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Important information and resources regarding Kidsregen.org

Contacting Kidsregen.org
Children may email the Kidsregen.org editorial team using only the email address of the adult member registered at Kidsregen.org. Children’s questions emailed to info@kidsregen.org from email addresses not registered by adult members will not receive personal responses, but answers may be posted in general editorial sections within the site such as a message board.

Kidsregen.org will not store email addresses that have not been registered by adult members.

Children under the age of 13 who are not registered members may email the Kidsregen.org editorial team, but they will receive only one response. After this one email, if children wish to email Kidsregen.org and receive a response, they must become members of a Kidsregen Club and obtain their parent or guardian's consent.

Cookies
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Questions about Kidsregen.org’s membership?
Parents, guardians, and teachers may review or delete a Kid's, Family, or Classroom membership at any time, or revoke further collection or use of the child’s personal information. Changes to personal information must be directed to: info@kidsregen.org

Or mailed to:
Kidsregen.org Membership
611 Siegfriedale Road
Kutztown, PA 19530

Keeping kids safe on the internet

The safety of children on the Internet is very important to Kidsregen.org. That is why we follow the requirements set by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). We require an adult’s permission for all children, regardless of age, who want to sign up as members of our Kid’s Club. It is our policy never to print identifying information about children, such as last names or addresses, on our website. For more information, read our full privacy policy.

Privacy Policy
Welcome to Kidsregen.org, The Rodale Institute®’s youth educational program, located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Kidsregen.org’s mission is to provide age-appropriate, solution-oriented activities and information based on nature and gardening that empower kids to make healthy choices for themselves and the environment.
Kidsregen.org is a free site and welcomes all visitors. We want all children, families, and educators to feel confident that Kidsregen.org is a safe place for kids to visit, learn, and grow! As a non-profit, we are not required under federal law to adhere to the laws provided by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). However, we are committed to ensuring the safety of all children who visit the site, and that is why we comply with COPPA laws as they pertain to children less than 13 years of age.

Membership
A child’s participation in activities will not be conditional upon providing more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in any activity. Visitors may freely use all areas of the Kidsregen.org website, with the exception of its Kidsregen Clubs member’s only pages. In order to encourage more active participation in activities, Kidsregen.org invites children, and families to register for free membership. All members receive a screen name and a password to use for verification purposes. Using this secret password, members may access special member’s only pages that contain information, activities, contests, and giveaways not found elsewhere on the site. Children of any age may not become members without the consent of a parent or guardian, and we strongly encourage adults to join their children in a family membership as they discover the site’s wealth of information.

Collection and Disclosure
of Personal Information
Membership
In order to register its members, Kidsregen.org will collect certain personal information from parents or guardians of the child. This information is limited to: child’s first name, child’s date of birth, child’s gender, parent’s first name, and parent’s email address. Parents and guardians have the option to include or exclude their telephone number and their home or other physical address including street name, name of city or town, and name of country. The collected information is required so that registered members can access member’s only pages. Parents and guardians have the option to receive monthly newsletters featuring membership bonuses, special features, and sneak previews. Newsletters are emailed only to registered adult members who have specifically requested to receive them.

Submissions and Contests
Children, whether or not they are members, may submit stories, photos, artwork, letters, questions, survey answers, and contest entries to Kidsregen.org by mail at The Rodale Institute, 611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown, PA 19530. Mailed submissions will be considered for publication only if they are accompanied by a Submission Form that has been downloaded from Kidsregen.org and signed by an adult. Submission forms require that adults give Kidsregen.org the following personal information: child’s first name, child’s last name initial, child’s age, child’s gender, parent’s first name, parent’s last name, parent’s email address, parent’s telephone number, and a home or other physical address including street name, name of city or town, and name of country. This information is required so that the editorial team can contact parents regarding contest winners, or to ask questions about submissions.

No last names of Kidsregen Clubs’ members will ever be published online. No child’s email address is ever collected or stored by Kidsregen.org. The operators of Kidsregen.org will not print or distribute a home address, email address, or telephone number of any member. No personal information collected from adults or children will be shared with public or third parties. All collected personal information is used for internal purposes only, by the editorial team within The Rodale Institute at 611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown, PA 19530; (610) 683-1400. The editorial team will use this information to improve activities, resources, and information throughout the site. The editorial team is comprised of Kerry Callahan and Glenn Hughes.

This privacy policy applies only to The Rodale Institute’s owned and operated websites, and is not applicable to The Rodale Institute’s other information gathering activities.