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Kiddonets guidelines- they are exactly what we need to do!
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KiddoNet is a TOTAL Internet environment for children (ages 3-12),
created and maintained by GTek Technologies Ltd. (www.gtekil.com).
KiddoNetÕs mission is to offer kids an on-line space with high quality
content and web tools that allow them to create, learn, play and
communicate SAFELY.

More than anything else these days, kids want to use the Internet to
connect and communicate with their friends. In support of this, KiddoNet
has developed SAFE, kid-friendly web tools that allow our users to
communicate on-line with people they know.

Together with this, KiddoNet attempts to educate our users about the
Netiquette of safe surfing, and continuously encourages kids not to give
personal information online.

KiddoNet is fully designed to comply with the requirements of the
ChildrenÕs Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

The following statement discloses GTek TechnologiesÕ information
gathering and privacy practices for www.kiddonet.com and the KiddoNet
content sites. Ê

Information We Collect

GTek and KiddoNet do not publish, share, trade, or sell users' personal
information.

KiddoNet offers many activities that do not require registration and
kids can play on KiddoNet without giving any information at all. Some of
the activities, however, do require registration because they allow kids
to create something that is saved and maintained especially for them.

During registration, we ask our users to provide minimum information,
including the following:

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ A unique NetName Ð users are asked to choose a name to use
while they are on KiddoNet. KiddoNet reminds kids NOT to use their own
names, particularly family names, and to refrain from inappropriate
language.

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ A password Ð users are asked to choose a password that does
not contain their own name and to refrain from inappropriate language.

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Their age and gender Ð We use this information to help keep
track of what children like best, so that we can keep KiddoNetÕs
activities age-appropriate and relevant to our usersÕ interests and
needs. Ê

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Their zip code Ð used internally for demographic purposes. Zip
codes are kept separately from the other user information and can in no
way be used to identify individualÊusers.

áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ A parent or guardianÕs e-mail address Ð In keeping with
standard safety guidelines and COPPA, KiddoNet collects this address in
order to notify parents of their childÕs registration.

Parents' e-mail addresses are deleted once registration notification has
been sent, with the exception of those users who request KiddoNet
newsletters. In these cases, the parents' address will be stored, and
the newsletters will be sent to the parentÕs address. Parents can change
the address to which KiddoNet newsletters are sent at any time.

The collected information does not allow us to identify specific
individuals, but it gives us an idea of what we can do to make KiddoNet
a more educational and fun place to visit.

Also in keeping with COPPA, users will be asked in certain activities to
provide e-mail addresses to be used ONE TIME ONLY in reply to a specific
request. For example, some of the activities on KiddoNet allow kids to
create images and write texts that will be posted in galleries. These
activities undergo monitoring and not all creations are posted. Users
can ask to receive notification regarding the approval of their
creations and will need to give an e-mail address for the notification.
These e-mail addresses are deleted once notification has been made.

KiddoNet is happy to receive e-mail from kids with their questions and
comments, jokes and pet pictures. If users do write to us, we will use
the address theyÕve given to respond on a one-time basis, and we will
subsequently delete the received mail.

KiddoNet does not condition a userÕs participation in any of our online
activities on the disclosure of more information than is reasonably
necessary to participate in the activity.

Use of Information

GTek and KiddoNet do not publish, share, trade, or sell users' personal
information.

KiddoNet may disclose user information in an aggregated form (group
statistics compiled from registration data that does not identify
individual users) in order to describe its services to prospective
partners, relevant third parties, and for other lawful purposes.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are information files that are saved by your Internet browser
when you visit a website. These files allow sites to ÒrememberÓ usersÕ
preferences when on a particular site. Cookies do not read or reveal any
information from a userÕs hard drive.

KiddoNet uses cookies to track user visits, make the site easy to
navigate and to deliver content specific to user. Information gathered
through the use of cookies is not used in any way with any personally
identifiable details.

Links to sites offered on KiddoNet (in our Great Sites area, Homework
Help, etc.) may use cookies as a way to remember usersÕ specific
interests and preferences, and to provide users with relevant
information during each visit. Please read the privacy policies of all
third party sites to find out more about their practices.

