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We love keeping our customers, prospects and visitors to our
Web sites (including www.ScratchCat.com
and www.FreshScience.com)
informed about all of the fun and exciting things happening
at ScratchCat. But, we want you to know that protecting your
privacy is important to us. So, we have implemented a customer
privacy policy, which guides how we collect, store and use
information about customers and prospects. When you submit
information to us, you agree to the terms of the policy and
we agree to the terms of the policy.
We may modify this Customer Privacy Policy to reflect legal,
technological and other developments, so we'll post any changes
here. Please note that our Web sites may contain links to
other Web sites that have their own privacy policies and practices
so ScratchCat cannot make any guarantees with respect to the
actions or policies of such third parties.
Collection, Storage and Use of Information
When you enroll in SchoolPurrks™ (our Premium Rewards
Program for Educators), submit an online form, request a catalog
or brochure, respond to a survey, or communicate with us for
any other reason, the information we collect from you (e.g.,
your name, address, email address) is added to our electronic
mailing list. ScratchCat may use that information to notify
you, our customer, of updates to our Web site or of products
and legitimate business purposes and internal or external
services that may be of interest to you.
Personal Data
Our policy recognizes two kinds of personal data: “Personally-Identifiable
Information” (e.g. name, address, phone number, e-mail
addresses, date of birth, personal interests and hobbies,
billing and shipping information, survey data, purchase histories
and user activity on a Web site or online service); and, “Sensitive
Data” (e.g. credit card numbers, social security numbers
for online job applicants, etc.), which is subject to additional
safeguards. Appropriate safeguards will be implemented to
ensure the security, integrity and privacy of Personally-Identifiable
Information about our customers and prospects.
We will not share your email address with parties outside
of ScratchCat, and we offer you the option not to have your
other Personally-Identifiable Information shared with parties
outside of ScratchCat. We will not disclose information concerning
individuals' usage of our sites to third parties except in
aggregate form.
We will not rent or otherwise make Sensitive Data available
for external distribution outside of ScratchCat although sometimes,
we may use a third party outside of ScratchCat to help us
with things like mailings, credit card verification/approval,
maintenance of our SchoolPurrks™ database or other events.
Therefore, third parties working on ScratchCat's behalf may
have access to personal data. Of course, if that happens,
we will follow commercially appropriate procedures to help
ensure that the information is used only for authorized purposes
and by authorized persons in a manner consistent with the
choices you have made under this policy, and that the security,
integrity and privacy of the information is maintained, to
the extent that we can.
There are a few exceptions. For example, information may
be transferred in conjunction with the sale or similar transfer
of ScratchCat or one or more of our products or product lines;
in response to legal process; in response to a court order
or a subpoena; or, in response to a law enforcement agency's
request.
Children's Online Privacy Act of 1998
We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with
their children (children 12 and under) and to always be aware
of their online activities. No personally identifying information
should be submitted to or posted on this Web site by children
without the consent of their parent or guardian. We encourage
parents to monitor their children's online use, and to help
us protect their privacy by instructing them never to provide
personally identifying information on this Web site or any
other Web site without permission. We are also prohibited
by law from conditioning a child's participation in any activity
on this Web site on the child disclosing more personally identifying
information than is reasonably necessary to participate in
such activity.
CHILDREN: Please do not give your full name, email address,
home address, telephone number or any other personal information
that would enable someone to contact you either online or
offline, without first asking your parent or guardian for
permission. We do not collect personally identifying information
from children on this Web site either directly or passively
except when a child may voluntarily submit such information
through a “Contact Us” link, information that we
do not solicit from children 12 and under. If a child e-mails
us via a “Contact Us” link, any personally identifying
information submitted will only be used to respond on a one-time
basis to such child and will thereafter be deleted from our
records.
Use of Cookies
In order to personalize your online experience as well as
to trace site usage, www.FreshScience.com may assign a "cookie"
when you enter designated sections of the site. A cookie is
a piece of information, such as user name and password that
is sent from a Web site and stored on your computer's hard
drive as a text file. This allows you to freely move from
page to page that require this information without the interruption
of logging in to every page. Your own unique cookie will be
assigned to you for www.FreshScience.com
(and any other ScratchCat Web sites). Other Web sites do not
have the ability to use this cookie and therefore cannot gain
access to the information in the cookie. Cookies are not designed
to run programs or deliver viruses to you computer.
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 our Web sites.
Review, Editing or Deleting Personal Data
You may request that we remove or change/correct erroneous
personal information collected from you and stored in our
database. However, you should understand that information
about you in our databases might come from a number of sources,
including orders placed by you and third party mailing lists.
If you would like to review, edit, or delete any of the information
we have collected from you, or if you have questions or concerns
about this privacy policy, please contact:
Jim McNeely, Jr.
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
ScratchCat
PO Box 3085
Alpharetta, GA 30023-3085
Thanks and happy clicking!
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