Nipuna Rangika
Official Web Site
Rules
- # The Information We Collect
As described in this Privacy Policy, we directly collect during our
initial registration process a parent's email address, the child's
account name, and the child's password. When a NOWS registrant becomes
a paying member, we may collect additional personally identifiable
information ("PII") from the registrant's parent. The types of PII
that may be collected at that time include the parent's full name,
email address, credit card billing information including mailing
address, and such other information as may be requested from time to
time. The NOWS website does not condition a child's participation in
an online activity on the child providing more personal information
than is reasonably necessary for that activity.
The NOWS website requires users to provide a parent's valid email
address in order to register on the website. We use this information
to send the parent a message that can be used to activate the NOWS
account, to notify the parent about our privacy practices, to send you
communications either about your account with us or about products and
services of NOWS and its related companies and affiliates, and for the
other purposes described in this Privacy Policy. This email address is
correlated with the account user name.
We may also request a user name and email address when a user submits
a form through the "Contact Us" portion of the NOWS website so that we
may respond to the inquiry.
For some of our online activities - such as polls or surveys - we may
ask users to provide information that is not personally identifiable,
such as country of residence or a visitor's favorite color. We also
enable users to chat online through our website, but we take measures
so that users cannot communicate personal information through this
chat function.
Additionally, when visitors come to our site, we may passively collect
certain non-personally identifiable computer information, such as the
type of computer operating system (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS), the
user's IP Address, the web browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer)
being used, and information regarding the Internet service provider.
We may link this information to PII that we have collected. If we do
so, we will treat such linked information as PII.
Finally, we collect financial information as set out in Section 6 of
this Privacy Policy. We do not use this financial information for any
purpose other than processing payments to NOWS. The financial
information that you enter to purchase a membership is not stored by
NOWS, but, instead, is retained by our payments processing vendor for
the purpose of processing credit card payments made to NOWS.
If personal information is not provided to us, then NOWS may not agree
to Nows membership and may not be able to provide access to certain
content and functionality on the NOWS website, or to provide other
information, products or services which may be requested.
- # How We Use, Disclose, and Store the Information We Collect
In addition to the purposes described in Section 1, we may actively
collect and use email addresses and user names to track usage and to
ensure users are following the site's Terms of Use. In addition, we
may use an email address and user name to ban a user temporarily or
permanently from the NOWS website if that user engages in
inappropriate conduct on the site. We may also use email addresses and
user names to enable parents to review PII that the children have
submitted to the NOWS website and to provide notification regarding
the site, such as any future amendments to this Privacy Policy. We
also may use information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as
well as to offer products, programs, or services.
We may disclose information where we are required to do so by law, for
example, in response to a court order or a subpoena, or where we
disclose information to service providers or other group companies who
provide support for the operations of our website and who do not use
or disclose the information for any other purpose. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, we also may disclose PII in response to a
law enforcement agency's or other public agency's (including schools
or children services) request or if we feel that such disclosure may
prevent the instigation of a crime, facilitate an investigation
related to public safety or protect the safety of a child using our
website, protect the security or integrity of our website, or enable
us to take precautions against liability.
If we sell all or part of our business or make a sale or transfer of
our assets or are otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer,
we may transfer PII to a third party as part of that transaction, to
the extent permitted by applicable law.
Finally, we may transfer PII and store it outside of the jurisdiction
in which a member of NOWS is located.
- # Collection of Information for Third-Party Sites and Sponsors
We do not allow third-party companies to solicit or advertise to our
users. Our intention is to keep NOWS free from any of this sort of
direct advertising.
- # Cookies
We may use software technologies such as unique identifiers or
"cookies." Cookies are small text files that we place in visitors'
computer browsers to store their preferences. Cookies themselves do
not contain any PII. Where we link these unique identifiers with your
other PII, we will treat the unique identifiers as PII as long as they
are linked. We do use unique identifiers to learn about usage of our
site, such as geographic location, how many visitors we have and how
often they visit various sections of our site.
- # Security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial
procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain
data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.
- # Financial Information
As noted in Section 1, if you decide to purchase a membership,
additional financial information will be required at the time of
purchase. That information is not stored by Nipuna Rangika, and,
instead, is collected and stored by our payments processing vendor for
the purpose of processing payments made to Nipuna Rangika. That
information is safeguarded with appropriate security, and it will not
be used for other purposes. Furthermore, our payments processing
vendor has agreed to maintain the confidentiality, security, and
integrity of the personal and financial information it obtains from
the website, and only to use this information on our behalf. Our
financial institution is bound by all applicable privacy laws relating
to the provision of financial services.
- # Access to Information, and Objection to Information Collection and
Retention
Please contact our Privacy Director as provided in Section 8 if you
would like to access the PII that we have collected online from you or
your child, correct factual errors in such information, request to
have this information deleted, request that we no longer collect or
maintain such information, or if you would like information about the
organizations we disclose PII to and how to contact them.
Please be sure to include your email address and a telephone number
where we can reach you. To protect you and your child's privacy and
security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity
before granting you access to the personal information that we collect
and maintain about you or your child. - # A Final Note to Parents
The Internet offers a world of opportunity for children. Your guidance
and involvement are essential to help ensure that children have a safe
and rewarding online experience. We encourage you to visit the
GetNetWise.org site and look through the "Kids Safety" section
together. Your efforts to instill responsible information practices
will help steer your children to age-appropriate sites and will go a
long way toward ensuring that your children have enriching experiences
online.
- # Effective Date
The privacy policy set out above is effective as of October 14, 2008,
and applies to all information previously obtained by Nipuna Rangika.
We reserve the right to change the privacy policy at our sole
discretion. users will be informed of any such change by us posting a
new privacy policy on the website and the effective date of any change
of privacy policy will be clearly marked. As required by law, we will
not use PII in ways that are materially different from the ones
described in this Privacy Policy without also providing notification
of such practices and obtaining consent to any such different uses.
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