Teenietones.com Privacy Policy
Teenietones.com is committed to providing quality online activities and information to parents of children 4 years of age or older. While we encourage the interactive nature of online media, we strive to promote the online safety and privacy of our users.
Information-Collection Policies
Teenietones.com's target audience are parents of children ages 4+. Teenietones.com's design, content, and language, as well as our activities, target a parent audience as well as their children. We do request personally identifiable information from parents who choose to participate in certain activities available on Teenietones.com, as described below. If we were to discover that a child submitted personally identifiable information, Teenietones.com would delete the information immediately. In the event that we discover that a child under the age of 13 has provided personally identifiable information to us, in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (please see the Federal Trade Commission’s website at www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy for more information about this Act), we will delete the child’s personally identifiable information from our files to the extent technologically possible.
Registered Membership
Teenietones.com provides registered membership for our parent audience. In order to participate in our registered member activities, we ask users to submit personal information (e.g. full name, e-mail address, zip code, birthday). All such personal information is collected for the purpose of providing our users access to Teenietones.com's registered members activities. Once registered, users can participate in registered member activities such as newsletters, saving and sending music compositions, downloads, event notifications, message boards, Teenietones.com advisory board (where members will be contacted by Teenietones.com for feedback and opinions on various subjects), registered member sweepstakes (refers to those sweepstakes that are open only to registered members; for sweepstakes that are open to all grown-up users, please see "General Activities: Contests and Online Sweepstakes" section below) and "Third Party" offers (the opportunity for registered members to receive information concerning special offers and promotions sent by either Teenietones.com on behalf of or in partnership with other third party businesses selected by Teenietones.com or directly by such third parties). At any time after the registration process, registered members can choose to discontinue participating in some of the registered member activities Registered Membership
Teenietones.com provides registered membership for our parent audience. In order to participate in our registered member activities, we ask users to submit personal information (e.g. full name, e-mail address, zip code, birthday). All such personal information is collected for the purpose of providing our users access to Teenietones.com's registered members activities. Once registered, users can participate in registered member activities such as newsletters, saving and sending music compositions, downloads, event notifications, message boards, Teenietones.com advisory board (where members will be contacted by Teenietones.com for feedback and opinions on various subjects), registered member sweepstakes (refers to those sweepstakes that are open only to registered members; for sweepstakes that are open to all grown-up users, please see "General Activities: Contests and Online Sweepstakes" section below) and "Third Party" offers (the opportunity for registered members to receive information concerning special offers and promotions sent by either Teenietones.com on behalf of or in partnership with other third party businesses selected by Teenietones.com or directly by such third parties). At any time after the registration process, registered members can choose to discontinue participating in some of the registered member activities (e.g. newsletters, Teenietones.com advisory board, "Third Party" offers) or altogether un-register by electing to unsubscribe to such activity, which option can be found at the end of every Teenietones.com correspondence sent to users.
Use of Registered Members Information
All information collected during the registration process is used for the purpose of providing our users access to Teenietones.com's registered members activities. For instance, if the registered member selected to receive newsletters, special announcements, offers and promotions from teenietones.com, we use the information provided by such registered member to send them the requested information which we may send by e-mail and occasionally, by postal mail, for those who have provided us with mailing addresses. The information provided by registered members may also be shared with third parties as more fully described below in "Use and Disclosure of Information" and in the following manner. In connection with registered members who have indicated that they would like to receive "Third Party" offers, Teenietones.com may sometimes share and transfer the personal information collected from our registered members with and to third party business partners selected by Teenietones.com to promote, sponsor and/or fulfill our "Third Party" offers who will use such information to directly contact and send registered members special offers and promotions provided by the third party business partner. Other times, we on behalf of the third party business partner may send registered members third party special offers and promotions, but only if the registered member has requested such "Third Party" offers.
