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True to the Mad Science live experience, the Mad Science Kids Club offers kids a fun interactive and inquiry-based science experience!
Here are just some of the few exclusive APPS (software applications) that are available on the Mad Science Kids Club!
The Mad Science Kids Club offers children a unique opportunity to safely chat online with their friends!
The Mad Science Kids Club is full of new friends and groups that your child can join! As a parent, the parental dashboard is a great way for you to track who your child is making friends with and much more!
You child's first friend will be MS Galaxy. A funny and cool alien who's been adopted by a loving Earth family! Kids can follow him through all his adventures online!
Social media is everywhere! As parent, we want to provide our children with innovative technology that allows them to learn, develop and thrive in their community. The Mad Science Kids Club provides children with a fun way to discover science and build community.
Working off the Everloop platform, The Mad Science Kids Club offers parents the peace of mind provided by a safe virtual environment. Three levels on online security ensure safety and privacy: Parents, e-moderation and reputations.
The Crisp Net Moderator provides three levels:
The Mad Science Kids Club also benefits from Reputation Share, a network of online communities that monitor and share reputation information for the benefit of their services and their consumers.
This added security feature provides members with the peace of mind that online actiaons have consequences and that communities are dealing with their malcontents.
EverLoop.com is operated by Everloop, Inc. (" EverLoop," “we” or “us”) and is a website that provides a friendly and safe environment for children under 15 years old, with their parent’s consent and supervision, to experience social networking, including such features as games, chat rooms, message boards, voice chat, instant messaging, email, music/photo/video uploading and sharing and other age-appropriate activities. Our services include our website <%= link_to "www.everloop.com", "http://www.everloop.com" %> and other features, content and functionality offered by us from time to time in connection with our website. For ease of reference, our website and any related services will be referred to collectively as the “Site” and specific services which we may offer from time to time will referred to as “Services.”
These terms of use (“Agreement” or “Terms of Use”) apply to the Site. If you have any questions about these terms of use or our privacy policy, please contact us at <%= mail_to "info@everloop.com", "info@everloop.com" %>.
A “Visitor” is someone who is browsing through the Site. A “Child Member” is a child who is registered with the Site. A “Parent Member” is a legal parent or guardian who has registered his or her child to be a Child Member with the Site. Child and Parent members are collectively referred to as “Members.” Valid and accurate completion of the registration process leads to “Membership.” Visitors and Members are referred to collectively as “Users” or “you.”
By using and/or visiting our Site (collectively “us”) you: (1) agree to be bound by these terms and conditions; (2) agree to our privacy policy, which is located at www.everloop.com/ and is incorporated here by reference; and (3) agree to be bound by other policy and legal notices that may be posted on the Site from time to time. The legally binding terms of these documents set out your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of our Site. In order to participate in certain Services you may be required to download content, software, and/or required to agree to additional terms and conditions. Unless otherwise expressly set forth in any such additional terms and conditions applicable to the specific Services in which you choose to participate, those additional terms are incorporated into this Agreement. If you do not agree to this Agreement (which is comprised of these terms of use and our privacy policy) please do not use the Site. You are only authorized to use the Site if you agree to abide by – and do abide by – all applicable laws and this Agreement. Please be sure to review our privacy policy located at www.everloop.com/.
We may change or update this Agreement from time to time, and any such modifications shall be effective upon posting on the Site. Your use of our Site after a change has been posted signifies your agreement to any such changes. You should review this Agreement periodically to make sure you are up to date on any changes. This Policy was last updated on August 6th, 2010.
You must be fifteen (15) years old or younger and have legal parental or guardian consent to be, and continue to be, a Visitor or Child Member on the Site. You must be 18 years of age or older the legal parent or guardian of a child wishing to use the Site in order to sign-up as a Parent Member and sign-up your child as a Child Member. Parents and anyone 15 years of age or older may not register as Child Members or register without children. Parents may only register their own child(ren). Parents may not sign up someone else’s child, unless they are the child’s legal parent or guardian (collectively, “Parent”).
Parent Members affirm that any Child Member is fifteen (15) years of age or under and possesses legal parental or guardian consent to Use the Site and register for Membership. Parent Members further affirm that they have read and accepted this Agreement and the terms outlined in the Privacy Policy, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in this Agreement. All Members agree to abide by and comply with this Agreement.
The Site is not intended for children over 15. Children 16 and over should talk with their Parents about what sites are appropriate to visit. A Child Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that the Child Member is over 15 years of age. A Parent Membership (and concurrently an associated Child’s Membership) may be terminated without warning if we believe that you are under 18 years old or are not the legal Parent of any child you have approved for membership on this Site.
During the Membership registration process, Parent Members and Child Members will be prompted to provide personal information that allows us to know who you and your child are (“Registration Information”). By using the Site, Parent Members and Child Members represent and warrant that: (a) all Registration Information they submit is truthful, accurate, current and complete; (b) they will maintain the accuracy of such Registration Information by updating and revising it promptly; and (c) their use of the Site does not violate any applicable law or regulation.
You authorize us to make any inquiries, either directly or through third parties, that we consider necessary to validate your Registration Information, including engaging third parties to provide such services as age and identity verification on the Site. We reserve all rights to take legal action against anyone who misrepresents personal information or is otherwise untruthful about their identity, and to suspend or cancel Memberships established using inaccurate or incomplete information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information submitted by any User of the Site, nor any identity information about any User.
Note that special terms apply to some services offered on our Site, such as pay content or other features or activities. These terms are posted in connection with the applicable content or service. Subject to applicable law, any such terms are in addition to these Terms of Use, and in the event of a conflict, prevail over these Terms of Use.
Parent and Child Register Together. During the registration process by a Child, the Child will be asked to create a personal Display Name which contains at least a first name. We use this to allow a child’s “friend requests” (requests from other Everloop Child Members to become connected on the Site) to be recognized by the Child Member and Parent Member. (“Child Display Name”).. A Child will also be asked to provide a password, provide his/her birth date, birth month and year, and his/her Parent’s email address. The child’s registration will not be complete until his/her Parent completes the registration process on the Site and authenticates the child. Once a child is authenticated by a Parent, s/he becomes a Child Member, the parent becomes a Parent Member and the Child Member will have access to the Site, subject to certain controls set by the Parent Member.
Parent and Child Register at Different Times. Children may begin the registration process with their Parents or alone, but will not have full access to the site until after a Parent completes the registration process. Parents will have 21 days from the date a child begins the registration process. Until the process is complete, the child user will be given a “free” account, that will be active for 21 days. The free account will not give the child access to any feature that allows the child to communicate or share personally identifiable information “PII”). If the parent does not register and authenticate the child within 21 days, the free account will be deleted.
