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What types of information
are WDIG sites collecting, and how are the sites collecting
it? |
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The majority of great products and services
on our sites are offered without our collecting any
personally identifiable information from you. You can
surf WDIG's Web sites and view much of our terrific
content anonymously. For instance, you can view news
headlines at ABCNEWS.com without giving out any
personally identifiable information.
Information You Provide
There are a few
activities on our sites where the collection of
personally identifiable information is necessary. Those
activities include things like entering a contest or
sweepstakes, making a purchase, or contacting us. When
personally identifiable information is collected, you
will know because you will have to fill out a form. For
most activities, we collect only your name, e-mail
address, birth date, gender, and zip code. When you make
a purchase, we also collect your street and billing
addresses, your phone number, and credit card
information. Depending on what you purchase, we may also
need to collect other personal information, like your
clothing size.
Information Collected from You with
Technology
WDIG sites collect some information
about you using technology, so it may not be readily
apparent to you that it is being collected. For
instance, when you come to our site your IP address is
collected so that we know where to send information you
are requesting. An IP address is often associated with
the place from which you enter the Internet like your
ISP (Internet service provider), your company, or your
university. This information is not personally
identifiable. WDIG sites use information collected
through technology to make our sites more interesting
and useful to you. This includes helping advertisers on
our site design advertisements our Guests might like. We
normally don't combine this type of information with
personally identifiable information. However, we will
combine this information with personally identifiable
information to identify a visitor in order to enforce
compliance with our house rules or terms of service or
to protect our service, site, Guests, or others.
What Are Cookies, and How Does WDIG Use
Them?
Cookies are pieces of information that a
Web site sends to your computer while you are viewing
the Web site. These pieces of information allow the Web
site to remember important information that will make
your use of that site more useful. WDIG and other
Internet companies use cookies for a variety of
purposes. For instance, DisneyStore.com uses cookies to
remember and process the items in your shopping cart,
and all WDIG sites use cookies to make sure kids don't
enter unmoderated chat rooms.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each
time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn
off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like
Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) settings. Each
browser is a little different, so look at your browser
Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your
cookies. If you turn cookies off, you won't have access
to many WDIG features that make your Web experience more
efficient -- like the features mentioned above -- and
some of our services will not function properly.
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Q3 |
Does WDIG share information
with companies or other organizations that are not part of the
WDIG family of sites? |
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One of the most valuable assets of our
business is you. We aren't in the business of selling
information about our Guests. However, if there is a
value for our Guests, we will share your information or
send you messages on behalf of another company as
described below. We will also share information for
security reasons.
Companies That Are "Standing in the Shoes" of
WDIG
Sometimes we hire companies to help us
deliver products or services, like a shipping company
that delivers a package. In those instances, we need to
share your information with them. These companies are
basically "standing in the shoes" of WDIG, and they are
allowed to use the information only to deliver the
product or service.
Companies Offering Promotions, Products, or
Services
On occasion, we offer promotions -- like
sweepstakes or free subscriptions -- in conjunction with
a sponsor. We will share your information with the
sponsors if they need it to send you a product, such as
a magazine subscription. We may share your information
with those sponsors so that they can send you other
special promotions they offer, but only if you give us
your permission to do so, and we will share it only with
that specific sponsor. In addition, WDIG occasionally
sends e-mail promotions out to our Guests on behalf of
third-party sponsors. In this instance, we don't share
your name with the third party -- we do the mailing for
them. Again, we only send these promotions to you if
you've given your permission.
Content Partners
On some of our sites, we
provide content that is created by a third-party partner
Web site. For instance, ESPN.com provides shopping
opportunities with third parties. In some instances the
third-party sites will collect information in order to
facilitate the transaction or to make the use of their
content more productive and efficient. In these
circumstances the information collected is shared
between WDIG and our third-party sponsors.
Third-Party Advertisers and Network
Advertisers
To help increase privacy protections
for our Guests, WDIG allows advertising on our sites
from only those companies that have their own privacy
policy. Once you've clicked on an advertisement and have
left WDIG sites, our privacy policy no longer applies.
You must read the privacy policy of the advertiser to
see how your personal information will be handled on
their site.
In addition, many business advertisements are managed
and placed on our site by third-party companies. These
companies are called "network advertisers." Network
advertisers collect non-personally identifiable
information when you click on or scan one of their
banner advertisements. The information is collected
using technology, so you may not realize it's being
collected. The network advertisers collect this
information so that they can show you ads that are more
relevant and interesting to you. If you would like to
read more about network advertisers or do not want
network advertisers to collect this non-personally
identifiable information about you, click
here.
Purchase or Sale of Businesses
Online
business is still in a very early stage and is changing
and evolving rapidly. As WDIG continually looks for ways
to improve our business, we may buy or sell a company.
If we buy or sell a business, the names collected will
likely be transferred as a part of the sale. Information
about registrants will be used in the aggregate.
However, if we buy a business, we will honor the
requests that customers made of that business regarding
e-mail communications. In the event that we sell a
business, we will do everything in our power to ensure
that the e-mail communications requests you made of us
are honored.
Organizations That Help Protect the Security and
Safety of Our Guests and Our Sites
We will give
out personal information as required by law, for
example, to comply with a court order or subpoena; to
enforce our Terms of Service, or site or game rules; or
to protect the safety and security of Guests and our
sites.
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Q7 |
Whom do I contact with
questions or concerns about this privacy policy? |
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If you need further assistance, please send
an e-mail with your questions or comments to memberservices@help.go.com
write us at:
Member Services
Walt Disney Internet Group
506 2nd Avenue
Suite 2100
Seattle, WA
98104
fax us at: (206) 664-4664*
call us at: (972) 389-3972*
Walt Disney Internet Group is a licensee of the
TRUSTe Privacy Program. If you believe that WDIG has not
responded to your inquiry or your inquiry has not been
satisfactorily addressed, please contact TRUSTe http://www.truste.org/users/users_watchdog.html.
*You must be 18 or have the permission of your parent
or guardian to dial this number.
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