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Privacy Policy
Kids
With Food Allergies, Inc. takes the privacy of our members very
seriously. This policy will define what information we collect,
how it is used, and how we protect it. If you have any questions
regarding our privacy policy, you may write to us at Webmaster.
1. Personal information we collect online
We collect personally-identifiable information you voluntarily provide us through the registration process, by filling out a form, or by email contact with us.
2. Registration on our Web site
Kids with Food Allergies requires users who want to participate in our support forums register. As part of the registration process, you will be required to provide us with a username (which does not have to be your real name), password, a valid e-mail address, and answers to a few brief questions.
As a registered member, you have the option of providing some additional information such as your children's ages and allergies. This optional information is made available to our members to foster a sense of community. If you do not wish to provide this optional information, you may leave the optional fields blank and your registration will still be processed.
Data collected during the registration process are stored in a password-protected database hosted by Groupee Inc. (formerly Infopop Corporation), the company that provides our Web site, Message Board and Chat Room hosting and maintains our online databases.
3. How we use your personal information
• To improve our Web site and member services
• To facilitate your use of our Message Boards and Chat Rooms and searchable databases
•To send you newsletters or other announcements, such as our fundraising efforts, by email
4. Personal information we share and with whom we share it
Any personal information we collect we will consider to be confidential. We will not use or disclose your personal information to any third party without your consent unless compelled to do so by law.
We may, however, allow access to our databases by third parties who provide us services to improve or maintain the Web site and message boards. These third parties only have access to the extent necessary to perform those services.
5. How we protect your personal information
We require our volunteers and any staff we may hire or persons with whom we may contract to sign an agreement that confirms their commitment to maintain the confidentiality of any personal information to which they have access, and limits their access to and use of any personal information in our possession to that which they need to use in the course of their work for us.
Groupee Inc. uses reasonable safeguards: physical, technical and procedural, to maintain security of data in its databases to the best of its ability. Infopop is contractually prohibited from accessing or using any of the private, personally identifiable information that you submit to Kids With Food Allergies. You can read more about Groupee Inc.'s terms of service and privacy policy by going here.
We want to caution you as a Web site visitor, that any information you disclose in the public areas of these services (message boards, chat rooms and public databases in which you voluntarily participate) can be viewed by anyone who registers and accesses those areas and is not considered to be confidential or privileged.
6. Our use of cookies
Groupee's technology uses small text files called cookies to remember your username and email address so you can access members-only sections of the Web site. These cookies collect some non-personal information such as your type of browser, but do not collect, store or maintain any other private personally identifiable information. You can view the cookie information stored by your computer by logging in, going to the "Personal Zone" area of the message boards and selecting "cookies".
The only information matched by Groupee with your email address from a cookie is your Internet service provider (IP) address and the date when you've last visited our forums. When you are visiting our forums, it is possible for forum administrators to determine which users are currently online and which forum each user is currently visiting; otherwise, we will not have any knowledge of what particular pages you have chosen to visit. We may use this information for management purposes, such as to identify duplicate registrations or to deal with registrants who abuse their privileges in using the message boards or chat rooms.
We use aggregate, non-personally-identifiable data derived from cookies to compile statistics such as the number of visitors to our site, the type of browser and operating systems visitors use, what countries visitors are coming from, and what pages and files users visit. We may use this type of information for management and administrative purposes, such as for planning service improvements. This type of report will not contain any personal information and will not identify any users of our Web site, message boards or chat rooms.
When you register on our site, you may choose to refuse our cookie, or you may delete or turn off our cookie from your hard drive at any time although this will create problems for your use of certain parts of our Web site.
7. How you can control the use of your personal information
We give you choices and control of what information you provide to us. You can update your personal information by going to the "edit my profile" option in "Personal Zone" on the message boards. To delete required profile items, or to delete your profile completely, you may email us at Webmaster .
If you would like to opt out of receiving any communications from Kids With Food Allergies, you may have your membership data deleted by emailing us at Webmaster
8. Our policies regarding children
Our Web site, message boards and chat rooms are limited to individuals of legal age in accordance with our terms of service. We do not provide Web-based services for children at this time, although we do provide services to adults that are for the benefit of their children. We will not intentionally collect any information from a child under age 13 years of age. Should you learn that we have information on a child under age 13, please let us know by emailing us at Webmaster so we can delete it.
9. Groupee registration
Groupee is a universal registration service provided by Groupee Inc. that stores your email address and password. Your email address is shared with us but we do not have access to your password. Further information about Groupee can be found by going here.
10. Thrive membership payment system
We use the Thrive, a secure payment service available through Groupee, Inc., our Web host, for fees associated with membership upgrades. If you choose to upgrade your membership, Thrive will activate your membership upgrade automatically according to your username. We will be notified that your username has paid for an upgraded membership, but your billing and credit card information is not shared with us. You can obtain further information about the Thrive site payment terms of service and privacy policy by going here.
11. Links to other sites
We provide links to other sites. These sites have their own privacy policies that will be different and are not controlled or endorsed by Kids With Food Allergies. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with any site's privacy policy before submitting any personal information to it.
