PRIVACY POLICY

Anchors Unlimited Science Fun, Inc. Privacy Policy

Anchors Unlimited Science Fun, Inc. (AUI) abides by the principles set forth in the Safe Harbor framework, by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

AUI is not a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program but follows the principles. If users have questions or concerns regarding this statement, they should first contact our Help Desk.

Help Desk
Anchors Unlimited, Inc.
PO Box 130364
Ann Arbor, MI 48113 Email: captain@anchorsciencefun.com
To reach us by phone, call 1/866-ASK ETHER ext. 01678445 (.20/min), for consultation, set up a meeting or tutoring.

1) Company Background

AUI is an educational corporation, which focuses on life science, and integrates math and other content areas, when applicable. Michigan and National State Standards are usually used for the basis of content for onsite programs and website activities. The content is facilitated by certified teachers. Using the most recent research and methodology is the goal, in carrying out objectives. We encourage free speech, asking questions and questioning the status quo, in our activities.

AUI was founded in 1994 and is registered in the State of Michigan as a nonprofit corporation. It received its final tax-exempt determination in 1999. It is a Combined Federal Campaign participant, has received funding from Charity Motors and numerous other businesses and individual donors. AUI does not receive government funding and spends no money on fundraising. The organization presently has no paid employees.

We are deeply committed to keeping our website safe and enjoyable for you and your family. AUI strives to conform to the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO) Code of Standards and Principles, the FTC’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Final Rule, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) Guidelines for Advertising on the Internet and Online Services, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Graham-Leach Bliley Act, and other privacy regulations and guidelines in the U.S.

Surveys, polls and quizzes are used simply for entertainment and educational purposes. We don’t offer the answers provided to any outside source.

AUI routinely reviews its security features and privacy practices, and enhances them to better protect your privacy. Such changes may necessitate modifications to this document, so for up-to-date information about our privacy practices, please refer to the online version of this policy. Our privacy practices are explained in greater detail below.

During the registration process on sciencefun.us (a site directed towards, intended for, and appealing to youth, young adults and science enthusiasts) we require individuals to provide us with contact information (e.g., name and email address) and demographic information (e.g., gender, birth date, city, state, zip code, and country). To allow individuals to modify their submissions at a later point in time, we also ask registrants to establish a username and password. This means that if an individual under the age of 13 attempts to register, their registration information will be collected, but automatically deleted.

During the registration process on sciencefun.us we require individuals to provide us with their parent’s email address. This enables us to contact the parent if parental permission is required for particular activities due to its subject nature or software download requirements. Children under age 13 are not permitted to register, and are blocked from registering via a session cookie. Adults are allowed to register children, when they are aware of the rules, activities, and indication of the parent involvement is noted.

Other Information Collected on the AUI Interactive Website

As part of the survey process, we often ask members other demographic information and other information related to interests, hobbies, and product/technology usage. We collect this information so that we can create ongoing activities with the participants interests in mind. We also summarize information learned and offer feedback and follow up reports.

Visitors to our website are provided email forms to contact us if they have questions, comments, are interested in job opportunities, or require further information on our products or services. Responses to such inquiries may be sent via email or regular mail.

Information Collected Passively on the Website

Like other websites on the Internet, we use a variety of mechanisms to keep our sites running smoothly and ensure that your experience is a pleasant one. We use cookies, small data files stored on your computer’s hard drive, to collect information such as browser, type of computer, operating system, Internet service provider, access times and other similar information. We also use cookies to retain your username and password.

Many visitors may know that erasing the cookies is possible by going to TOOLS, Microsoft software, clicking Internet Options and the cookies, temporary files, etc. can be removed.
Cookies allow us to recognize our members every time they return to the sites. Although, for your protection you are still required to log in each time you visit in order to access password-protected areas of our sites, such as the "Contest, Activities, Quizzes", which contains the personally identifiable information you have provided to us. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser.

Legal Disclaimer

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our website.

Your Opinions on the Website

We are committed to giving you the maximum of enjoyment, and at a level of comprehension and easy participation on our site. Let us know your ideas at any time.

If at any point you decide that you no longer wish to be a member of the AUI database, you may send an email request with the word "unsubscribe" to anchorsciencefun.com. We are always reviewing request of members, to serve on our Advisory Board.

Parents, may unsubscribe children who are registered members, using the first name of the child (or user name) to unsubscribe. The message must come from the email account provided as the "parent’s email account."

Safety and Security

We have limited security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. If a member cannot remember his or her password, he or she can send a message to the website Help Desk anchorsciencefun.com to retrieve it. To protect the security of our members’ contact information, requests to retrieve passwords must include information to allow us to verify the member’s identity.

A Note to Parents

We encourage parents and guardians to be involved in their children’s activities on the Internet. Individuals registering are encouraged to provide their parent’s email address so that we can notify the parent when the child has registered.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify users via email. If users have opted out of all communication with the site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our website notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice we will also email users who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.

Resubmitted July 4, 2006
Lisa Johnson, MSA, CHES
Founder
Anchors Unlimited Science Fun, Inc.
PO Box 130364, Ann Arbor, MI 4113
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