
The King & His Court is committed to protecting the privacy
and security of our online visitors. We are also extremely sensitive
to families’ concerns about their children’s personal information
and safety. We want you to know about and understand the measures
we have taken to keep information we may collect and our website
a safe and secure environment for everyone. This privacy statement
tells you how and why we collect information from you, and how
we use that information.
We
encourage our visitors to read through and understand our privacy
statement. We may update it from time to time to address new
issues or reflect changes on our site. Please refer to this
privacy statement regularly.
If
you have any questions or concerns about the statement, please
contact us at customercare@kingandhiscourt.org.
To quickly access a particular section of this policy, you can
click directly on the links below:
Information
you provide to us
How we use the information you provide
Choice/Opt-out
We protect kids' privacy
Notification and verifiable parental consent
What are cookies?
What are IP addresses?
A notice about our advertisers
A notice about external links
Public forums
Security
Contacting The King & His Court
Information
You Provide to Us:
The King & His Court endeavors to provide you quality information
that is tailored to your needs. In order to do that we sometimes
need to ask you for information so that we can provide the kind
of content you want, when you want it. We want to customize
our site for you so that it meets your needs as fully as possible--this
includes customizing articles, discussions, banners and more.
We may ask you to register or provide personal information when
you visit certain areas of The King & His Court website,
enter a contest, play games, complete surveys, subscribe to
a service or to a newsletter, submit content, or ask us for
information.
We
consider the following to be personally identifiable information:
first and last name, e-mail address, street address, zip code,
phone number, credit card number, and checking information.
We only collect personally identifiable information from you
when you voluntarily submit it. Providing your personal information
to The King & His Court is optional. If you choose not to
register or provide personal information you can still use our
site but you will not have access to customized information.
Depending
on the particular King & His Court website section with
where you register, we may ask for your name, age, address and/or
zip code, e-mail address, and name of school, business or organization.
If you are under 18 years of age, we will also ask you to provide
your parent’s or guardian’s e-mail address. We may also ask
you to choose a user name and password to use when you log in
to the site.
How
We Use the Information You Provide:
We use the personal and demographic information you provide
us to tailor the content, services and advertising on our website
to meet your current and future needs. Use of this data allows
us to customize your experience by showing you content according
to your preferences. From time to time, we may share the personal
information you provide to us with our agents, third parties
who are affiliated with our site, or with carefully selected
companies so you can receive information that we believe may
be of interest to you. We may use this information to inform
you of product upgrades, special offers, updated information,
and/or new services. We will also use your contact information
to ship purchases made at The KHC Store. Financial information
that you share is only used to check your qualifications.
If,
however, the information provided is from or about an individual
under 18 years of age the information will be used solely by
The King & His Court for internal purposes
only and the information will not be shared with third parties.
Choice/Opt-out:
The King & His Court gives you the opportunity to opt-out
of having your personal information used for purposes not directly
related to your use of the KHC website. If you register for
any of The King & His Court programs or services but do
not want your data shared with third parties for marketing or
promotional purposes you can opt-out at any time by sending
us an e-mail at optout@kingandhiscourt.org. To help us update
your records correctly, please indicate in your e-mail if you
are opting out of postal mail, e-mail or telemarketing communication.
Please also provide your registration details including first
name, last name, street address, city, state, postal code, and
country.
We
Protect Kids’ Privacy:
As a parent, you’ve probably done a lot of thinking about protecting
your family’s privacy on the Internet. Well, we’ve been thinking
about it, too. We are working hard to provide you with the best
information and the highest quality interaction on the Internet
in an environment that is safe. In compliance with COPPA (Children’s
Online Privacy Protection Act), we have adopted the following
policies to keep kids safe:
1.
We will NOT knowingly collect, use or distribute personally
identifiable information from children under the age of 13 without
prior verifiable consent from a parent or guardian.
2. We will NOT knowingly collect, use or distribute personally
identifiable information from teens between the ages of 13 and
17 without first notifying a parent or guardian.
3. Personally identifiable information we collect from children
under the age of 13 will be used solely by The King & His
Court or its agents for internal purposes only and will not
be sold or otherwise distributed to third parties.