Parents Register their Child Parents may also register their Child directly on the Site by following the on-screen instructions and providing the same information as described above. Once a Parent registers a Child and the registration has been successfully processed, Child Members can create a Child Display Name and password, and can customize his/her page, view groups, play games and use the other Services available on the Site. Parents do not have a public page on the Site, but do control their Child Member’s access to certain content on the Site.
A Parent must become a Parent Member in order to authenticate any Child. During the Parent registration process, a Parent will be authenticated by either credit card authentication or by providing the last four digits of his/her Social Security Number The Parent’s username is the email address s/he provides us during Parent registration process. Parents will also have to create a password. Once registration is complete and Parents become Parent Members, this password will allow a Parent Member to access the Everloop Privacy Panel where the Parent can monitor a Child Member’s activity and elect to receive notifications of a Child Member’s activity via email and/or SMS text message.
In some cases, you may wish your child's Display Name to be a nickname, such as SophieW, or MosesA. In other cases, the Display Name will be arbitrary, like "LuluPoppy" or "MathGeek." When your Child receives or sends a friend request, the Display Name you choose will be visible to his or her friends. Endeavor to choose a Child Display Name that will be recognizable by both the Child's friends and their Parents(s) (remember, many parents will have their dashboard set to approve friend requests and if they do not recognize your Child, they may not be inclined to accept the friend request).
Many children will not know a Child Member’s user name, as these names are often not used in school or on the playground. Through friends settings in the Privacy Panel, you may allow other Child Members to also search your child by his or her first and last name.
Each Member is required to have a unique Display Name. The Display Name is the name other Members see when they are in the Everloop environment. Members may not select as Display Name, in whole or in part, the name of another person to the extent that could cause deception or confusion; a name which violates any trademark right, copyright, or other proprietary right; or a name which we deem in our discretion to be vulgar or otherwise offensive. Everloop does not monitor the Display Names, but may use software to analyze Display Names, and may respond and research complaints it receives about Display Names. The Display Name may not contain the child’s real surname. Parents are fully responsible for all activities conducted through their Memberships or under the Display Name.
No Member may impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent a Member’s identity or affiliation with any person or entity, including using another person's username, password or other account information, or another person's name, likeness, voice, image or photograph. Members agree to promptly notify us at <%= mail_to "abuse@everloop.com", "abuse@everloop.com" %> of any unauthorized use of a Child or Parent Member’s username, password, other account information. Members shall notify Everloop of any breach of security involving or relating to the Site
Members should never respond to online requests for Member passwords other than in connection with the log-on process for the Site. Any such password requests should be forwarded to us at <%= mail_to "abuse@everloop.com", "abuse@everloop.com" %>. Disclosure of a password to any other person is at a Member’s own risk. Although we will not be liable for a Member’s losses caused by any unauthorized use any Member information, Members may be liable for our losses or the losses of others as a result of such unauthorized use.
We do not provide Internet access. Members are solely responsible for any fees associated with any Internet connection that provides access to the Site. Everloop reserves the right to charge for some or all aspects of the Site.
We reserve the right to interrupt the Site with or without prior notice for any reason or no reason without liability to Members for any unavailability of the Site. Except as provided by law or otherwise provided in this Agreement, Members shalls not be entitled to any refunds of fees for interruption of service or failure to perform. Everloop has the right at any time for any reason or no reason to change and/or eliminate any aspect(s) of the Site as it sees fit in its sole discretion.
We believe your child’s safety on the Internet is important. While there is no absolute method of ensuring a completely safe environment, we take seriously our mandate to secure "verifiable parental consent" as required under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). We are always looking into new and better ways to verify your consent so that we are not collecting or potentially disclosing information from your child that you did not authorize.
Currently, we offer two methods of verification: credit card verification, and Social Security Number verification through PrivoLock™. If you choose credit card verification, you must use a credit card that matches the name you used to sign in. We will verify your credit card through a industry standard verification process with your issuing bank. Your credit card number will not be stored after verification is made by Everloop; only a record of the verification will be stored for audit purposes. Everloop will maintain a secure token that can be verified with our credit card processor to facilitate future purchases without re-entering credit card information. If you choose Social Security Number verification we will ask you to enter your legal name, date of birth, zip code and a partial social security number, for instance the last 4 digits. We will verify that the data you have provided is associated to a real person by verifying the match of this information through our partner service PrivoLock. Your birth date and partial Social Security Number will not be stored after verification is made by Everloop. Your Social Security Number will not be stored by the PrivoLock verification service. Everloop will maintain a secure token that can be verified with PrivoLock if the need arises to reaffirm or audit your consent for existing or follow on services.
The Site is only for your personal use. You may not use the Site for commercial purposes or in any way that is unlawful, or harms us or any other person or entity.
In certain parts of the Site, you will find third party advertising from our advertising sponsors. The advertising allows us to provide the Site to you monetarily free of charge (or in some cases for some activity, at a reduced cost), and to develop new activities that enhance the online experience for your Child Member. These advertisers do not have access to Child Members' personal information. In some cases, such as in the Game Arcade, a digital advertisement appears prior to the start of the game, but Members can stop the ad by clicking the "skip ad" icon at the bottom right of the screen.
When you click on an advertisement, you will leave the Site and enter a web page operated and maintained by a third party. When you leave the Site, you will no longer be subject to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We do not control what advertisers may collect from you while on their web sites. The information that these businesses collect and maintain as a result of your visit to their web sites may differ from the information that we collect and maintain. We do not endorse the products/services, or privacy policies of any third-party site. Please review these third-party terms of use and privacy policies for further information.
Everloop may be accessible through operators and or different web addresses such as <%= link_to "http://www.madsciencekidsclub.com", "http://www.madsciencekidsclub.com" %>. Access to the Site may be operated by Mad Science, which has the same access to any PII you provide as does Everloop. When you agree to the Everloop Terms of Use, you are agreeing that Mad Science shall have access to the PII you provide. Mad Science is COPPA compliant and does not have greater access to any PII than any Parent Member sets forth in its Privacy Panel.
Our Site may, from time to time, also be accessible through other, third party Sites. If you do not want your PII shared with these sites, only access the Everloop Site through everloop.com. If you choose to access our Site through a third party website, please review the privacy policies on those sites. These sites may subject you or your child to collection of PII that you have provided to Everloop. In all cases where Everloop has contracted with a third party Site to provide access to a Child Member, that Site has represented to Everloop that it is fully COPPA compliant, and will store no more data than what a Parent Member allocates.
