This Privacy Policy applies to the online practices of G.Whiz Educational Resources and our World Wide Web site, GWHIZRESOURCES.COM.

G. Whiz Educational Resources is committed to protecting the privacy and security of its online visitors. This policy statement provides our visitors (e.g., parents and teachers) with an overview of the measures we have taken to provide a safe environment for everyone.

We only collect personally identifiable information from our visitors when such visitors voluntarily submit such information.

We consider the following, among other things, to be personally identifiable information: first and last name, e-mail address, street address and phone number. It is G.Whiz Educational Resources’ policy never to post on its site more than a person’s first name and the first initial of last name.

In some areas of our site, we collect personally identifiable information. We use the personally identifiable information to customize the content on current and future needs. In addition, parents' personally identifiable information may be used to provide parents, via e-mail or other means, information about materials and activities that may be of interest to parents, including products or services of third parties. For these reasons, we may share such information with third parties. We do not share this information with any other organization without the permission of the person.

There are many activities on the G.Whiz site that are for teachers, which enable teachers to add another dimension to their classroom and students' activities. We also use the personally identifiable information that teachers provide to us to customize the content on GWHIZRESOURCES.COM to teachers' current and future needs. In addition, teachers' personally identifiable information may be used to provide teachers, via e-mail or other means, information about materials and activities that may be of interest to teachers, including products or services of third parties. We do not share this information with others without the teacher’s permission.

We collect non-personally identifiable information through the use of a software technology called "cookies," and through our visitors' voluntary submissions to us and/or upon our request. By non-personally identifiable information, we are referring to information about our visitors' browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer), operating systems (e.g., Windows or Macintosh), Internet service providers (e.g., AOL or NET.COM) and other similar information which we track in aggregate form. We also collect the following non-personally identifiable information in connection with content submissions, games, classrooms, and bulletin boards: first name only and first initial of last name, state, age, and grade. The non-personally identifiable information that we track is anonymous and will never be identified with or lead us back to any of our visitors.

Cookie technology helps us to know how many people visit us and where visitors go on our site. Cookies are small bits of information we send to your computer. Among other things, this non-personally identifiable information allows us to know which areas are favorites, which areas need a bit of improvement, or what technologies and Internet services are being used by our visitors so that we may continually improve our visitors' online experiences.

We collect IP addresses to obtain aggregate information on the use of GWHIZRESOURCES.COM. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer by a Web server when you're on the Web. When you are on our site, we have a back-end server that logs your computer's IP address. We only use the information we find out from tracking IP addresses in the aggregate, such as how many users entered a specific area of our site, and not to track a specific IP address to identify an individual user. However, we may use such information to identify a user if we feel that there are or may be safety and/or security issues or to comply with legal requirements.

We do not use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site.

G.Whiz ensures that all personally and non-personally identifiable information that it receives via the Internet is secure against unauthorized access. This information is kept in a safe and secure system isolated from direct connection to the Internet. This means that no eyes but ours will ever see the information that our visitors send to us, unless we indicate otherwise.

WHY ARE WE SO SAFE?

G.Whiz uses secure server software provided by PayPal® over a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) line to protect your credit card information. It encrypts all of your personal and credit card information so that this information cannot be read as it travels to our ordering system, and once it is received, it is stored in a location not accessible via the Internet.

Under the Fair Credit Billing Act, your bank cannot hold you liable for more than $50 of unauthorized charges. Note that, in the event of unauthorized use of your credit card, you must notify your credit card provider in accordance with its reporting rules and procedures.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Visitors may find links from GWHIZRESOURCES.COM to independently owned, controlled and/or managed World Wide Web or Internet sites whose content we have found of possible interest to our visitors. In many cases, but not always, the links represent cooperative projects or mutual links established with the organizations connected with these sites. While we initially visit these sites to which we directly link, please note that we do not monitor or control the content that appears on these sites and such content may be constantly changing. We recommend that children check with their parents or teachers before clicking off to any new sites, and we encourage all end users of GWHIZRESOURCES.COM to read the privacy policies of all linked sites before navigating through them.

Please note that we may revise our above policy as the content on our sites continues to change.

We hope that you enjoy exploring our sites.