Privacy Policy

The Toy Industry Foundation (TIF) is committed to providing a safe Cyber environment safeguarding your privacy. The Foundation has taken special precautions to ensure that the information available through this Website is as secure as possible because your privacy is important to us. This statement explains our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way the information you provide us is collected and used. Regardless of whether you provide us with your personal information via our Website or in another manner such as mail or telephone, we strive to respect and honor your privacy preferences.

INFORMATION SECURITY
All personal information collected by the Foundation is securely stored, and will be used solely for identification and/or purposes stated when the information is requested. The Foundation does not release or publish information about its users, unless the user volunteers such information. Access to nonpublic user information is restricted to authorized TIF personnel who have a need for this data. TIF will not sell, distribute or otherwise make available to third parties any information we collect on this Website.

INFORMATION YOU GIVE US
When visiting the Website, you are not required to reveal any personally identifiable information. There are times, however, depending on the type of communication or transaction, when we may request information which can include, but is not limited to your name, e-mail address, postal address, zip code, telephone number, organization name, credit card, bank information or billing information. For example, you will be asked to provide your personal information when making a donation, requesting communications or ordering materials. 

The Foundation aggregates information from all of its visitors into log files in order to measure the total number of visitors to the Website and how many visit each area within it. This helps TIF to learn about which areas are most popular and should be expanded and which are least popular and should be reduced or eliminated. The Foundation does not belong to banner ad networks and does not access or allow access by other organizations. Currently TIF uses WebTrends software to collect information about visits to our Website.  Here is specific information about WebTrends:

WebTrends conducts its business under the following privacy principles:

• Principle 1 - No Collection of Personal Information
  WebTrends does not collect personal information such as name, age, phone number and mailing address from visitors to our customer's websites.
• Principle 2 - No Combination of Browsing and Web Traffic Information with Personal Information
  Since WebTrends does not collect any personal information, we do not combine traffic analysis information with personal information such as name, age, phone number and mailing address.
• Principle 3 - No Aggregation of Individual Visitor Traffic Patterns across Multiple Websites
  WebTrends does not collect individual profile information for visitors across multiple websites and does not aggregate information from any other sources about browsing patterns of individual visitors across multiple websites.
• Principle 4 - Use of Anonymous IP Address
  IP addresses are recorded by every website on the Internet. WebTrends collects this information as well, but does so exclusively for the following uses: (1) anonymous statistical purposes; or (2) administration of our website and servers, and to improve our services.
• Principle 5 - Anonymous Use of Cookies
  It is WebTrends' policy to use cookies only for more accurate anonymous traffic analysis. The cookie information does NOT include personal data such as name, age, phone number, e-mail address or mailing address. In addition, WebTrends does NOT link cookies to personal data such as name, age, phone number, e-mail address and mailing address. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you would prefer, you can set your browser to reject cookies.
• Principle 6 - No Individual Profiling
  WebTrends does not create individual profiles for visitors. Unlike other tracking services we do not have a database of individual profiles for each visitor. WebTrends collects data in aggregate form and data is not recorded or stored for individual visitors.
• Principle 7 - Limited Use of Cookies
  WebTrends uses cookies to track such as the time/date of the visit, the time/date of last visit, the page viewed, the referrer, transaction information for eCommerce pages, and other data. The cookies never include personal information such as name, mailing address and phone number. We do not collect such information and visitors that we track cannot provide us with personal information through normal movement across a website. As we do not build a database of individual visitors, the data that we do collect is never stored in any individual user profile; the data collected serves only to update aggregate counts allowing our customers to monitor traffic on their website. Visitors can also reject cookies.

“COOKIES”
Our Website logs certain activity of visitors (i.e. how many total visitors we have, what the most popular pages are, etc). However, that tracking is NOT done on a personal basis. Other than the specific instances outlined in this policy, the Foundation does not collect personal information about users or how they use the Website.

ONLINE DONATIONS
The Foundation collects the following information through our secure online financial-transaction pages: name, address, e-mail address, phone number, and credit card information. This personally identifiable information is used to acknowledge receipt of your donation for tax purposes and to include you on the Foundation's mailing list if you choose to join it. When you send a donation in honor or in memory of someone and request that an acknowledgement be sent to another individual or a family, we will use the name and address of that individual or family for acknowledgement purposes only.