In these Terms of Use, we use the word "Content" to mean any and all text, audio and visual works, such as pictures, photographs, drawings, digital images, graphics, music, video, audio, code, poems and other creative output your and/or other persons’ names, likenesses, voices, usernames, profiles, actions, appearances, performances and/or other biographical information or material, and/or other similar materials that may be submitted, posted, uploaded, embedded, displayed, communicated or otherwise distributed (collectively “Distribute”) on or through the Site, including by us, you and other Users.
You acknowledge that: (i) by using the Site you may have access to Content, and (ii) this Content may be provided under license by independent content providers, including contributions from other Users (all such independent content providers are “Content Providers”). We do not generally pre-screen Content. Content does not include any PII that you were required to provide during the registration process for Parent Members and Child Members. Content may, however, include personal information if you have voluntarily provided such information it on another area of the Site.
You acknowledge that Everloop, its licensors, Users and other Content Providers have rights in their respective Content under copyright and other applicable laws and treaty provisions, and that except as described in this Agreement, such rights are not licensed or otherwise transferred by mere use of the Site or a given Service. You accept full responsibility and liability for your use of any Content in violation of any such rights.
You retain copyright and other intellectual property rights with respect to any Content you may upload to the Site, to the extent that you have such rights under applicable law. However, you must make certain representations and warranties, and provide certain license rights, forbearances and indemnification, to us, our licensees, assignees, agents and affiliates and to other Members and Users of the Site.
You agree that by submitting your Content to any area of the Site and to any Service, you automatically grant (and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant) to us: (a) a royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicensable right and license for the term of the copyright to (i) reproduce, display, create derivate works from and distribute your Content within the Site and affiliated websites as permitted by you through your interactions on and through the Site, and (ii) reproduce, display, create derivate works from and distribute (and to authorize third parties to reproduce, display, create derivate works from and distribute) any of your Content in any or all media for marketing and/or promotional purposes in connection with the Site, in any media now known or not currently known, provided that in the event that your Content appears publicly in material under our control, and you provide written notice to Everloop of your desire to discontinue the distribution of such Content in such material (with sufficient specificity to allow us, in our sole discretion, to identify the relevant Content and materials), we will make commercially reasonable efforts to cease its distribution of such Content following the receipt of such notice, although we cannot provide any assurances regarding materials produced or distributed prior to the receipt of such notice; (b) the right to delete any or all of your Content from our servers and from the Site, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and for any reason or no reason, without any liability of any kind to you or any other party; and (c) a royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable right and license to copy, distribute, display, create derivate works from and analyze any of your Content as we may deem necessary or desirable for purposes of debugging, testing and/or providing support services in connection with the Site. Further, you agree to grant to us a royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicensable right and license to exercise the copyright, publicity, and database rights you have in your Membership information, including any data or other information generated by your Membership activity, in any media now known or not currently known, in accordance with our Privacy Policy, including the incorporation by reference of terms posted at <%= link_to "www.everloop.com", "http://www.everloop.com" %>.
You further understand and agree that: (i) you are responsible for understanding all copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property or other laws that may apply to your Content hereunder; (ii) you are responsible for, and we will have no liability in connection with, the legal consequences of any actions or failures to act on your part while using the Site, including without limitation any legal consequences relating to your intellectual property rights; and (iii) our acknowledgement hereunder of your intellectual property rights in your Content does not constitute a legal opinion or legal advice, but is intended solely as an expression of our intention not to require users of the Site to forego certain intellectual property rights with respect to Content they upload, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
To the extent any “moral rights,” “ancillary rights,” or similar rights in or to Content exist and are not exclusively owned by us, you agree not to enforce any such rights as to us or our licensees, distributors, agents, representatives and other authorized users, and you shall procure the same agreement not to enforce from any others who may possess such rights.
You agree that even though you may retain certain copyright or other intellectual property rights with respect to Content you post or upload while using the Site, you do not own the Membership you use to access the Site, nor do you own any data we store on our servers (including without limitation any data representing or embodying any or all of your Content).
Except as we specifically agree in writing, no Content from the Site may be used, reproduced, transmitted, distributed or otherwise exploited in any way other than as part of the Site, not even as part of a derivative work, except that where the Site is configured to enable the download of particular Content, you may be permitted to download one copy of such Content for your personal, noncommercial home use only, provided that you (a) keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices, (b) make no modifications to, and do not rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, copy (except to create a single copy for your own back-up purposes), or create any derivative works based on the Site or the Content, in whole or in part, and (c) do not use the Content in an unlawful manner or in a manner that suggests an association with any of our products, services or brands. Any business use, "re-mailing" or high-volume or automated use of the Site is prohibited and shall be considered a violation of these Terms of Use.
In the event that we offer downloads of software on a Site and you download such software, the software, including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software, and data accompanying the software (collectively, the "Software") are licensed to you by us or third-party licensors for your limited, personal, noncommercial home use only, and AT YOUR OWN RISK. We do not transfer title to the Software to you. Except as permitted under applicable law, you may not distribute or otherwise exploit the Software or decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, adapt it, or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-readable form, except to the extent permitted by applicable law. Everloop shall not be responsible for any damage or any kind to you or your computer as a result of downloading Software from our Site.
You acknowledge and agree that nothing in these Terms of Use shall have the effect of transferring the ownership of any copyrights, trademarks, slogans, service marks, trade names, trade dress or other proprietary rights in the Site or Content or any part thereof to you or any third party nor to authorize you to create derivative works based on the Content. You undertake not to do any act or thing which is inconsistent with or which is likely in any way to prejudice such title.
Users have the opportunity to provide comments about Content, profiles and any number of topics on the Site (“Comments”), and these Comments are made publicly available to you for your information and use solely as intended through the normal functionality of the Site. Please exercise care and manners when providing Comments. Comments are made available “as is,” and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, downloaded, or otherwise exploited in any manner not intended by the normal functionality of the Site or otherwise as prohibited under this Agreement.
You may access Content, User Content and other content only as permitted under this Agreement. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to our Content and the Site.
You agree to not engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Content other than as expressly permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution for any commercial purposes of third party User Content obtained through the Site.
You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the Site or the Content therein.
You understand that when using the Site, you and your Child will be exposed to User Content from a variety of sources, and that we are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Content. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Content that may be inaccurate or that you deem offensive or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against us with respect thereto, and agree to indemnify and hold Everloop, its shareholders, partners, affiliates, directors, officers, subsidiaries, employees, agents, suppliers, licensees, and distributors harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of the Site.
