IdeaEdge, Inc. (owners and operators of www.AmericanIdolGifts.com) is committed to respecting and protecting the privacy rights of all visitors to our Websites. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we collect and use your personal information. We do not use or share your personal information other than as described below.
Please check with your parents before entering ANY information on our Websites, or any other websites. If you are a kid, under 13 years old, please ask your parent or guardian BEFORE giving out ANY information about yourself on our Websites, such as your name, age, address, telephone number, or email address. If you are under 13 years old, you MUST have your parent or guardian make any changes to your profile, or to the information you have given us in the past. If you are ever unsure about anything you see on our Websites, ask your parent or guardian for help.
If you are a kid under 13 years old, we may knowingly collect your email address, which is personally identifiable information, WITH YOUR PARENT’S PERMISSION. Again, please do NOT provide us with your email address UNLESS YOU HAVE YOUR PARENT’S PERMISSION. We currently use your email address in order to send one or more newsletters to you, as approved by your parents. In addition, following the receipt of your parent’s permission, we collect your screen name. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU CREATE A SCREEN NAME THAT HAS NO PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU OR YOUR FAMILY.
Our Websites do have links on it to other websites not controlled by or affiliated with us. IF YOU ARE A KID UNDER 13 YEARS OLD, GET YOUR PARENT’S OR GUARDIAN’S PERMISSION BEFORE LINKING TO OTHER SITES.
As we take very seriously the safety of children, especially those under the age of 13, we operate in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 2000 (COPPA). Although more information about COPPA may be found below, please read the following information regarding what information we may legally collect online from your child.
First, in compliance with COPPA, we may collect online contact information of your child in order to help protect your child’s safety. If we do collect information to protect the safety of your child, we provide notice to you and we do not use that information for any other purpose. Second, we may collect online contact information of your child, who is under the age of 13, in order to obtain parental consent from you, the child’s parent or guardian, and/or to provide parental notice by providing a link to this Privacy Policy wherever we have requested personally identifiable information from kids under the age of 13. If a visitor to our Websites indicates where asked that he/she is under the age of 13, he/she will be asked to supply an email address of a parent or guardian, in which case the parent or guardian will receive an email message containing instructions on how to enable the child’s registration with our Website. Until the parent or guardian enables the child’s registration, the child’s account is disabled. The account, along with all information provided by the child, will be deleted from our records if we have not obtained consent from a parent or guardian within a reasonable period of time. If and when we have obtained consent from a parent, we only ask for and collect from kids under the age of 13 personally identifiable information that is reasonably necessary for that kid to participate in any given activity online. Third, we may also collect such information to respond to a specific request from a kid under 13. Once we respond to a request from a kid under 13, we may not contact that child again and the information is deleted from our records. Please note that you can always ask us to review or delete any of your child’s information and you can refuse to permit further collection or use of your child’s information at any time by sending us a written request at the contact information below. However, if you ask us to delete your child’s information that is reasonably necessary to participate in our activities, we may have to ask your child not to participate in our activities.
We do not currently collect, use or disclose personally identifiable information from kids we know to be under the age of 13 absent parental consent. Prior to permitting an individual to purchase Products from our Websites, we request his/her age. If an individual identifies himself or herself as being under 13, we do not give him or her the ability to purchase Products from our Websites unless we obtain parental consent.
If you wish to review, correct or delete information that we may have about you or your child, or wish to inform us that you do not permit further collection or use of your child’s information, please contact us at the following address:
IdeaEdge, Inc.
6440 Lusk Blvd. Ste. 200
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 677-0080 - Phone
(858) 677-0180 - FAX
The following information describes the ways in which we share your information. We do not share your personally identifiable information in ways other than described in this Privacy Policy.
"Personally Identifiable Information" refers to information that can be used to identify, contact or locate you, and may include your name, mailing address, telephone number, mobile phone number, email address, and other identification and contact information. Personally Identifiable Information is requested when you register with us, redeem a gift card, place an order, fill out surveys, participate in contests or sweepstakes, correspond with us, or otherwise volunteer information. We may also collect certain financial information, such as your credit card number and billing address. Whenever we do so, we will attempt to provide a link to this Policy so you can confirm how this information will be used.
Other than as explained in this Policy, we may disclose Personally Identifiable Information (including the information of children under the age of 13) in the good faith belief that we are required to do so by law, or that doing so is reasonably necessary to: comply with legal processes; respond to any claims; or, protect the rights, property or personal safety of IdeaEdge, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates, our customers or the public. Furthermore, our customers’ information, including, without limitation, Personally Identifiable Information regarding children under the age of 13, may be disclosed as part of any bankruptcy, merger, sale, transfer of company assets or acquisition. In the instance of a bankruptcy, merger, sale or transfer of company assets we will attempt to notify you. Please see the “CHANGES” section, below.
