Kids: Be sure to ask your parents for permission before you send any information about yourself (your name, address, e-mail address, etc.) to us or anyone else over the Internet.

Parents and Guardians: We encourage you to get involved with your children's online usage and to be aware of the activities in which they are participating. While we welcome all of our guests to enjoy the many features of our site, we encourage you to limit your children's time online. When used properly, the Internet can be entertaining and educational. But even we at Big Idea realize that there is a lot more to a well-balanced life than penguins from outer space or songs composed by a cucumber.

Information Collection Policies:

At our sites, we have a policy of collecting limited personally identifiable information. To enable children to participate in some of our online activities, we may ask them to provide us with their first name and e-mail address. Big Idea will only use this information for internal purposes – for fulfillment of a requested transaction or to respond to children’s specific requests to participate in activities, such as sending electronic greeting cards.

On some of the pages of our sites, such as where children can send electronic postcards or game links to their friends, we may ask your child to provide personal information about other people. This is usually limited to a first name and e-mail address. These personal information will be deleted from our records as soon as the e-mail card is sent. On some pages where newsletter or Veggiegram signups are available (the “VeggieGram” and Jonah “Captain’s Log”), visitors are required to be 18 years old or older to sign up. If your child tries to enter their e-mail address for these sign-ups, we will immediately notify your child that she is not eligible to enter. We do not retain any record of your child’s e-mail address. We will ask your child to enter the parent’s e-mail address to inform you that your child tried to sign-up and give you the opportunity to sign-up. E-mail addresses are deleted as soon as the activity or communication is completed.

When you or your child visits our sites, we automatically collect certain non-personally identifiable information, such as the type of computer operating system (e.g., Windows 98 or Mac OS) and browser (e.g., Netscape or Internet Explorer) that you use, and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink). (See “Cookies,” below.) We use this information to improve the design and content of our site, and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage and to offer you products, programs or services.

We Do Not Share Personal Information
We do not share any personal information with anyone other than those who provide support for the internal operations of the Web sites, and our agents (e.g., contractors who provide fulfillment services, such as credit card processing, fan club registration, product order processing or technical support to the Web site). All such agents or contractors with whom we share information have agreed to maintain the security and integrity of personal information.

Product Orders: Big Idea uses an order form for users to request products and order information. For that order form, we collect the user’s name, e-mail address, organization, billing address, phone number, shipping address, and necessary financial information to process the order (i.e. credit card number). The user is given the opportunity to have his address stored for his next purchase. Big Idea uses a third party called Parable Interactive to accept and process orders for merchandise and products. In particular, Parable hosts the ordering system and order data. Parable automatically collects order information but may only use the information in the aggregate to process orders. Parable uses a standard and reliable encryption technology to protect any personal information as it travels across the Internet. Parable has also agreed to maintain the security and integrity of personal and credit card information.

We will disclose the information we maintain when required to do so by law – for example, in response to a court order or subpoena. We may also disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency’s request.

If Big Idea, or substantially all of its assets, are acquired, the information we collect may be one of the transferred assets. Any such transfer will be subject to applicable privacy laws.

Cookies: BigIdea.com uses cookies to help us make the site better. A "cookie" is a small, temporary file placed on your computer's hard disk, and is used to collect user information. (Unfortunately, it's not edible!) Cookies help us to find out what kind of computer and Web browser you are using to visit our site, how often you visit our site, and which pages you look at while you're here. The information we gather from these cookies helps us to make our site available to the most people possible.

Big Idea collects aggregate information about visitors to our site. We do not use cookies to collect specific information about individual users, such as your name, address, e-mail address, credit card information, passwords, or anything else. Sometimes we will attach information from cookies to messages sent to our Customer Service department.

Most Web browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent by changing your preferences under the options menu of your browser. However, some portions of our sites may not function properly or may run very slowly when you change this setting on your browser.

Security: We have in place appropriate safeguards to secure the very limited personal information we receive from our visitors for the limited time it is in our possession. We use industry standard security measures, such as SSL, to protect any sensitive information (such as credit card information) that you may provide to us to access some of our services.

Off-Site Links: Big Idea generally avoids linking from our Web sites to other sites. Occasionally, we put up links to partner sites for a limited time in order to promote our contests and for fan club registration. Any information you submit for the fan club registration, for instance, shall be used solely for registration purposes. We require such partners not to use the information collected for any other purpose. We may also provide links to newsworthy information or articles about Big Idea that may be of interest to Big Idea Web site visitors (e.g. award nominations garnered by Big Idea video and theatrical releases). Furthermore, we offer the visitor the option to view our video clips through third-party software, such as Apple QuickTime, and we link from BigIdea.com to reviews of our products on other Web sites. We do not make representations and warranties as to other sites' content or information collection policies.

Changes to the Privacy Policy: This policy is reviewed periodically by Big Idea and may be subject to change. Any changes will be posted here.

Contact us: Parents can review the information that we have collected from their children online, prevent the further use or maintenance of such information, or direct the deletion of their children’s or their own personal information. If you would like to do so, or if you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or these Web sites, please contact us at:

Big Idea Productions, Inc.
E-mail: privacy@bigidea.com
206 Yorktown Center
Lombard, IL 60148
Phone: (630) 652-6000
Fax: (630) 652-6001

For questions regarding online order information, please contact us at: cs@bigidea.com.

©2002 Big Idea Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.

Updated as of November 7, 2002