You appoint us as your agent with full power to enter into and execute any document and/or do any act which might be necessary to confirm the grant of rights, consents, agreements, assignments and waivers set forth in these Terms of Use.
“Public Forum” means any area, site or feature offered as part of the Site that offers the opportunity for interactive communications between Users, such as posting and sharing Content, posting comments, chatting, voice-chatting, and interacting with other Members in the Site chat area, message board or social community environment.
You acknowledge that the Public Forum and features offered therein are for public and not private communications, and you have no expectation of privacy with regard to any submission, to a Public Forum. We do not guarantee the security of any information you disclose through any of these media; you make such disclosures at your own risk.
You are and shall remain solely responsible for the Content you distribute on or through the Site under your username or otherwise by you in any Public Forum and for the consequences of submitting and posting same. While we endeavor to provide a safe environment for your Child, there are no guarantees and we do not generally monitor any Public Forum.
Also, you should be skeptical about information provided by others, and you acknowledge that the use of any Content posted in any Public Forum is at your own risk. For example, we are not responsible for, and we do not endorse, the opinions, advice or recommendations posted or sent by Members in any Public Forum and we specifically disclaim any and all liability in connection therewith.
We owe you no obligation, and therefore may refuse, to post, deliver, remove, modify or otherwise use or take any action with respect to Content you distribute.
We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit Content at any time and for any or no reason including, without limitation, if your submission fails to conform to the Rules of Conduct, in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum. If we elect to screen Content, there may be a delay in the posting of such content in a Public Forum to allow for a review process. If we have questions about your Content including, without limitation, the copyright, we may contact you for further information including, for example, to verify that you own the copyright or otherwise obtained permission to post the material.
You have a nonexclusive, limited, revocable license to use the Site while you are in compliance with this Agreement. You agree to abide by certain rules of conduct and other rules prohibiting illegal and other practices that we deem harmful. These rules apply to all Users, including Visitors, Parents and Children. We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates any of these terms, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Site and terminating the Membership of such violators and others acting in concert.
You agree that you shall not:
We do not assure that others on the Site are or will be complying with the foregoing Rules of Conduct or any other provisions of these Terms of Use, and, as between you and us, you assume all risk of harm or injury resulting from any such lack of compliance.
Without prejudice to any of our other rights under these terms of use or at law, we reserve the right, but disclaim any obligation or responsibility, to (a) refuse to post or communicate or remove any Content from the Site that violates this Agreement (including the Rules of Conduct) and (b) to the extent we are able to do so under applicable law, identify any user to third parties, and/or disclose to third parties any Submission or personally identifiable information, when we believe in good faith that such identification or disclosure will either (i) facilitate compliance with laws, including, for example, conducting age and identity verification activities on the Site or ensuring compliance with a court order or subpoena, or (ii) help to enforce these terms of use (including the Rules of Conduct) and/or game rules, and/or protect the safety or security of any person or property, including the Site. Moreover, we retain all rights to remove Content at any time for any reason or no reason whatsoever.
less otherwise provided on the registration page of the Site. During parental registration, a $1 charge will be placed on the credit card provided if parent chooses the credit card authentication method. Once the $1 charge is successfully captured, the first child registered will be gifted 100 Evercredits for use on the site. VIP or Premium Membership may be available and may require the purchase of a virtual currency called Evercredits, as defined herein.
Access to certain areas of the Site and partner content may require the purchase of a virtual currency called Evercredits. A Parent Member may purchase Evercredits for his/her Child Member(s) to access this premium content, and Evercredits may also be awarded to Child Members during registration and for certain activities on the Site (collectively “Premium Content”). When a Member wishes to access an area of the Site where Premium Content is offered, the Child Member will be prompted to either redeem previously awarded or purchased Evercredits, or have his or her Parent Member purchase Evercredits. Evercredits may not be transferred, exchanged or bartered between Members. We may charge fees for the right to use Evercredits, or may distribute Evercredits without charge, in our sole discretion. Evercredits represent a limited license right governed solely under the terms of these Terms of Use, and are not redeemable for any sum of money or monetary value from us at any time, except as provided in these Terms of Use. You agree that we have the right to manage, regulate, control, modify and/or eliminate such currency in our sole discretion, and that we will have no liability to you based on our exercise of such right.
Evercredits have no commercial value outside of the Site. Upon termination of a Member’s account, Everloop will refund the actual then cash value of the Member’s Evercredits in U.S. Dollars at the time of termination upon written request by the Parent, unless the Member’s account has been terminated or cancelled for violation of these Terms of Use.
As a condition of access to our Site, you release Everloop (and our shareholders, partners, affiliates, directors, officers, subsidiaries, employees, agents, suppliers, licensees, and distributors) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with any dispute you have or claim to have with one or more Users of the Site.
You agree that: (a) we will have the right but not the obligation to resolve disputes between Users relating to the Site, and our resolution of any particular dispute does not create an obligation to resolve any other dispute; (b) to the extent we elect to resolve such disputes, it will do so in good faith based solely on the general rules and standards of the Site and will not make judgments regarding legal issues or claims; (c) our resolution of such disputes will be final with respect to the Site but will have no bearing on any real-world legal disputes in which Users of the Site may become involved; and (d) you hereby release Everloop (and our shareholders, partners, affiliates, directors, officers, subsidiaries, employees, agents, suppliers, licensees, and distributors) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with our resolution of disputes relating to the Site.
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Site or are a Member. You may terminate your Parent Membership and/or your Child’s Membership at any time, for any reason, by contacting us at cancellation@everloop.com. On your election to cancel, your and your Child’s Membership will be cancelled within 24-48 hours; however, if you have paid for access to specific Services in advance through a specific date, you will be permitted to use those Services through that date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if your Membership is terminated as a result of your breach of this Agreement, your and your Child’s access will be terminated and you shall not be entitled to the refund of any unused portion of fees and/or Evercredits.
We have the right at any time, for any reason or no reason, with or without warning to suspend or terminate your and your Child(ren)’s Membership(s), terminate this Agreement, and/or refuse any and all current or future use of the Site without notice or liability to you. In the event that we suspend or terminate your and your Child(ren)’s Membership(s) or this Agreement, you understand and agree that you shall receive no refund or exchange for any unused time on a subscription, any license or Evercredit account balance, any content or data associated with your Membership, or for anything else. Even after Membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect.
If a Parent Membership is terminated, voluntarily or involuntarily, the Membership(s) of that Parent’s Child(ren) will terminate concurrently and automatically. If a Child Membership is terminated, voluntarily or involuntarily, the corresponding Parent Membership will generally remain active, unless we terminate it in our sole discretion, for example if we determine that the Parent or one or more of his/hers Children have engaged in abusive behavior or other violation of this Agreement.
