CHILDREN’S PRIVACY POLICY
Information collected and maintained by:
Maple Leaf Farms, Inc.
9166 North 200 East
P.O. Box 308
Milford, Indiana 46542
(574) 658-4121
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") requires that we inform parents and legal guardians about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information from children under thirteen (13) years of age. COPPA also requires us to obtain the consent of parents and legal guardians in order for children under thirteen (13) years of age to use certain features of our website. Parents and legal guardians may be referenced collectively as “parents” herein.
This Children’s Privacy Policy applies to the website located at www.mightybiteschicken.com (the “Website”). Visitors to the Website may participate in many of our offerings and activities without providing any personally identifiable information (such as first and last name, address, email address, telephone number, etc.). However, to participate in certain interactive features on the Website, we may ask users to provide us with personally identifiable information. Following is a more detailed description of our information collection and use practices.
For Children under 13 – PLEASE READ!
Your safety is important to us, so we have rules in place to protect your privacy and to keep the Website a safe place for you to visit.
When you want to participate in certain features on the Website (for example, when you sign up to receive newsletters or regular emails from us), we will contact your parents to get their permission for you to participate in these features. Once your parents give us that permission, we may store your personal information and use it to contact you regularly about those particular features.
For Parents of Children under 13
This information is for moms, dads and guardians of children who register to use the Website. Please read the following and contact us at mightybites@mapleleaffarms.com if you have any questions about our Children’s Privacy Policy.
Our Children’s Privacy Policy explains our information collection and use practices directed to children under the age of 13 who provide personally identifiable information about themselves through the Website. This Children’s Privacy Policy also applies to information submitted by parents about their children under the age of 13.
Please read this Children’s Privacy Policy carefully, so that you know exactly how we collect and use information, how you can submit or change your child’s information, and how you can request that we delete your child's information.
Our Children’s Privacy Policy answers the following questions.
1. What personal information do we collect from children?
2. How do we use and share the personal information that we have collected from children?
3. How do we notify and obtain consent from parents?
4. How can parents access, change or delete personal information about their children?
5. How will we notify you if our Children’s Privacy Policy changes?
6. Who do you contact if you have questions or concerns about our Children’s Privacy Policy?
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM CHILDREN?
We do not collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen (13) unless they register to use certain features of the Website, which features require us to maintain their personal information in a database. For example, if your child wishes to receive our newsletter, or to receive regular emails from us about products, services or Website updates, then we will store his/her personal information to make these regular communications. Further, if your child enters a contest or a sweepstakes on the Website, then we will store his/her personal information and we may use it to contact him/her about the results of the contest or sweepstakes. The only information we collect from a child during this registration process is the child’s first name, the child’s date of birth, the child’s e-mail address (if any), and the parent's e-mail address. We collect birth dates to validate the ages of all of our guests. We do not collect any other personally identifiable information from children during the registration process.
HOW DO WE USE AND SHARE THE PERSONAL
INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED FROM CHILDREN?
When a child under the age of thirteen (13) registers to use those features of the Website described above, we use the parent's e-mail address to notify the parent of the registration request (as described in detail below). To personalize our communications about a child, we may use the child’s first name in those communications to the parent.
We do not disclose any child’s personal information to third parties, unless disclosure is reasonably necessary to: protect the security of integrity of our Website; take precautions against liability; respond to judicial process; or, provide information to law enforcement agencies or for an investigation related to public safety, but only to the extent permitted under provisions of law.
How do we notify and obtain consent from parents?
We send parents an e-mail when their child registers to use the features of the Website that require disclosure of personal information. In this e-mail, we provide parents with the opportunity to refuse their child’s registration. If the parent refuses the child’s registration, we delete the child’s personal information from our database. If we do not hear back from the parent, we assume it is acceptable for the child to be registered and we will keep that child’s personal information in our database. Once a parent permits a child to register, the child will be able to use the requested features of the Website without any further notification to the parent.
How can parents access, change or delete
personal information about their children?
At any time, parents can request that any personal information we have collected from or about their child(ren) be changed or deleted from our records. A parent may contact our customer service department to access, change or delete the personal information that we have collected from his or her child by sending an e-mail to mightybites@mapleleaffarms.com. Parents must include the child’s full name and e-mail address (if any) and the parent’s e-mail address in the e-mail so that we can better assist you with your inquiry or request.
How will we notify you if our Children’s Privacy Policy changes?
We may amend our Children’s Privacy Policy at any time. We will use reasonable efforts to provide parents with notice by e-mail of any material changes in the way we intend to collect, use and/or share children’s personal information. Please note that, at all times, parents should keep personal information updated in order to provide us with current e-mail addresses. We will apply material changes in our Children’s Privacy Policy only in conformance with applicable law, including any applicable provisions of COPPA that require parental consent.
Who do you contact if you have questions or concerns
about our Children’s Privacy Policy?
If you need further assistance, please send an e-mail with your questions or comments to mightybites@mapleleaffarms.com or write to us at:
Maple Leaf Farms, Inc.
Attn: Website Issues
9166 North 200 East
P.O. Box 308
Milford, Indiana 46542
You may also telephone us at 800-348-2812. (If you are not 18 years of age or older, you must have your parent or guardian's permission to call this number.) |
