NickJr.com is committed to providing quality online activities and information, while promoting the online safety and privacy of our users.
advertisementNickJr.com Privacy Policy
NickJr.com is committed to providing quality online activities and information to parents of preschoolers. While we encourage the interactive nature of online media, we strive to promote the online safety and privacy of our users.
advertisementInformation-Collection Policies
NickJr.com's target audience is parents of preschoolers (excluding the Playtime area, which is intended for preschoolers and their parents and which is governed by special information-collection policies--please see below for more on the Playtime area). NickJr.com's design, content, and language, as well as our activities, target a parent audience. We do request personally identifiable information from parents who choose to participate in certain activities available on NickJr.com, as described below. If we were to discover that a child submitted personally identifiable information, NickJr.com would delete the information immediately.
advertisementRegistered Membership
NickJr.com provides registered membership for our parent audience. In order to participate in our registered member activities, we ask users to submit personal information (e.g. full name, e-mail address, zip code, birthday). All such personal information is collected for the purpose of providing our users access to NickJr.com's registered members activities. Once registered, users can participate in registered member activities such as newsletters, message boards, NickJr.com advisory board (where members will be contacted by NickJr.com for feedback and opinions on various subjects), registered member sweepstakes (refers to those sweepstakes that are open only to registered members; for sweepstakes that are open to all grown-up users, please see "General Activities: Contests and Online Sweepstakes" section below) and "Third Party" offers (the opportunity for registered members to receive information concerning special offers and promotions sent by either NickJr.com on behalf of or in partnership with other third party businesses selected by NickJr.com or directly by such third parties). At any time after the registration process, registered members can choose to discontinue participating in some of the registered member activities (e.g. newsletters, NickJr.com advisory board, "Third Party" offers) or altogether unregister by electing to unsubscribe to such activity, which option can be found at the end of every NickJr.com correspondence sent to users.
advertisementUse of Registered Members Information
All information collected during the registration process is used for the purpose of providing our users access to NickJr.com's registered members activities. For instance, if the registered member selected to receive newsletters, special announcements, offers and promotions from Nickelodeon, we use the information provided by such registered member to send them the requested information which we may send by e-mail and occasionally, by postal mail, for those who have provided us with mailing addresses. The information provided by registered members may also be shared with third parties as more fully described below in "Use and Disclosure of Information" and in the following manner. In connection with registered members who have indicated that they would like to receive "Third Party" offers, NickJr.com may sometimes share and transfer the personal information collected from our registered members with and to third party business partners selected by NickJr.com to promote, sponsor and/or fulfill our "Third Party" offers who will use such information to directly contact and send registered members special offers and promotions provided by the third party business partner. Other times, we on behalf of the third party business partner may send registered members third party special offers and promotions, but only if the registered member has requested such "Third Party" offers.
advertisementGeneral Activities
Online Contests and Sweepstakes
NickJr.com offers parents the opportunity to enter contests and sweepstakes. NickJr.com may ask for information such as parent's first name, parent's e-mail address, parent's birth date, child's first name and birth date and in some instances, NickJr.com may collect telephone numbers for certain types of contests. NickJr.com uses this information for purpose of conducting the contests and sweepstakes and does not (except as set forth herein) disclose such information externally to third parties, except with a fulfillment house which NickJr.com uses to help select winners and fulfill prizes and, in some cases, with third-party sponsors. From time to time, NickJr.com may offer contests and sweepstakes sponsored by third party businesses and may share with such third party businesses entrant information collected by NickJr.com. In these types of contests and sweepstakes, NickJr.com will disclose to potential entrants that such information will be so supplied and the identity of the third party to whom such information will be supplied at the time entrant information is collected and will provide potential entrants with the opportunity to opt out of such third party sponsored contests and sweepstakes. However, any information supplied to a third party may be retained by such third party and will be out of the control of NickJr.com. Entrants of NickJr.com contests and sweepstakes have the opportunity to opt-in (by indicating so on the entry form) to become subscribers of the NickJr.com newsletter and to receive other e-mail special announcements and promotions. Please see "Electronic Newsletter and Special Announcements Subscription" below. The personal information collected from those entrants who have chosen to opt-in to the Electronic Newsletter and Special Announcements Subscription shall be maintained by NickJr.com. For those who elect not to opt-in, and/or entrants who have not been selected as winners, NickJr.com will delete personal information collected on the online entry forms from its system, however, personal information collected online from contests and sweepstakes winners may be maintained by NickJr.com and may be shared with third parties for fulfillment purposes, as described above, as well as internally. Entrant's decision not to opt-in will not affect eligibility for contests and sweepstakes and will not impact your chances of winning.
