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Privacy Statement
This statement discloses the privacy practices for the ScholarShop Junior web site, located at http://www.scholarshopkids.org. Scholarship America has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our commitment to privacy. The following statements reflect our information gathering and dissemination practices for this publication. We make every effort to conform to the "Fair Information Practice Principles" published by the Federal Trade Commission. Information is available at http://www.ftc.gov. Registration This site collects information relating to users of this site. Specifically, a username and password, and a user first name and last initial are collected for the purpose of uniquely identifying a user and permitting the user to return to the site as an identified former participant, and for identifying a user in interactions with the site. This site also collects the user's identification of a favorite pet, book, TV show, sports team, or teacher, for the purpose of providing a password reminder to the user in the event a user requires such a reminder. Information is collected on this site directly from the user, using forms that request the information. Upon a written request delivered to the postal address provided herein, from a user, a user's legal guardian, or from the parent of a user who is a minor, Scholarship America will provide a summary of stored user information, and will upon a request delivered in the same manner, terminate any further use or maintenance of information about relating to a user. This site does not and may not require disclosure of more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activities of the site as a condition of participation. Additionally, the user should not enter any personal information such as a name, address, telephone number, or email address, in their activities. Any such information that is brought to the attention of Scholarship America will be deleted. How We Use IP Addresses We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. We will never share a visitor's IP address with a third party without first securing the user's express permission to do so. Links This site also hosts numerous links to other sites. The privacy policies of linked sites may differ from that of Scholarship America for the ScholarShop Junior site. We make an effort to review the privacy policies of linked sites to ensure that others follow commercially accepted procedures to protect consumers from privacy violations; however, we cannot always control the conduct of third parties and therefore disclaim responsibility for the actions of linked sites. Security Policy Scholarship America uses commercially accepted protocols and other security methods to protect a user's privacy. It is the policy of the site's operators to enforce this security policy to prevent unauthorized third parties from attempting to access personal information. Visitors are encouraged to report suspected violations to the website contact at the address listed below. Contacting the Website If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or dealings with this Web site, contact: Scholarship America 1505 Riverview Road St. Peter, Minnesota 56082 800-537-4180 dataprotection@scholarshipamerica.org |