Children's Privacy Policy

This web site has three main sections: for teachers (“EDUCATORS”), for parents (“FAMILIES”), and for children (“KIDS”). The KIDS section of the site does not collect any personally identifying information from its visitors, nor is there a link to the “Contact Us” page from the KIDS section of our site. Additionally, the “Contact Us” page reminds children under 13 that they are not to contact us without permission of their teacher or parent.

Although most nonprofit organizations, such as the Sterling Hill Mining Museum, are not subject to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Federal Trade Commission’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, we take children’s privacy seriously and have read the Rule thoroughly. Because we do not collect personally identifying information from children under 13, we are not subject to the Rule.

To learn more about COPPA and the Rule, visit the FTC’s site called “Kidz Privacy.“

This page was last modified on November 15, 2005.