Binney & Smith Inc. has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for www.sillyputty.com. By visiting this portion of our site, you can expect to be notified of:
1. What personally identifiable information is collected
2. How the information is used
3. With whom the information will be shared
This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically.
How We Collect and Use Your Information
Many of the ways in which you interact with our site allow us to learn more about you. We collect and store statistics and other information about the online activities of our visitors on an aggregated (collective) basis. We use your ISP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information. Our site uses cookies to make sure you don't see the same banner ad repeatedly. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your Passport ID so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site, and for other purposes. We also track the number of people who view each page to learn which features are the most popular. But in these, and almost all other instances, we do not obtain personally identifiable information about you.
In those instances where we do collect personally identifiable information, you have the option of choosing to reveal it to us. Examples of when you voluntarily submit this kind of information include when you answer our polls or enter sweepstakes or contests.
Our online surveys and contests ask users for contact information (like their email address). We use contact data from our surveys to send the user information about our company. The user's contact information is only used to contact the user when necessary. However, on particular pages where we ask for your personally identifiable information, we may explicitly tell you that the data we are collecting on that page will be shared with third parties, in which case those disclosures shall override anything to the contrary in this policy. For example, before you submit answers to questions we ask in an advertiser-sponsored promotion, we will tell you that your answers will be shared with that advertiser.
We use an outside company to display advertising on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web site, cookies received with banner ads to collect anonymous preference and interest visitor information. This information is used to create anonymous interest profiles. This information does not include and is never merged with personally identifiable information (such as name, address or email address) or any information that is considered sensitive or controversial or that would compromise your privacy. These profiles are used to tailor site content, promotions and advertising and to perform market research. Consumers can opt-out from these profiles at any time. For more information on our advertising company, including your option not to have this information used for this purpose, go to www.engage.com.
In the event of a complaint, we may also receive personally identifiable information about you from other users or third parties who may communicate information to us about you in relation to that complaint.
Children's Guidelines
Children’s privacy is of primary concern to us.
WE DO NOT collect online contact information without prior parental consent or parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. Without prior parental consent, online information will only be used to respond directly to the child's request and will not be used for other purposes.
WE DO NOT collect personally identifiable offline contact information without prior parental consent.
WE DO NOT distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information without prior parental consent
WE DO NOT give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent
WE DO NOT require a child to provide us with more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity as a condition of participation.
Cookies and Other Tracking Methods Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive, not on our site. We use cookies or, in a limited number of cases, ISP addresses for a number of reasons. First, cookies allow you to store your password without having to constantly re-enter it. Second, cookies can also help us to tailor a Web site or a marketing message to better match your needs and interests. Third, cookies allow us to better understand how users use our site, which in turn helps us focus our resources on features that are most popular with our users. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of our site may not work properly if you do.
Note: sillyputty.com places advertising on our sites that originates from outside advertisers and/or advertising agencies. In some cases, if you click on or view these ads, a cookie may be assigned by the advertiser. sillyputty.com does not control these cookies. For more information on our advertising company, including your option not to have this information used for this purpose, go to www.engage.com.
Security
Binney & Smith makes every effort to ensure the security of your personal information, and the secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers. There are security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. This site uses SSL (secure server software) that encrypts all the personally identifiable information passing back and forth between your PC and our server.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure. We recommend that you never reveal your Passport ID to anyone. You will never receive a request from crayola.com for your Passport information in an unsolicited phone call or e-mail.
The privacy policy described here applies only to sillyputty.com, and not to other
companies' or organizations' Web sites to which we link, or which link to us. Also, while Binney & Smith hopes to provide a safe and secure online experience, be very careful about sharing your personal information with other
people you might meet as a result of your visit to sillyputty.com.
Contacting the Web Site
Questions regarding this statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site should be directed to:
ISG Webmaster
Binney & Smith Inc.
1100 Church Lane
POB 431
Easton, PA 18044
Jknecht@binney-smith.com