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Privacy Policy
We made SmartE Boxes so people like you could create projects, share ideas, and build a community. To make this happen, we collect some information for our users. The SmartE Boxes Team understands how important privacy is to our community, especially kids and parents. We wrote this privacy policy to explain what information we collect, how we use it, and what we’re doing to keep it safe. If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, you can contact us at info@smarteboxes.com.
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Please do not share personal contact information, such as your name, physical address, email address, phone number, or anything else that can be used to make contact outside of the SmartE Boxes website. Please report projects, comments, or forum posts that contain this kind of information so the SmartE Boxes team can remove it, and please remind the author of our policy.
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What information does the SmartE Boxes Team collect about me?
Account Information: During account creation, we ask you for a username or email address (or your parent or guardian’s email address if you are under 13 years old). Once an account is created, we optionally allow you to tell us your first name, age, and gender.
Subscription Account Information: If you choose to purchase a monthly subscription to SmartE Boxes, we will require you to create a subscription account. This account is separate from any coding accounts. During subscription account creation, we ask you for email address, contact information, payment information, and shipping information. We use Woo Commerce for order management, and stripe.com and PayPal for payment processing. SmartE Boxes and the SmartE Boxes team never have access to your credit card number or account passwords.
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User-generated Content: All of your SmartE Boxes projects, comments, and forum posts are stored on the SmartE Boxes servers. Because the SmartE Boxes Team is responsible for moderation, we have access to all content stored on the SmartE Boxes website, including unshared projects.
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Usage Information: When you use SmartE Boxes, our servers will automatically store a limited amount of information about how you use the website. This information includes a number that identifies your computer (the IP address), which pages you visited, and what browser you are using.
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Google Analytics: We also collect some data on where you click and which parts of the site you visit using Google Analytics. This “click data” helps us figure out ways to improve the website. Information collected and processed by Google Analytics includes the user’s IP address, network location, and geographic location. Google Analytics acquires all its information directly from the user, by installing a cookie (see below) on your computer, if you have enabled JavaScript. SmartE Boxes does not share any information it collects with Google, and Google does not collect any personal identifying information about you.
Cookies: When you log in, the SmartE Boxes website asks your browser to put an http “cookie” on your computer. The cookie is actually a small text file that our site can send to your browser for storage on your computer. This allows the website to remember that you are logged in when you go to a different page.
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How does the SmartE Boxes Team use my information?
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We collect age and gender data so that we know who is using our website.
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If you forget your password, we will ask you to give us your email address so that we can send you a new password.
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We will use your email address to respond to messages you send us or to communicate with you about the SmartE Boxes service or your account.
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We may send out occasional email updates about SmartE Boxes to the confirmed email address on your account. SmartE Boxes will never sell or share your email address without your permission. You can unsubscribe from these updates by clicking the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of the email.
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If we detect repeated abusive behavior from your account, IP address, or email address, we may share your account name, IP address, and the time and content of the abusive behavior with the IP address owner (such as a school or internet service provided).
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We may use de-identified location, age, gender, and usage data in research studies intended to improve our understanding of how people learn with SmartE Boxes. The results of this research are shared with educators and researchers through conferences, journals, and other publications.
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We may disclose some of the information we collect to third-party service providers that help us manage communications to and from the SmartE Boxes website and improve website performance. We are satisfied that these service providers have privacy policies that restrict them from further disclosing any of your information.
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Other than as described above, we will never share personally identifiable information about you with any other person, company, or organization, except:
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As required to comply with our obligations under the law.
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For technical reasons, if we are required to transfer the data on our servers to another location or organization.
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How does the SmartE Boxes Team protect my information?
The SmartE Boxes Team has in place physical and electronic procedures to protect the information we collect on the SmartE Boxes website. We strictly limit individual access to the SmartE Boxes servers and the data we store on them. However, as effective as these measures are, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot completely guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.
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Notifications of Changes to the Privacy Policy
We review our security measures and Privacy Policy on a periodic basis, and we may modify our policies as appropriate. We may also change or update our Privacy Policy if we add new services or features. If we make any changes to our privacy practices, we will amend this Privacy Policy accordingly and post the amended policy on the SmartE Boxes website. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy on a regular basis.
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