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CHILDREN'S PRIVACY POLICY

The Wildlife Conservation Society ("we" or "WCS") is committed to protecting the
privacy of children who use this website (the "Site"). This children's privacy
policy ("Children's Privacy Policy") explains our information collection,
disclosure, and parental consent practices with respect to information provided
by children under the age of 13 ("child" or "children"), and uses terms that are
defined in our general Privacy Policy.

WCS takes the privacy of the Site's users very seriously. Accordingly, this
policy aims to comply with requirements of the U.S. Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act ("COPPA"). For more information about COPPA and general tips
about protecting children's online privacy, please visit OnGuard Online
(http://www.onguardonline.gov/articles/0031-protecting-your-childs-privacy-online).
We reserve the right to amend this Children's Privacy Policy. Please check this
page periodically for changes.

THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM CHILDREN, HOW WE USE IT, AND HOW AND WHEN WE
COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS

Below we summarize potential instances of collection and outline how and when we
will provide parental notice and/or seek parental consent. In any instance that
we collect personal information from a child, we will retain that information
only so long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the activity request or allow
the child to continue to participate in the activity, and ensure the security of
our users and our services, or as required by law. In the event we discover we
have collected information from a child in a manner inconsistent with COPPA's
requirements, we will either delete the information or immediately seek the
parent's consent for that collection.

Registration

In certain cases, children can register with our Site to create and view
associated content and view other's content. During the registration process, we
may ask the child to provide certain information for notification and security
purposes, including a parent or guardian's email address, the child's account
username, and password. We instruct children under the age of 13 to input their
parent or guardian's email address and to not use their first or last name when
creating a username. WCS will not require a child to provide more information
than is reasonably necessary in order to participate in the online activity.

The Site also may allow users to register by using the password associated with
certain third party accounts (e.g., their Google or Facebook accounts). Please
review those companies' terms of use and privacy policies for information about
the personal information that they collect when registering for an account with
them. The only information required by WCS upon registering, whether in
association with a third party account or not, is a username, email, and
password. In addition, zip codes, gender, age, household income, and ethnicity
may be requested but not required. If a user's account is authenticated via a
third party account, WCS still may require a username and email address to be
entered through the Site.

About the collection of parent email address: We instruct children under the age
of 13 to insert their parent's, guardian's or, as explained below, education
provider's email address upon registration. An email confirming registration
will be sent to the address used. If you believe your child is participating in
an activity that collects personal information and you or another
parent/guardian have NOT received an email providing notice or seeking your
consent, please contact us at einfo@wcs.org to provide us permission or request
that we delete the child's account and any associated information. We will not
use parent emails provided for parental consent purposes to market to the
parent, unless the parent has expressly opted in to email marketing or has
separately participated in an activity that allows for such email contact.

Teacher Consent in Lieu of a Parent. With regard to school-based activities,
COPPA allows teachers and school administrators to act instead of parents to
provide consent for the collection of personal information from children.
Therefore, when registering with the Site, a teacher's email address may be used
in lieu of a parent's. Schools should always notify parents about these
activities. For more information on parental rights with respect to a child's
educational record under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA),
please visit the FERPA site
(http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html).

Content Generated by a Child

Certain activities and applications on our Site allow children to create or
manipulate content and save it with WCS through the Site. None of these
activities require children to provide any personal information and therefore do
not result in notice to the parent or require parental consent. We strongly
advise children to never insert personal information in their created content.

The default viewing setting for WCS websites that allow children to create or
manipulate content, and any associated information, is set to "private," meaning
only the user who created the content may view it, in some cases it is not.
Users are permitted to share their content publicly with other users. When a
user chooses to make his/her content public, an email is automatically sent to
the user's registered email address, which, in the case of children, will be the
parent or guardian's email address. The email will inform the recipient of the
change in status of the content, and instruct the recipient on how to change its
status.

About Verifiable Parental Consent. In the event that WCS wishes to collect
additional personal information from a child, we will first seek a parent or
guardian's consent by email. In the email we will explain what information we
are collecting, how we plan to use it, how the parent can provide consent, and
how the parent can revoke consent. If we do not receive parental consent within
a reasonable time, we will delete the parent contact information and any other
information collected from the child in connection with that activity.

Comments Board

Certain activities associated with the use of the Site may allow users to
communicate directly with other users by means of a comments board. We strongly
encourage children who use these interactive features on our Site never to
provide personal information about themselves or any third party. However, it is
the responsibility of parents to carefully supervise their children when their
children participate in online activities. WCS is not responsible or liable for
its publication of any user-generated content or information or any harm that
flows from the dissemination of such content.

The Site's comments board may be operated by a third party. In those instances
in which users post comments while logged in, the user's username and email
address will be shared with the third party. A link to the third party's terms
and policies will be provided as well.

Anonymous Information

When children interact with us, certain information may automatically be
collected, both to make our Site more interesting and useful, and for purposes
of statistical analysis and system improvements. Examples include the type of
computer operating system, the user's IP address or mobile device identifier,
the web browser, the frequency with which the user visits various parts of our
Site, and information regarding the online or mobile service provider. This
information may be collected by WCS or by a third party. This data is
principally used for internal purposes only, in order to:

 * determine usage patterns;
 * customize content and improve the Site; and
 * conduct research and analysis to address the performance of the Site.

In the event we collect (or allow others to collect) such information from
children on our Site for purposes other than above, we will notify parents and
obtain consent prior to such collection.

WHEN INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM CHILDREN IS AVAILABLE TO OTHERS

WCS may share or disclose personal information collected from children in a
limited number of instances, including the following:

WCS may share information with our service providers if necessary for them to
perform a business, professional, or technology support function for us.

WCS may disclose personal information if permitted or required by law, for
example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, we also may disclose personal information collected from
children (i) in response to a law enforcement or public agency's (including
schools or children services) request; (ii) if we believe disclosure may prevent
the instigation of a crime, facilitate an investigation related to public safety
or protect the safety of a child using our sites or applications; (iii) to
protect the security or integrity of our sites, applications, and other
technology, as well as the technology of our service providers; or (iv) to
enable us to take precautions against liability.

PARENTAL CHOICES AND CONTROLS

At any time, parents can refuse to permit us to collect further personal
information from their children in association with a particular account, and
can request that we delete from our records the personal information we have
collected in connection with that account. Please keep in mind that a request to
delete information may lead to deletion of an account and associated content,
groups and challenges.

Where a child has registered for an account, we use two methods to allow parents
to access, change, or delete the personally identifiable information that we
have collected from their children:

Parents can request access to and delete their child's personal information by
logging on to the child's account through the applicable WCS Site home page.
Parents will need their child's username and password. The account login page
explains how to recover a password if the child cannot recall it.

Parents can contact WCS to request access to, change, or delete their child's
personal information by sending an email to us at: einfo@wcs.org.

In any correspondence such as e-mail or mail, please include the child's
username and the parent's email address and telephone number. To protect
children's privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify a
parent's identity before granting access to any personal information.

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