Terms and Conditions


Gathering and Use of Information

  1. We will not collect personal identification information from you, other than any personal identification information that you supply us voluntarily.
  2. To participate in some activities, you may be asked to provide some personal identification information. This may be in connection with the following:
    • contest or sweepstakes registration
    • registration for sites or services that require a subscription (such as e-mail newsletters)
    • membership for WQPT-Quad Cities PBS
    • transactions in the e-commerce areas of our website (i.e.,our Online Memberships, on-sale items, auction or others)
    • content submissions, community postings (i.e., forums or bulletin boards), comments and suggestions, or voting
  3. WQPT, Black Hawk College, PBS Online and its affiliated Web sites, and any service providers acting on our behalf, may use your personal identification information for activities explained in this policy, for internal and marketing purposes, or when a mailing list is used by our marketing staff. WQPT does NOT sell, lend or otherwise supply your information except when related to purchase you make online-such as credit-card processing.
  4. We will always explain its use when we ask for personal identification information, either at the time we ask for the information or in this policy. If you do not want this information to be collected or used by us for these purposes, you can simply opt out (except with respect to information that must be collected or used in connection with transactions in our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings.). This may prevent your participation in activities for which personal information is needed, such as contests.
  5. With respect to transactions in our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings.:
    • We will use the personal identification information that you supply us (such as name, billing address, shipping address, email address, telephone number, credit card number and expiration date) to provide the products and services that you have ordered or requested, to process and ship orders, to send order and shipping confirmations, and to provide customer service. This information also may be used to contact you about sales and special offers, unless you have opted not to receive these types of promotional communications from us. We also may collect and store information about you that we receive from other sources, to enable us to update and correct the information contained in our database.
    • We may also collect and store certain non-personal information automatically whenever you interact with our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings. For example, we may collect your IP address, browser information and reference site domain name every time you visit our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings. This information is used to analyze and improve our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings and to provide our users with a fulfilling shopping experience.
    • You can access, correct and update certain personal identification information that you have supplied us in connection with our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings by contacting us via e-mail or calling 800/747-2430.
    • You can tell us whether or not you want to receive promotional communications from us in connection with our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings. If you do not want us to contact you for promotional and/or marketing communications, please let us know by contacting us via e-mail or calling 800/747-2430.

Collection and Use of Information about Children

Because WQPT, Black Hawk College, PBS and PBS Kids serves a special audience, Websites that provide components for children must follow additional guidelines. For more information, please visit the PBS Kids Privacy Policy at pbs.org. Please note that although children's products are sometimes made available through our Online Auction, our e-Commerce store, these are intended for use by adults. We do not sell or ship any items ordered through our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings directly to anyone who we know to be under the age of 18, nor do we collect any personal identification information through our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings from anyone who we know to be under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, you should visit our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings only with the involvement of a parent or guardian and should not submit any personal identification information to us through our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings.

Sharing of Information Related to Transactions in our Online Memberships, Online Store, Online Auction or registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings.

We and our service providers may engage third parties to perform services in connection with our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), Auction, registration for events, prize drawings, contests or other like offerings. Examples of these services include payment processing and authorization, fraud protection and credit risk reduction, product customization, order fulfillment and shipping, marketing and promotional material distribution, Web site operation and evaluation, data analysis and, where applicable, data cleansing. We and our service providers provide personal identification information to these third parties, but we authorize them to use this information only in connection with the services they perform.

We and/or our service providers may release personal identification information if we believe in good faith that: the law or legal process requires it, we have received a valid administrative request from a law enforcement agency, or such release is necessary to protect anyone's rights, property or safety.

