Privacy Policy For Kids!
This Privacy Policy is about the ways in which Bonus Press, LLC (the publisher of Outside Buddy books) may collect, use, and share your personal information (also known as data). This policy also explains your rights to access or change your personal data. We take your privacy and your responsibility to protect your information very seriously and will take care in the use and handling of your data. If at any point you have questions about your privacy on our website, ask a parent to help you go through it. That is all you need to know about privacy, but if you want to keep reading, let’s go!
So, what information are we collecting?
Our websites are entirely for your entertainment and education. It is important that you obtain parental consent to register for the site if you are under the age of 16. With their permission, you can then join in with comments, competitions, and downloads.
We collect your information when you:
- join the club on our website
- interact or contact us by social media, email, or via our website
- submit contributions, like coloring pages, to the website via post or by email
While doing these things, you might provide us with other data, such as your name, address, phone number, birthday, the type of device you are using to connect to the internet, and the subjects that you are interested in. We only use this data to provide you with information, improve your website experience, or reply to your questions.
We make sure that all this information is stored safely and securely. In return, you need to make sure that your password, if you know it, is not shared with anyone except from a parent or guardian and is kept safe.
When you visit our website, you are free to enjoy all the exciting educational content that features on our pages made especially for children, if you have permission from a grown-up to take part! While you are enjoying the content on these pages, we might only track ad performance which may or may not use or record your activity via small text files known as cookies (mmm cookies). If those computer cookies are turned on, information about how you use the website, and the device that you use will be collected. This includes things like how long visited the website for, things you might have searched for on the website, and your rough geographical location of your device.
If you click on something from another website, such as a YouTube link, while you are on our site, then that website may be able to get similar information from your device. We do not control these websites and are not responsible for them. The only time we would ever share your data with a third party (another website or company), is to help you receive information from them.
How do we use your information?
We use your information lawfully and do not sell it to third parties. There are several reasons why we might use your information, which include:
- making sure your account works and processing any requests you might have.
- providing your parent with information about the things we create.
- sending out information about products, services, activities, promotions, or anything else that we feel might be of interest or use to you.
- contacting your parents about things they have bought.
- looking at the way you use our websites and apps, so that we can improve the services that we offer, for example, by personalizing communications with you.
- providing customer service and support.
Our priority is to keep your information safe and use it in ways that benefit you. We want to make sure that you have the best experience possible on our websites, and that is what we use data for.
Who can see your information?
Our staff, or the staff of third parties that we work with, might use the information that you provide. They might store it, organize it, or record it, but whatever they do, it will be done lawfully and safely. Some examples of people who might see this information include our website operators and IT support providers, our customer service team, or our financial services.
Do we share your information?
We share your information within our company and our partner third party companies to use it legally. If we share it outside of our company, your parent or guardian will need to consent to this specifically. There are several third parties who we will share your information with, to do our business in the best way.
How do we look after your information?
We are always looking to minimize the amount of personal information that we hold about you. Whenever possible, we make your information anonymous, which means that we still have the data, but it cannot be traced or connected to you – it is as if it belongs to an imaginary person. We also use security measures to protect your information against any unlawful use or unauthorized access.
How long do we keep your data for?
We will keep hold of your information for as long as it is required. For example, we will only hold information that is needed to make your website account work, until you cancel your account or opt-out of marketing communications. We look to find ways to reduce the amount of information that we store, by doing things like asking our customers if they want to continue hearing from us, archiving our emails, using password protected folders to restrict access to information, and deleting any information we no longer require.
What are your rights and choices?
You have the right to object to us using your information and can do so by contacting us at outsidebuddybooks@gmail.com. Your parent or guardian can also withdraw their consent at any time. If you are at all unhappy about the way your information is being used, or have any questions, you can contact us, and we will try to resolve the problem.
This Privacy Notice was updated: November 3, 2023