The United Federation of ChildSafe Web Sites™ has created this privacy statement as part of the iWatchDog™ Privacy Initiative™, in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following content, discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for these websites: http://www.ufcws.org & http://www.child-safe.com, ( both web sites use the same IP Address ), in accordance with Federal Trade Commision, (FTC), guidelines set forth in the Child Online Privacy Protection Act, (COPPA).  We highly recommend you visit http://www.kidzprivacy.com™ for a more in-depth explanation of COPPA regulations and their impact in making the Internet a ChildSafe place. 

Although the UFCWS™ is one of the organization that made the word ChildSafe™ a household word, we still uphold the belief of participating in our work as TEAM effort.  It is because of efforts by others such as the FTC, KidzPrivacy, Kids Domains, Inc., SurfSafely, ICRA, and SafeSurf, that we were able to accomplish that task.

Please see our iWatchDog™ Program ICCS™ Certification GUIDELINES for a more definitive explanation of our certification and services we provide.

This information below is how we handle information we learn about you from your visit to our website. The information we receive depends on what you do when you visit our site.  For each visitor to our Web page, we collect aggregate information on what pages our users access or visit, etc. ( see list below ).  This is accomplished via a service provided by Netscape.  We also acquire information via personal information volunteered by the user, such as survey, on-site registrations, and personal information volunteered by the consumer on our various iWatchDog™ Program ICCS™ Certification forms. The information which we collect with the Netscape service is based upon where you visit when on our web site.  We compile a database each month related to our users which tells us about our services being used by each visitor as follows:

The information we collect is used for internal review only.  The information is used to improve the content of our Web page, help diagnose any difficulties we may encounter with our server, and to administer our Web site in a proficient manner with the least amount of inconvenience to our users. We record past activity at our site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site, yet fall within the scope of our content guidelines, which in turn are in accordance with regulations set forth by the Federal Trade Commission and other laws we enforce or administer.  None of the information collected is shared with other organizations for commercial purposes or gain. It is our policy to delete the information after 90 days. 

We do not use "cookies" on this site.

 

Definition of a Cookie

A "cookie"is a small text file that a website can place on your computer's hard drive in order, for example, to collect information about your activities on the site or to make it possible for you to use an online "shopping cart" to keep track of items you wish to purchase. The cookie transmits this information back to the Web site's computer which, generally speaking, is the only computer that can read it. Most consumers do not know that "cookies" are being placed on their computers when they visit websites. If you want to know when this happens, or to prevent it from happening, you can set your browser to warn you when a website attempts to place a "cookie" on your computer.

The UFCWS™ will do everything in our power to protect the privacy of information provided to us on this website and will never deliberately share your personally identifiable information with any third party (except as required by law) without your consent. In such cases an email will be sent to you requesting your permission to release personal information.  We never require anyone to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to make use of any services the UFCWS™ has to offer and serve our customers in a proficient manner.

iWatchDog™ Program ICCS™ Certification / Licensing Forms

Our site's various registration forms require users to give us contact information which helps us determine the demographics of the users we are serving, (ie; corporate, household, etc.). This information helps us serve our users more effectively. We use customer contact information from the registration forms to send the user information about our organization, important issue information, as well as confirm information about the user's web site. This information is aggregated when choose the opt-in option in the ICCS™ Certification forms. Users may opt-out of receiving any mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

External Links 

This site contains links to many other sites. Although the UFCWS™ tries to review every single link to make sure it is of ChildSafe™ content, we cannot provide any guarantee of the content on external links.  The UFCWS™ is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such external link Web sites.

MultiCity Chat Service

We presently use a multi-lingual chat service provided by MultiCity Corp., to provide LIVE interactive chat in moderated chat sessions with special guest speakers who interact with our users.  No personal information outside of a login is required or aggregated from our users.  We exercise the capability to bar a user from usage of our chats for inappropriate behavior while using the chat room. Upon completion of the chat session, the Chat inputs are reviewed for any irregularities then discarded.

iWatchDog™ Program

This web site exercises participation in the ICCS™ iWatchDog™ Program.   We agree to acknowledge user complaints and report back to users in the event of a complaint filed against our web site.  This will be carried out with a clear account of our position in the matter to the user no later than 10 days from the notification of our alleged violation. In the event we discover that we were in violation with our user, we will seek to resolve the matter in a prompt and ethical manner in our user's best interests. 

This web site agrees to monitor our users and if any suspicious or offensive activity is discovered within our site, or a ICCS™ licensee site, we will file a iWatchDog™ Complaint form in order to initiate action to verify the validity of the complaint.  The same rule applies to any ICCS licensed site we discover is in violation of ICCS™ guidelines.

Public Forums

This site makes a bulletin board forum provided by MultiCity Corp. and an external GuestBook available to it's users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. The external GuestBook and bulletin board forum made available to our users, are spot checked on a periodic basis.  Improper conduct is not tolerated!!.

Although we do our best to exercise strong monitoring of our chat room, we cannot guarantee an absolute perfect environment at all times.   This is due to the fact our chat room is monitored only during specific announced event times for with our guest speakers.  We strongly recommend to parents to avoid usage of our chat room by their children during times when not being moderated, unless monitored closely by a parent or guardian.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control via our Internet Service Provider.  We exercise strong measures in the security of your privacy and personal information.

Children's Guidelines

If you are a child, we have pooled together a collection of guidelines we strongly suggest you follow.  As for parents, please review these guidelines with your children to help minimize any risk of your child using the Internet.

1. I will NOT provide online contact information without prior parental consent or parental notification, which will include an opportunity for my parents to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. Without prior parental consent, online information must only be used to respond directly to the child's request and will not be used for other purposes without prior parental consent

    

2. I will NOT provide personally identifiable offline contact information without prior parental consent

    

3. I will NOT give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent

    

4. I will NOT be enticed by the prospect of a special game, prize, or other activity without prior parental consent.

Choice/Opt-Out

Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the point where we request information about the visitor on our forms.

This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.

1. You can send an opt-out email request  to legal@jabezintl.com
    
2. You can send an op-out request via postal mail to:

Jabez International
Att: United Federation of ChildSafe Web Sites™ ( a subsidiary of Jabez International )
395 East Surfside Drive
Port Hueneme, CA 93041-3343

Until November 1, 2001, Send all postal mail to our California office address which is listed above.

Phone: 917.405.4190

Correct/Update

This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.

1. You can send us an email @ legal@jabezintl.com to make any modifications to your information so that we can serve you more efficiently.
    
2. You can send an op-out request via postal mail to:

   Jabez International
   Att: United Federation of ChildSafe Web Sites ( a subsidiary of Jabez International )
   395 East Surfside Drive
   Port Hueneme, CA 93041-3343

   Until November 1, 2001, Send all postal mail to our California office address which is listed above.

Getting Your Personal Information From the UFCWS™

If you want to get information about you that may be in our records:

The Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 provide you certain rights to get information about you that is in our records. To learn more about the circumstances under which you can get and correct this information, visit the web page provided by the Federal Trade Commission, FTC, in regard to the Freedom of Information Act information page.

Queries

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:

Jabez International Legal Staff

Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2002

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