|
WADE K.
MEYER, M.Ed.
This is the site for Wade K.
Meyer, M.Ed. and the site known as wademeyer.com.
Wademeyer.com is the official
site for Wade K. Meyer, M.Ed. and information related to
and/or contained therein is copyrighted and trademarked
to Wademeyer.com, with all rights reserved. Wademeyer.com
is committed to providing a fun, safe and secure website
for people of all ages. We are dedicated to safeguarding
all personal information collected online and to helping
our visitors learn how to exercise control over personal
information while exploring the Internet.
Wondermind.net’s target audience is based upon each
specific web site. It is our intent that visitors feel
comfortable and safe visiting sour website and to engage
in activities available to them on our website. We do
request personally identifiable information from visitors
who choose to participate in certain activities
available on Wademeyer.com, as described below. If we
were to discover that a child submitted personally
identifiable information, Wademeyer.com would delete
the information immediately. As we continue to offer our
visitors new and different types of content and
services, we may modify our practices from time to time.
However, we will treat all personal information we
collect in accordance with the privacy notice in effect
at the time the information is collected.
Our Information Collection
and Utilization Policies
At
Wademeyer.com, we do not collect
personally identifiable information unless our visitors
voluntarily provide it to us. For some activities, such
as online polls or surveys, we may ask visitors to
provide information that is not personally identifiable. This
might include first name only, city or state
of residence, age, gender, or information permitting us to
post information. For some other activities, such as
entering contests and subscribing to our email
newsletters, we may ask visitors to provide a name and
email address. For other activities, such as sending an
electronic postcard or email to a friend, we may also
ask for personal information about other people. This is
usually limited to a first name and email address. Email
addresses collected to send an electronic postcard or
email to a friend are deleted immediately when the
requested postcard or email is transmitted. For
activities such as having a child receive a birthday
card from a site character, we will ask visitors to
provide information in order to provide this service.
Visitors who order merchandise or other materials from
Wademeyer.com will be required to provide their full
name, billing and mailing addresses, email address,
telephone number and a credit card number. If the order
is being shipped to a third party, we will also need the
recipient's name and mailing address. Before collecting
information in connection with a Wademeyer.com order,
we will verify the validity of the purchaser's credit
card. On occasion, we might solicit additional voluntary
information regarding shoppers' personal shopping
references. When a child under thirteen participates in
another ongoing activity that requires the collection,
retention, and use of personal information, we will also
ask for a parent's email address so that we can notify
the parent that we have received personal information
from their child. We do not knowingly collect names and
email addresses from children under thirteen for these
types of activities without notifying the parent via
email and giving the parent the option to remove their
child's email address from the applicable database for
that activity. For specific onetime requests we receive
from visitors, email addresses are collected and used
only in connection with the specific onetime request.
For example, for contests, email addresses are collected
for the purpose of entering the online contest on a
onetime basis and are used to notify winners of the
sweepstakes or contest once by email. Winners will be
required to return a completed prize acceptance form
contained in the notification email by facsimile or U.S.
mail within a designated time period (along with the
signature of a parent or legal guardian for all minors).
When visitors come to our site, we automatically collect
some non-personally identifiable information such as the
type of computer operating system (e.g., Windows '95 or
Mac OS) and browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer)
being used, and the domain name of the Internet service
provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink). If we were
to discover that a child submitted personally
identifiable information, Wademeyer.com would delete
the information immediately.
Use of Information
We use
visitors' personal information for internal purposes
only, such as enabling visitors to enter our online
contests, to subscribe to our online newsletter, or to
order from Wademeyer.com. We may also use personal
information provided by shoppers at Wademeyer.com to
send them, by email or direct mail, notification of
special offers, sale events, or birthday reminders.
These notifications are sent only to those visitors to
Wademeyer.com who ask to receive them. We use parents'
email addresses to notify them when we have received
personal information such as email addresses from their
children and to give parents the option to remove their
child's name from our lists. We use information we
collect about others only to enable visitors to our site
to communicate with those other people, for example, by
sending them electronic greeting cards or email or to
ship gifts purchased on Wademeyer.com. We keep any
personal information we obtain through a contest until
we have successfully selected a winner(s), awarded the
prize(s), and administered the contest or sweepstakes.
We only use the email addresses of subscribers to our
Wademeyer.com email newsletters to send them the
requested newsletter(s). Each newsletter also includes
instructions for subscription removal via return email.
We never sell, rent, or otherwise share our visitors'
personal information with third parties. Sometimes, we
use agents or contractors, such as the U.S. Postal
Service, to provide services to our visitors, such as
helping us conduct a contest, sending prizes to winners,
or shipping customer orders made on Wademeyer.com. In
these cases, we require the agent or contractor to keep
the information confidential and to use it only for the
specific services they are performing. We sometimes use
non-personally identifiable information that we collect
to improve the design and content of our site, and to
improve our visitors' experience on Wademeyer.com. We
also may aggregate this information to analyze site
usage, as well as to offer products, programs, or
services. We may disclose personally identifiable
information in response to legal process, for example,
in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may
disclose such information in response to a law
enforcement agency's request, or where we believe it is
necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action
regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud,
situations involving potential threats to the physical
safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, or
as otherwise required by law. In addition, we may
transfer information about you if we are acquired by or
merged with another company. We will not use or transfer
personally identifiable information in ways that are
materially different from the ones described above
without also providing parental notification of such
practices and obtaining consent for any materially
different uses.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Wademeyer.com may use a software technology called
"cookies." Cookies are small text files that we place in
visitors' computer browsers to store their preferences.
