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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 Wade K. Meyer,
M.Ed.
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
03/30/09.
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