Privacy Policy

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, www.nic.kids collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. www.nic.kids’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how the www.nic.kids’s visitors use its website.

www.nic.kids also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users filling forms on form pages. www.nic.kids only discloses users' IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that submitter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the website where the data was submitted.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to the www.nic.kids’s websites choose to interact with www.nic.kids in ways that require www.nic.kids to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that www.nic.kids gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. In each case, www.nic.kids collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with www.nic.kids. www.nic.kids does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. www.nic.kids uses cookies to help www.nic.kids identify and track visitors, their usage of www.nic.kids website, and their website access preferences. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using www.nic.kids’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of www.nic.kids’s website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Analytics

To monitor and analyse web traffic and usage behaviour (via cookies transmitted to the Google Analytics network):

Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

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Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, www.nic.kids may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in www.nic.kids’s sole discretion. www.nic.kids encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

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