Garfield.com Privacy Policies
Last
updated March, 2007
Garfield.com is a general audience entertainment site dedicated to providing the Internet-using public with the most complete and enjoyable online comic viewing experience. Garfield.com is operated by Paws, Incorporated ("Paws"), the company owned by Jim Davis, the creator of "GARFIELD," and uclick, LLC. Paws and uclick are also concerned about your privacy and we encourage you to read our Privacy Policy to learn all about how we use information about visitors to our Web site(s).
The privacy policy below details the measures taken by uclick to protect your privacy in connection with your use of Garfield.com ("Site"). uclick does not intend to collect any personal information from children under 13. Please read below for uclick's policy with respect to children under 13.
What does the this Privacy Policy cover?
- This policy covers the treatment and use of personally identifiable information that is collected by uclick on the Site and when you sign up to use any of the services rovided at the Site which are provided by Paws or uclick.
- This policy does not guide the behavior of individuals not employed by uclick.
- This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that uclick and/or Paws do not own or control. Some of these companies have provided content viewable on the Site and/or services or products available on the Site, all of which is subject to and governed by the privacy policies and terms of use of the respective companies:
Garfield Visa Card/United States
Commerce Bank
Terms of Service: http://www.commercebank.com/about/about/termsservice.asp
Privacy Policy: http://www.commercebank.com/about/about/privacy.asp
Garfield Master Card/Europe
MBNA Europe Bank Limited
Terms of Service: http://www.mbna.com/europe/terms.html
Privacy Policy: http://www.mbna.com/europe/privacy.html
Garfield Master Card /China
Industrial Bank Corporation
Terms of Service and Privacy Policies:
http://creditcard.cib.com.cn/card/card.portal@_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=index_aqsm
http://creditcard.cib.com.cn/card/card.portal@_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=jfmklyhy
http://creditcard.cib.com.cn/card/card.portal@_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=xykzc
Garfield Master Card/Canada
MBNA Canada
Terms of Use: http://www.mbna.com/canada/terms.html
Privacy Policy: http://www.mbna.com/canada/privacy.html
Garfield Collectible Art and Product
Paws, Inc.
Terms of Use: http://www.garfieldcollectibles.com/privacy.asp
Privacy Policy: http://www.garfieldcollectibles.com/privacy.asp
Garfield Mobile Content for Wireless Devices
uclick
Terms of Use: https://register.uclick.com/reg/termsofuse.html
Privacy Policy: https://register.uclick.com/reg/privacy_policy.html
Powered by M-Qube: Mobile Media Management
Privacy Policy: http://www.m-qube.com/html/utility/privacy.html
Garfield Posters
Paws, Inc.
Privacy Policy: http://www.garfieldposters.com/privacy.asp
Garfield Games – Free game site
Paws, Inc.
Terms of Use: http://www.garfieldgames.com
Privacy Policy: http://www.garfieldgames.com
Downloadable Jigsaw Puzzles
Adveractive, Inc. (Platonium.com)
Privacy Policy: http://www.playtonium.com/privacy.php
Educational Workbooks
ESP International
Privacy Policy: https://internal.bpn.net/permanent.pages/privacy.cfm
Typing Tutor
De Marque, Inc.
Privacy Policy: http://store.demarque.com/demarque/english/shopping/info.asp#confidentialite
Downloadable Local Weather Network
Weatherbug
Terms of Use: http://weather.weatherbug.com/about-us/terms-of-use.html?zcode=z5602®ion=0
Privacy Policy: http://weather.weatherbug.com/about-us/privacy-policy.html?zcode=z5602®ion=0
Professor Garfield
Paws, Inc.
