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Screechowls.com is part of McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 481 University
Avenue, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2E9. Comments about the
site can be sent to webmaster@mcclelland.com.
Privacy is important to McClelland & Stewart Ltd. We are committed to
respecting the privacy of our readers, and to complying with all
applicable requirements for privacy protection.
How screechowls.com uses information provided by you:
This site
does not collect personally identifying information about you except
when you specifically and knowingly provide it. The site uses an opt-in
submission form requesting specific information.
A user's personally identifying information will not be sold or rented
to any other party. To enable users to receive automatic notification of
updates to some areas of screechowls.com, a user's personally
identifying information may be shared with a third party agent who
provides this service. Any such information will only be used to
facilitate automatic updates.
Users can opt out of such use by e-mailing the following information to
the screechowls.com at webmaster@mcclelland.com.
1) The subject line should include the words: REMOVE from screechowls.com
2) The body of the message should include: your e-mail address (please be sure to
provide us with the e-mail address that you used when you signed up)
and a description of the area where you signed up
Screechowls.com users should be aware that if they voluntarily disclose
personal information (e.g., user name, e-mail address etc.) on bulletin
boards or in chat areas, that information can be collected and used by
others and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or
parties. As well, personal information provided by users on other web
sites, including those reached from links on screechowls.com, can also
be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages
from other posters or parties. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. is not
responsible for personally identifying information provided to these
third-party vendors.
While your personally identifying information is protected as outlined
above, we sometimes aggregate data to remove personal identifiers, which
we provide to our advertisers for statistical purposes. For example, we
might report to advertisers that a certain percentage of users are
between the ages of 35 and 45. In addition, McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
may use non-personally identifying information for marketing analysis
purposes.
Cookies:
screechowls.com may place a "cookie" in the browser file of a
screechowls.com user's computer. The cookie itself does not
contain or collect any personally identifying information
although it will enable screechowls.com to relate a user's
use of screechowls.com to information that the user has
specifically and knowingly provided to screechowls.com. From
time to time, screechowls.com hosts advertiser banners. If
you link to our advertisers, you may also occasionally get
cookies from them. screechowls.com does not control these
cookies and these cookies are not subject to this policy.
The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers
is common on the Internet. Most browsers are initially set
to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set your browser
to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being
sent. However, it is possible that some portions of
screechowls.com will not function properly if you do so.
Children:
This privacy policy covers all data collected and used by
screechowls.com. In addition, there are areas of the site in which
children under 13 can provide us with information relating to e-mail
address, mailing address, name, gender, and age. This information is
collected strictly for the purpose of: on-line contests and activities;
for alerting children, at their request, about upcoming books; asking
questions and leaving comments in "Talk to the Author."
Questions and comments along with the author's answers are posted using
only the child's first name and in some cases, the last name initial. A
child's age and city, province, state, or country may be posted for Web
site submissions, such as the jersey artwork gallery. Children asking
questions or leaving comments in "Write to Roy" may request that
questions or comments be removed from the web site by emailing the
following information to
webmaster@mcclelland.com.
1) The subject line should include the words: REMOVE from screechowls.com
2) The body of the
message should include: your name and your e-mail address (please be
sure to provide us with the e-mail address that you used when you signed
up)
3) Identify what item you wish removed from the Web site. Please
provide the page URL for reference.
Please note that requests for removal of information will take effect
within a week of the request having been received, and that information
about a child may remain in back-up storage for some period of time
after a request for deletion. This may be the case even though no
information about the child remains in our active user databases.
Children may also request to no longer be notified of upcoming books by
emailing the following information to
webmaster@mcclelland.com.
1) The subject line should include the word: screechowls.com DO NOT NOTIFY
2) The body
of the message should include: your name and your e-mail address
(please be sure to provide us with the e-mail address that you used when
you signed up)
Parents and Guardians:
We encourage you to get involved with your
children's online usage and to be aware of the activities in which they
are participating. Any personally identifying information collected by
screechowls.com from children will only be used by McClelland & Stewart
Ltd. and its parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates for internal
purposes such as market research, and may sometimes be included in our
database. However, such information will not be published by us, nor
sold, rented or provided to any third parties, without your prior
consent. With the exception of the cases mentioned under the "Children"
portion of this policy, such information will not be posted on our web
site.
McClelland & Stewart Ltd. does not currently provide direct order
fulfillment from this Web site. We do, however, offer links to third
party vendors that can fulfill your orders. McClelland & Stewart Ltd. is
not responsible for personally identifying information provided to these
third party vendors. Additionally, anonymous aggregated data may
sometimes be provided to our advertisers for statistical purposes as
described above.
Finally, you should be aware that if your child voluntarily discloses
his name, e-mail address, etc. on bulletin boards, chat areas, and other
web sites, such disclosure might result in unsolicited messages from
other parties. Accordingly, you should discourage your child from doing
so.
Again, if you have any concerns regarding privacy issues, please
e-mail us at webmaster@mcclelland.com.
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