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Privacy statement
An individual's right to privacy as established under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 is respected by Babyland and protected. Babyland does not allow the publication of information that may identify individuals, or might potentially identify them.
The policy of the Babyland is to respect the privacy of all web site visitors to the extent permitted by law. This online privacy statement is intended to inform you of the ways in which this web site collects information, the uses to which that information will be put, and the ways in which we will protect any information you choose to provide us.
Web Visit Logs
The Babyland web site routinely collects and stores information from online visitors to help manage the site and improve service. This information includes the pages visited on the site, the date and time of the visit, the internet address (URL or IP address) of the referring site, the domain name and IP address from which the access occurred, the version of browser used, the capabilities of the browser, and search terms used on our search engines. This site makes no attempt to identify individual visitors from this information: any personally identifiable information is not released to external parties without your consent unless required by law.
Babyland is committed to protecting consumer privacy online. We believe that greater protection of personal privacy on the web will not only protect consumers, but also increase consumer confidence and ultimately their participation in online activities. At Babyland we intend to give you as much control as possible over your personal information.
The purpose of our policy is to inform you about the types of information we gather about you when you visit our site, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information.
Information Which We Collect
We may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information,
including your e-mail address, postal address, home or work telephone number,
credit card number (only if you choose to purchase a product online), for
purposes such as correspondence, making a purchase, or participating in online
contests, surveys or games. If you choose to give us personal information via
the Internet that we or our business partners may need -- to correspond with
you, process an order or provide you with a subscription, for example -- it is
our intent to let you know how we will use such information.
Like many other commercial sites, our site may utilize a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how our site is used. Cookies were designed to help a web site recognize a user's browser as a previous visitor and thus save and remember any preferences that may have been set while the user was browsing the site. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on a computer virus, or capture your e-mail address. Our web site may use cookies to enhance your visit. Cookies can securely store a user's password, personalize home pages, identify which parts of a site have been visited or keep track of selections, such as those selected in a "shopping cart." Our cookies may collect your domain name and track your selections through our web pages. We only use "cookies" to gather the information indicated in this policy and do not use cookies to gather personal identifying information about you without your consent.
We also use cookies in connection with our chat rooms in order to record your preferences. These cookies store automatically information pertaining to the last chat room you visited, as well as certain comments that can be issues in the chat room, in order to facilitate your experience with the chat rooms. No additional identifying information is stored on these cookies. You also have the option of choosing to allow us to use a cookie to store your username, or "handle" and password on your computer for use in that chat rooms, forums and other sites as indicated on the particular site.
We may require you to supply us with personal information (demographic information such as average age, income, education, population data, zip codes) during a "registration" process online prior to using certain features of our site. For example, you may be required to register to use chat rooms, forums, to access archival stories, to subscribe to newspapers, and to access other features. We use this general information to aggregate information according to demographics, such as gender, geographic location, age, income or a combination of these or other demographics.
Linked Sites
The Babyland web site may provide links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. We do not control these sites and resources, do not endorse them, and are not responsible for their availability, content, or delivery of services. In particular, external sites are not bound by Babyland's online privacy policy; they may have their own policies or none at all. Often you can tell you are leaving The Babyland web site by noting the URL of the destination site.
Terms and Modifications to Privacy Statement
By using this website, you signify your agreement to the terms of our
privacy policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not disclose any
personal information through this site.
Babyland may modify this privacy statement at any time, at its discretion and modifications are effective upon being posted on this site. You are responsible for reviewing this privacy statement periodically to ensure that you are aware of any changes to it.
Children
This site is not directed to children and Babyland does not knowingly solicit information from any child under the age of 13. Should a child whom we know to be under 13 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond directly to that child to inform him or her that we must have parental consent before receiving his or her personal information.
Security of Information
We use our best efforts to ensure the security of personal information
submitted by users. When collecting credit card information for online
purchases, we offer secured-server transactions that encrypt your information in
transit to thwart someone from intercepting it and misusing it. When we collect
other information from our users, it is stored in an area where the general
public does not have access to it.
Use of Materials
The right to download and store or output the materials in our site is
granted for the user's personal use only, and materials may not be reproduced in
any edited form. Any other reproduction, transmission, performance, display or
editing of these materials by any means mechanical or electronic without the
express written permission of us is strictly prohibited. Users wishing to obtain
permission to reprint or reproduce any materials appearing on these sites may
contact us at the address listed below.