You may not assign or transfer your Membership, including your Child’s Membership, this Agreement or any or all of your rights hereunder without our prior written consent, and any attempt to do so is void. All or any of our rights and obligations under this Agreement may be assigned to a subsequent owner or operator of the Site in a merger, acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of Everloop’s assets.
In the event a dispute arises between you and Everloop, we want to provide you with an efficient, neutral and cost-effective means of resolving the dispute. To this end, you and Everloop agree to resolve any claim or controversy at law or in equity that arises from or relates to this Agreement or our Site (a “Claim”) in accordance with one of the subsections below.
This Agreement and the relationship between you and Everloop shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of California without regard to conflict of law principles or the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods.
You and Everloop agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts located in the County of San Francisco, California except as provided below regarding optional arbitration.
For any Claim, excluding Claims for injunctive or other equitable relief, where the total amount of the award sought is less than ten thousand U.S. Dollars ($10,000.00 USD), the party requesting relief may elect to resolve the Claim in a cost-effective manner through binding non-appearance-based arbitration. A party electing arbitration shall initiate it through an established alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) provider mutually agreed upon by the parties. The ADR provider and the parties must comply with the following rules: (a) the arbitration shall be conducted, at the option of the party seeking relief, by telephone, online, or based solely on written submissions; (b) the arbitration shall not involve any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties; and (c) any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
All Claims you bring against us must be resolved in accordance with this Dispute Resolution Section. All Claims filed or brought contrary to this Dispute Resolution Section shall be considered improperly filed. Should you file a Claim contrary to this Dispute Resolution Section, we may recover attorneys’ fees and costs up to one thousand U.S. Dollars ($1,000.00 USD), provided that we have notified you in writing of the improperly filed Claim, and you have failed to promptly withdraw the Claim.
When using the Site, you may accumulate Content that resides as data on our servers. THESE DATA, AND ANY OTHER DATA, MEMBERSHIP HISTORY AND DISPLAY NAMES RESIDING ON OUR SERVERS, MAY BE DELETED, ALTERED, MOVED OR TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY COPYRIGHT OR OTHER RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE WITH RESPECT TO CONTENT YOU UPLOAD AND/OR CREATE USING THE SITE, AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY VALUE ATTRIBUTED TO SUCH CONTENT OR OTHER DATA BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WE DO NOT PROVIDE OR GUARANTEE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS (SUBJECT TO ANY UNDERLYING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE CONTENT), ANY VALUE, CASH OR OTHERWISE, ATTRIBUTED TO ANY DATA RESIDING ON OUR SERVERS.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT, BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION, TO REMOVE ANY CONTENT (INCLUDING YOUR CONTENT) IN WHOLE OR IN PART AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON OR NO REASON, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE AND WITH NO LIABILITY OF ANY KIND.
WE PROVIDE THE SITE, YOUR MEMBERSHIP AND ALL OTHER SERVICES STRICTLY ON AN “AS IS” BASIS, PROVIDED AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WRITTEN OR ORAL, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Without limiting the foregoing, we do not ensure continuous, error-free, secure or virus-free operation of the Site or your Membership, and you understand that you shall not be entitled to refunds for fees paid (if any) based on our failure to provide any of the foregoing other than as explicitly provided in this Agreement. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, and to that extent, the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you.
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR ANY OF OUR SHAREHOLDERS, PARTNERS, AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, LICENSEES OR DISTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, ARISING (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE) OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE (INCLUDING ITS MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION), YOUR MEMBERSHIP (INCLUDING ITS TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION) OR THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT WE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT ANY SUCH DAMAGES MIGHT OR COULD OCCUR AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY REMEDY. IN ADDITION, IN NO EVENT WILL OUR CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR DIRECT DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS (U.S. $50.00). Some jurisdictions do not allow the foregoing limitations of liability, so to the extent that any such limitation is impermissible, such limitation may not apply to you. You agree that we cannot be held responsible or liable for anything that occurs or results from accessing or subscribing to the Site.
At our request, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Everloop, its shareholders, partners, affiliates, directors, officers, subsidiaries, employees, agents, suppliers, licensees, distributors, Content Providers, and other Users of the Site, from all damages, liabilities, claims and expenses, including without limitation attorneys’ fees and costs, arising from any breach of this Agreement by you, or from your use of the Site. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Everloop, its shareholders, partners, affiliates, directors, officers, subsidiaries, employees, agents, suppliers, licensees, and distributors, from all damages, liabilities, claims and expenses, including without limitation attorneys’ fees and costs, arising from: (a) any action or inaction by you in connection with the deletion, alteration, transfer or other loss of Content, status or other data held in connection with your Membership, and (b) any claims by third parties that your activity or Content in the Site infringes upon, violates or misappropriates any of their intellectual property or proprietary rights.
This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the Site and is further affirmed by you becoming a Member. This Agreement, and the incorporated Privacy Policy, constitutes the entire agreement between you and us regarding the use of the Site. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
The Site is controlled and operated by Everloop from its offices within the State of California, United States of America. We make no representation that any aspect of the Site or our Services is appropriate or available for use in jurisdictions outside of the United States. Those who choose to access the Site from other locations are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Any software available in connection with our Site (the “Software”) is subject to all applicable export restrictions. You must comply with all export and import laws and restrictions and regulations of any United States or foreign agency or authority relating to the Software and its use. Downloading or using the Software is at your sole risk.
Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to that breach or subsequent or similar breaches.
No consent or waiver by us under this Agreement shall be deemed effective unless delivered in a writing signed by a duly appointed officer of Everloop. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, no default, delay or failure to perform on the part of us shall be considered a breach of this Agreement if such default, delay or failure to perform is shown to be due to causes beyond the reasonable control of Everloop. We may give notice to you by means of a general notice on our Site, at or after log-in to your Membership account, by electronic mail to your e-mail address in our records for your Membership, or by written communication sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, or overnight courier to your address on record for your Membership.
All notices given by you or required under this Agreement shall be faxed to Everloop, Attn: Legal Department, at: (925) 736-0116; or mailed to us at:
Everloop Legal Department
Attn: Girl Ambition, Inc.
9000 Crow Canyon Road, Suite S #240
Danville CA 94506
Our policy is to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Copyright-infringing materials found on the Site can be identified and removed via our DMCA compliance process listed below and you agree to comply with such process in the event you are involved in any claim of copyright infringement to which the DMCA may be applicable.