Links to Other Sites

KiddoNet provides links to other sites in various places on our site.
Although KiddoNet screens all linked sites and chooses them for their
appropriateness and relevance to kids, these sites may have collection
and privacy practices that are very different from our own. Please read
the privacy policies of these sites to find out more about their
practices.

When kids click a link offered on KiddoNet they will first get a BUMPER
page, informing them that they are leaving KiddoNet and going to an
outside site. This page also reminds kids not to give out any personal
information and to follow safe surfing practices.

At any time, users and/or their parents have the prerogative of "turning
off" Great Sites they don't want from within KiddoNet's Great Sites
section.

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Posted Activities

KiddoNet offers many activities that allow kids to send things theyÕve
created, such as works of art or electronic cards, to friends and
relatives. KiddoNet asks users to give only their FIRST NAME and a
recipientÕs e-mail address so we can send out the card or creation. This
address is not stored or saved in any way and is used ONE TIME ONLY. All
usersÕ creations are sent out from KiddoNet, using a KiddoNet e-mail
address (creations@kiddonet.com) to further protect the privacy of our
users.

In addition, KiddoNet offers creative activities that include galleries
where we post kids creations and activities that allow kids to post
messages. KiddoNet encourages all users who participate in these
activities (such as the Home Page Composer or the Graffiti board) to
follow our rules of conduct.

All of our ÒpostedÓ activities are monitored to protect the privacy of
our users and anyone they might be writing to/about and to ensure that
the rules of conduct are followed.

KiddoNet strongly urges children not to give out personal information on
their home pages or other creations (such as Graffiti) or in their
messages (such as in our Wishful Thinking and Heart to Get activities).
Our monitors will not approve public postings that contain personal
information. We also encourage parents to look at the things their
children are creating on KiddoNet.

Contests & Surveys

Occasionally, KiddoNet will run contests based on activities on our
site. Sometimes KiddoNet requires usersÕ personal contact information in
order to send prizes by mail. This information will be limited to only
what is needed in order to send out the prizes, and will not require
that a user disclose more personal information than is necessary for
this purpose.Ê

KiddoNet always clearly states that children MUST get parental
permission before providing personal information to us or to anyone on
the Internet.

All requests for personal contact information will be preceded by PRIOR
parental consent submitted to us either by fax, mail or using a 1-800
number.

KiddoMail

KiddoNet offers all registered users their own KiddoMail SAFE e-mail
account. Parents can indicate whether they would like their child to
have a RESTRICTED communication account (kids can receive mail only from
people who appear in their address book or who have received the userÕs
KiddoMail password) or a FULL communication account (kids can receive
mail from anyone).

To open a KiddoMail account, users must provide PRIOR parental
permission, which can be provided via fax, mail or phone.

Parental Access and Opting Out

KiddoNet wants to help parents be involved in their childrenÕs online
experiences. At any time, parents can ask to review, change or delete
their childÕs personal information from our database. Parents who know
their childÕs NetName (KiddoNet user name) and password can access and
change their childÕs user information via the Change User Info option on
the log-in page or by e-mailing us.

Parents can also refuse to permit further collection, future contact or
additional access to KiddoNet online. Parents who wish to remove their
childÕs registration, or to unsubscribe from the mailing list for
KiddoNet newsletters can simply send us an e-mail to the following
address, providing the childÕs NetName and password for identification
verification, and specify a request or write UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject
line.

kdann-unsubscribe@kiddonet.com

Protecting Information

KiddoNet has security measures in place to protect the loss and misuse
of the information we collect. We use such technologies as a Firewall,
encryption and various other methods to ensure that it is extremely
difficult to access the information in an unauthorized manner.

Terms of Use

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Contacting KiddoNet Ê

If you have any questions about our privacy statement, the practices of
KiddoNet or its sites, please contact: Email: info@kiddonet.com

Phone: 877-543-6835

Fax: 877-543-6329

Address: Ê KiddoNet 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2531 New York, NY 10170 


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