Spellingbee.com is committed to protecting consumer privacy online. We believe that greater protection of personal privacy on the Web will not only protect consumers, but also increase consumer confidence and ultimately their participation in online activities. At spellingbee.com we intend to give you as much control as possible over your personal information.
The purpose of our policy is to inform you about the types of information we gather about you when you visit our site, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information. By your use of our site you signify your assent to this privacy policy. If you do not assent to this privacy policy, you are not permitted to use our site. By your use of our site following posted changes to this privacy policy, you signify your assent to those changes. Our site may contain links to other Web sites, including Web sites directed to children. We have no control over the privacy practices or the content of any of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors or other sites to which we provide links from our sites. You should check the applicable privacy policy of the Web site sponsor when linking to other Web sites.
We may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information, including your e-mail address, postal address, home or work telephone number, credit card number (only if you choose to purchase a product online), for purposes such as correspondence, making a purchase, or participating in online contests, surveys or games. If you choose to give us personal information via the Internet that we or our business partners may need -- to correspond with you or process an order for you, for example -- it is our intent to let you know how we will use such information. For any and all activities designed for children on our Web site, the information we collect is non-personal (such as first name, age, city and state). If a child sends us an e-mail with a question or comment, we will write back using that child's e-mail address, but we will not retain the address or use it again.
Like many other commercial sites, our site may utilize a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how our site is used. Cookies were designed to help a Web site recognize a user's browser as a previous visitor and thus save and remember any preferences that may have been set while the user was browsing the site. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on a computer virus, or capture your e-mail address. Our Web site may use cookies to enhance your visit. Cookies can securely store a user's password, personalize home pages, identify which parts of a site have been visited or keep track of selections, such as those selected in a "shopping cart." Our cookies may collect your domain name and track your selections through our Web pages. We only use "cookies" to gather the information indicated in this policy and do not use cookies to gather personal identifying information about you without your consent.
We may perform statistical analyses of aggregate user behavior. This allows us to measure relative consumer interest in the various areas of our Web site for product development purposes. Any information we collect is used for its own internal purposes to improve the content of the Web site, to enhance users' experiences when visiting our site, to customize the content and/or layout of our pages, and to provide the services required by an individual user. We do not use personal identifying information for any reason that is not disclosed either in this Policy or at the time the information is requested. We never send e-mail to you unless you request a particular service or consent to being contacted by e-mail.
We may share personal identifying information with a third party if, at the Spelling Bee's discretion, there is a benefit to participating schools. We may disclose in aggregate form our statistical analyses or demographics of users to third parties, such as advertisers or other business partners.
We may disclose personal information in special cases when we believe that disclosing information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with our site(s), other users of our site(s), anyone else who could be harmed by such activities, or where we are required to do so by court order to applicable law. We reserve the right to disclose personal information when we believe, in good faith, that the law requires it.
We use our best efforts to ensure the security of personal information submitted by users. When collecting credit card information for online purchases, we offer secured-server transactions that encrypt your information in transit to thwart someone from intercepting it and misusing it. When we collect other information from our users, it is stored in an area where the general public does not have access to it.
Questions regarding our privacy policy, the accuracy of your personal information or the use of the information collected should be directed via e-mail to bee@scripps.com, or you can reach us by telephone at (513) 977-3040. You can also write us at:
Scripps National Spelling Bee
312 Walnut Street, 28th Floor
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, and will post notice of such changes on a page of the site entitled "Legal Notice".
At any time while assessing our site, any user while online may "opt-out" of further e-mail contact from us (while still allowing access to our site). For further information about opting-out, contact us at the e-mail address, postal address or telephone number stated above; or, click here.
The right to download and store or output the materials in our site is granted for the user's personal use only, and materials may not be reproduced in any edited form. Any other reproduction, transmission, performance, display or editing of these materials by any means mechanical or electronic without the express written permission of us is strictly prohibited. Users wishing to obtain permission to reprint or reproduce any materials appearing on our site may contact us at using the contact information in Section VII. To link to the full Terms of Use Agreement pertaining to use of our site, please click here.
Schools enrolled in the
Scripps National Spelling Bee receive access to:
That's how long we have been welcoming participants from outside the United States. This year we welcome twelve participants from American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Canada, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
