iSkrib.com Privacy Policy

iSkrib.com is committed to providing quality Web Based Learning activities (WBLA, To read about WBLA please refer to “What is iSkrib?” section of the website www.iSkrib.com) for children’s from pre-kindergarteners up to 3rd grader. While we encourage the interactive nature of online media, we strive to promote the online safety and privacy of our users.
    
         
   
Information-Collection Policies

iSkrib.com's target audience is parents and children’s from pre-kindergartner’s up to 3rd Grader’s. iSkrib.com's design, content, and language, as well as our learning activities, mainly target Pre-K to 3rd graders. We do request personally identifiable information from parents who register their child in WBLA available on iSkrib.com, as described below. If we were to discover that a child submitted personally identifiable information, iSkrib.com would delete the information immediately.
   
         
   
Registered Membership

iSkrib.com provides registered membership for our children audience to be filled in by their parent or legal guardian. 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, schooling, school name). All such personal information is collected for the purpose of providing our users access to iSkrib.com's registered members activities. Once registered, users can participate in registered member activities such as newsletters, message boards, iSkrib.com advisory board (where members will be contacted by iSkrib.com for feedback and opinions on various subjects). At any time after the registration process, registered members can choose to discontinue participating in some of the registered member activities (e.g. newsletters, iSkrib.com advisory board) or altogether unregister by electing to unsubscribe to such activity, which option can be found at the end of every iSkrib.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 iSkrib.com's registered members activities. For instance, if the registered member selected to receive newsletters, special announcements, offers and promotions from iSkrib.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, ISkrib.com may sometimes share and transfer the personal information collected from our registered members with and to third party business partners selected by ISkrib.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.
   
         
   
Electronic Newsletter and Special Announcements Subscription

ISkrib.com provides parents the opportunity to receive e-mails containing the ISkrib.com Newsletter, along with other Special Announcements pertaining to ISkrib.com. These e-mails will provide subscribers with iSkrib.com information updates, announcements, and promotions. We request no personally identifiable information from the parent or child except his/her e-mail address, which we use solely for the purpose of sending the e-mails. The e-mail address provided to ISkrib.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 ISkrib.com's Newsletter and Special Announcements altogether by electing to unsubscribe, through the unsubscribe option found at the end of each ISkrib.com e-mail sent to users.
   
         
   

Refer a Friend:

If you use our “Refer a Friend” page to send referral emails to your friends and family members about our website, we will only email the link of our website. During this process we will collect personal information about you and your friend or family member such as you and your friends first name, last name and email id. This information collected will not stored on our servers or our database, neither we will share this information with third party. We will use this information only to generate referral emails. If any questions please send us an email at contactus@iskrib.com

    
         
   
E-mail

ISkrib.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

ISkrib.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. ISkrib.com uses this information only for the purpose of sending the postcards. The friend's e-mail address is deleted immediately from our system.
   
         
   

Ordering from the Site and Opening an Account

When customers make purchases through ISkrib.com (e.g. iSkrib Pad), 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. During the checkout process, customers are provided the opportunity to receive newsletters, sales and promotions from iSkrib.com. To be removed from the contact list at any time, customers can elect to unsubscribe in the next e-mail they receive from iSkrib.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. We may, from time to time, combine the information from accounts with information received from the ISkrib.com Shop, in which case the account information will be used as described below.

To complete all the check out transaction iSkrib.com trust’s Google Check out and PayPal check out features. Please refer to Google Checkout and Paypal Privacy Policy for more information.
   
         
   
Customer Service

ISkrib.com customers may e-mail us their questions using Feedback and Contact Us pages about the WBLA and 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.

"Web Based Learning Activities (WBLA)" Area
The "WBLA” area on ISkrib.com  is an area of our site where parents can enjoy quality online learning activities with their preschool-aged children. This area includes Learning Activities, Games, Stories, Music, Art, Shows and other activities, the design, content and language of which are targeted to Pre Kindergartners upto 3rd Graders. We have taken full measures to make our WBLA fully compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.

It is our policy in the WBLA area to require only the minimal collection of information from our visitors. Consistent with this policy, the WBLA area of ISkrib.com limits the collection of information from kids to what is known as non-personally identifiable information (e.g. first name). Other than the collection of such non-personally identifiable information, we do not collect personal information from our users in the WBLA area. As such, we do not share any personal information about our users in the WBLA area with any third parties. In addition, we do not condition a kid's participation in any games or other online activities contained in the WBLA area on the disclosure of more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity.

Use and Disclosure of Information
At ISkrib.com, we may share non-individual, aggregate information (e.g. non-personally identifiable information) about our users internally within ISkrib.com and externally with third parties, such as advertisers and business partners. We also use personal information collected on our site internally within ISkrib.com, however, 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. For example, we may partner with a greeting card company, software manufacturer, or telephone provider to offer you electronic cards, games, or telephone messaging. These partners operate Web sites that are separate and independent from ISkrib.com and ISkrib.com. We receive e-mail addresses from these sites of adults who request to receive information--including newsletters, sales, and special offers--from us. If you do not wish to receive information from ISkrib.com, you can unsubscribe by following the information at the bottom of any newsletter you receive or email us at contactus@iskrib.com and inform us that you no longer wish to receive correspondence from ISkrib.com.
   
         
   
Agents

The personal information provided to ISkrib.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 ISkrib.com are transferred or sold to another entity, personally identifiable information may be transferred to the acquiring entity. 		   
         
   
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 Term of User or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our website, users of our website, and others.

We use the personal information we receive internally within ISkrib.com but we do not sell, transfer, or share personally identifiable information with third parties Information Received from www.iSkrib.com 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 on the Shop 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 ISkrib.com, such as ways to help us offer new ISkrib.com 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 iSkrib.com 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 ISkrib.com are transferred or sold to another entity, personal information we received from the Shop 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 Shop's Terms and Conditions or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Shop's users and others.

In addition, we may use the personal information received from the Google Checkout or Paypal to provide you with our print catalog, and to contact those users who have asked that iSkrib.com contact them directly about such things as sales and special offers. To request that we discontinue sending you our print catalog, please contact us at contactus@iSkrib.com. To opt out of receiving iSkrib.com Newsletters, please follow the unsubscribe information at the bottom of any newsletter that you receive.

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 ISkrib.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 ISkrib.com's control and under the control of ISkrib.com's third party ad service provider, who is required to maintain such data on a confidential basis, supplies ISkrib.com with aggregate information about the number of visits to different pages on our site. ISkrib.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. For more information about the third party ad service provider and how to "opt out" of the ad serving cookie, please click here.

The ads appearing on ISkrib.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 ISkrib.com, such as the number of times that you have viewed an ad.
   
         
   
Security

ISkrib.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. ISkrib.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 July 25, 2009.
If you have any questions regarding iSkrib.com's privacy policy, please contact us at:  contactus@iSkrib.com
    
         
   

Your California Privacy Rights
Beginning on January 1, 2005, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits our visitors who are California residents to request certain information regarding its disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to contactus@iSkrib.com or write us:

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iSkrib, Inc. Privacy Coordinator