TELEGRATION, INC. PRIVACY POLICY
Telegration, Inc. ("Telegration, Inc. ") recognizes that many
adults and children who visit our web site are concerned about how personal
information they provide on-line is maintained and used by Telegration, Inc. To
address these concerns and to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy,
especially for children who visit our sites, we have developed and implemented
this privacy policy so you will know how Telegration, Inc. gathers, and
provides, information. Please review our privacy policy from time to time as we
may update or change it periodically.
Gatherining and Use of Information
Telegration, Inc. collects personally identifiable information from visitors to
our sites solely on a voluntary basis. Such personally identifiable information
may include your name, postal address, e-mail address, company name and/or
telephone numbers, et cetera (collectively referred to herein as "Personal
Information"). We will never sell, transfer, or disclose any Personal
Information we gather at our web sites to any third parties without your prior
consent, except in cases when we believe in good faith that we have a legal
obligation to disclose such Personal Information. We never require that this
Personal Information be provided in order to gain access to our sites. We
collect Personal Information primarily for the following reasons: 1) to e-mail
customers and prospective customers. with updates and news, 2) to notify
winners of contests, games and sweepstakes, and to distribute prizes, 3) to
send out brochures, etc. via regular mail to subscribers, 4) to distribute
items that are part of "give aways" that you have registered for, and 5) for
use in our online and off-line marketing and advertising campaigns. There may
be times when we share aggregate information about our users (for example, the
% of male and female visitors to our sites) with advertisers, business
partners, sponsors, and other third parties in any effort to customize or
enhance the content and advertising on our sites for our users.
We recognize there are unique issues raised about the protection
of our children's privacy over the Internet. All children-directed Telegration,
Inc. web sites are designed to comply with the requirements of the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Children's Advertising Review Unit
(CARU) guidelines for web sites gathering identifiable information from
children (under age 13). Consistent with these requirements and guidelines, and
provided that we have been given accurate information by the child when asked,
we do NOT:
. collect personally identifiable off-line contact
information without prior parental consent;
. distribute to third parties any personally identifiable
information without prior parental consent;
. entice children by the prospect of a special game, prize
or other activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in
the activity;
. use or disclose on-line contact information without prior
parental consent or parental notification, which will include an opportunity
for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the
activity. Without prior parental consent, on-line information will only be used
to respond directly to the child's request and will not be used for other
purposes without prior parental consent. We collect on-line contact information
from children only in connection with on-line contests and sweepstakes; our
policy with respect to using this information is provided below in the
"Contests/Sweepstakes" section; or
. enable children to publicly post or otherwise distribute
personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent.
Parents can always ask to review any Personal Information about
their child that may have been collected at one of our sites, have us delete
any such Personal Information, and/or instruct us not to collect or use such
Personal Information about their child in the future. To do so, simply contact
us following the procedure outlined below in the "How To Contact Us" section.
As the new technology of the Internet evolves, and the COPPA
requirements and CARU guidelines evolve as well, Telegration, Inc. intends to
comply with these requirements and guidelines in a manner and in as timely a
fashion as is technologically feasible in order to protect our children and
their privacy.
Contests/Sweepstakes
We periodically run contests and sweepstakes on our sites for which we ask
users/participants to provide contact information (like their e-mail address).
This information is used to contact the participant only when necessary in
accordance with the rules of the contest or sweepstakes.
If a participant has indicated upon entering a contest or
sweepstakes that he/she is under 13 years of age, the participant is instructed
to enter the e-mail address of his/her parent or guardian. Further, for any
game or contest where the screen names of the high scorers are posted, a user
under 13 can only select a generic screen name from a list that has been
developed in advance. This prevents the disclosure of any personally
identifiable information.
When a participant under the age of 18 is selected as a
prize-winner in a contest or sweepstakes, an e-mail is sent to the parent or
guardian. This e-mail contains a form that requests the participant's real name
and address and a parental permission form. For the participant to receive the
prize, the parent or guardian must fill out and sign the form and then mail or
fax it to the address or number indicated on the form.
Cookies/IP Addresses
Like many companies, Telegration, Inc. may use "cookie" technology to track
customer visits through our sites. Cookies are pieces of information that a web
site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. They
enhance the on-line experience by saving your preferences while you are
visiting a particular site.
The cookies Telegration, Inc. uses do not contain any personally
identifying information and cannot profile your system or collect information
from your hard drive. And although you may receive cookies from many different
sites, each cookie can only be read by the Web server that originally issued
it. You are not even identified by name or e-mail address, just by a unique
string of numbers that we assign the first time you come to our site.
We use your IP address in two ways: to help diagnose problems
with our server and to administer our web sites, and also to gather broad
demographic information.
Polls & Surveys
Information gathered from polls and surveys are only for internal use of
Telegration, Inc. If sample answers to polls or surveys are posted on the web
site, then no identifiable Personal Information is ever included.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our sites will provide users the opportunity to opt out of receiving
communications from us at the point where we request information about the
visitor. Simply follow the procedure outlined at each site. Likewise, we will
provide users with the opportunity to change any personal information
previously provided, or to opt out of receiving future email communication from
us.
How To Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the Legal Policy, the
practices of this site, your dealings with this web site, or your Personal
Information, you can always contact us at webmaster@telegration.net or at our mailing address: Telegration, Inc.,
Attention: Webmaster, 3250 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 200, Troy, MI 48084.
Final Note
Our goal at Telegration, Inc. is to provide a safe Internet environment for you
and your children. While children and young adults are encouraged to play our
games and explore the web sites, we remind them often that their parents will
be notified if they give us their e-mail address and their parent's written
permission is required for them to be eligible to win prizes. We urge parents
to spend time with their children on our web sites. Sit with them and share the
experience. While Telegration, Inc. does everything we can to ensure your
child's privacy and safety, informed parents are the best protectors of their
children.