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MitzvahArt is committed to protecting the privacy and security of its online visitors. This policy statement provides our visitors (e.g., parents and children) with an overview of the measures we have taken to provide a safe online environment.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
We may collect online and use personally identifiable information from our adult visitors to process and fulfill orders for products or services; to customize the content on our site for our visitors' current and future needs. In addition, this personally identifiable information may be used to provide our visitors, via e-mail or other means, information about materials and activities that may be of interest to them. However, we NEVER share such information with third parties.
If you are an individual who has provided us with your personal information and you no longer wish to receive correspondence from us, please let us know by emailing us your name, address, email and phone number at support@mitzvahart.com.
FOR YOUNG ADULTS AND CHILDREN
Remember to be smart online. Do not give out your full name, e-mail 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.
NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION AND THE USE OF COOKIE TECHNOLOGY
We collect non-personally identifiable information through the use of a software technology called "cookies," and through our visitors' voluntary submissions to us and/or upon our request. By non-personally identifiable information, we are referring to information about our visitors' browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer), operating systems (e.g., Windows or Macintosh), Internet service providers (e.g., AOL or NET.COM) and other similar information which we track in aggregate form. We also collect the following non-personally identifiable information in connection with content submissions, games, classrooms, and bulletin boards: first name only and first initial of last name, state, age, and grade. The non-personally identifiable information that we track is anonymous and will never be identified with or lead us back to any of our visitors.
Cookie technology helps us to know how many people visit us and where visitors go on our site. Cookies are small bits of information we send to your computer. Among other things, this non-personally identifiable information allows us to know which areas are favorites, which areas need a bit of improvement, or what technologies and Internet services are being used by our visitors so that we may continually improve our visitors' online experiences.
USE OF IP ADDRESSES
We collect IP addresses to obtain aggregate information on the use of MitzvahArt.com. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer by a Web server when you're on the Web. When you are on our site, we have a back-end server that logs your computer's IP address. We only use the information we find out from tracking IP addresses in the aggregate, such as how many users entered a specific area of our site, and not to track a specific IP address to identify an individual user. However, we may use such information to identify a user if we feel that there are or may be safety and/or security issues or to comply with legal requirements.
THIRD-PARTY SERVERS
We host our site at third party locations. We MAY use third-party companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site and to monitor traffic to our Web site. These companies may (via cookies, gifs or otherwise) use aggregate information (not including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other personally identifiable information) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide us with data about our site and/or to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here .
SECURITY
MitzvahArt relies on our hosting provider whose security measures ensure that all personally and non-personally identifiable information that it receives via the Internet is secure against unauthorized access. This information is kept in a safe and secure system isolated from direct connection to the Internet. This means that no eyes but ours will ever see the information that our visitors send to us, unless we indicate otherwise.
CREDIT CARD INFORMATION
MitzvahArt uses a third party merchant system (PayPal) to collect credit card information because their infrastructure is designed to be secure enough to store credit card and payment information. As a result, MitzvahArt does not store credit card or payment information.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Visitors will find links from MitzvahArt.com to independently owned, controlled and/or managed World Wide Web or Internet sites whose content we have found of possible interest to our visitors. While we initially visit these sites to which we directly link, please note that we do not monitor or control the content that appears on these sites and such content may be constantly changing. We recommend that children check with their parents or teachers before clicking off to any new sites, and we encourage all end users of MitzvahArt.com to read the privacy policies of all linked sites before navigating through them.
Please note that we may revise our above policy without notice to users as the content on our sites continues to change and we will post all such material changes on this Privacy Policy.
We hope that you enjoy exploring our sites.
The effective date of this Privacy Policy is December, 2006.
Most recently updated: Content - December, 2006;, Page layout- March 2007. |