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Kids Privacy Policy

WGBH ONLINE AND CHILDREN: NOTICE TO PARENTS

WGBH takes great pride in the high-quality television, radio, and Web content we provide for children, as well as the public trust we have secured in doing so. As we move into providing an online Kids & Family service on the Web, this trust becomes even more important to you, and to us. We believe the following understanding will enhance the safety, value and enjoyment of your child's visits to WGBH Online.

It is our goal to provide service on our site while maintaining our strong commitment to identifying children and protecting their privacy. When we collect information from our Web visitors, we routinely ask them to confirm whether they are older than 18 years of age. If we learn that a user is younger than 18, we will not store his/her personal information for future communication.

WGBH does not willfully disclose to any third party any personally identifiable information about our online visitors who have identified themselves as younger than 18.

From time to time, we may offer contests, quizzes, and surveys in the Kids & Family section of WGBH Online. Our sole objective in these endeavors is to offer young visitors appropriate and entertaining interactive content. When we showcase online content specifically for young people that requires identifying information, we ask children to gain permission from a parent or caregiver first (e.g., "Hey, kids, before you enter our contest, make sure you get permission to participate from a parent or whoever takes care of you.")

If we know a visitor is younger than 18, we collect parental/caregiver permission offline (by US mail, fax, or phone) before we mail any prizes to the child. If your child submits stories, artwork, written comments, or anything else for us to post on our site, he or she will be identified only by first name, age, and state.

Your and your child's use of this site are conditioned on your having accepted these terms. Please check this policy frequently, as it is subject to change from time to time, and your child's continued use of the site is conditioned upon your acceptance of any modifications hereto.

We want to make this site a safe haven for where families to surf together, and where parents and caregivers are happy to have their children interact, learn, and play. If you have any comments or questions, we'd be happy to hear them.

Please see our GBH Privacy Policy for more information about our site's overall practices and policies. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy, please contact us.

GBH KIDS APPS
Across all media platforms, GBH Kids is committed to creating a safe and secure environment for children and families and being transparent about what information is collected from users.

Some apps for children and families published by GBH collect anonymous, aggregated analytics data for the purpose of improving our content. For example, we may collect information about which apps are played, for how long, what features are used, and how frequently. This information helps us understand which features are popular, but no personally identifiable data is collected in any of our apps. Some of our apps include photo-taking or other user-generated content as part of their core functionality. Any photos, audio, video or other content recorded in these apps are stored locally on your device. None of our apps sends this media content anywhere off your device, nor do they share that media with anyone, including GBH Kids. Check the privacy policy within each app to confirm the applicable details.