General Activities
Online Contests and Sweepstakes
Teenietones.com offers parents the opportunity to enter contests and sweepstakes. Teenietones.com may ask for information such as parent's first name, parent's e-mail address, parent's birth date, child's first name and birth date and in some instances, Teenietones.com may collect telephone numbers for certain types of contests. Teenietones.com uses this information for purpose of conducting the contests and sweepstakes and does not (except as set forth herein) disclose such information externally to third parties, except with a fulfillment house which Teenietones.com uses to help select winners and fulfill prizes and, in some cases, with third-party sponsors. From time to time, Teenietones.com may offer contests and sweepstakes sponsored by third party businesses and may share with such third party businesses entrant information collected by Teenietones.com. In these types of contests and sweepstakes, Teenietones.com will disclose to potential entrants that such information will be so supplied and the identity of the third party to whom such information will be supplied at the time entrant information is collected and will provide potential entrants with the opportunity to opt out of such third party sponsored contests and sweepstakes. However, any information supplied to a third party may be retained by such third party and will be out of the control of Teenietones.com. Entrants of Teenietones.com contests and sweepstakes have the opportunity to opt-in (by indicating so on the entry form) to become subscribers of the Teenietones.com newsletter and to receive other e-mail special announcements and promotions. Please see "Electronic Newsletter and Special Announcements Subscription" below. The personal information collected from those entrants who have chosen to opt-in to the Electronic Newsletter and Special Announcements Subscription shall be maintained by Teenietones.com. For those who elect not to opt-in, and/or entrants who have not been selected as winners, Teenietones.com will delete personal information collected on the online entry forms from its system, however, personal information collected online from contests and sweepstakes winners may be maintained by Teenietones.com and may be shared with third parties for fulfillment purposes, as described above, as well as internally. Entrant's decision not to opt-in will not affect eligibility for contests and sweepstakes and will not impact your chances of winning.
Electronic Newsletter and Special Announcements Subscription Teenietones.com provides parents the opportunity to receive e-mails containing the Teenietones.com Newsletter, Event Calendar, along with other Special Announcements pertaining to Teenietones.com. These e-mails will provide subscribers with Teenie Tones information updates, announcements, and promotions. We request no personally identifiable information from the parent except his/her e-mail address, which we use solely for the purpose of sending the e-mails. The e-mail address provided to Teenietones.com may be transferred, disclosed, or shared with third parties who may be engaged by us specifically to handle the preparation and delivery of the e-mails and perform other related technical and processing functions. At anytime after the signup process, parents can choose to discontinue their subscriptions to Teenietones.com's Newsletter and Special Announcements altogether by electing to unsubscribe, through the unsubscribe option found at the end of each Teenietones.com e-mail sent to users.
E-mail
Teenietones.com provides parents the opportunity to send e-mail to us. We request no personally identifiable information from the parent except his/her first name and e-mail address, which we use solely for the purpose of responding to questions. The grown-up's first name and e-mail address are deleted from our system periodically.
Electronic Postcards & Games
Teenietones.com gives parents the opportunity to send "electronic postcards" to friends and family. We ask the user to submit the first name and e-mail addresses of their friends and family. Teenietones.com uses this information only for the purpose of sending the postcards. The friend's e-mail address is deleted immediately from our system.
Teenie Stuff Ordering from the Site and Opening an Account
When customers make purchases through Teenietones.com, customers are required to provide us with their full name, billing and/or shipping addresses, e-mail address, and credit card number/expiration date. We also provide our customers the opportunity to send to family and friends gifts items purchased by the customer and will send, on behalf of customers who request it, e-mails to family or friends notifying them that someone has sent them a gift. To do this, we ask customers to provide us with their family or friend's first name and e-mail address. We use this information only to send the gift recipient the item(s) the customer has requested their family or friend receive. To be removed from the contact list at any time, customers can elect to unsubscribe in the next e-mail they receive from teenietones.com. If customers do not complete the order process (e.g., fail to enter a valid credit card number/expiration date or fail to complete a purchase transaction) the information customers submitted during the order process will not be captured by our systems. Once customers have successfully entered a valid credit card number/expiration date and completed the order process, an account will be created and maintained for customers. We use this information to process the customer's order and to send order confirmations via e-mail. We also may use this information to send our customers a print catalog based on the information provided. We do not sell, transfer or share the information with third parties except, the information is transferred, disclosed and shared with our third party agent who uses the information solely to handle and manage fulfillment and customer service. Our third party agent is not permitted to use the information for other purposes and the third-party agent has agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information.
Customer Service
Teenietone customers may e-mail us their questions about the games, events, workshops, and the composa-matron on our site. Other than an e-mail address, we do not request that users submit any personal information online for customer-service inquiries. We may however ask for additional non-personal information to better help us respond to customer service questions. We use the e-mail address to communicate directly with customers about technology-related questions, and provide them with answers that they may find helpful. We do not sell, transfer or share the e-mail address with third parties, with the exception that the information is transferred, disclosed and shared with our third party agent who uses the information solely to handle and manage customer service, but cannot use it for other purposes and has agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information. Once we or our third party agent have had a chance to provide e-mail responses to customer service e-mail questions, the e-mail address is deleted from our system.
Use and Disclosure of Information
At Teenietones.com, we may share non-individual, aggregate information (e.g. non-personally identifiable information) about our users internally externally with third parties, such as advertisers and business partners. It is our policy to not disclose externally with third parties personal information collected on our site, except in the following instances:
Third Party Businesses
From time to time, we may partner with outside third parties to provide you with additional content, products, or services that we believe may be of interest. These partners operate Web sites that are separate and independent from Teenietones.com. We receive e-mail addresses from these sites of adults who request to receive information--including newsletters, schedule of upcoming events and special offers--from us. If you do not wish to receive information from teenietones.com, you can unsubscribe by contacting us at unsubscribe@teenietones.com.
