KidzRocket.com Privacy Policy
Updated October 2010
Introduction
The KidzRocket.com Social Networking Website is operated by KidzRocket.com, Inc.,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of BizRocket.com, Inc., (OTC-BZRT:PK), Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
KidzRocket.com is committed to providing a fun, entertaining, and safe website for
pre-teens. We are dedicated to safeguarding any personal information collected online
and to helping parents and children learn how to exercise control over personal
information while exploring the Internet. To this end, we ensure that our privacy
policy and our information practices adhere to the Federal Trade Commission: COPPA-Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act. Because most visitors or users of KidzRocket are
parents and their children, we take special measures to help children protect their
privacy while online. For example, we do not ask children to disclose more personal
information than is necessary for them to participate in a particular activity,
and we take efforts to prevent children from posting contact information. Please
be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. This Privacy Policy
is intended to explain our privacy practices and inform you as to: (1) the kinds
of personally identifiable information ("PII") we collect from visitors of KidzRocket.com
(the "site"); (2) how that information is collected; (3) how we use Personal Information;
(4) the circumstances under which we disclose Personal Information to third parties;
(5) how you can access, update or delete any Personal Information collected about
you by us; and (6) the mechanisms we have implemented to protect your Personal Information.
As we continue to offer our visitors and members new and different types of Content
and services, we may modify our practices from time to time. However, we will treat
all personal information we collect in accordance with the privacy notice in effect
at the time the information is collected. This Privacy Policy is a part of the terms
and conditions which are set forth in our Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement").
Any terms that are not defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning given
in the Agreement.
The Information We Collect
As described in this Privacy Policy, we directly collect from Parents during our
initial registration process the parent's complete address, card charge information,
email address, the pre-teen's name(s) and password. When the parent registrant acquires
a paid membership, we may collect additional personally identifiable information
("PII”). The types of PII that may be collected at that time include the parent's
full name, email address, and credit card billing information including complete
mailing address. We will also collect your child's name and email address. The KidzRocket
website does not condition a child's participation in an online activity or the
child providing more personal information than is reasonably necessary for that
activity.
We use this information to send the parent a message that can be used to activate
the KidzRocket account, to notify the parent about our privacy practices, to send
the parent communications either about the parent’s and child’s KidzRocket accounts
or about features of our website, and for the other purposes described in this Privacy
Policy. This email address is correlated with the account user name. The child's
information is not released to any non-registered membership party. The child's
information may be used between child approved buddies following bi-directional
parental membership and specfic approval by the respective parent.
We may also request a user name and email address when a user submits a form through
the "Contact Us" portion of the KidzRocket website so that we may respond to the
inquiry. We collect the e-mail address for the sole purpose of responding directly
on a one-time basis to a specific inquiry. We will delete the email address immediately
after we respond to the inquiry.
For some of our online activities - such as polls or surveys. we may ask
users to provide information that is not personally identifiable, such as country
of residence or a visitor's favorite color. We enable users to chat online through
our website. The Website was developed for pre-teens to be used in family partnership
with their parent's or legal guardian's use, participation, oversight, and responsibility.
Children use the Website under their parent's or legal guardian's supervision and
responsibility. Parents and Legal Guardians are soley responsible for their children's
online activities The Website offers state of the art profanity filter. Every effort
is made to ensure that the profanity content filter is challenged for accuracy.
Although the filter is continuously updated, comments that could be offensive to
some users may occasionally get through.We encourage users to let us know otherwise.
Nonetheless, if you use the chat function within this website and disclose personally
identifiable information, you should be aware that such information could be read,
collected or used by other users. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable
information you choose to submit through the chat function. Finally, we may offer
blogs. (as defined in the Terms of Use governing the website (the "Terms
of Use"). Your child is allowed to use their camera and microphone while chatting,
which allows users to see each other and communicate by voice. If you do not wish
to allow your child to do so you may deny the camera and microphone's access so
that they will not be able to use this feature of the chat.