"Non-Personally Identifiable Information" refers to information that does not identify a specific individual by itself or in combination with other information, and may include such information about you as age, date of birth, and gender. We may also gather consumer purchasing information based upon where you shop on our site. This information may be compiled and analyzed on both a personal and an aggregated basis. This information may include the Website's Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") that you just came from, which URL you next go to, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address. A URL is the global address of documents and other resources on the Internet. An IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol ("TCP/IP") network, such as the Internet. Networks use the TCP/IP protocol to route information based on the IP address of the destination. In other words, an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Internet, allowing Internet servers to locate and identify your computer. Computers require IP addresses in order for users to communicate on the Internet, browse and shop.
Our primary purpose of collecting your information is to provide customer service. Among other things, we use personal information to fill orders, contact users about the status of an order, and to remind customers of upcoming events and promotions.
We collect and maintain your personal information when you place an order with us. To complete an order we will require your name, and shipping address. We will also attempt to collect your phone number and email address. Should the cost of your order exceed the amount of your gift card, we will also require a credit card number. We collect this information in order to fulfill your order, and will share your address, phone number, and credit card number only to fulfill your order, including, but not limited to, sharing this information with a shipping company and a credit card processing company. Service providers, (third parties who perform services on our behalf) are contractually restricted from using your information in any manner other than in helping us to provide you with the products and services available from IdeaEdge, Inc. For example, we may share your address with UPS, but UPS is prohibited from using your address that they receive from us other than to deliver orders placed with IdeaEdge, Inc.
We may also use information gathered for an order to contact you regarding an order. We sometimes use your email address to send you a survey via a third party. Again, this third party may not use your information other than to manage the survey for us.
If you sign up for our newsletter while placing an order, we use the personal information you provide us to send you promotional materials and updates for our Websites. To unsubscribe, log on to our site and click “unsubscribe” on the mailing lists page under “my account,” or write to unsubscribe@ideaedge.com. If you unsubscribe, we will discontinue sending you promotional information about our Websites, and will only send you such materials again should you opt back in by contacting us or by indicating that you would like to receive such information when placing another order.
Customers who participate in sweepstakes/contests will be asked to provide personally identifiable information. Such information will be used to notify winners and to fulfill promotional obligations to FremantleMedia, as well as to provide such customers with promotional materials for our Websites. The specific rules and regulations governing the particular contest or sweepstakes, including the applicable privacy policy, will vary and your participation constitutes your agreement to abide by those rules and regulations.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE AWARE THAT WE ARE PROHIBITED BY THE COPPA FROM CONDITIONING A CHILD’S ONLINE PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SWEEPSTAKES, CONTESTS, OR PROMOTIONS, UPON THE CHILD’S DISCLOSING MORE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAN IS REASONABLY NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ACTIVITY. YOU ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ANY REQUESTED INFORMATION AT ANY TIME, AND CAN DECLINE TO PROVIDE ANY REQUESTED INFORMATION AT ANY TIME. HOWEVER, IF YOU DECLINE TO PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT IS REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR YOUR CHILD TO PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES, YOUR CHILD MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES AT OUR WEBSITES.
We will attempt to collect your personal information when you contact us regarding an order. This information will only be used to follow up with you, such as calling or emailing you to update you on the status of an order.
We may ask you to fill out an online survey so we can improve our gift card or Websites. Your personally identifiable information will be kept confidential, but the feedback you provide in the survey is not confidential and may be used by IdeaEdge, Inc., or a third party.
When you browse our Websites we will collect your IP address for the purposes of system administration, to gather broad demographic information, and to monitor the level of activity on our site. We collect information from visitors to our Websites regarding the referring URL, your IP address, which browser you used to come to our site, the country, state and telephone area code where your server is located, and the pages of our Websites that you viewed during your visit. We do not collect personally identifiable information from you when you browse our Websites.
We offer free, electronic newsletters and promotional emails for products and/or services offered through our Websites as a service to current and prior customers of our Websites. We may send you newsletters and emails from time to time telling you about specials and deals from us or through a third-party partner. You have the choice to opt out of receiving newsletters and promotional emails at any time. Once we process a request to opt out, we will not send you promotional emails unless you opt back in. You can change your mailing list preference by logging on to www.AmericanIdolGifts.com. Go to “Your Account” and click on “Mailing Lists.” From here you can subscribe and unsubscribe to our mailing lists.
Although we do not provide any personally identifiable information about children under the age of 13 to any “independently-operated websites” (that is, websites not owned, operated, and controlled by us), such websites may solicit Personally Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. Please be aware that we do not control and are not responsible for the actions, privacy policy(ies) or terms of use of such independently-operated websites, nor are we responsible for any content appearing on their sites linked to or from our Website, or for any personal information gathered at those websites. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 13, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR PARENT’S OR GUARDIAN’S PERMISSION BEFORE LINKING TO THESE OTHER INDEPENDENTLY-OPERATED WEBSITES OR PROVIDING ANY OF YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO THESE OTHER WEBSITES.
