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Effective
Date: July 1, 2004
This
web site is operated by Quaker, a unit of PepsiCo Beverages &
Foods. We recognize that many visitors to our site are concerned
about the information they provide to us, and how we treat that
information. Our goal at Quaker, a unit of PepsiCo Beverages &
Foods, is to provide safe entertainment and education for you and
your kids. Please read on to learn about our Privacy Policy.
Gathering
and Use of Information
Quaker, a unit of PepsiCo Beverages & Foods, only collects
personal information from our visitors on a voluntary basis. We
don’t require this information to obtain access to any of our sites.
Personal information may include name, address, e-mail address,
age, etc., and may be collected for contest entry forms, requests
for information from Quaker, a unit of PepsiCo Beverages & Foods,
to join our updates list, etc. We may also occasionally ask, on
a voluntary basis and with parental permission, if appropriate,
for personal information for our internal use, such as marketing
and research. Personal information received from any visitor will
only be used for internal Quaker, a unit of PepsiCo Beverages & Foods, purposes and will not be sold or provided to third parties.
Since the information you submit to us may not be encrypted, we
cannot guarantee the absolute privacy of that information. Only
those who ask to be added to our update lists or who ask for information
from us will receive e-mail from us. If you want to remove your
or your child’s e-mail address from our files, please let us know.
Kids
and Parents
Kids
If you are 18 years of age or younger, please be sure to ask your
parents for permission before providing any information to us.
Parents
We hope that you and your kids enjoy our web site. In communicating
directly with minors over the Internet, we recognize the unique
issues raised regarding the protection of your kids’ privacy. The
Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU), a section of The Better
Business Bureau, has issued guidelines for web sites gathering information
from minors. Quaker, a unit of PepsiCo Beverages & Foods, intends
to comply with the CARU guidelines in order to protect your kids
and their privacy.
Cookies
Quaker, a unit of PepsiCo Beverages & Foods, may use "cookie"
technology to obtain non-personal information from its online visitors.
The cookie tracks the total number of visitors to our sites in an
aggregate form (you’re one of a group and your information is not
singled out). These aggregated statistics are used internally to
better provide services to our consumers. We don’t extract personal
information in this process nor do we provide this information to
third parties. We also do not contact you.
Links
Quaker, a unit of PepsiCo Beverages & Foods’ site may contain
"links" to other sites, and we make every effort to only link to
sites that share our high standards of decency, fairness, and integrity.
We try our best to ensure that these links are safe for kids. However,
since we cannot guarantee the content of every site to which we
are linked, kids should always check with an adult before linking
to any new sites.
Your
Ideas
We encourage you to share your comments and questions with us.
We promise to read all the mail you send to us, but we may not be
able to respond to all of it. However, please note that we assume
no responsibility for reviewing unsolicited ideas for our business
(like product or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability
as a result of any similarities between your ideas and future Quaker,
a unit of PepsiCo Beverages & Foods, products or programs. This
means that we have no obligation to treat your idea submissions
confidentially and that we can use them without paying you for them.
Any and all idea submissions will be owned by Quaker, a unit of
PepsiCo Beverages & Foods, exclusively and may be used by Quaker,
a unit of PepsiCo Beverages & Foods, for any purpose, now or in
the future.
Use
of Materials on this Web Site
Please remember that the trademarks, service marks, graphics,
text, music and other properties appearing within this web site
are protected intellectual properties used by Quaker, a unit of
PepsiCo Beverages & Foods, and/or its related companies. These
properties may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded,
posted, transmitted or distributed in any way, except that you may,
for personal and non-commercial use only, download one copy onto
your personal computer. In order to protect these valuable assets,
Quaker, a unit of PepsiCo Beverages & Foods, must prohibit other
uses without its prior written consent. Except as expressly provided
above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring
any license or right under any copyright or other intellectual property
right.
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