In keeping with the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA), we would like you to know how we handle the information
we learn about you from your visit to Sticky Grass. More information
about COPPA can be found at the FTC's Kidz
Privacy page. The information we gather depends upon what you do when visiting
our site.
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Standard Activity Logging
If you visit our site to play games, download activities or just read
our pages, the following information about your visit is always recorded:
The name of the domain from which you access the Internet (e.g.
webtv.net, aol.com, globalserve.net); the date and time you accessed our site; and the Internet address of the web site from which
you linked directly to our site (the referrer).
The type of browser you are using (e.g. Netscape Navigator 4.7)
and what platform (e.g. Power Macintosh).
This information is used to measure the number of visitors to the different
sections of our site and gives us a better understanding of which activities
our visitors enjoy doing while here.
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If you send us e-mail via the Debate submission form we record the following information (all fields are optional):
Your first name is only recorded to accompany your submission
as posted on our web site. Otherwise this
information is discarded. You are never required to enter your last
name and it will never be included with your posting.
Your age is recorded for two reasons: to accompany
your submission; and for statistical purposes. It helps us to make age
appropriate activities.
Your country is recorded for two reasons: to accompany your
submission and for statistical purposes.
Please note: all submissions are screened and edited prior to
being posted.
Once a particular debate has finished, all e-mail messages received for that
debate are deleted. Submissions, as they appear in published form, are retained
for potential future republication.
- If you send us a direct e-mail via your e-mail program, your e-mail address will be known to us and will only be used if we need to contact you. Otherwise, or after replying, your e-mail address will be discarded.
- Our Email this page to a friend feature utilizes your own e-mail program and we do not receive a copy of your e-mail. Only your friend(s) will receive your e-mail.
- "We have contracted with ValueClick and Google Adsense to monitor
certain pages of our website for the purpose of reporting website traffic,
statistics, advertisement 'click-throughs', and/or other activities on
our website. Where authorized by us, ValueClick and Google Adsense
may use cookies, web beacons, and/or other monitoring technologies to
compile anonymous statistics about our website visitors. No personally
identifiable information is collected by or transferred to any party other
than the Advertiser. For more information about how the information is
collected and used by ValueClick, Burst! and Google Adsense please see
their privacy policies by clicking on the appropriate link below.
Once you have submitted something to Sticky Grass, that submission becomes the property of Sticky Grass
but credit is given, wherever possible, to the submitter if and
when the submission is published.
We want you to be very certain: We will not obtain personally-identifying
information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide
such information to us and we will never divulge any such information to any
other party.
Please be aware that, as a general rule, e-mail on the Internet is not a secure method of communication. Any e-mail you send or receive can be intercepted
and read by another party.
If you have any further questions or concerns please write
to:
Barb Willner
Sticky Grass
P.O. Box 241
Southampton, Ontario
Canada N0H 2L0
519-797-3475
519-797-2874 (fax)
Webmaster@StickyGrass.com
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