WQPT | Privacy Policy

Nothing is more important to us than protecting the private information of our visitors. WQPT, PBS (pbs.org) and all PBS-affiliated websites adhere to a strict policy for ensuring the privacy of your—and your children's—personally identifiable information (such as full name, address, e-mail address, telephone number and/or other identifiable information) and preserving the integrity of this online medium.

For families and kids we encourage you to also read WQPT's Privacy Policy for Kids and Families.

Gathering and Use of Information

1. We will not collect personally identifiable information from you, other than what you supply to us on a voluntary basis.

2. In order to participate in some activities, you might be asked to provide some personally identifiable information. This could be in connection with the following:

—contest or sweepstakes registration;

—subscription registration for sites or services which require subscription (such as e-mail newsletters);

—requests for membership information;

—transactions on WQPT membership secure web pages;

—content submissions, community postings (i.e., forums, blogs or bulletin boards), comments and suggestions, or voting.

3. WQPT will not willfully disclose your personal information to any third party without first receiving your permission.

4. WQPT may use your personally identifiable information for activities explained above, for internal and marketing promotional purposes only. WQPT will not share such information with any third parties without your prior approval.

5. We will always explain the extent of its use at the time you are asked to provide personal information. If you do not want this information to be collected or used by us for these purposes, you can simply "opt out." Under certain circumstances, opting out may prevent your participation in activities for which personal information is needed, as in contests.

Tracking and Use of Cookies

As you explore the WQPT website, it is possible that several cookies* will be set on your computer. WQPT may use the information from cookies to deliver relevant local resources, remember browser preferences, and improve our visitors' experiences on the site.

No personal information is ever stored in a WQPT cookie, even if you have entered your name or e-mail address on other parts of WQPT.org, community.WQPT.org, video.WQPT.org, blog.WQPT.org and/or other WQPT websites. WQPT does not sell information collected by cookies nor use the information for commerce-related purposes. In addition, WQPT will not filter content based on your preferences without permission.

WQPT and/or PBS uses cookies at the following times:

—If you go to pbs.org from the WQPT website, and you were not previously localized to a station, you may be automatically localized to WQPT.

—If you watch a video clip or listen to an audio clip on wqpt.org, a cookie may remember which media player (such as Real Player, QuickTime or Windows Media Player) and which type of clip (high or low bandwidth) you prefer to use on your computer. You can change your video and audio preferences at any time, or choose a player each time you view or listen to a clip.

—If you watch a video clip or listen to an audio clip on kmsq.org, a cookie may remember which media player (such as Real Player, Flash, QuickTime or Windows Media Player) and which type of clip (high or low bandwidth) you prefer to use on your computer. You can change your video and audio preferences at any time, or choose a player each time you view or listen to a clip.

—A cookie will tell us which pages you visit and the amount of time between each page visit. This cookie does not remember any information about you or your computer; it just helps us monitor site usage and traffic; for example, it allows us to measure the number of repeat visitors to WQPT.org in a given month. We do not monitor site usage or traffic at blog.WQPT.org.

What is a cookie? A cookie is information a website puts on your computer's hard drive so that the site can remember your preferences or which pages you visited on that site.

WQPT Kids Privacy Policy

Because WQPT speaks to a special audience, websites that provide components for children must follow additional guidelines above and beyond WQPT policies. See WQPT's Privacy Policy for Kids and Families.

Acceptance of WQPT Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions

By using this site, you signify your agreement to the terms and conditions of this WQPT Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use the site. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for any changes. Your continued use of WQPT.org following the posting of any changes to these terms shall mean that you have accepted those changes. If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail us at wqpt.creative@gmail.com.

Please read WQPT's website Terms of Use to understand the additional terms and conditions which apply to your use of our sites.

A Special Message about External Links

WQPT provides links to other websites for informational purposes only, and in some instances for the convenience of our users. WQPT is not responsible for the content in other sites, and links from the WQPT website to other sites are not intended, nor do they imply endorsement of them by WQPT. WQPT encourages users to carefully select the websites that they use.

rev 8/2009.