4. We will NOT knowingly allow a child under the age of 13 access
to chat rooms, message boards, e-mail accounts, or other services
within our website that would allow them to publicly post or
otherwise distribute personally identifiable information without
prior verifiable consent from a parent or guardian.
5. We will NOT knowingly allow a teen between the ages of 13
and 17 access to chat rooms, message boards, e-mail accounts,
or other services within our website that would allow them to
publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable
information without first notifying a parent or guardian.
6. We will NOT knowingly ask a child or teen to divulge more
information than is needed to participate in any activity, game,
or service.
7. We will NOT knowingly provide any direct link to Websites
that are unsuitable for children or teens.
8. The King & His Court will not advertise on any site that
does not comply with the regulations set forth under COPPA.
9. We will advise children under the age of 13 that they MUST
obtain permission from their parent or guardian before sharing
ANY personal information.
Upon request, The King & His Court will provide a parent
or guardian with a description of the information that may have
been provided about their child or teen during a registration
process for a program or service of this site. The King &
His Court only asks for a child's or teen’s personal information
if it is necessary for registration to participate in a program
or service. Registration data that is provided about children
or teens is not used for marketing and is never shared with
any other party. If you would like to view your child's registration
data, request a change, or request that we delete any of your
child's personal information, please send an e-mail to childprivacy@kingandhiscourt.org
which includes your child's first and last name, school zip
code, and your first and last name.
The King & His Court encourages parents and guardians to
spend time online with their children. We urge parents to instruct
their children to never give out their real names, addresses
or phone numbers, without permission, when using the Internet.
We recognize a special obligation to protect personal information
obtained from children.
If
you have any questions about our Kids' Privacy Policy please
call The King & His Court at 1-509-735-2878 ext. 208.
Notification
and Verifiable Parental Consent:
Certain areas and activities within our website ask visitors
under the age of 18 to provide personal information such as
their name, date of birth, e-mail address or school name. We
only ask for the information that is necessary to participate
in the particular activity.
Before
any personally identifiable information is collected, we will
do our best to notify the parent or guardian that their child
or teen is participating. Notification will include the exact
nature and intended use of the information we are collecting,
as well as the opportunity for the parent or guardian to prevent
the use of the information and the child’s participation in
the activity. If the child is under 13 years of age we require
the parent or guardian to provide verifiable parental consent
such as an e-mail, mail-in letter, fax or toll free phone call
to The King & His Court. If the individual is a teen between
the ages of 13 and 17, The King & His Court will notify
the parent or guardian that their teen is participating and
sharing personal information but we do not require consent.
When
verifiable parental consent has not yet been obtained, we will
use online contact information (such as an e-mail address) only
as is appropriate to:
1.
Request the name or online contact information of a parent or
guardian for the purpose of obtaining verifiable parental consent
or providing notification to the parent or guardian;
2. Respond directly to the child’s or teen’s request on a one-time
basis (for example, to provide assistance with a particular
study question), not using that information to re-contact the
child or teen for any other purpose;
3. Respond more than once directly to a specific request from
the child (for example, to satisfy the request for a newsletter
subscription), not using that information to re-contact the
child or teen for any other purpose.
What are Cookies?
The use of cookies is common in the Internet industry; you'll
find them used on our website, as you will at other major sites.
"Cookies" are small text files written to your computer.
They make our website easier for you to use because they save
your preferences while you are at our sites (although we do
not save passwords in cookies). Cookies also help us know which
areas are your favorites, which need a bit of improvement, and
what technologies and Internet services our visitors are using.
Knowing this information helps us continually improve the online
experience for our visitors and members.
The
non-personally identifiable information we track with cookies
is anonymous and is not used to identify, or lead us back to,
any particular visitor. Visitors to our website may have the
option of disabling cookies via their browser preferences (most
browsers are initially set up to accept cookies).
While
browsing through our website, you may get cookies from our advertisers
or sponsors.The King & His Court and its affiliated sites
do not control these cookies.
What
are IP Addresses?
An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer
whenever you use the World Wide Web.Web servers--the big computers
that "serve up" Web pages--automatically identify
your computer by its IP address.
Our
website collects IP addresses for system administration; to
report aggregate information to our advertisers, sponsors, and
partners; and to audit the use of our site. When visitors request
pages from our website, our servers log the guests' IP addresses.
