may also share this aggregate statistical information with our partners or other outside companies, but in doing so, we never disclose individual names or personal navigational information.
An example of how we aggregate such information is with Cookies. Cookies are small bits of information placed on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies remember information about your activities on a website. Widely used on the Internet, cookies have become an industry standard. Although a cookie cannot, in and of itself, identify you, it can identify your computer.
Your browser is most likely set up to accept cookies automatically. If you’d like to disable cookies, you may do so by adjusting the options or preferences in your browser. However, by doing so, you will lose some, or in some cases all, of the functionality of KidMango’s Web pages. We use cookies to enable personalization. We use cookies to keep track of your user session and click-stream data, as well as to tailor Web content to your interests and/or to personalize our Website.
- IP Addresses. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you begin service with an Internet Service Provider. KidMango collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to audit the use of our Website. Each time you sign in to our Website and each time you request one of our pages, our server logs your IP address. Although we log your session with us, we will not normally link your IP address to anything that can enable us to identify you. However, we can and will use IP addresses to identify a user when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our rules or Terms of Use or to protect our service, Website, customers, users of our Website, or others.
KidMango may require other information for tracking and/or verifying compliance with KidMango policies, fulfilling any prizes or promotions we may offer, as well as abiding by federal, state, and local laws, and/or for editorial and feedback solicitation purposes. In addition, from time to time, we may use your information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices materially change at some time in the future, we will contact you (or post such change to the Website) before we use your data for these new purposes. At that time we would notify you of the policy change and provide you with the ability to opt in or opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, please periodically check our Website, especially this privacy policy.
4. Privacy Policy for Children Under 13 Years of Age
We understand that our users who are under 13 years of age need special safeguards and privacy protection and it is intent to fully comply with the FTC’s Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (or "COPPA"). COPPA requires that we inform parents and legal guardians about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information from children under 13 years of age; and that we obtain the consent of parents and guardians in order for children under 13 years of age to use certain features of our Web sites. Below we explain how we do that for these "children." Also, when we use the term "parent" below, we mean to include legal guardians.
In addition, we realize that children may not understand all the provisions of our policy or be able to make thoughtful decisions about the choices available to adult members. For this reason, we have special privacy policies to protect children using areas on the service specifically designed for them. However, we urge all parents, and guardians to teach their children about protecting their personal information while online. A good starting point for learning about children’sprivacy online is the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s privacy section. It is important to understand that only certain portions of our site are intended for or directed at children under the age of 13 years old. While on our Website, we explicitly discourage users under 18 from submitting personal information. If a child submits personal information, that information is immediately discarded by an authorized KidMango representative and is manually withheld from the content that is posted to areas of the site that are viewable by other users. The only information that will be collected from children will be information received from the children in response to their teachers’ assignments and requests. While this information will generally not be personally identifiable information or third party personally identifiable information, to the extent that it is, we will do the following before posting that information to a community shared by other subscribers:
- Maintain reasonable security procedures to protect personally identifiable information from the child or third party personally identifiable information from the child.
- Ensure that no information from or about children under 18 years of age is knowingly used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside or outside KidMango.
In addition to the above protections, we will also:
- Not use games, prizes, or other enticements to encourage children to divulge more personal information than is reasonably necessary for an online activity
- Not condition access to the site on a child's providing more personal information than is reasonably necessary
- Additionally, children and parents on the Website will be able to flag material as inappropriate, if they deem it so, and we will review such flagged material.
Parents have the right to request access to their child's personal information or request deletion of the child's personal information. The parent may exercise these rights by contacting their child's school or teacher directly if the child signed up through a legitimate scholastic program. At any time parents can refuse to permit us to collect further personal information from their child and can request that any personal information we have collected be deleted from our records. A parent can contact our customer service department to access, change, or delete the personal information that we have collected from his or her child by sending an e-mail to support@kidmango.com.
If you have questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy and children, please contact us by email at privacy@kidmango.com.
If you have more questions or concerns about how to safeguard children's privacy, there is a lot of great information on the Federal Trade Commission's Web site.
Some Suggestion to Keep Safe Online:
- Always use a nickname when posting in public areas, or use only your first name. Never use your last name
- Never give out personal information
- If you receive email from a stranger, tell your teacher or parent before replying
- Keep your password a secret
- Look at any site’s privacy policy to see how that site uses personal information
5. When We May Be Forced to Disclose Your Information
KidMango may disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) KidMango’s rights or property or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. KidMango may also disclose user information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.
6. Opting Out and Opting In
KidMango believes that you should have the ability to opt in or opt out, as the case may be, of certain uses of your personal information. Thus, where you see a checkbox allowing you to "opt in" or "opt out" of us using your information for its clearly designated purpose, please do so. We believe this policy will keep you in full control of your personal information and the communications directed to you. If at any time you object to the use of your information for any reason, you may stop that use either by email request to support@kidmango.com or by changing your user information in your profile, as described above.
To stop receiving KidMango company email, visit your profile and indicate that you no longer wish to receive KidMango company email. You may also opt out from receiving such emails by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in a KidMango company email or may contact customer support at support@kidmango.com.
7. Links to Other Sites
Linking to other sites is an integral part of the functionality of the Internet, including the KidMango Site. Any link to a page that displays a URL of a non-KidMango site (refer to the “Who We Are” section of this policy for a list of our websites) in the address window of your browser is a link to a website outside of our service. This includes links to our partners, library/resource links, and links to any other advertisers and partners that may link to KidMango or are part of a co-branding agreement, as well as other suggested links or links our users may post. These other sites may send their own cookies to you, collect data, or solicit personal information. Although we monitor the sites that we link to and make every attempt to ensure their quality, we cannot guarantee and are not responsible for the content of outside sites.
Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information on other Websites (for example via message boards or chat rooms), that information can be collected and used by people you don’t know. While KidMango strives to protect our visitors' personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security and privacy of any information you disclose at other Websites, and you do so at your own risk.
8. Security
KidMango’s policy does not extend to anything that is inherent in the operation of the Internet, and therefore beyond KidMango’s control, and is not to be applied in any manner contrary to applicable law or governmental regulation.
If you have any questions about the security of our Web site, please email privacy@kidmango.com.
9. Legal Disclaimer
We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on our Website.
10. Notification of Changes
We will notify you directly via email if there is a material change in our privacy practices. We will also post the changes in our Privacy Policy 30 days prior to a change.
11. Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this Site, you signify your assent to the KidMango Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these policies, please refrain from using our Site. Your continued use of the KidMango Website following a reasonable notice of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Website's Privacy Policy and/or Terms of Use, please contact us via email at privacy@kidmango.com.
12. Privacy References
General
- KidMango Terms of Use
Children's Internet Privacy
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
- U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) privacy section
- FTC's KIDZ Privacy section
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you may contact KidMango by email at privacy@kidmango.com.
13. Copyright Notice
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