If you believe in good faith that a Member has infringed your copyright(s), you can request that we take down the infringing material(s) by following the steps in this DMCA compliance process. Please note that we do not make any legal decisions about the validity of your claim.
When a clear and valid Notice is received pursuant to the guidelines set forth below, we will respond by either taking down the allegedly infringing content (“Allegedly Infringing Content”) or blocking access to it. We may contact the Notice provider to request additional information.
Under the DMCA, we are required to take reasonable steps to notify the entity who posted the Allegedly Infringing Content (“Alleged Infringer”). The Alleged Infringer is allowed under the law to send us a counter-notification as instructed below (“Counter-Notice”). On receiving a Counter-Notice, we may restore the Allegedly Infringing Content unless we receive notice from the original Notice provider that a legal action has been filed seeking a court order to restrain the Alleged Infringer from engaging in the allegedly infringing activity.
Notices and Counter-Notices are legal notices distinct from regular Site activities or communications. As such, they are not subject to our Privacy Policy. This means we may publish or share them with third parties at our discretion, and we may produce them pursuant to a legal discovery request.
Anyone making a false or fraudulent Notice or Counter-Notice may be liable for damages under the DMCA, including costs and attorney’s fees. If you are unsure of whether certain material infringes your copyright, contact an attorney.
To file a DMCA Notice, you must send us a written letter by fax or regular mail only (not by email, except by prior agreement). We reserve the right to ignore a Notice that is not in compliance with the DMCA.
Your Notice must:
Kim Bruce
DMCA Designated Agent
Everloop.com
900 Crow Canyon Road, Suite S #240, Danville CA 94506
Or fax to: (925) 736-0116 (on the cover sheet, please write: Attention: DMCA NOTICE).
If your material has been removed or blocked by us as a result of a DMCA Notice, you may send us a Counter-Notice pursuant to Sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the DMCA asking for the Allegedly Infringing Material to be restored. To file a DMCA Counter-Notice with us, you must send us a written letter by fax or regular mail only (not by email, except by prior agreement).
When we receive the Counter-Notice, we will send a copy of the Counter-Notice to the party who originally requested the removal of the Allegedly Infringing Material and we will reinstate the Allegedly Infringing Material, unless that party obtains a court order supporting removal of the Allegedly Infringing Material. We reserve the right to ignore a Counter-Notice that is not in compliance with the DMCA.
Your Counter-Notice must:
The Counter-Notice must be sent to our designated DMCA designated agent at the following address:
Kim Bruce
DMCA Designated Agent
Everloop.com
900 Crow Canyon Road, Suite S #240, Danville CA 94506
Or fax to: (925) 736-0116 (on the cover sheet, please write: Attention: DMCA NOTICE).
Updated: August 6, 2010
At Everloop we are dedicated to protecting your privacy and handling any personal information we obtain from you with care and respect. This Privacy Policy covers use of information collected by Everloop related to your use of our sites, www.everloop.com any sponsor or partner sites, and our corporate blog.
THIS PRIVACY POLICY WAS LAST UPDATED ON AUGUST 6, 2010.
Everloop includes our integrated partner, Mad Science and includes the madsciencekidsclub.com website, which may operate some or all areas of the Everloop site (collectively, the “Site”).
Everloop is a participant in the Privo Kids privacy certification program. Privo is the first and only infomediary service to be recognized by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Privo Privacy Assurance Program was approved as a Safe Harbor provider under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in August 2004.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, you should first review our FAQ, located, here and updated from time to time with additional questions. You may also contact us at <%= mail_to "info@everloop.com", "info@everloop.com" %>. If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry, or if you inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact Privo at <%= mail_to "info@privo.com", "info@privo.com" %> Privo will then serve as a liaison with the website to resolve and/or respond to your concerns.
Although we acknowledge that no place is completely safe and no online safety measure will work all of the time, we are committed to providing a fun, entertaining, and safe websites for our visitors. We are dedicated to safeguarding personal information collected on the Site. We work hard to ensure that our privacy policy and our information practices adhere to the Federal Trade Commissions Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
To help ensure a rewarding online experience for our visitors, we provide you with this Privacy Policy that describes the information practices of the Site, including how we collect, use and disclose personal information.
Many portions of the Site may be access without providing any personally identifiable information (“PII”) to us If you determine not to become a member (“Member”), you will be considered a visitor on the site.
You or your child may start the membership process, but in all cases, a parent must complete the registration. A child who starts the membership process will receive a temporary login and email (“Restricted Child Member”), which will be held for 21 days, pending authentication as outlined below. If the Restricted Child Member’s information is not authenticated by a parent or legal guardian (“Parent”), all information collected will be destroyed.
If you choose to allow your child to become a member (“Child Member”), we require you to (1) join as a member, (2) authenticate your identity, and (3) verify your childyou’re your permission to be on the Site. During this process, we will collect and store certain information from you (“Parent Member”) and your child. As described in this Privacy Policy and in our terms of use, we directly collect PII from Members during this process.
CHILD MEMBER INFORMATION
PARENT MEMBER INFORMATION
When a Child Member engages in some of our online activities, including sending email or IM, participating in Voice Chat, contests, video and our “Invite a Friend” service, we may ask Members to provide information that is not personally identifiable, such as first name, age and state or a favorite color. We don’t request addresses, phone numbers or school names. Although there is no foolproof system for protection of PII, Everloop provides filters and live monitoring to limit the users ability to communicate personally identifiable information through these features.
System Emails and posts – On a regular basis, Everloop will email and/or post to all Members information regarding safety, manners and fun facts. Child Members will be able to reply to our content moderators. Parent Members may not participate in any forum or communicate with Child Members on Everloop except through the email service. We may ask Child Members about favorite colors, sports, etc. and Child Members may respond with first name, state and age information. We don’t request a Child Members address or phone number. We will take commercially reasonable measures to delete any personal information that a Child Member may communicate.
Everloop’s "Invite a friend" allows a Child Member to send email or SMS messages to up to friends who are not Child Members telling them about Everloop. We collect a friend’s first name, friend’s email and user’s friend name for the sole purpose of sending this email, but do not store this in a personally identifiable manner. For SMS messages, we collect only the mobile number. Restricted Child Members who have not yet been authenticated by a Parent Member do not have access to any of these features and are not contacted.
A Child Member may use his/her Everloop email address to send messages to other Everloop Child Members and to non-members who have an email address (depending upon what a Parent Member has allowed through the Parent’s use of his/her “Privacy Panel”, which allows a Parent Member to control and monitor certain Child Member activities) Outbound email is permitted to any address and to friends within the network. All incoming email is approved through a parent approved email list maintained in the privacy panel, Restricted Child Members may receive “information only” communications from Everloop content moderators.