12. Changes to our privacy policy
We will inform you of any update or change to our privacy policy, which we may change at any time.
Copyright © 2005-2009. All rights reserved.
1. Personal information we collect online
We collect personally-identifiable information you voluntarily provide us through the registration process, by filling out a form, or by email contact with us.
2. Registration on our Web site
Kids with Food Allergies requires users who want to participate in our support forums register. As part of the registration process, you will be required to provide us with a username (which does not have to be your real name), password, a valid e-mail address, and answers to a few brief questions.
As a registered member, you have the option of providing some additional information such as your children's ages and allergies. This optional information is made available to our members to foster a sense of community. If you do not wish to provide this optional information, you may leave the optional fields blank and your registration will still be processed.
Data collected during the registration process are stored in a password-protected database hosted by Groupee Inc. (formerly Infopop Corporation), the company that provides our Web site, Message Board and Chat Room hosting and maintains our online databases.
3. How we use your personal information
• To improve our Web site and member services
• To facilitate your use of our Message Boards and Chat Rooms and searchable databases
•To send you newsletters or other announcements, such as our fundraising efforts, by email
4. Personal information we share and with whom we share it
Any personal information we collect we will consider to be confidential. We will not use or disclose your personal information to any third party without your consent unless compelled to do so by law.
We may, however, allow access to our databases by third parties who provide us services to improve or maintain the Web site and message boards. These third parties only have access to the extent necessary to perform those services.
5. How we protect your personal information
We require our volunteers and any staff we may hire or persons with whom we may contract to sign an agreement that confirms their commitment to maintain the confidentiality of any personal information to which they have access, and limits their access to and use of any personal information in our possession to that which they need to use in the course of their work for us.
Groupee Inc. uses reasonable safeguards: physical, technical and procedural, to maintain security of data in its databases to the best of its ability. Infopop is contractually prohibited from accessing or using any of the private, personally identifiable information that you submit to Kids With Food Allergies. You can read more about Groupee Inc.'s terms of service and privacy policy by going here.
We want to caution you as a Web site visitor, that any information you disclose in the public areas of these services (message boards, chat rooms and public databases in which you voluntarily participate) can be viewed by anyone who registers and accesses those areas and is not considered to be confidential or privileged.
6. Our use of cookies
Groupee's technology uses small text files called cookies to remember your username and email address so you can access members-only sections of the Web site. These cookies collect some non-personal information such as your type of browser, but do not collect, store or maintain any other private personally identifiable information. You can view the cookie information stored by your computer by logging in, going to the "Personal Zone" area of the message boards and selecting "cookies".
The only information matched by Groupee with your email address from a cookie is your Internet service provider (IP) address and the date when you've last visited our forums. When you are visiting our forums, it is possible for forum administrators to determine which users are currently online and which forum each user is currently visiting; otherwise, we will not have any knowledge of what particular pages you have chosen to visit. We may use this information for management purposes, such as to identify duplicate registrations or to deal with registrants who abuse their privileges in using the message boards or chat rooms.
We use aggregate, non-personally-identifiable data derived from cookies to compile statistics such as the number of visitors to our site, the type of browser and operating systems visitors use, what countries visitors are coming from, and what pages and files users visit. We may use this type of information for management and administrative purposes, such as for planning service improvements. This type of report will not contain any personal information and will not identify any users of our Web site, message boards or chat rooms.
When you register on our site, you may choose to refuse our cookie, or you may delete or turn off our cookie from your hard drive at any time although this will create problems for your use of certain parts of our Web site.
7. How you can control the use of your personal information
We give you choices and control of what information you provide to us. You can update your personal information by going to the "edit my profile" option in "Personal Zone" on the message boards. To delete required profile items, or to delete your profile completely, you may email us at Webmaster .
If you would like to opt out of receiving any communications from Kids With Food Allergies, you may have your membership data deleted by emailing us at Webmaster
8. Our policies regarding children
Our Web site, message boards and chat rooms are limited to individuals of legal age in accordance with our terms of service. We do not provide Web-based services for children at this time, although we do provide services to adults that are for the benefit of their children. We will not intentionally collect any information from a child under age 13 years of age. Should you learn that we have information on a child under age 13, please let us know by emailing us at Webmaster so we can delete it.
9. Groupee registration
Groupee is a universal registration service provided by Groupee Inc. that stores your email address and password. Your email address is shared with us but we do not have access to your password. Further information about Groupee can be found by going here.
10. Thrive membership payment system
We use the Thrive, a secure payment service available through Groupee, Inc., our Web host, for fees associated with membership upgrades. If you choose to upgrade your membership, Thrive will activate your membership upgrade automatically according to your username. We will be notified that your username has paid for an upgraded membership, but your billing and credit card information is not shared with us. You can obtain further information about the Thrive site payment terms of service and privacy policy by going here.
11. Links to other sites
We provide links to other sites. These sites have their own privacy policies that will be different and are not controlled or endorsed by Kids With Food Allergies. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with any site's privacy policy before submitting any personal information to it.
12. Changes to our privacy policy
We will inform you of any update or change to our privacy policy, which we may change at any time.
Copyright © 2005-2009. All rights reserved.