Finally, we collect financial information (such as credit card information) as set
out in Section 5 of this Privacy Policy. We do not use this financial information
for any purpose other than processing payments to KidzRocket. The financial information
that you enter to purchase a membership is not stored by KidzRocket or BizRocket.com,
Inc., its' parent company, but, instead, is retained by our payments processing
vendor for the purpose of processing credit card payments made to KidzRocket. Our
payments processing vendor has been awarded the Visa C.I.S.P. Certification. This
means that they have been reviewed by Visa U.S.A., and found to meet the highest
standards for cardholder security.
If personal information is not provided to us, then KidzRocket may not agree to
provide KidzRocket membership and may not be able to provide access to certain Content
and functionality on the KidzRocket website, or to provide other information, products
or services which may be requested.
How We Use the Information
In addition to the purposes described in Section 1, we may actively collect and
use email addresses and user names to track usage and to ensure users are following
the site's Terms of Use. In addition, we may use an email address and user name
to ban a user temporarily or permanently from the KidzRocket website if that user
engages in inappropriate conduct on the site. We may also use email addresses and
user names to enable parents to review PII that the pre-teen children have submitted
to the KidzRocket website and to provide notification regarding the site, such as
any future amendments to this Privacy Policy. We also may use both the parent and
childs information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer products,
programs, or services.
We may disclose information where we are required to do so by law, for example,
in response to a court order or a subpoena, or where we disclose information to
KidzRocket.com, Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary, or KidzRocket.com, our website,
or indirectly to or through our web hosting support provider in the normal course
of computer related website support functions with them and our company to operations
of our website and who do not use or disclose the information to any third party
for any other purpose. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we also may disclose
PII in response to a law enforcement agency's or other public agency's (including
schools or children services) request or if we feel that such disclosure may prevent
the instigation of a crime, facilitate an investigation related to public safety
or protect the safety of a child using our website, protect the security or integrity
of our website, or enable us to take precautions against liability.
If we sell all or part of our business or make a sale or transfer of our assets
or are otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, we may transfer PII
to a third party as part of that transaction, to the extent permitted by applicable
law.
Finally, we may transfer PII and store it outside of the jurisdiction in which a
member of KidzRocket is located.
From time to time you may have the opportunity to send us your submissions as part
of a contest where your submissions are judged and the winner will be awarded a
virtual prize. We will provide the rules for such contests on this website before
the contests begin. You may also win virtual prizes through playing games of skill
in our virtual arcade-game offerings, or through trivia contests. With respect to
the arcade games and trivia contests, the following minimum rules shall apply:
1. We will tell you the number and types of prizes to be won; all prizes are virtual
and shall have no retail value;
2. Your chances of winning depend on your skill in playing the game selected, and
where you are playing a game against other users of this website, your chances of
winning also depend on the number of other players and their skill in playing the
game;
3. For some games, it may be possible for there to be no winner (for example, a
trivia game where none of the players answers the questions correctly);
4. Unless we tell you otherwise, there will be no special geographical allocation
of prizes by state, region, or country.
5. Some games have skill level by age group, so check the game instructions carefully;
however, unless we tell you otherwise, there will be no special allocation of prizes
by age group;
6. We will clearly advise you of the start and stop times applicable to the game
selected;
7. There may be limits on the number of times you may play a game, so read the game
instructions carefully; and
8. Prizes will be awarded without undue delay.
Collection of Information by Third-Party sites and Sponsors
We do not allow third-party companies to solicit or advertise to our membership
or users. Our intention is to keep KidzRocket free from any of this method of direct
advertising.
Cookies
Additionally, when visitors come to our site, we may passively collect certain non-personally
identifiable computer information, such as the type of computer operating system
(e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS), the user's IP Address, the web browser (e.g., Netscape,
Internet Explorer) being used, the frequency with which guests visit various parts
of our sites, and information regarding the Internet service provider, in order
to make our sites more interesting and useful to you and for various purposes related
to our business. We may collect this non-personally identifiable information through
the use of software technologies such as unique identifiers or "cookies." Cookies
are small text files that we place in visitors' computer browsers to store their
preferences. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is
being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your
browser (like Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is
a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to
modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you won't have access to many features
that make your Web experience smoother, and some of our services may not function
properly.
