Sea-Monkeys aims to provide a safe environment that fosters education, entertainment and fun for families, parents and children. Federal law requires that children age 13 and under receive parental consent in order to use some portions of this Web site.
Sea-Monkeys additionally requires that children age 13 and under obtain permission from their parents before they provide any personal information to our company.
Sea-Monkeys offers a variety of products as well as complementary Web-based activities and product support. Sea-Monkeys also might provide links to other free sites. But the company offers no guarantees about the materials on or content of any other Web site. We encourage parents to talk to their children about the responsibilities of using the Internet and the World Wide Web. Sea-Monkeys also suggests that parents consider the use of access-control software to restrict their children's Web-based experiences. For more information, please see our Internet safety guidelines.
Sea-Monkeys is dedicated to enriching the lives of children and adults. We continually strive to assure your confidence in our products and conduct. The following sections describe policies aimed at establishing a cornerstone of trust among all our customers.
The Sea-Monkeys Web site meets the guidelines of COPPA, the Children's Online
Protection Policy Act. In all our services aimed at children age 13 and under, we will endeavor to prevent all of the following:
For further information and recommendations about safe Web surfing for children, please review our Internet safety guidelines.
Sea-Monkeys.com will not allow any child age 13 and under to join our site without parental approval.
The information you provide to us during registration, including your name, address, email address and your membership information, will be made available only to our Customer Service representatives and Sea-Monkeys-affiliated third party vendors, who are contractually bound not to share it further. To protect your privacy, a Sea-Monkeys user name and your own personal password protect access to this information. User names must be unique. We assign them on a first-come-first-served basis.
It is Sea-Monkeys’ policy not to share your name and address information for marketing purposes without your consent. Sea-Monkeys will take all reasonable precautions to avoid such use of your personal data.
Sea-Monkeys does request information that enables us to personalize your family’s experiences with our Web site and our Internet-enabled products. Sea-Monkeys takes reasonable steps to prevent disclosure of such information to anyone other than Sea-Monkeys and its affiliates.
Our services may require the use of cookies. Cookies are pieces of information exchanged between your computer browser and our server. The cookie file contains only basic identifying information. It does not include any private or secure information about the user. When you sign in, our Web server reads this information and draws on it to identify you during your session on our Web site. These files eliminate the need for you to sign in on every page of our Web site.
Use of email addresses: Participation in the Sea-Monkeys family of Web-related services requires that we obtain the email address of an adult. We include such addresses in our registration process in the event that we need to contract the adult to obtain parental consent or to discuss your account’s activity. We reserve the right to disclose email addresses to Sea-Monkeys-affiliated third party vendors that require the information to assist us in providing services to our customers.
Our customers do retain the ability to opt out of any promotional mailings. If you choose not to receive such messages, we may not be able to provide you with certain services. If you change your email address, make sure you immediately update your membership information. If you opt out of promotional emails, Sea-Monkeys might still send emails regarding your account, the status of the site or important information about our products.
Firewalls: If a firewall or proxy server filters your access to the Internet, some Sea-Monkeys services may not be available.
Encryption: Encrypted connections may be required for use of some of our services. These encrypted services include online product ordering. For your protection, we may encrypt some of our data during transmission to or from your computer, and we will generally not inform you if we use such additional encryption.
Spam protection: Sea-Monkeys seeks to avoid the delivery of unsolicited bulk email (Spam). Sea-Monkeys will send email messages to customers who choose to receive promotional mailings.
Your email address: If you terminate a particular email address, it is possible that another person could adopt the same address. If this occurs, an unauthorized party might receive email messages intended for you (just as if you moved from one home to another and mail was delivered to your old address). For example, if you had asked us for an email confirmation of your password, it would be sent to the person who adopted your address. You are responsible for notifying us of any change in your email address. If you do not notify us promptly of your termination of an email address, we assume no liability for any misdirected messages. We assume no liability in these circumstances even if personal information such as your Sea-Monkeys password is sent to a third party at your former email address.
Credit/payment information: To further protect your privacy, we do not store your credit card information.
Your rights: You will always retain full control over your own personal information. No employee of Sea-Monkeys will ask you for your password. We will not ask for your password on line. We will not ask for it over the phone. That is our policy. We will never ask for your password (except when you request membership termination). Since we do not have access to your password, we will never provide it to any other party.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, your personal information, the practices of this site or your dealings with this Web site, contact us at:
Sea-Monkeys is dedicated to creating a trusted and secure environment for children and their families. Privacy and safety are crucial to us. We offer the following guidelines and suggestions in an effort to insure safe Web use for both parents and children.
Parents: We encourage you to discuss the responsibilities of using the Internet and the World Wide Web with your children. We also urge you to consider the use of access-control software to restrict and guide your children's Web-based experiences.
Our suggestions to children: