MeritBadge.com Privacy Policies
INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USEGeneral MeritBadge.com is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Currently, MeritBadge.com only collects information from its visitors at one point on this website, the forums. Correction/Updating/Removing Personal Information If a forum member's personally identifiable information changes, or if a member no longer desires our service, we will correct, update, or remove that member's personal data provided to us. Contact us via our Feedback page and let us know what changes you would like made to your information. The Forums MeritBadge.com provides an online forum for discussing Scouting issues free of charge and without registration requirements subject to an additional conditions of use and privacy policy notice. All contributions to the forum are displayed on the MeritBadge.com website. This forum is reviewed periodically by the MeritBadge.com team members for appropriate content. Youth visitors under 13 years of age may read the forums but should not join and participate in the forums without the express written permission of MeritBadge.com . Links This website contains thousands of links to other sites. When we link to another site, we try to assure that the other site is displayed outside of any frames that we may use on any of our pages. After clicking on a link you should look at the address/location box on your browser to determine which site you are visiting. If the address has changed from a MeritBadge.com address to a different address, the content and practices of that site are beyond our control. Please be aware that MeritBadge.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. The privacy statement on this web page applies solely to information collected by MeritBadge.com . Log Files Like all web sites, we log all accesses to our website for administrative, statistical, and security purposes. Policies for Youth (Individuals under 13 Years of Age) No registration is required to visit MeritBadge.com . Youth have complete access to all public information published online at MeritBadge.com . This website is designed to be family friendly. Youth under the age of 13 are required to provide the email address of a parent or guardian when conducting internet correspondence with MeritBadge.com . This allows the parent or guardian to be aware of and participate in the youth's online experience. We will not respond to youth members under the age of 13 without parental consent. No personal information about youth is posted online at MeritBadge.com by the website staff. While youth visitors are allowed to read our forums, they are not allowed to participate directly in those forums for any reason without the express written permission of MeritBadge.com . Registration Site visitors are not required to complete a registration form to visit our sites or to view any published contents. No visitor is required at any time to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender), and unique identifiers (such as social security number). Visitors wishing to become a member of our forums are required to provide an e-mail address. Sharing MeritBadge.com does not currently share aggregated demographic information with advertisers. Surveys & Contests MeritBadge.com does not conduct surveys or contests. Suggestions and Comments When you submit information via email to MeritBadge.com using our Feedback or Submissions web pages, we may share this information with any of the members of the MeritBadge.com team. We reserve the right to share this information with others outside our team when appropriate such as when necessary to protect the public, to provide useful feedback to the Boy Scouts of America, and to better serve the users of this web site. Supplementation of Information MeritBadge.com does not supplement the information we receive from visitors with information from 3rd party sources. ADMINISTRATIVENotification of Changes If MeritBadge.com decides to change its privacy policy, we will announce those changes on our home page so that our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. Your Acceptance of These Terms By using this website, you signify your assent to the MeritBadge.com Internet Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site. Your continued use of the MeritBadge.com website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. The MeritBadge.com Internet Privacy Policy is published to comply with the United States Federal Trade Commission rules for website operators to make sure that youth privacy is protected while they're online. These rules are part of the 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Parents are encouraged to read How to Protect Kids' Privacy Online at the US Federal Trade Commission website.
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