We normally do not link IP addresses to anything personally
identifiable. This means that a visitor's session will be logged,
but the visitor remains anonymous to us. We can and will use
IP addresses to identify a visitor when we feel it is necessary
to enforce compliance with our rules or terms of service, or
to protect our service, site, customers, or other individuals.
Some
features within our website, such as certain message boards,
may display IP addresses along with the message-poster's visitor
name and message. You should review each feature prior to use
and only use those that disclose information you are comfortable
sharing.
A
Notice About Our Advertisers:
The King & His Court may use an outside advertising company
to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While
cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad company,
The King & His Court does NOT work with any partners who
do not comply with our privacy policy guidelines.
A
Notice About External Links:
Occasionally, you will find links from our website to independently
owned, controlled, and/or managed websites whose content we
believe will be of possible interest and value to our visitors.
Additionally, you'll see links from advertisers, sponsors, and
other partners who may The King & His Court’s logo as part
of a co-branding agreement.
In
many cases, these links represent cooperative projects or mutual
links established with the organizations connected with these
sites. We don't control the content of these links. These other
sites may send you their own cookies, collect data, or solicit
personal information. While we identify sponsor and advertiser
areas of our Websites, we do not control these cookies or the
content of these third parties.
The
King & His Court has partnered with other companies to provide
certain services. In some cases, while you may see The King
& His Court logo on another company's site. The King &
His Court does not share any of your personally identifiable
information with these partners and they do not share any information
back with us. Once you leave our servers (you can generally
tell where you are by checking the URL in the location bar on
your browser), the use of any information you provide is governed
by the privacy policy of the operator of the site you are visiting.
That policy may differ from ours.If you can't find the privacy
policy of any of these sites via a link from that site's Home
page, you should contact the site directly for more information.
We
specifically recommend that children check with their parents
or teachers before clicking on to any new sites.
Public
Forums:
The King & His Court may make chat rooms, forums, message
boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember
that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes
public information. Consequently, you should exercise caution
when deciding to disclose your personal information.
To
the extent that portions of our website, such as chat rooms
or bulletin boards, provide users an opportunity to post and
exchange information, ideas and opinions ("Postings"),
BE ADVISED THAT THE KING AND HIS COURT MAY NOT SCREEN, EDIT,
OR REVIEW POSTINGS PRIOR TO THEIR APPEARANCE ON OUR WEBSITE,
and Postings do not necessarily reflect the views of The King
& His Court. The King & His Court reserves the right
to monitor all Postings and to remove any which it considers
offensive or otherwise in violation of our legal Terms and Conditions.
Please read these Terms of Use, according to which The King
& His Court will in no way be responsible or liable for
the Postings. Here’s more legal notices regarding Postings:
You must have all necessary rights in and to all Postings you
provide and all material they contain; your Postings must not
infringe any proprietary or other rights of third parties; your
Postings must not contain any viruses or other contaminating
or destructive devices or features; your Postings must not contain
any defamatory, indecent, offensive, tortuous, or otherwise
unlawful material or content; and your Postings must not be
used to carry out or solicit any unlawful activity and/or be
used to make commercial solicitations. Also, you authorize The
King & His Court to use and/or authorize others to use all
or part of your Postings in any manner, format, or medium that
The King & His Court or such other parties see fit; and
you shall have no claim or other recourse against The King &
His Court for infringement of any proprietary right in Postings.
Security
and Financial Transaction Use:
The King & His Court has security measures in place to protect
the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our
control. Essentially, we encrypt all transmission of sensitive
data and secure all of our repositories of data. When you use
your credit card or check to shop at The KHC Memorabilia Store,
your transaction is secure. Our servers use Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL), an advanced encryption technology that works with Netscape
Navigator (versions 2.0 and above), Microsoft Internet Explorer
(version 3.0 and above), and AOL (AOL 3.0 and above). This technology
safeguards your personal information and privacy. However, you
should understand that "perfect security" is never
guaranteed.
Contacting
The King & His Court:
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of The King & His Court, or your dealings with
our website, please:
E-mail
us at customercare@kingandhiscourt.org
Write to us at: The King & His Court, 100 N. Morain St.,
Suite 208, Kennewick, WA 99336 Call us at: 1-509-735-2878 ext.
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