Children's Discovery Institute is committed to protecting your privacy and developing
technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement
of Privacy applies to the Children's Discovery Institute Web site and governs data
collection and usage. By using the Children's Discovery Institute website, you consent
to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Children's Discovery Institute collects personally identifiable information, such
as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Children's
Discovery Institute also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not
unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically
collected by Children's Discovery Institute. This information can include: your
IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses.
This information is used by Children's Discovery Institute for the operation of
the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics
regarding use of the Children's Discovery Institute Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through Children's Discovery Institute public message
boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Children's Discovery
Institute does not read any of your private online communications.
Children's Discovery Institute encourages you to review the privacy statements of
Web sites you choose to link to from Children's Discovery Institute so that you
can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Children's
Discovery Institute is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content
on Web sites outside of the Children's Discovery Institute and Children's Discovery
Institute family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Children's Discovery Institute collects and uses your personal information to operate
the Children's Discovery Institute Web site and deliver the services you have requested.
Children's Discovery Institute also uses your personally identifiable information
to inform you of other products or services available from Children's Discovery
Institute and its affiliates. Children's Discovery Institute may also contact you
via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential
new services that may be offered.
Children's Discovery Institute does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to
third parties. Children's Discovery Institute may, from time to time, contact you
on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be
of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information
(e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.
In addition, Children's Discovery Institute may share data with trusted partners
to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide
customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited
from using your personal information except to provide these services to Children's
Discovery Institute, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your
information.
Children's Discovery Institute does not use or disclose sensitive personal information,
such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Children's Discovery Institute keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers
visit within Children's Discovery Institute, in order to determine what Children's
Discovery Institute services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver
customized content and advertising within Children's Discovery Institute to customers
whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Children's Discovery Institute Web sites will disclose your personal information,
without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that
such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with
legal process served on Children's Discovery Institute or the site; (b) protect
and defend the rights or property of Children's Discovery Institute; and, (c) act
under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Children's
Discovery Institute, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Children's Discovery Institute Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize
your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk
by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses
to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by
a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save
you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned
to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Children's Discovery Institute
pages, or register with Children's Discovery Institute site or services, a cookie
helps Children's Discovery Institute to recall your specific information on subsequent
visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such
as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same
Children's Discovery Institute Web site, the information you previously provided
can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Children's Discovery Institute features
that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies
if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience
the interactive features of the Children's Discovery Institute services or Web sites
you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Children's Discovery Institute secures your personal information from unauthorized
access, use or disclosure. Children's Discovery Institute secures the personally
identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure
environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal
information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it
is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Children's Discovery Institute will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy
to reflect company and customer feedback. Children's Discovery Institute encourages
you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Children's Discovery
Institute is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Children's Discovery Institute welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of
Privacy. If you believe that Children's Discovery Institute has not adhered to this
Statement, please contact Children's Discovery Institute at
cdi@kids.wustl.edu. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to
promptly determine and remedy the problem.