MAILING LIST
The Foundation provides a separate online form to join our mailing list. This information is securely stored internally and accessed only when we correspond with our mailing list periodically during the year, either via e-mail or regular mail.  Please contact us if at any time you wish to be removed from the mailing list or if you would like to correct or change the personal information you have previously provided.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 18 or knowingly allow such persons to provide us with their personal information. None of the content and information in the Foundation's Website is targeted toward children under 18 years of age.

TERMS OF USE
By entering and using this Website you are deemed to have read and accepted these Terms of Use. If you do not accept these Terms of Use or any part of them, you should not use the Website.
The Foundation may modify these Terms of Use from time to time. Your continued use of this Website (or any of TIA™’s other websites) following such change demonstrates your agreement to be bound by the modified Terms of Use.

We will highlight any changes we make to the Terms of Use but we advise you to check the Terms of Use often. If you do not agree to any change to the Terms of Use, then you must immediately stop using the Website.

These terms of use apply exclusively to the Website and TIF accepts no responsibility for how your personal information is treated once you leave it.

1. Accuracy of Content
   The Foundation makes every effort to ensure that the content of the Website is accurate and up-to-date, but TIF does not offer any warranties (whether express implied or otherwise) as to the reliability, accuracy or completeness of the information appearing on the Website. The Foundation may remove material from the Website at its own discretion and without giving any notice.
   
   
2. Intellectual Property
   You acknowledge and agree that all copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in the Website content, software and all HTML and other code contained in this Website, shall remain at all times vested in TIF and/or its licensors and is protected by copyright and other laws and international treaty provisions.
   
   Users may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, redistribute, reproduce, publish, license, commercially exploit, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any material which may be displayed on the Website from time to time without first obtaining permission to do so from the Foundation in writing.
   
   The Website and its contents are copyright material and the copyright is owned by TIF unless stated otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, copying the above listed materials to any other server or location for publication, reproduction or distribution is expressly prohibited.
   
   All trademarks appearing on the Website are either owned by TIF or TIF has obtained permission from the trademark owner to use the trademark on the Website.
   
   If you wish to obtain permission to make use of any of the trademarks or other material that may be displayed on the Website from time to time please contact tifinfo@toyindustryfoundation.org.
   
   
3. Prohibition on Commercial Use of Website Content
   You are permitted to use the material that is displayed on the Website from time to time only as expressly authorized by TIF or its licensors.
   
   This Website is intended to provide information relating Foundation concerns and the Website is designed for personal, non-commercial use only.
   
   Users may not use this Website, or any of the material appearing on the Website from time to time to further any commercial purpose, including (but not limited to) advertising or to promote or generate activity on any other website.
   
   
4. Linking
   The Foundation may from time to time include links on this Website to other websites or resources operated by parties other than TIF or TIA™. These links are provided for the convenience of users and the Foundation is not responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, does not endorse or accept responsibility for the content of such external websites or resources and has no responsibility for or control over the privacy policy (if any) of the operators of the external websites.
   
   You are advised to check the terms and conditions of use and the privacy policies of these external websites before entering or making use of them.
   
   If you wish to create a hyperlink to this Website or to any other website operated or maintained by TIF please contact tifinfo@toyindustryfoundation.org. The Foundation generally welcomes links to its websites. However by so linking, you agree that TIF may require the link to be removed if, in the Foundation’s sole opinion, any aspect of the linking website, its content or any other matter relating to the link is objectionable to TIF.
   
   
5. Limitation of Liability
   The Internet is by its nature an unreliable medium. Consequently, you accept that this Website is offered on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
   
   The Foundation takes all reasonable steps to ensure that the Website is properly functioning at all times but TIF does not warrant that this Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this Website or the server that makes it available are free of software viruses or bugs or other defects.

By accepting these Terms of Use, you accept that the Foundation cannot be liable to you for any loss or damage you suffer as a result of visiting this Website or making use of the information available on the Website. You must take your own precautions (including but not limited to installing adequate protective measures to guard against software viruses and ensuring that you retain up-to-date copies of all data) to protect yourself against loss or damage.

TIF is the philanthropic arm of the Toy Industry Association.  However, TIF nor TIA™ is liable for the actions of any individual member company, nor is any individual member company liable for the actions of the Foundation or TIA™.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
In the event that the Foundation decides to alter its privacy policy, the changes will be added directly to this statement. Your continued use of the Website following such modifications will be conclusively deemed acceptance of any changes to the terms of use.

CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have specific questions or concerns please contact us at tifinfo@toyindustryfoundation.org or
The Toy Industry Foundation
1115 Broadway, Suite 400
New York, NY 10010