PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS & CONDITIONS
Last Updated: August 2019
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") governs the use of your Personal Information (as defined below) by Highlights for Children, Inc. and/or its affiliates ("Highlights" or collectively, "we," "us," or "our"). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect about you, how we use or share such information, how to exercise any rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, and the safeguards we have in place to reduce the risk of unauthorized access and use.1. What does this Privacy Notice cover?
This Privacy Policy applies to the following:2. What personal information is collected about you?
We collect information that you choose to provide us or that we collect from third-parties to provide a service and that personally identifies you. We may ask you to provide us with Personal Information when you register with the Mobile App(s), make a purchase, and at other times. To perform the Services offered, we may need to collect and distribute your Personal Information to our trusted business partners who fulfill the services you request. The decision to provide this information is optional. However, if you choose not to provide the requested information, you may not be able to use some or all of the features of the Mobile Apps or Services or we may not be able to fulfill your purchase.Information you provide to us
The types of personal information we collect directly from you include parent email address, for those who opt-in to receive emails. The Services do not allow users (including children) to disclose personal information publicly.Information we collect automatically
We automatically collect non-personal information when you use our Services. For example, we collect install date, device ID, and user state if you opt-into email. We may combine this device and usage information with other personal information.Cookies and Tracking
We do not use cookies or pixels to track users in our Mobile App(s).3. How does Highlights handle children's information?
NOTE TO PARENTS
Highlights has developed its Services with the goal of creating a challenging and fun experience for all users. Building on our Privacy Policy, we recognize the need to provide additional privacy protections when children visit the Mobile App(s). Children are defined as under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information (as defined below in "Information We Collect") from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received Personal Information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete such information from our records.4. How is your personal information used?
Generally
We use Personal Information for internal purposes, such as to:5. How is your personal information shared?
From time to time, we may establish a relationship with other businesses whom we believe are trustworthy and whom we believe have privacy practices that are consistent with ours ("Third-Party Providers"). We do not share your personal information with third parties other than as follows:Your California Privacy Rights
Since 2005, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits to view, correct, or remove certain information provided by you or publicly posted by you, by accessing your Hidden Pictures Digital Play account through hiddenpictures.highlights.com, and editing/removing your information. You will need your password to access your personal account. You may also send us an email asking us to remove your posted information or content at privacyteam@highlights.com. Alternatively, you may write to us at: Highlights for Children, Inc., Attn: Privacy Team, 1800 Watermark Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43215. Please be specific in your request. We will be happy to review, update, or remove your posted information and/or content as appropriate. Residual copies of your posted information and/or content that have been removed from your account may remain in our backup systems for approximately one month. We may still retain your posted information or content to resolve disputes, enforce our agreements with you, or comply with legal requirements; however, we will take steps to limit use of the removed information and/or content to only these purposes.6. How long do we keep your personal information?
We retain your Personal Information for as long as we have a relationship with you and it is necessary in order to maintain your accounts, provide services, to fulfill your requests, for resolving disputes and for legal compliance and enforcement purposes. We may retain your Personal Information for a period of time after our relationship with you has ended where there is an ongoing business need to retain it. This includes retention to comply with our legal, regulatory, tax and/or accounting obligations. We do so in accordance with our data retention policies and applicable law. As a result, copies of content or information previously shared may remain on servers, even after removal requests have been honored.7. What choices do you have about processing your personal information?
We provide you with various controls over your personal information, for example:"DO NOT TRACK" SIGNALS
Do Not Track is a web browser privacy preference that causes the web browser to broadcast a signal to websites requesting that a user's activity not be tracked. At this time, our systems do not respond to "do not track" signals.8. What steps do we take to safeguard your personal information?
We recognize the importance of safeguarding the confidentiality of your Personal Information. Accordingly, we employ reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect such personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure and use.9. Product-specific data processing details
The following are product-specific details to supplement the information in this Privacy Notice.10. How to contact us about your personal information and this Privacy Policy
If you have questions or comments about our data practices or this Privacy Policy, you can contact us by emailing us at privacyteam@highlights.com or sending a letter to:11. CARU's COPPA Safe Harbor Program
Highlights is a licensee of CARU's COPPA Safe Harbor Program. If you believe that we have not responded to your privacy-related inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, please contact CARU at infocaru@bbbnp.org or by mail at CARU, Attn.: COPPA Safe Harbor Program, 112 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 USA.12. How will you know if we amend this Privacy Notice?
This Privacy Policy is subject to change without prior notice. We may amend this Privacy Policy by changing the last updated date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently for any revisions or amendments. If we make material changes to how we collect, use, or share your personal information, we will describe the changes, and, if required by law, seek your consent for such changes.TERMS AND CONDITIONS
These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") set forth the terms and conditions that govern your use of the application and any delivered content (the "App") as well as your account. To obtain and use this App, you must use your app store account, and comply with the requirements of the app store.Intellectual Property
All content distributed by Highlights is the exclusive intellectual property of Highlights and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any purposes whatsoever, other than through your use of the App for your or your child's or children's personal enjoyment.Updates and Maintenance
Highlights may, at any time, but is under no obligation to, update the App to provide for different functionality, fix glitches or provide for compatibility with new or updated operating systems. In such event, you may need to download the update to ensure continued use.DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
HIGHLIGHTS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO THE DELIVERY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE APP AND USE OF THE DELIVERED CONTENT, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE APP IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. YOU HEREBY AGREE THAT IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO OBTAIN, PAY FOR AND MAINTAIN ANY DEVICES, INTERNET ACCESS, HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE APP.LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL HIGHLIGHTS' TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING OUT OF THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE APP EXCEED ANY AMOUNTS THAT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY PAID FOR USE OF THE APP.Governing Law
These Terms, including the Privacy Policy, shall be governed and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Ohio, without reference to any conflicts of law provisions. All disputes arising hereunder that cannot be resolved between the parties shall be tried before the State Courts of Ohio or the United States District Courts located in Columbus, Ohio, and their respective appellate courts. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction and acknowledges the propriety of the venue of such courts, and any final and non-appealable determination reached by such courts.