COPPA and Safe Site Ratings
Created: 2006-10-192,371 Views
COPPA Policy Compliancy
I, Erica StJohn, strive to maintain a ChildSafe site. All of the policies are in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. To read more about the COPPA policy, please click here: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm For FAQ’s about COPPA, please visit their site: http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/coppafaqs.htm .
3rd Parties (Advertisement, Marketing, etc) I do not disclose any information to third parties. Information that is collected for the website such as cookies are only used for statistical information. This is explained in more detail in the Privacy section. Never will any of this information be sold, traded, or given to third parties. I am the only one that will ever see the information that may be collected.
Postings: For postings on the website - a post in comments - the post is moderated (screened) before it is posted to insure it is not spam and that the content of the post is not crude, pornographic, drug related or anything that is unfavorable. If it does not meet these requirements, it is deleted and not posted. A parent has to right to request that his or her child’s comments be removed from this website by emailing me or a written request at the addresses below. Posting from the user is strictly volunteer. No posting is required to view the site.
Article Ratings: Some of the articles I have written on Aleeya dotNet are in a format that allow a person to "rate" the article. No information must be submitted for this. The only information that is tracked is the ip address of the person that rates the article. This is used for statistics only and does not have an name or any other information attached. No other person besides me will see these addresses. This rating is strictly volunteer. No rating or is required to view the site.
Email Article: Some of the articles on the site have an option to email the page to another email address. As explained in the Privacy section, a name and an email address are submitted to email the article. A real name or email address are not required. The information is retained in the database and for statistics. At any time a parent may request access to the articles that a child sent from this website and ask that the information be removed. Please see the Privacy section for a more detailed explanation of the information and a photo of what is seen by me (and only me). For emailing an article, any information sent from the user is strictly volunteer. This is not required to view the site.
Contact: This website has a contact page on it. The information (message) submitted is emailed to me. I am the only recipient of this email that is generated. As with any other information, this is voluntary and only appropriate responses to these emails will be replied. I keep these emails, and at any time, with a written request, a parent my ask to see the emails of their child. With the contact page, any information sent from the user is strictly volunteer. No contact is required to view the site.
As stated in the Privacy section, Aleeya dotNet only collects voluntary personal information given from anyone in relation to full name, home address, email address, telephone number or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the child. The information collected via cookies is only used for statistics. The information is collected if a person emails me via the contact page, sends an email to someone, or posts a comment. That information would be the name and the email or the person to contact or who posted the comment. The "name" to be filled out is voluntary as well as the email address. This is explained in more detail, how and where it is collected and used in the Privacy section.
If you have any questions about this which has been states, please contact me at erica.stjohn@gmail.com or I can be contacted in writing at:
Erica StJohn
815 Stadium Dr
Wake Forest NC 27587
919-554-0990
SafeSurf™ Rated
The website of Aleeya dotNet has been rated as a SafeSurf™ Site and is PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection) Labeled. For more information about the SafeSurf™ rating, please visit SafeSurf™ explanations for more specific details.
- Visit the SafeSurf™ website for more information on SafeSurf™.
- For more information on PICS, please visit http://www.w3.org/PICS/ .
ICRA
Aleeya dotNet is also labeled to ICRA (Internet Content Rating Association) standards. When being checked, Aleeya dotNet shows a green light with strict rules. This shows that Aleeya dotNet is contains:
- No nudity
- No sexual material
- No violence
- No potentially offensive language
- No potentially harmful activities
- User-generated content such as chat rooms and message boards (moderated)
This can be checked by viewing Label Tester . Aleeya dotNet is also ICRAchecked.
iWatchDog ICCS Certified
Aleeya dotNet has been iWatchDog™ ICCS™ certified. This site can be seen listed in the CSI SafeSites™ under the Family category.
This non-commercial rating means that this website, Aleeya dotNet:
- The web site has been validated as using an iWatchDog™ recognized PICS labeling system such as ICRA or SafeSurf™.
- The content of the web site has been validated as being consistent with the PICS rating/labeling affixed to that site or specific page.
- All links on the web site have been validated as linking to web sites that have no content which is considered "offensive" or "harmful" according to FTC and EU standards.
- The web site holds an active license to be posting a Non-Commercial ICCS™ Certified Seal.
Excerpt from: http://www.iwatchdog.org/iccs_certification.html used with permission.
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