The Foxdaily.com is committed to protecting the privacy of children who use our sites and applications. This Children’s Online Privacy Policy explains our information collection, disclosure, and parental consent practices with respect to information provided by children under the age of 13 (“child” or “children”), and uses terms that are defined in our general Privacy Policy. This policy is in accordance with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), and outlines our practices in the United States regarding children’s personal information. For more information about COPPA and general tips about protecting children’s online privacy, please visit OnGuard Online.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM CHILDREN, HOW WE USE IT, AND HOW AND WHEN WE COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS
The Foxdaily.com offers a range of sites and applications, some of which are primarily targeted at children, and others that are intended for users of all ages and their families. Our sites and applications offer various activities, including activities that may collect information from children. Below we summarize potential instances of collection and outline how and when we will provide parental notice and/or seek parental consent.
In any instance that we collect personal information from a child, we will retain that information only as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the activity request or allow the child to continue to participate in the activity, and ensure the security of our users and our services, or as required by law. In the event we discover we have collected information from a child in a manner inconsistent with COPPA’s requirements, we will either delete the information or immediately seek the parent’s consent for that collection.
Registration
Children can, in many cases, register with our sites and applications to view content, play games, participate in contests, and engage in special features. During the registration process, we may ask the child to provide certain information for notification and security purposes, including a parent or guardian’s email address, the child’s first name and gender, the child’s member or account username, and password. We may also ask for birth dates to validate their ages. We strongly advise children never to provide any personal information in their usernames.
Note that children can choose whether to share their information, but certain features cannot function without it. Children may not be able to access certain features if required information has not been provided. We will not require a child to provide more information than necessary to participate in an online activity.
About the collection of parent email address
Consistent with the requirements of COPPA, on any child-targeted site or application, or in any instance where we ask for age and determine the user is age 12 or under, we will ask for a parent or guardian email address before we collect any personal information from the child. If you believe your child is participating in an activity that collects personal information and you or another parent/guardian have NOT received an email providing notice or seeking your consent, please feel free to contact us at privacycontact@tfd.com.
WHEN INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM CHILDREN IS AVAILABLE TO OTHERS
In addition to those rare instances where a child’s personal information is posted publicly (after receiving high-level parental consent), we also may share or disclose personal information collected from children in a limited number of instances, including the following:
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We may share information with our service providers if necessary for them to perform a business, professional, or technology support function for us.
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We may disclose personal information if permitted or required by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena.
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We may disclose personal information in response to a law enforcement or public agency’s (including schools or children services) request; to prevent a crime; or to protect the security of our sites and applications.
PARENTAL CHOICES AND CONTROLS
At any time, parents can refuse to permit us to collect further personal information from their children in association with a particular account, and can request that we delete from our records the personal information we have collected in connection with that account. Please note that a request to delete records may result in the termination of an account, membership, or other service.
Where a child has registered for a Thefoxdaily.com account, we use two methods to allow parents to access, change, or delete the personally identifiable information that we have collected from their children:
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Parents can request access to and delete their child’s personal information by logging on to the child’s account. Parents will need the child’s username and password.
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Parents can contact Guest Services to request access to, change, or delete their child’s personal information by sending an email to tfd@help.go.com. A valid request to delete personal information will be accommodated within a reasonable time.
For other inquiries, please contact us at privacycontact@tfd.com.
In any correspondence such as e-mail or mail, please include the child’s username and the parent’s email address and telephone number. To protect children’s privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify a parent’s identity before granting access to any personal information.