Notice To Parents
Safety First - On The Trail
Kids Hike Dogs Hike is designed to engage and encourage young dog owners to hike and explore nature with their dogs at their side. While we strive to educate readers in safe hiking and thoughtful decision making as dog owners on the trail, Kids Hike Dogs Hike does not profess to provide comprehensive hiking and/and or pet care instruction. As with all outdoor activities, and especially those involving dogs, the full responsibility for safe practices and supervision belongs to the parent/adult dog owner. Kids Hike Dogs Hike in no way accepts liability for any direct or indirct consequences that arise from following suggestions made on this website, or those sites for which we have provided links. Readers are advised to use their own personal judgement, under the supervision of a responsible adult.
On The Web
Kids Hike Dogs Hike takes your/your child's personal safety on the internet very seriously, as well.
In accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Kids Hike Dogs Hike does not solicit personal information that would allow someone to identify or contact a child (such as full name, age, address, phone number, email), either directly or indirectly (through the use of "cookies"). At no time is such detailed information required for participation on our website, except in response to your specific request for information/reply. For that purpose, an email address only is required, and will be deleted upon fulfillment of your request.
Visitors are encouraged to provide only first names when participating in site activities or submitting stories to Kids Hike Dogs Hike, and any information deemed "identifiable" by the webmaster will be deleted/not be published. What's more, the information you provide is not shared or retained beyond it's one-time use. Therefore, Kids Hike Dogs Hike will not attempt to acquire explicit, prior consent from parents of children under age 13.
With regard to the personal stories and photos that you/your child may choose to share onKids Hike Dogs Hike, public disclosure of this information is inherent in the activity itself, and therefore, does not require prior parental consent, according to COPPA. We do however, encourage your active supervision and assistance in the choice of photos to be uploaded. Kids Hike Dogs Hike reserves the right to utilize reader input at its own discretion.
For more information on our website's Privacy Policy, click here.
Revoking Parental Consent
That being said, a parent may revoke, at any time, his/her "implied" consent and refuse to allow Kids Hike Dogs Hike to further use information provided by their child, and may direct the webmaster to delete the information using the contact information below.
Your/your child's participation at Kids Hike Dogs Hike implies consent and agreement with the policies stated here and in our Privacy Policy.
Other websites
This website contains links to other websites. Kids Hike Dogs Hike strives to link only with reputable, educationally oriented or philanthropic sites and appropriate third party videos and articles. However, Kids Hike Dogs Hike is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices, links, or commercial content of any such third party websites.
Contacting Kids Hike Dogs Hike
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or Kids Hike Dogs Hike's treatment of your personal information, please write:
Safety First - On The Trail
Kids Hike Dogs Hike is designed to engage and encourage young dog owners to hike and explore nature with their dogs at their side. While we strive to educate readers in safe hiking and thoughtful decision making as dog owners on the trail, Kids Hike Dogs Hike does not profess to provide comprehensive hiking and/and or pet care instruction. As with all outdoor activities, and especially those involving dogs, the full responsibility for safe practices and supervision belongs to the parent/adult dog owner. Kids Hike Dogs Hike in no way accepts liability for any direct or indirct consequences that arise from following suggestions made on this website, or those sites for which we have provided links. Readers are advised to use their own personal judgement, under the supervision of a responsible adult.
On The Web
Kids Hike Dogs Hike takes your/your child's personal safety on the internet very seriously, as well.
In accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Kids Hike Dogs Hike does not solicit personal information that would allow someone to identify or contact a child (such as full name, age, address, phone number, email), either directly or indirectly (through the use of "cookies"). At no time is such detailed information required for participation on our website, except in response to your specific request for information/reply. For that purpose, an email address only is required, and will be deleted upon fulfillment of your request.
Visitors are encouraged to provide only first names when participating in site activities or submitting stories to Kids Hike Dogs Hike, and any information deemed "identifiable" by the webmaster will be deleted/not be published. What's more, the information you provide is not shared or retained beyond it's one-time use. Therefore, Kids Hike Dogs Hike will not attempt to acquire explicit, prior consent from parents of children under age 13.
With regard to the personal stories and photos that you/your child may choose to share onKids Hike Dogs Hike, public disclosure of this information is inherent in the activity itself, and therefore, does not require prior parental consent, according to COPPA. We do however, encourage your active supervision and assistance in the choice of photos to be uploaded. Kids Hike Dogs Hike reserves the right to utilize reader input at its own discretion.
For more information on our website's Privacy Policy, click here.
Revoking Parental Consent
That being said, a parent may revoke, at any time, his/her "implied" consent and refuse to allow Kids Hike Dogs Hike to further use information provided by their child, and may direct the webmaster to delete the information using the contact information below.
Your/your child's participation at Kids Hike Dogs Hike implies consent and agreement with the policies stated here and in our Privacy Policy.
Other websites
This website contains links to other websites. Kids Hike Dogs Hike strives to link only with reputable, educationally oriented or philanthropic sites and appropriate third party videos and articles. However, Kids Hike Dogs Hike is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices, links, or commercial content of any such third party websites.
Contacting Kids Hike Dogs Hike
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or Kids Hike Dogs Hike's treatment of your personal information, please write:
- by email to KidsHikeDogsHike@HikingWithDogs.net; or
- by post to Ellen Eastwood, Kids Hike Dogs Hike, 2554 Kirsten Lee Drive, Westlake Village, CA 91361
Updated 2/2012 HikingWithDogs.net
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Brought To You by The Trail Hound's Handbook, Your Family Guide To Hiking With Dogs
About Our Website Notice To Parents Privacy Policy Contact Us