PBS KIDS Video

"We may share information with our third-party vendors to help us evaluate, develop and improve the Services, including performing usage analytics and data processing. We may allow third parties to place and read their own cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information through the Services, including to help us with traffic measurement, research, and analytics."

PBS KIDS allows third-party vendors to collect data directly from users' devices via cookies and tracking technologies, and shares collected information with vendors for analytics and data processing.

"We may use javascript, cookies, web beacons, Local Shared Objects, and other similar technologies to collect information about your or your child's use of the Services. For example, we use these technologies to help us recognize your or your child's browser as a previous user and save any preferences that may have been set; to help us customize the content shown while you use or your child uses the Services."

PBS KIDS uses multiple tracking technologies including cookies, web beacons, and Flash cookies to recognize and track users across sessions, building a profile of usage patterns over time.

"We collect your zip code and other rough information about your location when using the Services, solely to display information for your local PBS station and provide you with localized content. A user's IP address is stored in a local cookie."

PBS KIDS collects zip code and rough location data, and stores the user's IP address in a cookie, which can be used for geolocation purposes.

"We may collect information about your device, including hardware model, operating system version, and unique identifiers. Some of our Services allow children to use their device's camera to take photos. In the event that we do allow children to upload photos, such photos are moderated."

PBS KIDS collects device hardware details and unique identifiers, and some services access the device camera for children to take photos, with the possibility of uploading them.

"We may revise this Privacy Policy, for example, to reflect changes in the law, our practices, or the features of the Services. We'll notify you before we make any material changes and give you the opportunity to review the revised policy before you choose to continue using our Services. Non-material changes will be effective immediately upon posting."

While PBS promises notice for material changes, non-material changes take effect immediately upon posting with no prior notice or consent, and the determination of what is 'material' is left to PBS.

"As PBS KIDS does not collect personal information, we are not able to identify your child and therefore are not able to fulfill modification, access, correction, deletion, or portability requests. Such requests are subject to PBS KIDS verifying to our satisfaction that the requester is in fact the child's parent or legal guardian."

PBS KIDS claims it cannot fulfill deletion or access requests because it says it doesn't collect personal information, despite collecting device identifiers, IP addresses, and usage data that could be considered personal information.