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danewkid Privacy Policy
For more than seven years, danewkid has been striving to create safe,
educational and entertaining electronic playgrounds for kids 4 to 15.
In that time, kids, parents and teachers from more than 120 countries
around the world have joined us. Our mission is to give kids a voice to
the world and to each other around the world through a variety of
engaging activities.
Anyone can play on danewkid. It is free and danewkid Club registration is
not required. Some areas of the site, however, are reserved for
registered danewkid Club Kids who have obtained their parent's
permission.
danewkid follows the FTC guidelines for compliance with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act and Rule. Verifiable parental permission
is required prior to the collection of any personal information.
No personal information provided to danewkid by its registered danewkid Club users is sold or rented to any third parties.
danewkid News newsletter registration
Kids can sign-up to receive the danewkid News e-mail newsletter even if
they aren't registered as a danewkid Club Kid. The newsletter contains
information on danewkid's games, contests and more. To sign-up, kids are
required to provide their e-mail address and their parent's e-mail
address. The parent's e-mail address is only used to notify parents
that their child has signed-up for the newsletter and to give parents
the chance to delete their child's e-mail address from the mailing
list. The child's e-mail address is only used to send them the danewkid
News newsletter. A child or their parent can delete the child's e-mail
address from the newsletter mailing list at any time by following the
unsubscribe instructions included in all newsletters.
danewkid Club registration
Who needs to register?
danewkid Club registration is not required to play on and explore
most of danewkid. Registering as a danewkid Kid is only required for kids
who want to chat on danewkid, earn KidsKash for cool stuff in the Loot
Locker, answer KidsKash Questions, join the Find a Key Pal program and
be included in other special activities and promotions. danewkid does
not require, as a condition of participation, any danewkid Kid to
disclose more information than is reasonably necessary for them to
participate in an activity.
What info is collected?
When a visitor to danewkid wants to post something on the site (like on
our monitored message boards or weekly creative writing challenges), we
ask kids to provide info that is not personally identifiable (first
name only, age and the country they live in). This information is
included with their posted content and not used for any other purposes.
All postings to danewkid are screened by adult staff members before
appearing on the site to help ensure children's online safety and
privacy. Users are not allowed to post any personally identifiable
information.
When a kid wants to become a registered danewkid Kid, we ask their
parents to provide the following information on the parent's permission
form:
- Child's first and last name
- Child's date of birth
- Child's gender and country
- Child's e-mail address
- Parent's name
- Parent's e-mail address
- Parent's Signature
This information is requested regardless of the age of the child.
danewkid uses this information to create and maintain separate danewkid
Club registration records for each child. E-mail addresses are used to
communicate with danewkid Kids and their parents about activity on the
site and other features. Gender and Country are asked to help us
develop the most appropriate content for our visitors. None of this
information is sold or rented to any third parties.
We encourage parents to be involved with all of their child's online activities.
Registered danewkid Club Kids who have their parent's permission to be
in the Find a Key Pal Program, also can share their favorite TV show
and music group, their hobbies and what they want to be in the future.
This information is shared only with other kids and during the search
process of the Find a Key Pal program. Answering these questions is
optional.
All personal information collected on danewkid is done so directly from the parent or child.
What areas on danewkid require danewkid Club registration?
danewkid KidsChat—Kids can chat on the fully monitored danewkid
KidsChat seven days a week, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Central time. All
conversations are monitored as they happen by danewkid's staff of
trained adult chat monitors. Private messaging between kids is not
allowed. And danewkid Kids are not permitted to share any information
that will personally identify them. If they do share personally
identifiable information or ask another kid for that information, they
will be kicked off KidsChat.
Find a Key Pal Program—This program, popular with classroom
teachers, allows kids to find electronic pen pals from around the
world. Only kids with a parent's permission can participate in the
program. When kids search for a Key Pal, they'll be given the first
name, hometown and country of their Key Pal, plus an e-mail address and
other fun facts kids have provided (such as favorite TV show or music
group, hobbies, etc.). Kids can have as many Key Pals as they want, but
this information is given out just one child at a time to prevent
anyone from getting a large number of names at once. This is the only
area on danewkid where a child's e-mail address is allowed to be shared.
We strongly encourage parents to responsibly monitor their child's
e-mail activities.
KidsKash Points and the Loot Locker—Registered kids can earn
KidsKash Points by playing educational games or getting involved in
other areas of the danewkid site. These points can be redeemed in our
Loot Locker, a collection of kids' merchandise and services contributed
by a variety of companies (those companies have no access to danewkid
Club registration information). danewkid Club registration is required
for earning KidsKash Points so we can accurately track each child's
point totals.
KidsKash Questions—Registered danewkid Kids can participate in
occasional surveys in this area, which we use to gauge kids opinions on
social, educational and marketing issues and topics. The responses from
KidsKash Questions help guide our development of danewkid and let us
understand the topics that are on kids' minds. They also help other
companies learn about kids. The results of all surveys we do are always
reported in general, or aggregate, terms. We never break down the
information to a point where individual children could be identified.
We do not release, sell or in any way provide the names or identities
of danewkid Kids to any marketers. We do not now and we never have.
Does danewkid use cookies?
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file that Web sites place on your computer to keep
track of some information. On danewkid, cookies do not store any
personally identifiable information about you. You do not have to
accept the cookies. In most cases, everything will work fine (just a
little slower) if you do not accept the cookies. However, to earn
KidsKash Points while playing some games on danewkid you need to accept
cookies.
Where are cookies used on danewkid?
Cookies are used in two ways on danewkid. danewkid only uses cookies
with registered users and does so only to improve the site
functionality for registered users or where it is necessary to complete
a particular activity.
First, cookies are used to keep log-in information in some areas so
that registered users can access the site faster. These cookies contain
a unique ID number so you can get into areas faster, instead of waiting
for our computer to sort through all the different people in our
records. These cookies do not track any of your other online activities
and do not contain any personally identifiable information. These
cookies expire after a certain amount of time and delete themselves
from your computer.
Second, cookies are used during some games and activities on danewkid.
These are used only when registered users play games for KidsKash
Points to keep track of your score. The cookie is created at the
beginning of the game. When the game is over, the cookie deletes
itself. These cookies do not store any personal information about you
and do not track any of your other online activities.
Some of our advertisers may use cookies on our site. danewkid requires
those partners to be in full compliance with federal guidelines for
children's online safety and privacy. Those cookies cannot be used to
collect any personal information from our users.
How can parents update and delete info?
danewkid Kids and parents can view, correct, update and delete personal
information provided in the danewkid Club registration process at any
time. They will need the registered child's first name, last name, date
of birth and password. Visit the danewkid Club registration update page
at http://www.danewkid.com/cgi-bin/registration/update.pl for more information.
To change the e-mail address used to subscribe to the danewkid News
newsletter, unsubscribe the current address by following the directions
provided in the newsletter and re-subscribe to the newsletter using the
new e-mail address at http://www.danewkid.com/cgi-bin/newsletter/kc/kcemailsignup.pl.
Parents can prevent further collection or use of their child's personal
information by deleting that child's registration on the danewkid Club
registration update page at http://www.danewkid.com/cgi-bin/registration/update.pl or by unsubscribing the child from the danewkid News newsletter by following the directions contained in the newsletter.
Who can parents contact if they have more questions?
If you have any additional questions or concerns about danewkid, please contact the danewkid staff. You can e-mail us at staff@danewkid.com or call us at 414.271.5437.
danewkid is published by Circle 1 Network. Our offices are at 131 West Seeboth Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53204.
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