PRIVACY
POLICY
MEG is committed to complying fully with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. Our information
collection practices are described below. We urge kids
to check with their parents before entering information
on any website and we urge parents to discuss with their
kids how to have a safe experience online.
What
Information Is Collected?
Generally, MEG limits the collection of information
from kids to what is known as non-personally identifiable
information that help us provide a better online experience.
(See Cookies and Logs below.) From time to time, however,
we may request limited personally identifiable information
(e.g. kid's email address and/or email address of parent
or third party), as explained below, in order to conduct
online contests or sweepstakes or offer other online
activities (e.g. electronic postcards, newsletters).
MEG does not condition a child's participation in any
of our online activities on the disclosure of more information
than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity
Contests
and Sweepstakes
MEG may from time to time offer contests and sweepstakes,
which may be entered online. To participate in a contest
or sweepstakes, a child is asked to provide his or her
first name and email address. Sometimes, when we conduct
contests or sweepstakes that may involve more than a
one-time contact, we ask additionally for the email
address of his or her parent. In such types of contests
or sweepstakes, we send the child's parent an email
within two business days informing him or her of the
child's entry and give the parent the option to have
the child's entry deleted. All the information collected
by MEG is securely maintained and used only for the
purpose of conducting the contest or sweepstakes. Once
the contest or sweepstakes is finished, we then delete
any personal information collected. The information
collected in a MEG sweepstakes may be passed to a fulfillment
house which may use the information to help run the
contest or sweepstakes and may not use it for other
purposes and has agreed to maintain the confidentiality
of such information.
Electronic
Postcards and Email Messages
MEG may from time to time provide kids the opportunity
to send electronic postcards featuring Puppy In My Pocket™,
Kitty In My Pocket™ or Monster In My Pocket™
characters or original artwork to family or friends.
Also, we feature information about products that kids
are interested in and from time to time will send, on
behalf of kids who request it, email messages to family
and/or friends to let family and/or friends share their
interest. We may ask for a first name, but we do not
require kids to submit personally identifiable information
about themselves in order to send an electronic postcard
or for MEG to send email messages to family or friends.
We do, however, ask kids to submit the email address
of the recipient of such electronic postcards or email
messages. All information collected for electronic postcards
and email messages is used only to send the requested
electronic postcard or email message and to respond
to email questions and/or requests and is deleted from
our system once the electronic postcard, email message
or email response is sent.
Customer Service
Parents and children may email us their questions through
the Contact Us feature of this web
site. We do not request that users submit any personal
information online for customer service inquiries. We
may however ask for personal information to better help
us respond to customer service questions. We do
not sell, transfer or share such information with third
parties, with the exception that the information is
transferred, disclosed and shared with our third party
agents who uses the information solely to handle and
manage customer service, but cannot use it for other
purposes and have agreed to maintain the confidentiality
of such information. Once we or our third party agents
have had a chance to provide responses to customer service
email questions, any personally identifiable information
concerning children is deleted from our system.
Use
of Information
MEG uses or may use personally identifiable information
that kids provide for such purposes as sending requested
electronic postcards and email messages on their behalf,
and conducting contests or sweepstakes, and responding
to their questions regarding our products and services.
MEG currently does not disclose to third parties personally
identifiable information that kids provide, except from
time to time, we may transfer, disclose or share such
information with third parties who may be engaged by
us specifically to handle and deliver certain online
activities (e.g. conducting contests and sweepstakes).
Such third parties have access to personal information
needed to perform their functions, but may not use it
for other purposes. Additionally, in the event that
all or substantially all of the assets relating to MEG
are transferred or sold to another entity, personally
identifiable information submitted to us may be transferred
to the acquiring entity. Finally, we may also disclose
personally identifiable information to third parties
in order to comply with law or requests by law enforcement
agencies, to enforce our Terms and Conditions
or to protect the rights, property or safety of our
website, users of our website and others.
Cookies
and Log Data
Cookies are information files that your web browser
places on the hard drive of your computer when you visit
a website. Cookies cannot damage user files, nor can
they read information from a user's hard drive. Cookies
allow websites to "remember" users activities
on a website as well as users visits to a site. At MEG,
cookies are used to determine the number of unique visitors
to our website over a given period. We do not store
any personal information into cookies nor do we link
or combine information collected through cookies to
any personal information that kids submit online when
participating in our activities. You can, of course,
disable cookies on your computer by indicating this
in the preferences or options menus in your browser.
Log
data collected on web servers both within MEG's control
and under the control of MEG's third party service provider,
who is required to maintain such data on a confidential
basis, supplies MEG with aggregate information about
the number of visits to different pages on our site.
MEG uses such aggregate information to improve access
to our content based on our visitors' browsers and operating
system types to make our content available to as many
kids as possible. We do not link the log data collected
to the personal information that kids submit online
when participating in our activities. activities.
Parental
Access
At MEG, our goal is to help parents ensure that their
kids have a safe and fun online experience. That's why
we've set up a system by which parents can print out
and mail or fax us a signed form that allows them to
review any identifiable information collected about
their child, have this information deleted, and/or request
that there be no further collection or use of their
child's information. You can access the Personal
Information Request Form
here. MEG takes steps to verify the identity
of anyone requesting information about a child and to
ensure that the person is in fact the child's parent
or legal guardian.
Security
MEG has taken steps to ensure that personally identifiable
information collected in the future is secure, including
limiting the number of people who have physical access
to our database servers as well as electronic security
systems and password protections which guard against
unauthorized access.
Questions/Concerns?
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding
MEG's privacy policy and/or practices, please email
us at
info@inmypocket.com
or contact us at:
MEG
2141
Rosecrans Ave., Ste. 2020, El Segundo, CA 90245
or
call this number:
310-546-4405
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