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SurfSafely.com Privacy Policy
When a web page is submitted for addition to
the SURFSAFELY.COM directory, description
information is collected from that page to help us index it correctly. Email addresses
are added to our link records only if supplied voluntarily during submission.
Under normal circumstances, nothing is done with this email address other than
to keep it on file as a contact for that web site and in rare cases to notify
them of changes in the status of their listings in our directory. Additionally,
if a user voluntarily supplies their email address when submitting a site, that
person will receive a confirmation email from our autoresponder with details of
their submission results.
We have begun to see a phenomenon
where people were receiving "replies" from our autoresponder
because someone else used their email address when submitting a
site to our directory. We no longer allow the practice of using
someone else's email address for confirmation during submission!
Attempting to do so will result in an error. Only addresses at the
domain being submitted will be allowed or no address at all. You
may, however, still opt out from autoresponses by replying to one
with REMOVE as the only word in the subject line.
Except where required by law, we do not and
will not knowingly share with any other entity personally identifiable information
of any kind collected by this site. We may, however, share aggregate data
with affiliates and partner sites for the purpose of improving the quality of
our service for our users.
Personally identifiable information supplied
in email communications to us are used solely for reply if warranted, then discarded
unless there is just cause to keep it on file for future communications.
As a service to those who have ordered
our book Child Safety-Net, we may from time to time send notification
of new releases and similar related information. You may request
to be blocked from our outbound e-mail at any time by sending us
an e-mail. Aside from the newsletter
if you are subscribed, sending to this address guarantees that you
will no longer receive any of our other mass mailings.
Our free SURFSAFELY.COM
email newsletter is
opt-in only and completely anonymous. Reliable means are provided to opt in or
out at any time.
Persistent cookies are
used at SURFSAFELY.COM for the purpose of
determining voter status in our online polls
and expire after 180 days. No personally identifiable information is collected
by us by our use of cookies. Advertisers and sponsors may employ cookies to track
visitors from our site so that we may receive payment for referrals to their sites.
Because SURFSAFELY.COM
is a directory is targeted at schools and family members of all ages, it is possible
that information may end up in our files from children under the age of 13. Legal
guardians of children under 13 who believe we may have unknowingly collected information
from them may request that we supply and/or delete said information upon presenting
verifiable proof they are indeed the legal guardian.
SURFSAFELY.COM
can not control the harvesting of email addresses or other personally identifiable
information by third parties from pages which may be indexed here, has no control
over how that information might be used by third parties should this occur and
assumes no liability for any damages whatsoever resulting from this type of privacy
breach. Owners are solely responsible for their own content.
Guestbook & forum
SURFSAFELY.COM
can not control the harvesting of e-mail addresses or other personal information
by third parties which you may post to our guestbook
or message board. For
this reason we have deliberately omitted requiring this information in order to
use them. If you include contact information in your posts or comments, you acknowledge
that do so at your own risk. The responsibility of what you post here is yours
alone.
Our forum
and guestbook are
moderated and provided specifically for parents and school administrators to ask
questions and share experience regarding online safety. Off-topic posts will not
be allowed to remain, nor will replies to posts making no substantial contribution
to any given message thread. While we do our best to stay on top of things, SURFSAFELY.COM
assumes no liability for posts made to the guestbook
or forum which may
be considered in any way libelous or defamatory by any third party and reserves
the right to edit or delete any message, at our sole discretion, that we feel
inappropriate.
Solicitation for anonymous contact via email
through message boards like ours is the equivalent of anonymous online chat and,
in keeping with our position on this subject, is STRICTLY PROHIBITED!
Security
All credit card processing performed at SURFSAFELY.COM
is handled by Card Service International on their own servers. Using the recommended
strong encryption versions of Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer,
personal information submitted on the order page is RC4, 128 bit RSA encrypted
with SSL Version 3 and RC4 1024-bit encrypted between merchant banks. Due to the
extremely sensitive nature of sharing and warehousing credit card information,
for your protection when placing an order, not even SURFSAFELY.COM
has access to complete credit card numbers, only partial numbers
for the purpose of identifying specific customers. A full security disclosure
can be found at the CardService
website. SURFSAFELY.COM assumes no liability
for losses or damages to the client as a result of their use of this online transaction
system.
Misc.
Mechanisms are provided on the Child Safety-Net
Forum and Lecture Schedule pages to be automatically notified of updates to those
pages. This free service is provided courtesy of Netmind. Click
here to view Netmind's full Privacy Policy disclosure.
Activity to this site is monitored closely and
recorded. Suspicious or illegal activity has been and will continue to be reported
to the appropriate authorities.
For additional information, disclaimer of warranties
and limitation of liability, please see our Terms Of
Use.
Questions or comments may be sent to:
SurfSafely.com
118 Belden Rd
Burlington, CT 06013
email
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