| Otetiana Learning for Life is strongly
committed to protecting the privacy of its members and user community.
Exploring is a division of Otetiana Learning for Life. The intent
of this privacy policy is to detail the information Otetiana Learning
for Life may gather about individuals who visit its web sites, how
that information is used, and Otetiana Learning for Life disclosure
practices. Please note that this policy applies only to Otetiana
Learning for Life web sites and not to the web sites of other companies
or organizations to which we provide links.
This is how we will handle information we learn
about you from your visit to our web site(s). The information we
receive depends upon what you do.
If you visit our site to read or download information,
such as information about Otetiana Learning for Life or forms:
We collect and store only the following information
about you: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet
(aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account,
or msn.com if you are connecting from a Microsoft Network account);
the date and time you access our site; and the Internet address
of the web site from which you linked directly to our site.
We use the information we collect to measure the
number of visitors to the different sections of our site, and to
help us make our site more useful to visitors.
If you identify yourself by sending an E-mail:
You also may decide to send us personally-identifying
information, for example, in an electronic mail message containing
a question, a request for information, or to register as an Explorer,
or to register for a Otetiana Learning for Life Division event or
activity. We use personally-identifying information from you in
various ways to support Otetiana Learning for Life. Here is what
we do with your E-mail and the personally identifying information
you send to us: we send the E-mail to the appropriate Learning for
Life employee in order to answer your request. Once the request
has been satisfied, we delete the E-mail. We do not keep or store
any personally identifying information that you send to us unless
the information is necessary to register you, or to register you
for an event or activity.
We want to be very clear: We will not obtain personally-identifying
information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose
to provide such information to us.
You can contact us by postal mail, telephone, or
electronically, via an on-line form. Before you do, there are a
few things you should know. We do not share or disclose any personally-identifying
information with third parties. Personally-identifying information
required to register you as an Explorer or for an Otetiana Learning
for Life event or activity may be shared with Learning for Life,
Inc.
Site Usage Information
Otetiana Learning for Life gathers "site usage"
information from all visitors to Otetiana Learning for Life web
site. Such data is used in the aggregate, to help determine general
usage patterns and fine tune layout in order to ensure that our
sites are as useful and enjoyable as possible. This "site usage"
and statistical information may be made public information at Otetiana
Learning for Life's discretion.
Please note Otetiana Learning for Life does not
control all HTML served in conjunction with its sites. Otetiana
Learning for Life site may include content from other parties that
may perform user activity tracking other than that described herein.
In particular, some of our partners may use "cookies"
in ways that we do not.
Special Notification with respect to Children's
Privacy (Users under the age of 13)
In response to concerns about protecting children's
privacy online, Congress enacted the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act of 1998 ("COPPA"), which sets forth rules and procedures
governing the ways in which web sites may collect, use and disclose
any personal information for children under the age of 13. In accordance
with Otetiana Learning for Life policy and COPPA regulations, we
DO NOT:
- Request or knowingly collect personally identifiable
online or offline
contact information from users under 13 years of age;
- Knowingly use or share personal information from
users under 13 years of age
with third parties;
- Give children the ability to publicly post or
otherwise distribute personally
identifiable contact information;
- Entice children with the prospect of a special
game, prize or other activity to
divulge more information than is needed to participate in the
activity.
Disclosure
Otetiana Learning for Life reserves the right to
access and disclose individually identifiable information to comply
with applicable laws and lawful government requests, to operate
its systems properly or to protect itself or its users. Where practical,
Otetiana Learning for Life will attempt to obtain the prior consent
of the individual prior to disclosing individually identifiable
information. As mentioned above, we reserve the right to share aggregated
"site usage" information with third parties.
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