advertisementElectronic Newsletter and Special Announcements Subscription NickJr.com provides parents the opportunity to receive e-mails containing the NickJr.com Newsletter, along with other Special Announcements pertaining to NickJr.com and/or Nickelodeon. These e-mails will provide subscribers with Nickelodeon information updates, announcements, and promotions. We request no personally identifiable information from the parent except his/her e-mail address, which we use solely for the purpose of sending the e-mails. The e-mail address provided to NickJr.com may be transferred, disclosed, or shared with third parties who may be engaged by us specifically to handle the preparation and delivery of the e-mails and perform other related technical and processing functions. At anytime after the signup process, parents can choose to discontinue their subscriptions to NickJr.com's Newsletter and Special Announcements altogether by electing to unsubscribe, through the unsubscribe option found at the end of each NickJr.com e-mail sent to users.
advertisementE-mail
NickJr.com provides parents the opportunity to send e-mail to us. We request no personally identifiable information from the parent except his/her first name and e-mail address, which we use solely for the purpose of responding to questions. The grown-up's first name and e-mail address are deleted from our system periodically.
advertisementElectronic Postcards & Games
NickJr.com gives parents the opportunity to send "electronic postcards" to friends and family. We ask the user to submit the first name and e-mail addresses of their friends and family. NickJr.com uses this information only for the purpose of sending the postcards. The friend's e-mail address is deleted immediately from our system.
advertisement"Nick Jr. Arcade"
Ordering from the Site and Opening an Account
When customers make purchases through NickJr.com (e.g. games from "Nick Jr. Arcade") other than using the Nick Arcade Game Card (which does not require our customers to enter any personally identifiable information), customers are required to provide us with their full name, billing and/or shipping addresses, e-mail address, and credit card number/expiration date. We also provide our customers the opportunity to send to family and friends gifts items purchased by the customer and will send, on behalf of customers who request it, e-mails to family or friends notifying them that someone has sent them a gift. To do this, we ask customers to provide us with their family or friend's first name and e-mail address. We use this information only to send the gift recipient the item(s) the customer has requested their family or friend receive. During the checkout process, customers are provided the opportunity to receive newsletters, sales and promotions from Nickelodeon. To be removed from the contact list at any time, customers can elect to unsubscribe in the next e-mail they receive from Nickelodeon. If customers do not complete the order process (e.g., fail to enter a valid credit card number/expiration date or fail to complete a purchase transaction) the information customers submitted during the order process will not be captured by our systems. Once customers have successfully entered a valid credit card number/expiration date and completed the order process, an account will be created and maintained for customers. We use this information to process the customer's order and to send order confirmations via e-mail. We also may use this information to send our customers a print catalog based on the information provided. We do not sell, transfer or share the information with third parties except, the information is transferred, disclosed and shared with our third party agent who uses the information solely to handle and manage fulfillment and customer service. Our third party agent is not permitted to use the information for other purposes and the third-party agent has agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information. We may, from time to time, combine the information from accounts with information received from the Nick Jr. Shop, in which case the account information will be used as described below.
advertisement"Nick Jr. Playtime" Area
The "Nick Jr. Playtime" area on NickJr.com (the "Playtime area") is an area of our site where parents can enjoy quality online entertainment with their preschool-aged children. This area includes Games, Stories, Music, Art, Shows and other activities, the design, content and language of which are targeted to preschoolers. The Playtime area is fully compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.