Where appropriate and if you are at least 13 years of age or older, the option to allow us to share certain information with some of our promotional partners may be provided, or the option for you to elect not to have us share certain information may be provided. If you are under 13 years old, we will not share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties. You always have the right to unsubscribe from any mailing lists we may maintain, or to delete electronic Personally Identifiable Information we have collected online about you by logging on to www.AmericanIdolGifts.com, going to “Your Account” and then clicking on “Mailing Lists.” From here you can subscribe and unsubscribe to our mailing lists. Parents, you can always ask us to review or delete any of your child's information and you can refuse to permit further collection and use of your child's information at any time by sending us a written request at the Contact information below. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 13, YOU WILL NEED YOUR PARENT'S OR GUARDIAN'S PERMISSION BEFORE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS ACTIVITY.
At times, we may share information with other carefully selected companies and organizations that are not part of IdeaEdge, Inc. or FremantleMedia. These companies and organizations may use the information we send them to provide special opportunities and offers to you. It is not our policy to share your shipping address, billing information, or telephone numbers with any of these organizations.
A cookie is a small data file that is placed on the hard drive of your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used to identify you to us, and can be used to save your IP address and website preferences. We may link a cookie to your email address after you place an order with us. Clear Gifs are small strings of code that can be used to track your movements on our Websites, such as which categories and products you view. Clear Gifs are not connected to your personally identifiable information.
If you register with our Websites, your cookie allows us to recognize you when you return to our Websites and provides you with access to your account information. If you save your information with us, or make any orders from our Websites, we may also use cookies to monitor and maintain information about your use of our Websites. If you have not saved your information with us or made any orders from our Websites, we may monitor and maintain information about your use of our Websites in a manner that does not identify you. You can disable cookies at any time by using your browser options; however, if you disable cookies, we will not be able to track your order, enable you to make a purchase from our Websites, or recognize you as a registered user to allow you access to your account information.
We may use third-party companies to serve ads or analyze behavior patterns when you visit our Websites. These companies may place or provide ads (such as banner ads) on our Websites that might also place cookies. These companies may use information (not including Personally Identifiable Information) about your visit to our Websites in order to help us improve our user experience and/or provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. In the course of providing these services or placing these ads, these third-party companies may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your computer and each of these companies uses this cookie information according to their own privacy and security policies.
Our Websites are hosted in the United States. If you are visiting from the European Union or any other region or country with laws governing data collection and use which may differ from U.S. law, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States which does not have the same data protection laws as the region or country you are visiting from and by providing your personal data you consent to:
1. the use of your personal data for the purposes identified above in accordance with this Privacy Policy; and
2. the transfer of your personal data to the United States as indicated above.
We take reasonable precautions to keep your personal information secure. We have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard the confidentiality and integrity of the information we collect. The information is stored on computer servers which are separate from other corporate information and systems. We have and will continue to take reasonable measures to assure the security and accuracy of all information our visitors share with us. Our efforts include procedures designed to avoid any unauthorized access, alteration, misuse or disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information.
Our Websites, or our third-party service providers, which collect sensitive financial information, such as credit/debit card information, use SSL encryption in the collection and transfer of such information.
If we learn of a security systems breach we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. However, we not be required to do so by law. By using our Websites or providing personal information to us you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of our Websites. We may post a notice on our Websites if a security breach occurs. If this happens, you will need a web browser enabling you to view our Websites. We may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us in these circumstances. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) you should notify us in writing by contacting us at the Contact information provided below.
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act took effect on April 21, 2000. It imposes certain requirements on websites directed toward children under 13 that collect information on those children, or on websites that know they are collecting Personally Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected Personally Identifiable information from someone under the age of 13, we will attempt to obtain consent from that person’s parent or guardian. If we are unable to obtain such consent within a reasonable period of time, we will immediately delete from our records any Personally Identifiable Information we have collected from the child. WE ASK THAT ALL CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13 HAVE THEIR PARENTS PLACE ORDERS ONLINE FOR THEM.
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time, and apply the changes to information already collected unless prohibited by law. We will inform you of any changes to the Privacy Policy by posting the changes on our website. Therefore, it is important that you review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes. PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH IT, YOU SHOULD LEAVE OUR WEBSITES AND DISCONTINUE USE OF OUR WEBSITES IMMEDIATELY.
For children who are registered users, if we desire to change our use of Personally Identifiable Information collected from children under the age of 13, we will obtain parental consent prior to implementing such changes. If we do not receive such consent we will not use the child’s Personally Identifiable Information in the new manner.
Our Websites give our users options for changing and modifying information previously provided, including Personally Identifiable Information. If you are a registered visitor, you may change or delete your registration information at any time, or to update the contact information we have for you or to inform us that you do not want to receive new product or other information from us. You can make such changes to your registration or contact information by logging on to www.AmericanIdolGifts.com, and clicking on “Your Account.” However, kids under the age of 13 cannot change registration information; only the parent or guardian can do that. Parents should follow the procedure they used to enable their child’s registration to review, change, or delete any registration information at any time. Parents, you can always ask us to review or delete any of your child’s information and you can refuse to permit further collection or use of your child’s information at any time by sending us a written request at the Contact information below.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our Terms and Conditions, or about our Websites in general, please email us at: information@americanidolgifts.com.