You have trusted WQPT and PBS for many years to make safe and quality content that family members of all ages can enjoy. In the cyberspace world, this trust is even more important to your family, and to WQPT, PBS, and PBS Kids. To make sure that this site stays safe and fun, we make the following promises:

  • In almost all activities, the information we collect is non-personal (such as first name, age, city and state). If you enter a contest, send us a question or send an electronic postcard, we will also ask for an e-mail address. We only collect enough information from our visitors to make activities on WQPT, PBS and PBS Kids fun and interesting.
  • If you submit stories, artwork, comments or anything else to us which is posted on our site, you will be identified on our site only by first name, age, city and state.
  • WQPT Kids Club members are noted on our website during the month of their birthday, we display the first name and the first initial of the last name only, plus the city they reside in. If you have purchased a WQPT Kids Club membership or participate in the WQPT Kids Club you can opt out of online content display of your child's first name and first initial of his or her last name, and the city they reside in. If you do not want us to contact you for promotional and/or marketing communications, please let us know by contacting us via e-mail or calling 800/747-2430.
  • If you send us an e-mail with a question or comment, or enter one of our contests, we will write back using your e-mail address, but we will not keep the address or use it again.
  • If you ask WQPT, PBS or PBS Kids to send an electronic postcard or e-mail message, we will ask for your first name and e-mail address as well as the e-mail address of the person who will receive the postcard. We will only use this information to send the postcard or message and we will delete the information when the postcard or message is sent.
  • No one will be excluded from our site for not giving us personal information. When we do ask for personal information (like an e-mail address), we will only keep it until that particular activity is complete (except with respect to information that must be collected or used in connection with transactions in our Online WQPT Memberships, Online Store (i.e., items for sale), and Auction. We will not share this information with a third party except as otherwise provided in this policy.
  • If we know a visitor is under the age of thirteen, we will collect a parent's permission offline (by postal mail, fax or phone) before we mail any prizes, or collect or share personal information with anyone else.
  • If you localize pbskids.org to WQPT you, a cookie will tell us your station's call letters. WQPT, PBS and PBS Kids only keep track of how many computers choose our station. No personal information is stored in the cookie, even if you have entered your name or e-mail address on other parts of PBS Online. You can choose to have your computer remember a different station, or no station at all, at any time. Please note that if you go to pbskids.org from the WQPT website, you will be automatically localized to that station. We also collect unidentifiable information regarding the amount of access our site receives in various forms and manners.

We also promise to help families and communities find the information they need to use the Internet safely and responsibly.

  • When a WQPT content specific site is partially funded by outside sponsors, we will mark any underwriter logos with a "sponsored by" tag. We choose our underwriters carefully, to make sure that the company's products and services fit PBS standards. As an in-kind act, WQPT does provide direct links to our underwriters and sponsors as a token of our appreciation for their support of WQPT-Quad Cities PBS. WQPT, Black Hawk College or our agents or suppliers are not liable for any content contained outside of our website. Should you feel an underwriter's or sponsors website contains inappropriate content, please contact us via e-mail or by phone at 800/747-2430.
  • Since we cannot be assured that links to outside sites follow our safety or privacy guidelines, we encourage families to discuss these choices together. We are not responsible for the content or safety and privacy practices at any sites linked from our pages.
  • We encourage you to explore PBS and PBS Kids areas like "Get Your Web License," and our "Know Before You Go" Web literacy tips, we will continue to empower our visitors by helping them to make informed choices. These pages may be accessed through pbs.org.

Your family's use of this site and all PBS sites is conditioned on your having accepted these terms. You should check back to this policy frequently, since it is subject to change from time to time, and your continued use of the site is conditioned upon your acceptance of any modifications hereto. We reserve the right to make alterations at any time and furthermore that WQPT and Black Hawk College has the right to make changes and alterations AT ANY TIME and will not be held liable under any circumstances. The WQPT website is intended for educational and your enjoyment.

We want to make our site a place where you and families can surf together, and where parents and caregivers are happy to have their children interact, learn and play. We hope you'll find not only our site as a valuable tool but a reliable source for outstanding information and quality.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy, send us an e-mail at wqpt@bhc.edu. You may also contact us at 6600 - 34th Avenue, Moline, Illinois 61265 (800/747-2430). Please read our Terms and Conditions for using this site. Read the PBS Online Privacy Policy for the sites hosted on pbs.org.

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