Video, writing and photo contests are available to Child Members. Everloop collects only user name, user state and user age for the sole purpose of entering into the contest. All contest material is reviewed to ensure no personally identifiable information is included in the content.
Our Video category, profile and group post features allows Child Members to upload videos. Parents should instruct their Child Members about using safe practices to ensure no PII is revealed in the video. All videos will be reviewed prior to posting and a commercially reasonable effort will be made to ensure no PII is included in the uploaded content.
GENERAL COLLECTION OF NON PERSONAL INFORMATION.
We collect information through technology to make our sites more interesting and useful to you and for various purposes related to our business. For instance, when you come to one of our sites, we collect your IP address. An IP address is associated with the access point through which you enter the internet, and is typically controlled by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), your company, or your university. Standing alone, your IP address is not personally identifiable information. We will use the IP address to assist in populating registration forms. We may use IP addresses to collect information regarding the frequency with which our guests visit various parts of our sites, and we may combine IP addresses with personally identifiable information.
Our Site collects information through a variety of technical methods, including but not necessarily limited to cookies. Cookies are pieces of information that a website sends to your computer while you are viewing the website. Web beacons are small pieces of data that are embedded in images on the pages of website. Cookies, web beacons and other technical methods may involve the transmission of information either directly to us or to another party authorized by us to collect information on our behalf.
Some business partners (such as tracking utility companies) may place cookies on our site. We do not have any access or control of these third party cookies.
We may use the information collected through these technical methods for many purposes, including delivering content, tracking and enhancing our users’ experience on our websites. For example, when you return to one of our websites after logging in, cookies provide information to the site so that the site will remember who you are. We also may use technical methods to analyze the traffic patterns on our websites, such as the frequency with which our users visit various parts of our websites, and third party websites, such as the frequency with which our users visit other websites. In HTML e-mails that we send our users, we may use technical methods for a number of purposes, including: to determine whether our users have opened or forwarded those e-mails and/or clicked on links in those e-mails, to customize the display of banner advertisements and other messages after a user has closed the e-mail, and to determine whether a guest has made an inquiry or purchase in response to a particular e-mail. These technical methods may enable us to collect and use information in a form that is personally identifiable information.
Our Site contains links to other sites whose information practices may be different from ours. Visitors and Members should consult the other sites’ privacy notices, as the sites are not covered by our privacy policy.
Finally, we collect financial information as set out in Sections 1 and 5 of this Privacy Policy. We do not use this financial information for any purpose other than verifying the identity of parents of our child users, and for processing payments to Everloop. The financial information that you enter to purchase a membership is not stored by Everloop, but, instead, is retained by our payments processing vendor for the purpose of processing credit card payments made to Everloop. Our service providers (e.g. credit card processor) are required to use the information shared with them only to fulfill the specific transaction and not for their own promotional purposes.
In addition to the purposes described in Section 1, we may actively collect and use email addresses, Display Names and mobile phone numbers to track usage and to ensure Parent Members and Chld Members are following the site's Terms of Use. In addition, we may use an email address and Display Name to ban a Member temporarily or permanently from the Everloop website if that user engages in inappropriate conduct on the Site (If a Parent Member is banned, we will also disable a Child Member). We may also use email addresses, mobile phone numbers, and Display Names to enable Parents to review PII that their Child Members have submitted to the Everloop websites and to provide notification regarding the Site, such as any future amendments to this Privacy Policy. We also may use information in the aggregate to analyze Site usage, as well as – in some cases -- to offer products, programs, or services either through passive display of such information or via direct communication.
We may disclose information where we are required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena, or where we disclose information to service providers or other group companies who provide support for the operations of our websites and who do not use or disclose the information for any other purpose. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we also may disclose PII in response to a law enforcement agency's or other public agency's (including schools or children services) request or if we feel that such disclosure may prevent the instigation of a crime, facilitate an investigation related to public safety or protect the safety of a child using our websites, protect the security or integrity of our websites, or enable us to take precautions against liability.
If we sell all or part of our business or make a sale or transfer of our assets or are otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, we may transfer PII to a third party as part of that transaction, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
In order to keep the cost to Members of using the Site free or low, we do allow third parties to show third party advertising on the Site. In some cases, a Child Member may be shown an advertisement prior to engaging in a selected activity on the Site. The foregoing notwithstanding, we do not provide PII to these advertiser’s or allow third-party advertisers and companies to directly solicit or advertise to our Members, such as through their Everloop email address.
The security and confidentiality of your information is extremely important to us. While there is no definitive or perfect security process, we have made commercially reasonable efforts to implement technical, administrative, and physical security measures to protect guest information from unauthorized access and improper use. When you enter sensitive information, such as your credit card number, on our membership subscription form, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). Additionally, all user sessions of members are encrypted upon login via SSL.
Any Parent who wishes to have an account and all PII deleted can send an email to <%= mail_to "customerservice@everloop.com", "customerservice@everloop.com" %>.
From time to time, we review our security procedures in order to consider appropriate new technology and methods. Please be aware though that, despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.
As noted in Section 1, during parent registration and child authentication, the parent's full name, email address, credit card billing information including mailing address will be required if the parent chooses to purchase Evercredits for the child user. Credit card information is not stored by Everloop, and, instead, is collected and stored by our payments processing vendor for the purpose of processing payments made to Everloop. That information is safeguarded with appropriate security, and it will not be used for other purposes. Furthermore, our payments processing vendor has agreed to maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the personal and financial information it obtains from the Everloop websites, and only to use this information on our behalf. Our financial institution is bound by all applicable privacy laws relating to the provision of financial services.
Please contact Everloop as provided below if you would like to access the personally identifiable information that we have collected online from you or your child, correct factual errors in such information, request to have this information deleted, or request that we no longer collect or maintain such information.
Please be sure to include your email address and a telephone number where we can reach you. To protect you and your child's privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting you access to the personal information that we collect and maintain about you or your child.
If you have questions or wish to send us comments about this Privacy Policy, please send an e-mail with your questions or comments to Everloop at info@everloop.com or write us:
Member Services
Everloop, Inc.
9000 Crow Canyon Road, Suite S #240
Danville, CA 94506
Please be assured that any personal information that you provide in communications to the above e-mail and postal mail addresses will not be used to send you promotional materials, unless you so request.
