Community Television Foundation of South Florida, Inc. (“WPBT Channel 2”) Online Privacy Policy

Nothing is more important to us than protecting the private information of our visitors. WPBT Channel 2 adheres to a strict policy for ensuring the privacy of your—and your children’s—personally identifiable information (such as full name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and/or other identifiable information) and preserving the integrity of this online medium.

Questions regarding this statement should be directed to WPBT Channel 2 by sending an email to channel2@channel2.org.  Please reference this Privacy Policy in your subject line.

GATHERING AND USE OF INFORMATION:

  1. We collect information from you that you supply to us on a voluntary basis.  We also collect an IP address from each visitor to our site. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our site, analyze trends, track users' movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the site, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
  2. In order to participate in some activities, you might be asked to provide some personally identifiable information. This could be in connection with the following:
    • Contest or sweepstakes registration
    • Subscription registration for sites or services which require subscription (such as e-mail newsletters)
    • Member contributions
    • Requests for membership information
    • Transactions in the WPBT Channel 2 Mall
    • Content submissions, community postings (i.e., forums, bulletin boards, blogs), comments and suggestions, or voting
  3. WPBT Channel 2 may use your personally identifiable information for activities explained above, for internal and marketing promotional purposes.
  4. Tell-A-Friend: If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. WPBT Channel 2will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. WPBT Channel 2stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.
  5. Security: All information provided to WPBT Channel 2 is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. We also protect account information by placing it on a secure portion of our site that is only accessible by certain qualified employees of WPBT Channel 2. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information.
  6. It is WPBT Channel 2’s policy to occasionally exchange mailing lists containing your information with other non profit, non-political organizations. If you wish you’re your name NOT to be exchanged, please call 800-222-9728 and advise us accordingly.

INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS:
We collect an IP address from all visitors to our site. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server,
administer our site, analyze trends, track users' movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the site, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

TRACKING AND USE OF COOKIES:
Cookies are the small information files that your web browser places on your computer when you visit a Web site. In general, WPBT Channel 2 uses cookies to track user activity on our sites. Cookies enable many of the services and features of WPBT Channel 2 web sites in order for it to operate properly. These features include, but are not limited to, subscription and registration services, transactions in the WBPT Channel 2 Mall, submissions, community postings, comments and suggestions, voting, and localization features. You can set your browser software to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent; however, this may cause certain services and features to become unavailable or not function properly.

KIDVISION.ORG PRIVACY POLICY:
Because KidVision.org speaks to a special audience, Web sites that provide components for children must follow additional guidelines above and beyond the WPBT Channel 2 policies. For complete guidelines on information collection and sponsorship, please visit the KidVision.org Privacy Policy.

ACCEPTANCE OF WPBT CHANNEL 2 PRIVACY POLICY TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
By using this site, you signify your agreement to the terms and conditions of this WPBT Channel 2 Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use the site. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for any changes. Your continued use of WPBT Channel 2 web sites following the posting of any changes to these terms shall mean that you have accepted those changes. If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail us at channel2@channel2.org.

RULES OF THE ROAD:
Please also make sure to read WPBT Channel 2’s Internet Rules to understand the additional terms and conditions which apply to your use of our sites.

CONTACTING THE WEB SITE:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, you can contact:

WPBT Channel 2
PO Box 610002
Miami, FL 33261-0002

You can also send an email to: campuzan@wpbt.org

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