Cookies themselves do not contain any personally
identifiable information. Although cookies could enable
us to relate a visitor's use of this web site to
personal information that the visitor has provided, such
as an email address, we do not use cookies for this
purpose with one exception: for some activities, we use
session cookies to ensure that visitors under the age of
13 provide a parental email address to assist with our
compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act. We do use cookies to determine how many visitors we
have and how often they visit various sections of our
site. "Web beacons" are small pieces of code placed on a
web page to monitor the behavior and collect data about
the visitors viewing a web page. For example, web
beacons can be used to count the users who visit a web
page or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor
viewing that page. We may use web beacons on this site
from time to time for this and other purposes.
Activity Information
Online Contests and Sweepstakes
Wademeyer.com
offers visitors the opportunity to enter contests, such
as poetry contests and trivia contests. Wademeyer.com may
ask for information such as visitor's name, email
address, birth date, and in some instances, Wademeyer.com may
collect telephone numbers for certain types of contests.
Wademeyer.com uses this information for purpose of
conducting the contests and does not (except as set
forth herein) disclose such information externally to
third parties, except with a fulfillment house which
Wademeyer.com uses to help select winners and fulfill
prizes and, in some cases, with third-party sponsors.
From time to time, Wademeyer.com may offer contests
sponsored by third party businesses and may share with
such third party businesses entrant information
collected by Wademeyer.com. In these types of contests,
Wademeyer.com will disclose to potential entrants that
such information will be so supplied and the identity of
the third party to whom such information will be
supplied at the time entrant information is collected
and will provide potential entrants with the opportunity
to opt out of such third party sponsored contests.
However, any information supplied to a third party may
be retained by such third party and will be out of the
control of Wademeyer.com. Entrants of Wademeyer.com
contests have the opportunity to opt-in (by indicating
so on the entry form) to become subscribers of the
Wademeyer.com newsletter and to receive other email
special announcements and promotions. Please see
"Electronic Newsletter and Special Announcements
Subscription" below. The personal information collected
from those entrants who have chosen to opt-in to the
Electronic Newsletter and Special Announcements
Subscription shall be maintained by Wademeyer.com. For
those who elect not to opt-in, and/or entrants who have
not been selected as winners, Wademeyer.com will delete
personal information collected on the online entry forms
from its system, however, personal information collected
online from contests winners may be maintained by
Wademeyer.com and may be shared with third parties for
fulfillment purposes, as described above, as well as
internally. Entrant's decision not to opt-in will not
affect eligibility for contests and will not impact any
participant’s chances of winning.
Electronic Newsletter and
Special Announcements Subscription
Wademeyer.com
provides parents the opportunity to receive emails
containing the Wademeyer.com Newsletter, along with
other Special Announcements pertaining to
Wademeyer.com. These emails will provide subscribers
with Wademeyer.com information updates, announcements,
and promotions. We request no personally identifiable
information from the parent except his/her email
address, which we use solely for the purpose of sending
the emails. The email address provided to Wademeyer.com
may be transferred, disclosed, or shared with third
parties who may be engaged by us specifically to handle
the preparation and delivery of the emails and perform
other related technical and processing functions. At
anytime after the signup process, parents can choose to
discontinue their subscriptions to Wademeyer.com’s
Newsletter and Special Announcements altogether by
electing to unsubscribe, through the unsubscribe option
found at the end of each Wademeyer.com email sent to
users.
Email
Wademeyer.com
provides visitors the opportunity to send email to us. We
request no personally identifiable information from the
parent except his/her first name and email address,
which we use solely for the purpose of responding to
questions. The visitor's first name and email address are
deleted from our system periodically.
Electronic Postcards &
Games
Wademeyer.com may give visitors the
opportunity to send "electronic postcards" to friends
and family. We ask the user to submit the first name and
email addresses of their friends and family.
Wademeyer.com uses this information only for the
purpose of sending the postcards. The friend's email
address is deleted immediately from our system.
Customer Service
Wademeyer.com visitors may email us
their questions. Other than an email address, we do not
request that users submit any personal information
online for customer service inquiries. We may however
ask for additional non-personal information to better
help us respond to customer service questions. We use
the email address to communicate directly with customers
about technology-related questions, and provide them
with answers that they may find helpful. We do not sell,
transfer or share the email address with third parties,
with the exception that the information is transferred,
disclosed and shared with our third party agent who uses
the information solely to handle and manage customer
service, but cannot use it for other purposes and has
agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such
information. Once we or our third party agent have had a
chance to provide email responses to customer service
email questions, the email address is deleted from our
system.
Third Party Businesses
From time to time, we may partner with
outside third parties to provide you with
additional content, products, or services that we believe may
be of interest. For example, we may partner with
a greeting card company, software manufacturer,
or telephone provider to offer you electronic cards,
games, or telephone messaging. These partners operate
Web sites that are separate and independent
from Wademeyer.com. We receive email addresses from these sites
of adults who request to receive
information including newsletters, sales, and special offers from us.
If you do not wish to receive information
from Wademeyer.com, you can respond, at any time, to email
correspondence you receive from us by placing "REMOVE"
in the subject line. You can also send an email to
wadekennethmeyer@yahoo.com and inform us that you no longer wish to receive
correspondence from Wondermind Ventures LLC.
Business Transfers
In the event
that all or substantially all of the assets relating
to the Wade K. Meyer, M.Ed. or
Wademeyer.com are transferred or sold to another
entity, personally identifiable information may be
transferred to the acquiring entity.
Security
Wademeyer.com
has taken steps to ensure that personally identifiable
information collected 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 regarding Wademeyer.com’s
privacy policy, please contact us at:
Privacy
Coordinator
Wademeyer.com
wadekennethmeyer@yahoo.com
This
policy, like the online medium itself, is subject to
change.
This page was last updated on
12/26/07.
|
