Privacy Policy Statement

Children's Privacy Policy Statement

This is the web site of Travel Montana, Department of Commerce, State of Montana.

Our postal address is
PO Box 200533
301 South Park Avenue
Helena, Montana 59620

We can be reached via e-mail at montanakids@visitmt.com
or you can reach us by telephone at 406-841-2870

Information Collected
We respect the privacy of children, and do not collect any more personal information than is reasonably necessary to enable them to participate in the activities we offer at our http://montanakids.com web site.

We do not collect personal information from children under 13 years of age; children under the age of 13 may not enter or participate in our online activities requiring the collection of personal information. Children under the age of 13 are not eligible to win prizes from any online contests, sweepstakes or giveaways.

Use and Sharing of Information
The information we collect or receive from children is used to respond to child's specific requests or to participate in sweepstakes.

We do not keep emails sent or to from children who communicate with us. We do track general trends in email communication and aggregate information to improve the content of our Web site.

We do not share children's information with anyone other than those who provide support for the internal operations of the http://montanakids.com web site. (e.g., contractor who provide fulfillment services or technical support to the http://montanakids.com web site.)

Log Files and User Tracking
For each visitor to our http://montanakids.com web site, our Web server automatically recognizes the consumer's domain name. We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to children's personally identifiable information. We collect the domain name of visitors to our Web page, browser type and version, operating system and aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit.

Surveys and Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user over the age of 13 therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. We encourage children between the ages of 13 and 18 to ask for their parent's permission when providing this information.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. We use cookies to store visitors' preferences.

Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Travel Montana, Department of Commerce, State of Montana are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information by this Web site.

Changing or Removing Personal Information
Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line will only receive telephone contact from us with information regarding specific requests they have placed on-line or in the case of winning prizes from our online contests.

We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to all information [including proprietary information] that we maintain about them.

Consumers can access this information by e-mailing us at montanakids@visitmt.com, writing to us at Montanakids PO Box 200533 301 South Park Avenue Helena, Montana 59620 or calling 406-841-2870. Consumers can have their information corrected by sending us an e-mail at the above address, calling us at the above telephone number or writing to us at the above address. If a user's contact information changes we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data.

Security
We always use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged with our site, We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the above addresses or phone number.