Terms of Use: http://www.professorgarfield.org/termsofuse.html
Privacy Policy: http://www.professorgarfield.org/privacypolicy.html
Garfield Mobile Game
Cingular Wireless (now AT & T)
Terms of Use: http://www.cingular.com/legal
Privacy Policy: http://www.cingular.com/privacy/privacy_policy
Customized Garfield Product
Café Press
Terms of Use: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/shopkeepers_agreement.aspx
Privacy Policy: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/privacy_policy.aspx
Garfield Charms for Crocs
Jibbitz, LLC
3052 Sterling Circle
Boulder Colorado, 80301-2338
Terms of Use: http://www.crocs.com/terms_of_use/
Privacy Policy: http://www.crocs.com/privacy_policy/
Garfield Word Seeks and Easy Crossword Puzzles
Penny Press/Dell Magazines
6 Prowitt Street
Norwalk, CT 06855
Privacy Policy: http://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/privacy_policy.aspx
Garfield Music CD
Wonder Workshops, Inc.
Customer Service
1123 Brookstone Blvd.
Mt. Juliet, TN 37122
Terms of Use: http://www.mywonderkids.com/page.php?ct=terms
Garfield T-shirts
Trevco. Inc/Popfunk, Inc.
1900 Stephenson Highway
Troy, MI 48083
Privacy Policy: http://www.popfunk.com/safe_shopping.aspx
Garfield Playstation 2 Video Game
Eko Software
16 avenue Jean Jaures
Immeuble Orix
94600 Choisy Le Roi
FRANCE
Personal Checks
Checks Unlimited
Terms of Use: http://www.checksunlimited.com/TermsConditions.aspx
PrivacyPolicy: http://www.checksunlimited.com/Security.aspx
Pet Health Insurance
The Hartville Group
Privacy Policy: http://www.petshealthplan.com/pet-insurance-privacy-policy.aspx
Fruit Flower Bouquets
Incredibly Edible Delites
Terms of Use: http://www.fruitflowers.com/policy.html
Cookie Bouquets
Cookies by Design
Privacy Policy: http://www.cookiesbydesign.com/Privacy.aspx
Garfield Coins
Silvertowne
120 E Union City Pike Winchester, IN 47394
sales@silvertowne.com
Bird Suet Cakes
Heath Outdoor Products
Privacy Policy: http://www.heathoutdoorproducts.com/privacy.php?osCsid=0acc3a8aebc06aeced31716753bb3b31
Garfield Lapel Pins
Garfield Embroidered Patches
Willabee & Ward
Privacy Policy: http://www.willabeeandwardproducts.com/collectibles/privacy_policy.asp
Garfield Clock
Danbury Mint
Privacy Policy: http://www.danburymint.com/CMSPage.aspx?UrlKey=PrivacyPolicy
How is my personally identifiable information used by uclick?
uclick is the sole owner of the information collected from the uclick service. Your Personal Information can only be collected when you voluntarily provide it.
What is "Personal Information"? Personal Information is individually identifiable information about a person. This information can include a first and last name, credit card number, a home, billing or e-mail address or a personal identifier that reveals an individual's e-mail address, or a telephone or social security number. Personal information also includes a persistent identifier, such as a customer number held in a cookie (See below for definition of "cookie"), where such identifier is associated with individually identifiable information.
Customized Experience. uclick gathers user information to provide you with a customized experience on our Site. Your user information helps us tailor the content, services, goods and advertising to your current and future needs. For this reason, we may ask you to register or to provide personal information when you visit certain areas of our site, register for free services, order products, enter contests or subscribe to a newsletter. If you choose not to register, you may not have access to areas that require personal identification.
Subscription Services. If you subscribe to our site(s) for premium content services, uclick will gather user information and personal information to grant you access to the site(s). uclick may use third parties to accept and process orders and credit card purchases for subscriptions, merchandise and products. If you choose not to register you may not have access to subscription areas that require personal identification.
E-mail Delivery. If you register with our site(s) for daily e-mail delivery, subscription services or purchase products from us, from time to time, we may e-mail you with informative messages about our services or third party products and services we believe may be of interest to you, such as new features and services, special offers and updated information. These e-mails may contain code that enables our database to track your usage of the e-mail, including whether the e-mail was opened and/or what links (if any) were clicked. We will combine that information to other information we have about you and may use that information to improve your site experience and/or provide customized e-mail communications to you.
When does uclick collect my information, including personally identifiable information?
