Your privacy is important to us at the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum. We are committed to safeguarding any personal information collected online by our website. Following is our Privacy Policy and important information for parents and children regarding the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. As a public service, we offer to our visitors tips when using the Internet.

Personal Information

We will not collect personal information about any visitor to our website unless that information is voluntarily submitted to us. Any data you supply to us through any form, application or request for information will not be provided or sold to any other person(s) or organizations for any purpose. The data may be used to inform you of Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum’s activities and opportunities for support, and for internal evaluation of Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum’s programs. The data may also be used for statistical purposes, but you will not be identified by name in those results. We may also use the data to help us evaluate the success of our offerings and design future offerings.

Links to External (Non-Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum) Websites

Within our website are links to non-Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum websites that we have carefully selected for their information and/or educational value. However, please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the specific content of non-Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum websites.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

The U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, effective April 21, 2000, applies to individually identifiable information about a child that is collected online, such as full name, home address, email address, telephone number or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the child. Visit the U.S. Federal Trade Commission online at www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy for information on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule.

The Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum website does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 and, if we discover that a child under the age of 13 has submitted personal information to us, we delete it immediately. If you have any questions about our treatment of children’s personal information, please contact:

Peggy McKee, Executive Director
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
P.O. Box 239
Winchester, VA  22604
Ph:  (540) 722-2020
pmckee@discoverymuseum.net

Tips When Using the Internet

1. Never give out your name or names of any family members, your home address or your phone number in chat rooms, on bulletin boards, or to online pen pals.
2. Don’t tell other kids or adults you don’t know, your screen name, user ID or password.
3. Look at a website’s Privacy Policy to see how the site uses the information you give them.
4. Surf the Internet with your parents or guardians. If they aren’t available, talk to them about the sites you are visiting.
5. Talk about the site’s Privacy Policy with your parents so that you and your parents will know what information the site collects about you and what it does with the information.
6. If you are under the age of 13, website operators must get your parent’s permission before they collect many kinds of information from you.
7. If a website has information about you that you and your parents don’t want it to have, your parents can ask to see the information, and your parents can ask the website operator to delete or erase the information.
8. Websites are not supposed to collect more information than they need about you for the activity in which you want to participate. You should be able to participate in many activities online without having to give any information about yourself.
9. If a website makes you feel uncomfortable or asks for more information than you want to share, leave the website immediately.

For more information, go to Kidz Privacy.

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