Agents
The personal information provided to Teenietones.com may be transferred, disclosed or shared with third parties who may be engaged by us specifically to handle and deliver certain activities ( e.g., message boards, sweepstakes, e-cards, newsletters, advisory board) and perform other technical and processing functions, such as sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from registration lists, programming, providing user services to our users, or otherwise operating our site. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes and have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information and have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information.
Business Transfers
In the event that all or substantially all of the assets relating to Teenietones.com are transferred or sold to another entity, personally identifiable information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
Online Contests and Sweepstakes
In addition to the fulfillment houses to whom Teenietones.com may supply personal information collected from contests and sweepstakes entrants for the purpose of helping Teenietones.com select winners and fulfill prizes, Teenietones.com may supply third-party sponsors with personal information collected from contests and sweepstakes entrants in connection with certain online contests and sweepstakes. In each such case, Teenietones.com will disclose to potential entrants that such information will be supplied to a third party, and the identity of such third party, at the time entrant information is collected. Please see "General Activities: Online Contests and Sweepstakes" above.
Special Cases
We may also disclose personally identifiable information to third parties in order to comply with law or requests by law enforcement agencies, to enforce our Terms and Conditions or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our website, users of our website, and others.
Information Received from Teenie Tones Online Store
The Teenie Tones website store “Teenie Stuff” (the "Store") which is hosted and operated by a third party and is independent and separate from Teenietones.com, collects personal information about its users and shares and transfers such information with us. We use the personal information we receive internally but we do not sell, transfer, or share this personally identifiable information with third parties except as described in this policy.
From time to time, we may transfer, disclose or share such information with third parties who may be engaged by us specifically to handle and manage certain functions (e.g., fulfilling contests and sweepstakes conducted to which we are sponsors). Such third parties have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use such personally identifiable information for other purposes and have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of any information they receive from us.
We are always looking for ways to improve your shopping experience with teenietones.com, such as ways to help us offer new products and services we believe may be of interest to you. In order to accomplish this goal, we may combine and share the personally identifiable information we collect online with information available from other sources including information received from promotional partners, from third-party marketing organizations or other third parties. This information, in addition to the information you have already provided us, will help us to offer new Teenie Tones products and services we believe may be of interest to you. Additionally, in the event that all or substantially all of the assets relating to Teenietones.com are transferred or sold to another entity, personal information we received from the Store may be transferred to the acquiring entity. Finally, we may also disclose personal information about Shop users to third parties in order to comply with law or requests by law enforcement agencies, to enforce the Store’s Terms and Conditions or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Teenie Tones Store users and others.
Cookies and Log Data
Cookies are information files that your web browser places on the hard drive of your computer when you visit a website. Cookies cannot damage user files, nor can they read information from a user's hard drive. Cookies allow websites to "remember" users' activities on a website as well as users' visits to a site. At Teenietones.com, cookies are used to determine the number of unique visitors to our website over a given period. We do not store any personal information into cookies nor do we link or combine information collected through cookies to any personal information submitted by users when participating in our activities. Log data collected on web servers both within Teenietones.com's control and under the control of Teenietones.com's third party ad service provider, who is required to maintain such data on a confidential basis, supplies Teenietones.com with aggregate information about the number of visits to different pages on our site. Teenietones.com uses such aggregate information to improve access to our content based on our visitors' browsers and operating system types to make our content available to as many users as possible. We do not link the "log data" collected to personally identifiable information submitted by users when participating in our activities.
The ads appearing on Teenietones.com are delivered to you by a third party ad service provider. In the course of serving ads, the ad service provider may place or recognize their own unique cookie on your browser, and may use non-personally identifiable information about your visit to Teenietones.com, such as the number of times that you have viewed an ad.
Security
Teenietones.com has taken steps to ensure that personally identifiable information collected is secure, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our database servers as well as electronic security systems and password protections which guard against unauthorized access. Teenietones.com is intended for domestic visitors and, consequently, is specifically directed towards residents of the United States.
This policy, like the online medium itself, is subject to change. We will notify you of material changes by posting them at our site. We encourage you to check back and review this policy, from time to time, so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it.
This page was last updated on March 11, 2008.
If you have any questions regarding Teenietones.com's privacy policy, please write to us at:
Muzar Entertainment, LLC
11684 Ventura Blvd.
#893
Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 752-9959
Or email us at:
inquiry@teenietones.com |