Privacy Policy

My School Rocks! Magazine considers issues relating to your privacy to be a serious matter. As such, My School Rocks! Magazine has created and implemented this Privacy Policy so that you understand what My School Rocks! Magazine may and may not do with certain personal information. This Privacy Policy describes the guidelines My School Rocks! Magazine uses to protect the information we collect about you during your visit(s) to our Web Sites. By visiting My School Rocks! Magazine's Web Sites you consent to the collection and use of information described below and in Web Site Terms of Use.

This Privacy Policy will apply to all websites of My School Rocks! Magazine that link to this Privacy Policy.

Introduction

My School Rocks! Magazine (hereafter referred to as "MSR") will only use personally identifiable information about you in accordance with this Privacy Policy, the Web Site Terms of Use and the MSR Store Policy. Personally identifiable information is information about you that can be attributed to you. In this Privacy Policy, personally identifiable information will be referred to as "personal information".

Collection of Information

In order to use some of the features and services provided at MSR's websites, MSR may require that you provide some personal information. This personal information could include, but is not limited to, your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card information, IP address and personal interests. MSR may issue to you a unique "user ID" which you will be required to provide each time you use certain features and services.

In order to purchase digital products or other items available, MSR may require credit card information.

In addition, MSR uses "cookies" and other technologies on its websites. Cookies are a unique identifier that are sent to your Internet browser. The Internet browser may then store the cookie on your harddrive. Cookies can be used to track a visitor to a website as the visitor navigates the website and to store information. Firstly, cookies enable a visitor to have a more unique and enriching experience while visiting MSR's websites. For example, if a visitor requests that the webpages be delivered to the visitor in a specific language a cookie will be used to record this information so that the visitor does not need to specify to his or her language preference for each webpage that is delivered to the visitor's browser. Secondly, MSR uses cookies to track a visitor's navigation through its websites.

This helps MSR understand how its websites are being used.

Most browsers will allow a user to refuse cookies. Check your browser's options for this feature. However, if you set your browser to refuse cookies, you may not be able to use all of the features of MSR's websites.

If you have a user ID, then MSR may collect information about your use of the features and services of its websites (whether or not you provide your user ID on each visit) and MSR may associate this information with your personal information. If a visitor does not have a user ID but does permit cookies, then MSR only has the means to track use of its websites by that visitor but MSR has no means to determine who that visitor is. Regardless of the information MSR collects from the use of its websites, MSR will only use this information for the limited purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Other technologies used include clear GIFs and IP address logging. Clear GIFs (a.k.a. web bugs, beacons or tags) are small graphic images placed on a web page, web-based document, or in an e-mail message. Clear GIFs are invisible to the user because they are typically very small (only 1-by-1 pixel) and the same color as the background of the web page, document or e-mail message. We do not use clear GIFs to collect personal information about you. However, we may use clear GIFs capture statistical usage information for our web pages, features or other elements on a web page. We may correlate this information to a user to personalize user experience and for statistical analysis of user experiences on our web pages.

Uses of Information

MSR will only make one or more of the following uses of your personal information:

• Analyse personal information and other data in order to enhance MSR's websites, software, and services;
• Use personal information for the purpose for which it was provided and certain other activities which are reasonably ancillary to such purpose. For example, if you send us an e-mail with a question or comment, MSR will use your e-mail address to respond to you. Further, MSR may store your e-mail and e-mail address and a copy of our response for future reference;
• Use email addresses provided to MSR to provide to you information about future MSR products and services notwithstanding that the e-mail address may have been provided for a different purpose; and
• MSR may also use and disclose personal information that is relevant to a legal proceeding or as permitted or required by law.

In the event MSR sells or transfers ownership or control of any or all of its services, MSR reserves the right to transfer and disclose your personal information to that party. However, MSR will require that party to agree that they will be similarly bound by the provisions of this Privacy Policy and that they will only use your personal information as MSR is similarly entitled under this Privacy Policy.

MSR has engaged certain service providers to assist MSR in its activities. For that purpose, it may be necessary for MSR to disclose your personal Information to these services providers. However, MSR will require that these service providers agree that they will only use your personal information solely for the purpose of assisting MSR in its activities and that they will adhere to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, MSR will not sell, rent, loan, trade, lease or otherwise transfer any personal information, including e-mail addresses, to any third party and MSR will treat any personal information you provide as confidential information.

How Long is the Information Kept?

MSR will only keep the personal information for so long as it is useful. At the conclusion of such time, MSR will delete this information.

Security

MSR's websites have security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the personal information under MSR's control. However, MSR cannot guarantee that these security measures will not be breached.

Changes to the MSR's Privacy Policy

MSR reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason.

MSR will notify visitors of changes to this Privacy Policy by providing notice of the change for at least 30 days on MSR's homepage at www.MySchoolRocks.com.