Free Registration. When you register, uclick asks for your e-mail address, a user selected user name, and other information. Once you are a registered user you can update your profile and may be able to provide additional preferential information (e.g. a member name, a nickname, and certain user preferences). uclick may also ask for other optional information. (See below on uclick's policy with respect to children under 13)
Subscription Services. When you subscribe, uclick asks for your e-mail address, a user selected user name, password and other necessary financial information to process the order. Credit card information is collected by uclick, however, the specific credit card number is not stored within the uclick System. Contact information from the order is used to fulfill premium purchases to our registered users and to get in touch with the user when deemed necessary. Once you are a subscribed user you can update your profile and may be able to provide additional preferential information. uclick may also ask for other optional information. (See below on uclick's policy with respect to children under 13)
Order Forms and Products Store. uclick also uses an order form for users to request information, products and services. For that order form, we collect a user's contact information (e-mail address) and necessary financial information to process the order (i.e. credit card number). Contact information from the order is used to send orders to our registered users and to get in touch with the user when deemed necessary. uclick may use third parties to accept and process orders and credit card purchases for merchandise and products. For some products, third parties host the store pages, ordering system, order data, collect order information, contact information and necessary financial information to process the order. Please see the privacy policies on their Web sites for more information about how CafePress uses this information.
Special Contests or Promotions. uclick may occasionally present a special contest or promotion that is sponsored by another company. To qualify for entry in that contest or promotion, we may ask you to provide personal information. If we plan to share that information with the sponsor(s) or with others, we will provide a statement to that effect in the contest or promotion terms.
IP Address. An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique string of numbers that is assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider. Web servers automatically identify your computer by its IP address. We will use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our site. Your IP address also may be used to gather broad demographic information.
Cookies. A "cookie" is a small line of text that is stored with your Web browser for record-keeping purposes and to help us provide better service to you. Your browser has options to accept, reject, or provide you with notice when a cookie is sent. uclick may utilize "cookie" technology by sending and/or receiving information from our computers to your browser and computer. We also use cookies to customize our site(s) and deliver content specific to your interests.
Computer-Generated Information. uclick may use server logs to track your movement through our Web sites and properties - in addition, we may use this information to customize the user experience or provide registrant continuity between our various Web sites and properties. uclick may also use other technologies to verify and track your use of certain services, confirm receipt of certain e-mailed products or to test the integrity of our systems, products and services.
Advertisements. The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to you by our Web advertising partners. In the process of serving ads, advertisers place a cookie in your browser's cookie file and may use information (excluding your name, address, e-mail address or other personal information) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other Web sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you. By delivering ads on the Sites, uclick is able to record what ads a user -- identified by the unique cookie -- has seen, and what uclick site pages the user was viewing when the ads were delivered. This Web usage information is combined with other ad delivery information uclick has (e.g., what type of operating system your computer uses) collected from your visits to uclick Sites and other sites not affiliated with uclick. This non-personally identifiable information is used as part of the ad serving process for reporting and to select and direct the ads you see online at uclick Sites. Additionally, some ads are generated by third party ad serving systems that also may place a cookie on your browser to provide web usage information to those third parties. Please note that if an advertiser asks us to show an advertisement to a certain audience (for example, men ages 18-34) or audience segment (for example, men ages 13-24 who have viewed sports content) and you respond to that ad, the advertiser or ad-server may conclude that you fit the description of the audience they are trying to reach. As always remember, we only authorize our third-party ad servers to employ anonymous cookies for ad delivery and anonymous targeting. Our third-party ad servers do not collect, nor do we give them access to, any personally identifying information about you. To find out more about those specific third party ad serving systems, please click to their sites below:
24/7 Real Media Inc. (247realmedia.com
Advertising.com (advertising.com)
DoubleClick (doubleclick.com)
Eyeblaster (eyeblaster.com)
Tribal Fusion (tribalfusion.com)
BlueLithium (BlueLithium.com)
Opt-Intelligence (opt-intelligence.com)
Casale Media (casalemedia.com)
ValueClick (valueclick.com)
Addynamix (addynamix.com)
Intercept Interactive (www.interceptinteractive.com)
Google AdSense (www.google.com/adsense)
Tacoda (www.tacoda.com )
Opting Out of Third-Party Ad Servers
We recognize that not all users wish to receive ads targeted to their interests and we put the wishes of our users first. If you want to prevent a third-party ad server from sending and reading cookies on your computer, currently you must visit each ad newtowrk's Web site individually and opt out of this type of advertising. You may find more information from these sites:
For DoubleClick, one of our partners, cookies, and how to "opt-out," you can visit this page: http://www.doubleclick.net/us/corporate/privacy/privacy/ad-cookie/default.asp.
