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Privacy Policy at Gigglemoose.com

We've created this policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. The following statement discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for our Web site (http://www.gigglemoose.com):

Listen Up, Kids!
For your safety and privacy, we strictly adhere to the rules of the new Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Besides, it's the law! So if you are under 13, please don't give us any information about yourself without your parent's permission. You also cannot buy anything from Gigglemoose.com.

Parents and Teachers . . .
All of the content on Gigglemoose.com is specifically designed to be appropriate for children of all ages. But the material is most beneficial when used by children with adults, whether that be a parent, teacher, or volunteer. That's why we strongly encourage your participation---both online and outside. We cannot filter or safeguard against every external site on the Internet, so please stay aware of your child's online usage. There are a number of software programs available that allow you to screen out objectionable material.

Privacy specifics for all visitors . . .

Cookies and Information Automatically Logged
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and your shopping cart, and to gather broad demographic information. Our site uses "cookies" to keep track of your shopping cart, and to make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, and to save any passwords you create with us so you don't have to re-enter them each time you visit our site. Cookies also help us manage any Personal Profile you may establish with us. By tracking this anonymous information along with specific page visits, we are able to tailor your experience at Gigglemoose.com. The data is reviewed and then discarded. None of this information is sold, rented, or otherwise disseminated to other organizations for commercial purposes.

Advertisers
We sometimes use an outside ad agency to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web site, cookies received with banner ads are collected by the ad companies, and we do not have access to that information.

Order Forms, Registration Forms, and Contests
Our Web site's order forms, registration forms, and contest forms often require you to provide contact information (like name, e-mail and postal address), unique identifiers (like social security number), demographic information (like zip code, gender, and age), and sometimes financial information (like account or credit card numbers). Contact information from registration forms is used to verify your identity, create account numbers in our record system, ship purchases, notify you of special offers, and provide information about our company. Customer contact information is also used to get in touch with you when necessary. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis. However, we will never make your phone number or e-mail address available to anyone outside our organization. Of course, you may opt-out of receiving future mailings at any time; see the Choice/Opt-Out section below.

"Affiliate Shops" and External Links
In association with leading online retailers, the Gigglemoose.com store sometimes offers related merchandise for sale through "affiliate" relationships (separate from our own online store). You will need to visit each individual site for full disclosure of their privacy policies. Our site also provides links to other sites which we think might be of interest to you. Although we are very selective of the sites we recommend, Gigglemoose.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of such Web sites, including the previously mentioned "affiliate shops."

Public Forums
This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to you. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security
This site uses a secure server to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of any information you submit.

Children's Guidelines
Obviously, we care a great deal about children and understand that they have special privacy needs. Right from the beginning, our site adopted a strict children's privacy policy---one that already met the standards now required by law in the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Our policy is outlined below:

  1. We will NOT collect, use, or distribute to third parties personally identifiable information without prior verifiable parental consent.
  2. We will NOT provide children with access to unmonitored chat rooms, message boards, e-mail accounts, or other services that would give a child the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable information without prior verifiable parental consent.
  3. When verifiable parental consent is not obtained, we will only use the online contact information (such as e-mail) to:
    • Respond directly to the child's request on a one-time basis and not use that information to re-contact the child for other purposes.
    • Request the name or online contact information of a parent for the purpose of obtaining verifiable parental consent or providing parental notification.
    • Respond more than once directly to a specific request from a child (such as a request for a newsletter subscription) and not to re-contact the child for other purposes. We will use our best efforts to provide parental notification, which will include the nature and intended use as well as an opportunity for the parent to prevent the use of the information and participation in the activity.
  4. We will NOT entice the child to divulge more information than is needed to participate in any activity, game, or service.
  5. Upon request, we will provide the parent a description of the specific types of personally identifiable information collected from their child.
  6. We will provide notice to children in age-appropriate terms of what personally identifiable information is to be collected.
  7. We will NOT provide any links to Web sites that are unsuitable for children.
  8. We will encourage children to get their parent's permission before sharing personal information online.

Choice/Opt Out and Data Quality
Our site provides you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving promotional/marketing material from us. (Please specify in your correspondence that you do not want to receive future notices from Gigglemoose.com.) Our site also provides you with the opportunity to change or modify information previously provided. (If possible, please specify in your correspondence what specific information you would like to change.)

  1. You can send e-mail to customerservice@gigglemoose.com
  2. You can write us at:
    Gigglemoose.com
    12 Friar Tuck Lane
    Nottingham NH 03290

Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of Gigglemoose.com, or your dealings with this site, you can contact: customerservice@gigglemoose.com

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