It is our policy in the Playtime area to require only the minimal collection of information from our visitors. Consistent with this policy, the Playtime area of NickJr.com limits the collection of information from kids to what is known as non-personally identifiable information (e.g. first name). Other than the collection of such non-personally identifiable information, we do not collect personal information from our users in the Playtime area. As such, we do not share any personal information about our users in the Playtime area with any third parties. In addition, we do not condition a kid's participation in any games or other online activities contained in the Playtime area on the disclosure of more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity. Lastly, we provide a "bumper page" at certain points in the Playtime area of our site to let users know when they are entering an area that is limited to parents and we also provide a "bumper page" when linking from the Playtime area to an advertiser's site or other websites, which may have their own information practices that are different from ours, in order to let users know they are going to an advertiser's site or other websites.
advertisementUse and Disclosure of Information
At NickJr.com, we may share non-individual, aggregate information (e.g. non-personally identifiable information) about our users internally within Nickelodeon and externally with third parties, such as advertisers and business partners. We also use personal information collected on our site internally within Nickelodeon, however, it is our policy to not disclose externally with third parties personal information collected on our site, except in the following instances:
advertisementThird Party Businesses
From time to time, we may partner with outside third parties to provide you with additional content, products, or services that we believe may be of interest. For example, we may partner with a greeting card company, software manufacturer, or telephone provider to offer you electronic cards, games, or telephone messaging. These partners operate Web sites that are separate and independent from Nick.com and NickJr.com. We receive e-mail addresses from these sites of adults who request to receive information--including newsletters, sales, and special offers--from us. If you do not wish to receive information from Nickelodeon, you can unsubscribe by following the information at the bottom of any newsletter you receive or call us at 212-846-2543 and inform us that you no longer wish to receive correspondence from Nickelodeon.
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The personal information provided to NickJr.com may be transferred, disclosed or shared with third parties who may be engaged by us specifically to handle and deliver certain activities (e.g., message boards, sweepstakes, e-cards, newsletters, advisory board) and perform other technical and processing functions, such as sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from registration lists, programming, providing user services to our users, or otherwise operating our site. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes and have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information and have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information.
advertisementBusiness Transfers
In the event that all or substantially all of the assets relating to NickJr.com are transferred or sold to another entity, personally identifiable information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
advertisementOnline Contests and Sweepstakes
In addition to the fulfillment houses to whom NickJr.com may supply personal information collected from contests and sweepstakes entrants for the purpose of helping NickJr.com select winners and fulfill prizes, NickJr.com may supply third-party sponsors with personal information collected from contests and sweepstakes entrants in connection with certain online contests and sweepstakes. In each such case, NickJr.com will disclose to potential entrants that such information will be supplied to a third party, and the identity of such third party, at the time entrant information is collected. Please see "General Activities: Online Contests and Sweepstakes" above.
advertisementInformation Received from www.shop.nickjr.com
The website www.shop.nickjr.com (the "Shop") which is hosted and operated by a third party and is independent and separate from NickJr.com, collects personal information about its users and shares and transfers such information with us. We use the personal information we receive internally within Nickelodeon but we do not sell, transfer, or share this personally identifiable information with third parties except as described in this policy.
From time to time, we may transfer, disclose or share such information with third parties who may be engaged by us specifically to handle and manage certain functions (e.g., fulfilling contests and sweepstakes conducted on the Shop to which we are sponsors). Such third parties have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use such personally identifiable information for other purposes and have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of any information they receive from us.
We are always looking for ways to improve your shopping experience with Nickelodeon, such as ways to help us offer new Nickelodeon products and services we believe may be of interest to you. In order to accomplish this goal, we may combine and share the personally identifiable information we collect online with information available from other sources including information received from promotional partners, from third-party marketing organizations or other third parties. This information, in addition to the information you have already provided us, will help us to offer new Nickelodeon products and services we believe may be of interest to you. Additionally, in the event that all or substantially all of the assets relating to NickJr.com are transferred or sold to another entity, personal information we received from the Shop may be transferred to the acquiring entity. Finally, we may also disclose personal information about Shop users to third parties in order to comply with law or requests by law enforcement agencies, to enforce the Shop's Terms and Conditions or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Shop's users and others.
In addition, we may use the personal information received from the Shop to provide you with our print catalog, and to contact those Shop users who have asked that Nickelodeon contact them directly about such things as sales and special offers. To request that we discontinue sending you our print catalog, please contact us at Nick Jr. 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, ATTN: Catalog Manager. To opt out of receiving Nickelodeon Newsletters, please follow the unsubscribe information at the bottom of any newsletter that you receive.
advertisementThis page was last updated on October 16, 2009.