For 24/7 Real Media, Inc., one of our partners, cookies, and how to "opt-out," you can visit this page: http://www.247realmedia.com/privacy.html.
If you would like to opt-out of third party ad serving cookies now click here: www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp. This opt-out feature replaces a network advertiser's unique online preference marketing cookie on your browser with a general opt-out cookie; it does not delete cookies and does not necessarily replace other cookies placed by network advertisers, such as those that are used for aggregate ad reporting or mere ad serving purposes. Such cookies allow network advertisers to rotate ad banners sequentially and track aggregate numbers of impressions. Please see the companies' privacy policies for more details or visit the NAI web site for more information. For us at uclick, the most important thing is that you make the choice that is best for you.
Links to Other Sites. The uclick Sites contain links, including banner and other ads, to other Web sites. uclick is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. The uclick Sites may also link to Web sites that feature uclick trademarks and names along with trademarks and names of other companies. You should look at the privacy policy on that co-branded Web site, as the co-branded Web site may not be under uclick's control.
Information from Other Sources. For reasons such as improving member experience and providing customized communications to our users, we may receive information about you from other sources and add it to the information that we have received from you.
Who does uclick share information with?
We will not share your personally identifiable information with third parties (aside from entities that perform services for us, such as fulfilling orders, that either are bound to comply with our privacy policy or have privacy policies that protect your information) unless you have "opted-in" to such sharing. If you have previously opted-in to such sharing under a prior privacy policy version, you are still considered to have opted-in under this Privacy Statement. As stated, uclick may use third parties to accept and process orders for merchandise and products.
However, uclick may disclose information you provide if required to do so by law or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process served on uclick; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of uclick; or (3) act in an emergency to protect someone's safety.
We may gather demographic information from you (for example, your age, education level or household income) from time to time. We will not share that information in a manner that identifies you as an individual with any other entity, unless we let you know that at the time of collection or we have your permission. When we share demographic information with third parties, we will give them aggregate information only.
As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets, and, depending upon the transaction, your personal information may be one of the transferred assets. In the event that uclick is acquired by another company, your personal information may be part of the assets transferred to the acquiring party.
What are my options to control the use of my personally identifiable information?
You will have the ability to request the deletion of your uclick registration at any time by utilizing the registration system established for this purpose. However, we may maintain certain other information as part of our internal processes to prevent accidental loss of user data or information and to prevent or discourage fraudulent activities that may involve uclick registration or account information. We may also continue to maintain information about your registration or account and your computer access to our Web sites or services as part of our server logs.
Unless you opt-out we may e-mail you with information from uclick, including information about selected third parties. If you do not want to receive information from uclick or third parties that we have selected, you may decline to receive it (or "Opt-Out") when you provide personal information to uclick, or you may visit https://register.uclick.com/reg/sign-in and update your profile. You may also contact uclick by postal mail at the address below.
What about kids' personally identifiable information?
This Site is a general audience site. uclick respects the privacy of parents and children and is committed to complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).Except as stated below, uclick and Paws do not collect or maintain personally identifiable information from children who identify themselves as under the age of 13. One exception to this policy is a situation where a child sends us an email and identifies himself/herself as under the age of 13. In such a case, we will respond (if appropriate given the nature of the email), and then we will permanently delete the email from the child, and our response to the child. Another exception is when a child under the age of 13 attempts to register or sign up for a program or service, and identifies himself/herself as under the age of 13. In such a case, we notify the child that they may not register or sign up, and we delete any personally identifiable information that had been provided by the child.
