Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Tykoon is committed to the privacy, protection and security of the personal information of you and your family members and children. By visiting our Site and/or using Tykoon and its mobile application, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies as outlined in this policy (“Privacy Policy”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms as set forth in our Tykoon Terms of Use which incorporates this Privacy Policy herein by reference.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, you should first review our FAQ, located, here: http://tykoon.com/faq/; which is updated from time to time with additional questions and answers. You may also contact us at legal@tykoon.com, or by writing us at Tykoon, Inc, 37 West 20th Street, Suite 1004, NY, NY 10011.
What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our site and mobile application, place an order, or fill out a form.
When using or registering on our site or mobile application, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, e-mail address, mailing address, date of birth or credit or debit card information.
Tykoon, Inc. currently uses third party services for processing payments for purchases and donations through the site. To complete these transactions, you will be required to provide such information (e.g., credit card, debit card or other payment account information) to the payment processor, which we have authorized to use such information only for the purposes of completing your requested transaction.
What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
• To personalize your experience
Your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs
• To improve our website and mobile application
We continually strive to improve our website and mobile offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you
• To improve customer service
Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs
• To process transactions
Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering a purchased product.
• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site or mobile application features
• To send periodic emails
The email address you provide when establishing a Parent or Child Account may be used to send you and your children information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
• To respond to legal situations
We also may share your personal information in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases we reserve the right to raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us. We may also share your information in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale to allow the purchaser to continue to operate the Website and mobile application and to provide you with Services, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
We also may share aggregate or anonymous information with third parties, including advertisers and investors, in such a way in which your identity is not reasonable ascertainable. For example, we may tell our potential Third Party Providers the number of Website visitors. This information does not contain any personal information and is used to develop content and services we hope you will find of interest. We do not share your personal information with third parties for the purpose of direct marketing to you by such third parties.
By using the Website and/or mobile application, you are consenting to have your personal information transferred to and processed in the United States.
How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.
Do we use cookies?
Yes. (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information
We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website and mobile application. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.
As part of the California Online Privacy Protection Act, all users of our website and mobile application may make any changes to their information at anytime by logging into the Site and going to the Settings panel in the Parent Account Profile and going to the Setting and Privacy page(s).
Childrens’ Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens’ Online Privacy Protection Act). Tykoon.com is certified by the kidSAFE® Seal Program. The kidSAFE® Seal Program is an independent certification service and seal program that reviews and certifies the safety practices of children-friendly websites and applications, including kid-targeted game sites, virtual worlds, social networks, PC and mobile apps, web-connected devices, and other similar online and interactive products. Please refer to www.kidsafeseal.com for more information.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
Terms and Conditions
Please also visit our Terms of Use section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at http://tykoon.com/terms-of-use/
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our web site privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, send an email notifying you of any changes, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.
This policy was last modified on February 8, 2013
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy you may contact us using the information below.
Tykoon, Inc.
37 W 20th Street, Suite 1004
New York, NY 10011
USA
legal@tykoon.com