Welcome to Kidzworld's safe, secure, free chat room...
Privacy
Kidzworld is a safe website for kids. We have developed this policy statement to reflect our commitment to kids safety, security and privacy. The kids on Kidzworld have access to the safest kids website; however, we do try to educate them to be aware of what they are doing and to take steps to ensure their own safety.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
Kidzworld is a leading safe website for kids. It was established in 1999, by Allen W. Achilles as a direct result of his concern for the safety and security of his own children online. Since that time, Allen Achilles has been an advocate for the safety and security of kids online is protected. COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) became effective on April 21, 2000. The regulations apply to the online collection of personal information from children 12 years and younger. The Act spells out what website operators, need to include in privacy policy, when and how to seek verifiable consent from a parent and what responsibilities website operators, have to protect and secure children’s privacy and safety online. Kidzworld is a safe website for kids and respects the privacy of it users, who are kids.
COPPA applies to individual identifiable information about a child (12 or younger) that is collected online, such as full name, home address, email address, telephone number or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact a kid. The Act also applies to other types of information, such as hobbies, interests and user information gathered through the use of cookies and other methods of tracking, when they are tied to individually identifiable information.
Kidzworld and founder Allen Achilles are tireless advocates of Internet privacy. As the only fully moderated website for kids, we take extraordinary measures to ensure and secure the privacy and safety of our kids.
Kidzworld User Registration and Membership
Our registration form requires kids to provide us with contact information: name, email address and demographic information (age, gender, and state/province). This information is used to get in touch with users when and if necessary. For kids over 13 years old, we send their parent/guardian an email notifying them that they have registered at Kidzworld and provided us with personally identifiable information. For kids 12 and under we obtain permission from the kids parent/guardian before the registration is completed. We send them a confirmation email to which they must respond.
We do not disclose any personal information to anyone, at any time, for any reason. However, in the event of the sale or merger of the company, Kidzworld.com, Inc., the personal information collected by Kidzworld about its’ user in the normal course of its business will be shared with the partner company or successor company upon completion of the subject acquisition or merger. Parents or guardians can review their kid's personal information once we receive verifiable identification. Verifiable consent can be given by one of the following methods: following the link provided in the confirmation email, provide a signed form via postal mail or facsimile or even giving us a call. Upon request, parents may delete or prohibit the further collection of their child's personal information by contacting us at privacy@kidzworld.com and clearly state the nature of their inquiry. Any contact made with our member kids is done so through the facilities of Kidzworld.
Another way that Kidzworld accesses information about kids is through IP addresses. An IP address is something that is unique to your computer, and is used to identify and collect broad demographic information (like age, gender, regional information and generic interests). As a safe website for kids, tools such as these can be used positively and in the sole interest of protecting the privacy and safety of all kids online.
Kidzworld also uses a form for kids to request information, products and services. We collect kids unique identifiers (like their Kidzworld on-screen name) to fulfill these requests.
Kidzworld hosts regular contests in which we ask kids for contact information (like their e-mail address). This information is solely used to contact winners. Contact information collected for contests is deleted once winners have been confirmed. Participation in contests is open to all kids, registered or not.
The KW Zone - Social Networking at Kidzworld
The KW Zone is a unique component of the Kidzworld experience. In The KW Zone kids can create an online profile where they can design backgrounds, upload pictures and videos, make friends and interact with other kids with similar interests. All content site wide is strictly moderated, but kids are still cautioned that anything they upload (and are subsequently approved) can be viewable across the web. We recommended that the kids only upload images and information that they are willing to share with other kids.
Chat Rooms and Bulletin Boards
Kidzworld has safe, moderated chat rooms, bulletin boards, discussion groups and forums. These are only accessible by our registered users. We make our users aware that postings and conversations in these areas becomes public information. Kids are not allowed to disclose any personally identifiable information. The kidzworld username is their only identity at Kidzworld, and that is how people should know you on the Internet.
Kidzworld’s safe and secure chat room and bulletin boards are moderated at all times by experienced Kidzworld staff. Our chatroom is open from 11am to 7:00pm Pacific Time (PST). Our chat moderators take extraordinary steps to ensure that the kids do not divulge personal information. Kids who tries to reveal, or ask for, personal information will be removed from both the chat and message boards for 24 hours. If problems continue with the same kid, their IP address could be permanently blocked and future access denied to the website from that IP address.
E-cards
Kidzworld offers numerous public domain e-cards for kids to send to family and friends. To send an e-card, kids must know the email address of the person that they are sending to. Thus, it can readily be assumed that they already know this person in real life. They must, by law also include their own email address and their name. Failure to do so will result in the e-card being treated as spam. Information entered in the e-card is used solely for the purpose of sending the e-card. It is not stored or retained by Kidzworld.
Outbound Links
Our site contains links to other sites. Although Kidzworld is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other sites, we screen all sites accessible from Kidzworld, as a safe website for kids, to ensure that they comply with our standards. When a kid clicks on an outbound link, they are first directed to a page informing them that they are about to leave Kidzworld.
Email communications
Occasionally Kidzworld may communicate with the kids by email. Kidzworld allows kids to opt-out of receiving communications from us in the registration form. If a user wishes to opt-out after completing the registration form, they can do so by contacting us at privacy@kidzworld.com or by clicking on the Unsubscribe link in the next newsletter.
Advertising
Advertising on Kidzworld is provided by Gorilla Nation, using the Dart/DoubleClick ad serving platform. Information about your visit to Kidzworld, such as number of times you have viewed an ad (but not your name, address, or other personal information), is used to control the delivery of ads to you on this site.
Third Party Cookies
In the course of serving advertising, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. This does not have any impact on the kids safety on the website.
Security
Kidzworld is a safe website for kids. It has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Passwords and personal information is collected and stored on our secure servers. Paper records of data and financial transactions are stored in a locked facility. Information will only be divulged to law enforcement agencies upon subpoena. However, in the event of the sale or merger of the company, Kidzworld.com, Inc., the personal information collected by Kidzworld about its’ user in the normal course of its business will be shared with the partner company or successor company upon completion of the subject acquisition or merger.
Contacting Us and Account Cancellation
If you wish to cancel your account or have any questions or comments about our privacy statement, our practices or your dealings with Kidzworld, you can contact us at privacy@kidzworld.com, or by snailmail at:
Kidzworld.com, Inc.Suite 301, 470 Granville St
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada, V6C 1V5
Toll-free: 1-800-668-0071
General: 1-604-688-2010