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The Walt Disney Internet Group is committed to
helping you make the most of your free time on the Internet within a trusted environment. This privacy
policy discloses how we collect, protect, use and share information gathered about you on our family of
Web sites. Once you have registered with one of our Web sites, you will have access to all of our family
of sites. Thus, this privacy policy is the same for all of WDIG's sites. We hope that this disclosure
will help increase your confidence in our sites and enhance your experience on the Internet. |
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What types of information are WDIG sites collecting, and how are the sites collecting it? |
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The majority of great products and services on our sites are offered without our collecting any
personally identifiable information from you. You can surf WDIG's Web sites and view much of our
terrific content anonymously. For instance, you can view news headlines at ABCNEWS.com without giving
out any personally identifiable information.
Information You Provide
There are a few activities on our sites where the collection of personally identifiable information is
necessary. Those activities include things like entering a contest or sweepstakes, making a purchase, or
contacting us. When personally identifiable information is collected, you will know because you will
have to fill out a form. For most activities, we collect only your name, e-mail address, birth date,
gender, and zip code. When you make a purchase, we also collect your street and billing addresses, your
phone number, and credit card information. Depending on what you purchase, we may also need to collect
other personal information, like your clothing size.
Information Collected from You with Technology
WDIG sites collect some information about you using technology, so it may not be readily apparent to you
that it is being collected. For instance, when you come to our site your IP address is collected so that
we know where to send information you are requesting. An IP address is often associated with the place
from which you enter the Internet like your ISP (Internet service provider), your company, or your
university. This information is not personally identifiable. WDIG sites use information collected through
technology to make our sites more interesting and useful to you. This includes helping advertisers on our
site design advertisements our Guests might like. We normally don't combine this type of information with
personally identifiable information. However, we will combine this information with personally
identifiable information to identify a visitor in order to enforce compliance with our house rules or
terms of service or to protect our service, site, Guests, or others.
What Are Cookies, and How Does WDIG Use Them?
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site sends to your computer while you are viewing the Web
site. These pieces of information allow the Web site to remember important information that will make
your use of that site more useful. WDIG and other Internet companies use cookies for a variety of
purposes. For instance, DisneyStore.com uses cookies to remember and process the items in your shopping
cart, and all WDIG sites use cookies to make sure kids don't enter unmoderated chat rooms.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to
turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer)
settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way
to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you won't have access to many WDIG features that make
your Web experience more efficient -- like the features mentioned above -- and some of our services will
not function properly.
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Does WDIG share information with companies or other organizations that are not part of the WDIG family of sites? |
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One of the most valuable assets of our business is you. We aren't in the business of selling information
about our Guests. However, if there is a value for our Guests, we will share your information or send you
messages on behalf of another company as described below. We will also share information for security
reasons.
Companies That Are "Standing in the Shoes" of WDIG
Sometimes we hire companies to help us deliver products or services, like a shipping company that
delivers a package. In those instances, we need to share your information with them. These companies are
basically "standing in the shoes" of WDIG, and they are allowed to use the information only to deliver
the product or service.
Companies Offering Promotions, Products, or Services
On occasion, we offer promotions -- like sweepstakes or free subscriptions -- in conjunction with a
sponsor. We will share your information with the sponsors if they need it to send you a product, such as
a magazine subscription. We may share your information with those sponsors so that they can send you
other special promotions they offer, but only if you give us your permission to do so, and we will share
it only with that specific sponsor. In addition, WDIG occasionally sends e-mail promotions out to our
Guests on behalf of third-party sponsors. In this instance, we don't share your name with the third
party -- we do the mailing for them. Again, we only send these promotions to you if you've given your
permission.
Content Partners
On some of our sites, we provide content that is created by a third-party partner Web site. For instance,
ESPN.com provides shopping opportunities with third parties. In some instances the third-party sites
will collect information in order to facilitate the transaction or to make the use of their content more
productive and efficient. In these circumstances the information collected is shared between WDIG and our
third-party sponsors.
Third-Party Advertisers and Network Advertisers
To help increase privacy protections for our Guests, WDIG allows advertising on our sites from only those
companies that have their own privacy policy. Once you've clicked on an advertisement and have left WDIG
sites, our privacy policy no longer applies. You must read the privacy policy of the advertiser to see
how your personal information will be handled on their site.
In addition, many business advertisements are managed and placed on our site by third-party companies.
These companies are called "network advertisers." Network advertisers collect non-personally identifiable
information when you click on or scan one of their banner advertisements. The information is collected
using technology, so you may not realize it's being collected. The network advertisers collect this
information so that they can show you ads that are more relevant and interesting to you. If you would
like to read more about network advertisers or do not want network advertisers to collect this
non-personally identifiable information about you, click here.
Purchase or Sale of Businesses
Online business is still in a very early stage and is changing and evolving rapidly. As WDIG continually
looks for ways to improve our business, we may buy or sell a company. If we buy or sell a business, the
names collected will likely be transferred as a part of the sale. Information about registrants will be
used in the aggregate. However, if we buy a business, we will honor the requests that customers made of
that business regarding e-mail communications. In the event that we sell a business, we will do
everything in our power to ensure that the e-mail communications requests you made of us are honored.
Organizations That Help Protect the Security and Safety of Our Guests and Our Sites
We will give out personal information as required by law, for example, to comply with a court order or
subpoena; to enforce our Terms of Service, or site or game rules; or to protect the safety and security
of Guests and our sites. |
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