Furthermore, uclick and Paws have taken steps to avoid the inadvertent collection or maintenance of personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13, even if we are unaware that such is the case. Therefore, we will delete all email inquiries, and all of our replies, unless it is obviously that the sender is over the age of 12. Furthermore, for users of the greeting card service on the Site, after the electronic greeting card is sent, we permanently delete the email addresses of the sender and the recipient(s).
uclick assumes products purchased through credit card means are purchased by adults.
If a parent believes that his or her child has submitted personal information to uclick, he or she can contact us via e-mail or postal mail as listed below. uclick will promptly delete the information upon learning that it relates to a child under the age of 13.
uclick believes that parents should supervise their children's online activities and consider using parental control tools available from online services and software manufacturers that help provide a kid-friendly online environment. These tools can also prevent children from otherwise disclosing online their name, address and other personal information without parental permission.
What else should I know about my privacy?
uclick's Commitment to Data Security Protecting user privacy and Personal Information is a high priority for uclick.
We use our best efforts to ensure the security of your Personal Information. uclick maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your Personal Information. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of information between your PC and our computers. Unfortunately, no electronic communication over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to take great care to protect your Personal Information, we cannot warrant the security of any information that you submit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
We also take precautions to protect your Personal Information off-line. Access to all user information is restricted. Only our employees, agents and processors whose jobs require accessing users' Personal Information are granted database access or administrator-level accounts on servers that contain such Personal Information. Finally, all servers containing users' Personal Information are kept locked in a secure data center and require a secure login to access them remotely.
Remember to sign off our Site and close your browser window when you are finished using it. This is to ensure that others cannot pose as you online. This is especially important if you are at a terminal that is accessible to others, such as the library, at school, at the workplace or at an Internet cafe.
Security. uclick has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. These include a firewall to prevent unauthorized access to our systems and maintenance of registration information in a separate database. Although we will exercise reasonable care in providing secure transmission of information between your computer and our servers, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us over the Internet and we accept no liability for any unintentional disclosure. We will protect the transmission of credit card information through industry standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption. We use thawte SSL Web Server Certificates to offer secure communications by encrypting all data to and from the site. thawte has checked and verified the company registration documents and the site's registered domain name. Consumer Guidelines: How to know whether a site is secure
Refer a Friend. If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site or particular features or content, we ask them for the friend's name and e-mail address. uclick or Paws will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the Site. The email address is used solely for this purpose, and is not kept or maintained by uclick or Paws.
Your personal information is password-protected, and you should take appropriate measures to protect the secrecy of your password. If you use a computer in a public place or share a computer with others, remember to sign out and close your browser window when you finish a session with uclick in order to prevent others from accessing your personal information.
How can I update my Profile?
You can help uclick maintain the accuracy of your profile by notifying us when you change your address, phone number, or e-mail address. If at any time you wish to update your information or stop receiving communication from uclick, you may visit https://register.uclick.com/reg/sign-in and update your profile. Please include your old and new contact information so that we can make the appropriate corrections.
Contacting uclick.
uclick would like to receive your comments and questions about this Privacy Statement. Please address comments or questions regarding uclick's Privacy Statement to us via e-mail or postal mail.
You can complete our e-mail form at: https://register.uclick.com/cgi-bin/support.cgi. You may also contact uclick by mail at:
uclick, LLC
Attn: uclick Privacy
4520 Main Street
Suite 500
Kansas City, MO 64111 USA
Acceptance of Privacy Statement.
Your use of the uclick Sites, including any dispute concerning privacy, is subject to this Privacy Statement and uclick's Terms and Conditions of Use. By using the uclick Sites, you are accepting the practices set out in this Privacy Statement and those Terms and Conditions of Use. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time by posting the changes on this page. Please check the revision date at the bottom of this page to determine if the statement has been modified since you last reviewed it. Your continued use of any portion of the uclick Sites following posting of the updated Privacy Statement will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
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