The Internet offers a world of opportunity for children. Your guidance and involvement are essential to help ensure that children have a safe and rewarding online experience. We encourage you to stay involved in and informed about what your child is doing online. Your efforts to instill responsible information practices will help steer your children to age-appropriate sites and will go a long way toward ensuring that your children have enriching experiences online.
The privacy policy set out above is effective as of August 6, 2010, and applies to all information previously obtained by Everloop. We reserve the right to change the privacy policy at our sole discretion. Everloop users will be informed of any such change by us posting a new privacy policy on the websites and the effective date of any change of privacy policy will be clearly marked. As required by law, we will not use personally identifiable information in ways that are materially different from the ones described in this Privacy Policy without also providing notification of such practices and obtaining consent to any such different uses. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you by email and by means of a notice on our home page.
Effective: December 20, 2009
Everloop, inc. (hereafter “EL”, “we”, “us” and “our”) is designed specifically for children under the age of 13. We are dedicated to protecting your privacy and handling any personal information we obtain from you with care and respect. This Youth Privacy Policy is designed to answer your questions regarding our privacy policies and principles with respect to children under the age of 13 (each a “child “and collectively “children”). Building on our general Privacy Policy, we recognize the need to provide additional privacy protections when children visit the sites on which this Youth Privacy Policy is posted. We explain those additional protections here in this Youth Privacy Policy. For your convenience, this Youth Privacy Policy uses terms that are defined in our general Privacy Policy. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) requires that we inform parents and legal guardians about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information from children under 13 years of age; and that we obtain the consent of parents and guardi ans in order for children under 13 years of age to use certain features of our Web site. Below we explain how we do that for these children. Also, when we use the term “parent” below, we mean to include legal guardians. When we use the term “personal information” or “personally identifiable information”, we mean information that can specifically identify your child.
A1. Children can visit <%= link_to "www.Everloop.com", "www.Everloop.com" %> (our “Site”), view content, and play games, and customize their experience without any personal information being collected. We collect information from the parents or the child if they register on the EL Site. Children must register in order to join the site, parents must authenticate the children by completing parent registration within 21 days of a child registering. The only information we collect during our child registration process is a child’s name, parent’s e-mail address, child’s birth date, display name, and password. We collect birth dates to validate the ages of our guests, including children. During parent registration we collect parent email, parent password, credit card information and billing address. We use this information to authenticate the parent.
We also will collect a child’s e-mail address from a parent for the purpose of sending the child e-mail related to his/her membership and for customer support. We may collect additional personal information from parents in order to allow their children to participate in certain features located on our Web site. These features may include one-to- one instant message chatting, voice chatting, sending e-mail both to friends and to email address outside of the site,, posting on site message boards, and other similar activities. In the course of a child’s participation in these features, a child may also reveal to us additional information about himself or herself, such as the contents of his or her chat or message board postings. We will not solicit information from a child. All personal information that we collect come from the child’s parent.
A2. Personal information regarding a child may be collected and used to enable a child’s participation in certain interactive features such as instant message chatting, sending e-mail, posting on message boards and other similar activities. Parents can choose what interactive features child members use on the site, and monitor and control that use through the privacy panel.These activities may involve disclosure of a child’s personal information to third parties and our partners and operators. In addition, we may share a child’s personal information with third parties to the extent reasonably necessary to: protect the security of integrity of our sites; to take precautions against liability; to respond to judicial process; or to the extent permitted under provisions of law, to provide information to law enforcement agencies or for an investigation related to public safety. Everloop has no power to enforce or change the policies of third party partners or operators, but – prior to working with each – we receive representations from them that their privacy policies are COPPA compliant. We periodically request re-verification of this.
A3. We send parents an e-mail if their child registers with the Site, requesting parent confirm the registration by completing the parent registration process. We provide parents 21 days to accept or refuse their child’s registration. If the parent refuses to allow the child’s registration or does nothing within the 21-day time period, we delete the child’s information from our database. If a parent accepts the request to register and completes the registration process, the child will be able to use those site features that parents have approved through the use of the parental privacy panel (“Privacy Panel”).
The Privacy Panel allows parents to see and control the level of freedom and access for each child for whom parent has given permission to use the Site. For instance, depending upon the controls a parent has set for his/her child, a parent will be notified if a child wishes to use a feature of our Site that might result in the public disclosure of a child’s personal information to third parties on the Internet, such when a child wishes to post content on open message boards on the Site. Parents receive notification through their Privacy Panel and through the Privacy Panel, allow or deny the activity in question. In some cases, depending upon the activity and/or level of privacy set by a parent, we may require a parent to provide us credit card information, last four digits of parent Social Security Number, speak to a trained telephone operator or return by postal mail or fax a signed consent form.
A4. At any time parents can refuse to permit us to collect further personal information from their child and can request that any personal information we have collected be deleted from our records. We use two methods to allow parents to access, change, or delete the personally identifiable information that we have collected from their children. Depending upon what a parent requests, it may be necessary to delete a child’s user profile completely.
1. A parent can access, or change their child’s access to various features of the website by using the Privacy Panel. The parent will need to login securely using the email address and password they entered during the original registration process. There is a “password reset” feature on the Site, in the event any user has forgotten his/her information.
2. A parent can contact our Member Services department to access, change, or delete the personal information we have collected from his or her child by sending an e-mail to <%= mail_to "support@everloop.com", "support@everloop.com" %>. We ask that you please include the child’s member name and the parent’s e-mail address in the requesting email so that we can better assist you with your inquiry or request.
A5. We may amend our Youth Privacy Policy at any time. We will provide parents notice -- using the e-mail currently listed as a parent email address -- of any material changes in the way we intend to collect, use, and/or share Youth personal information. Please note that, at all times, parents should update their personal information to provide us current e-mail addresses. We will apply material changes in our Youth Privacy Policy in conformance with applicable law, including any applicable provisions of COPPA policies that require parental consent.
A6. If you need further assistance, please send an e-mail with your questions or comments to <%= mail_to "support@everloop.com", "support@everloop.com" %> or write us at:
Everloop Member Services
9000 Crow Canyon Road, Suite S #240
Danville, CA 94506
You may also telephone us at 877-677-2607. (If you are not 18 years of age or older, you must have your parent or guardian’s permission to call this number.) Everloop is a member of the PrivoLock™ program. If you believe that we have not responded to your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, please feel free to contact Privo directly at <%= link_to "http://www.privo.com/contact_us.htm", "http://www.privo.com/contact_us.htm" %> with any issues or comments.
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Welcome to the Mad Science Kids Club, a safe virtual playground that provides children with a unique social media environment that centers on science, discovery and a community