The
Exploratorium respects the privacy of our online
visitors and we are committed to protecting
the privacy and security of the users of our
Site.
This privacy policy will advise you about how
we protect your personal information. Please
read this policy carefully. We may need to change
this policy from time to time in order to address
new issues and reflect changes on our Site.
All changes will be posted here. If you have
any questions or concerns about our privacy
policy, please send us an e-mail to: privacy@exploratorium.edu.
Please do not send general museum questions
to this address. They will not be answered.
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We
will not sell, trade, or give out e-mail addresses
to companies or other organizations. We will
not intentionally disclose any personal identifiable
information about you as an individual user
(such as, for example, your full name, street
address, telephone number or e-mail address)
to any third party without having first received
your permission. We may request personal identification
information from you in connection with your
use of, or participation in, contests, sweepstakes,
games, surveys, submissions, chat and bulletin
boards. However, we will only collect this personal
information from you if it has been voluntarily
submitted to us.
Any personal information provided to us may
be used in connection with the activities previously
referred to above. Should you send us an e-mail
with questions or comments, we may use your
personal information in order to respond to
your questions or comments. We may also keep
your comments or questions for future reference.
It is important to note that if you give out
personal information online, through a message
board or chat room, for example, that information
may be collected and used by third parties.
Although we strive to protect our users' privacy,
we cannot guarantee the security of information
you post in these arenas. You disclose such
information at your own risk.
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The
Exploratorium does not solicit personal information
from minors. Consistent with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we will
never knowingly request personally identifiable
information from anyone under the age of thirteen
(13) without prior verifiable parental consent.
If we become aware that a subscriber is under
the age of thirteen (13) and has registered
without prior verifiable parental consent, we
will remove his or her personally identifiable
registration information from our files. Please
note: We may nevertheless maintain a record
of that person's name and address in a "do not
register" file to avoid subsequent registration
by a child under the age of thirteen (13).
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A
cookie is a small data file stored on the user's
hard drive which may contain information about
the user. We use cookies but do not store personally
identifiable information in your cookie. We
currently use cookies only in connection with
our online store and our bulletin boards. We may also use cookies to help us generate our web site usage statistics. If
you are a registered user, your cookie allows
us to recognize you when you return to our site
and provides you with access to your account
information. If you register with or order from
us, we also use cookies to monitor and maintain
information about your use of this Site.
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This
Site utilizes Secure Sockets Layer, an advanced
data encryption system used to ensure the security
and confidentiality of information exchanged
between your browser and this Site's e-commerce
servers. All of your personal information (including
credit card numbers) will be encrypted and then
transmitted from your browser to our e-commerce
systems securely. This information can only
be unencrypted by The Exploratorium or its agents.
We
can only guarantee secure transactions with
orders placed directly from this Site using
our secure online ordering system. We cannot
guarantee secure transactions for orders sent
to us via e-mail. |