KidzRocket.com uses a software technology called "cookies." Cookies are small text
files that we and certain third parties place in visitors' computer browsers to
store their preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address
or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information
to us by, for example, registering at our site. However, once you choose to furnish
the site with personally identifiable information, (PII), this information may be
linked to the data stored in the cookie.
We may also use small pieces of code called "web beacons" or "clear gifs" to collect
anonymous and aggregate advertising metrics, such as counting page views, promotion
views, or advertising responses. These "web beacons" may be used to deliver cookies
that conform to our cookie policy.
You may adjust your browser to reject cookies from us or from any other website.
Please consult the "Help" section of your browser for more information. However,
certain areas of our sites can only be accessed in conjunction with cookies or similar
devices and you should be aware that disabling cookies or similar devices might
prevent you from accessing some of our Content.
Our Privacy Policy does not cover any use of information that a third party ad server
may collect from you. See
http://www.networkadvertising.org/ for more detailed information.
Security
The security of your or your child's personal information is important to us. We
have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to
safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly
use the information we collect online. When you enter sensitive information, such
as your credit card or debit card number, or our membership subscription form, that
information is safely encrypted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. (Learn
about SSL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Socket_Layer.
)
Additional Information Concerning Children's Privacy
The Internet offers a world of opportunity for children. Parental guidance and involvement
are essential to help ensure that children have a safe and rewarding online experience.
We encourage you to visit the GetNetWise.org site and look through the "Kids Safety"
section together with your children. Your efforts to instill responsible information
practices will help steer your children to age-appropriate sites and will go a long
way toward ensuring that your children have enriching experiences online.
Accessing or Correcting Information
Visitors can change their user information supplied upon registration (except for
user name, original e-mail address, and date of birth) on this page: http://www.KidzRocket.com/userinfo.html and following the
direction on such page.
Updating/Accessing/Amending/Correcting Personally Identifiable Information If your
personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service,
you may correct, update, or delete it by making the change on our member information
page or by emailing our Customer Support at
support@kidzrocket.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at
the contact information listed below.
KidzRocket requires parents to register their kids access to KidzRocket. Kids cannot
register themselves. Parents always have access to their kid's Personal Information
and consent to the site's use of same by registering their kid. Parents can delete
any content at will. Parents may refuse kids further contact with KidzRocket by
canceling Membership. Kids cannot re-establish Memberhip at will Parents Log-On
to KidzRocket.com using the Parent declared E-mail Account and Password upon Membership.
Parents then simply go to MY KIDZ (Users), click onto My Basic Profile.
Parent can now review page entitled My Basic Profile - Change My Profile.
See Add / Edit Kids Details and click pertinant header: Account; Personal;
School; or Photos. Parent may now edit various kid information fields
as desired or delete kid file – Press Account and then Delete buton..
We do not allow third-party companies to solicit or advertise to our users. We do
not authorize disclosure of child's Personal Information to third patries. Our intention
is to keep KidzRocket.com free from any direct advertising by third party advertisers.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding our privacy policy and/or
practices, please contact us at the following e-mail address or mail address.
Privacy.KidzRocket@KidzRocket.com
Privacy Manager
1440 Coral Ridge Drive, Suite 214
Coral Springs, FL 33071-5433
754.245.2717
Kidzrocket is a licensee of the TRUSTe Children's Online Privacy Seal Program. TRUSTe
is an independent organization whose mission is to build user's trust and confidence
in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy
statement covers the site www.kidzrocket.com. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate
its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices
and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe. If you have questions
or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact Privacy Manager at
contact information listed above. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your
inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact
TRUSTe at
http://watchdog.truste.com/pvr.php?page=complaint&url . TRUSTe will then
serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.
Changes in this Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy
statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware
of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if
any, we disclose it.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review
it frequently. If we make material changes to how we use Personal Information collected
from children under age 13, we will notify parents by email in order to obtain verifiable
parental consent for the new uses of the child's Personal Information.
If we make material changes to how we use your Personal Information, we will notify
you here, by email or by means of notice on our home page.
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