This Privacy Policy was last modified on June 30, 2020.
Team Dork welcomes you to Dork Diaries.com, a website operated by Dork Diaries. We, at Team Dork, respect and protect the privacy of our users. We are committed to protecting your child’s privacy and have designed this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) to address your questions and concerns on how we collect, use and disclose information from children under the age of 13 and how parents can review, update or delete their children’s personal information.
Note to Parents and Guardians
Please review the entire Privacy Policy below and familiarize yourself with our website. This Policy applies only to information collected on DorkDiaries.com and does not apply to information collected by Team Dork offline, through any other means or websites that do not link to this Privacy Policy. Some of the sections and services on our website, such as “For Teachers” and “Dorky Reader Club Kits,” are directed to teachers, librarians, and adults. We do not intentionally or knowingly seek information from children in connection with those sections and services and any information submitted by children is not stored or retained. If you do not agree with all of the terms of this Policy, please do not use this site. By using DorkDiaries.com you agree to this Privacy Policy, the Terms and Conditions, and the transfer, collection, processing, and use of data by this site. Thank you for visiting DorkDiaries.com. We hope you find this Policy informative and easy to read.
Your privacy is important to us and we encourage parents to supervise their children’s activities online and to participate in their children’s online activities whenever possible. We also encourage children to always check with their parents or guardians before entering information on any website or mobile application and to never provide any personal information in their username.
Parents of children can be confident that any personal information that may be provided to our website will be collected and maintained in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Act (COPPA). We at Team Dork want everyone’s experience with our website to be a fun, positive, learning experience.
Collection of Information from Children
Children can use the Dork Diaries website without having to share personal information. And, they can visit our website without having to register with us. We do not ask for more information than is necessary for a child to participate in any activity. When we ask for your child’s name for special activities, such as posting Comments, Fan Stories or Fan Art, we are simply asking for non-personal information like a made-up silly name. We remind children to never use his/her real name while online, and we allow children to participate in most Dork Diaries activities anonymously by using no name at all. Anything submitted to the Dork Diaries website is screened by Team Dork prior to posting in order to detect and delete a user’s personal identifiable information, including full names, email addresses, home addresses, and telephone numbers. We also screen and moderate submissions to identify inappropriate or offensive posts.
We use technology, like cookies, to screen for age in accordance with COPPA and to recognize visitors when they return to our website. When a child accesses and interacts with DorkDiaries.com, we may collect certain technical information which helps us figure out which of our web features are successes and where we need to improve. The information we collect may include the Internet Protocol (IP) address, device or browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), operating system, content viewed, the frequency with which a child visits various parts of our website, and cookie ID. This information is aggregated and stored and only used for internal operations at Dork Diaries and is not shared. We may also use other technology, called web beacons, pixel tags, or clear GIFs, to provide us with other important anonymous information.
Third parties, partners, or contractors that support Dork Diaries by providing services, such as hosting, maintenance services, consulting, and content delivery may also use these technologies to collect similar information. Their collection and use of such information are only to support the internal operations of Dork Diaries.
USE AND DISCLOSURE
Team Dork may collect an email address and first name from your child under 13 without parental or guardian consent, but only for the following reasons:
If a child sends a request to Team Dork, then we may keep their email address long enough to respond to them. Team Dork deletes this information from our system soon after we answer their question or request.
If a child signs up for an email newsletter or other activity that requires multiple online contacts with the child, we also ask the child for a parent or guardian’s email address so we can notify the parent or guardian and give them an opportunity to opt-out of such usage. We may use the child’s online contact information for the purpose stated in the notice if the parent or guardian fails to respond to the notice. The child’s personal information will not be used for any other purpose or disclosed or combined with any other information collected from the child.
If at any time a parent or guardian refuses to permit further contact with their child, parents or guardians can simply click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any Dork Diaries newsletter and Team Dork will have no further contact with your child. If you require the review or deletion of your and your child’s personal information, please contact us at [email protected] with your request.
Team Dork may feature contests or sweepstakes that are open to children. In order to participate in the contest or sweepstakes, we typically require only the information necessary for the child to participate, such as the child’s first name and the parent or guardian’s email address so we can notify the parent (where required by law) that their child registered for a contest or sweepstakes. If the child wins the contest, Team Dork will only contact the parent via email to request information for prize fulfillment. We may also contact the parent or guardian to obtain consent prior to the child’s participation in the contest or sweepstakes. Any information you or your child gives us in the above special circumstances will be deleted from our database once the contest or sweepstakes is concluded or as prescribed by law.
We may also disclose collected personal information where we are required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or subpoena. Furthermore, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we may disclose collected personal information to a law enforcement agency or other public agency (including schools or children services) in response to a request or if we feel that such disclosure may prevent the instigation of a crime, facilitate an investigation related to public safety or protect the safety of a child using our website, protect the integrity or security of our website or enable us to take precautions against liability.
Team Dork may disclose collected personal information to third parties, partners, contractors, agents, or service providers that offer services and support to Dork Diaries, such as hosting, maintenance services, consulting, and content delivery. These entities have agreed to maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of such personal information and not disclose or use it for any other purpose. The collection and use of personal information by these entities are only to support the internal operations of Dork Diaries consistent with this Privacy Policy.
If we sell all or part of our business or make a sale or transfer of our assets or are otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, we may transfer collected personal information to a third party as part of the transaction, to the extent permitted by law.
Links To Other Websites
Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not controlled or operated by Dork Diaries. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website. We are not responsible for the privacy or data collection practices of any third party and strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
Parental/Guardian Rights and Control
Upon proper identification, parents or guardians may review the personal information we have collected about their child, update, request deletion, or refuse to allow further collection or use by writing to us at:
Dork Diaries
c/o Writers House
120 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10271
Attention: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Please be sure to include your child’s name and email address in your request.
Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope our Policy gave you a clear understanding of the ways your personal information may be collected and used by Team Dork. We also hope our Policy helps you to realize the ways in which we really are committed to safeguarding online privacy. Please note that, we may change our policy from time to time. When this happens, we will notify you of the new policy by posting a privacy policy revision date at the beginning of our privacy policy. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us to get an answer. Use of this site signifies your acceptance of the terms and conditions.
Dork Diaries
c/o Writers House
120 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10271
Attention: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
[email protected]
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