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Privacy Policy

Nothing is more important to us than protecting the private information of our visitors. From our homepage to the hundreds of pages of content produced by Prairie Public, the “prairiepublic.org” domain remains a safe haven. Our site pages adhere to a strict policy for ensuring the privacy of your -and your children’s – personally identifiable information (such as full name, address, e-mail address, telephone number and/or other identifiable information) and preserving the integrity of this online medium.
Gathering and Use of Information

  1. We will not collect personally identifiable information from you, other than what you supply to us on a voluntary basis.
  2. In order to participate in some activities, you might be asked to provide some personally identifiable information. This could be in connection with the following:
    • contest or sweepstakes registration
    • subscription registration for sites or services which require subscription (such as e-mail newsletters)
    • requests for membership information or events registration
    • transactions in Prairie Public’s General Store
    • content submissions, community postings (i.e., forums or bulletin boards), comments and suggestions, or voting
  3. We may use your personally identifiable information for activities explained above, for internal and marketing promotional purposes, or when our membership and customer mailing lists are made available to carefully screened nonprofit organizations whose missions might interest individuals who have shopped on prairiepublic.org or become members of Prairie Public (this is the only case where such information may be provided to third parties). For more information, read our List Exchange Policy Statement.
  4. We will always explain the extent of its use at the time you are asked to provide personal information. If you do not want this information to be collected or used by us for these purposes, you can simply “opt out.” Under certain circumstances, opting out may prevent your participation in activities for which personal information is needed, as in contests.

Tracking and Use of Cookies

We collect non-personal identification information through the use of “cookie” technology and/or IP address tracking. Non-personal identification information might include the browser you use, the type of computer, the operating systems, the Internet service providers and other similar information. Our system also automatically gathers information about the areas you visit on our sites and about the links you may select from within our site to other areas of the World Wide Web or elsewhere online.

We use such information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our sites. This way we know which areas of our sites are favorites of our users, which areas need improvement, and what technologies are being used so that we may continually improve our sites.

We may share this aggregate statistical information with our partners or funders, but we will not share any individual names, personal navigational or other personal information.

Most browsers are set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, please note that some parts of the Prairie Public sites, such as message boards, chats, shopping, contests and game areas, may not function properly.

We also use cookie technology through PBS Online localization options. By entering your zip code and then select Prairie Public as your local television station, a cookie assigns you a unique number (with no meaning whatsoever outside the customization process) that recalls this information each time you visit. As a result, you are able to customize your browsing experiences with PBS Online, putting Prairie Public’s television schedule, community events, and calendars at your fingertips every time you visit PBS Online. At no time will this cookie reveal to others your name, e-mail address, street address, or telephone number (even if you have entered these in other areas of PBS Online). You will always have the choice of opting out of any cookie-based activity on our site.

PBS Kids Privacy Policy

Because PBS Kids speaks to a special audience, web sites that provide components for children must follow additional guidelines above and beyond the PBS Online policies. For complete guidelines on information collection and sponsorship, please visit the PBS Kids Privacy Policy.

Acceptance of Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions

By using this site, you signify your agreement to the terms and conditions of this prairiepublic.org Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use the site. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for any changes. Your continued use of prairiepublic.org following the posting of any changes to these terms shall mean that you have accepted those changes. If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail us at info@prairiepublic.org.

Links To Other Sites

Users will find links to funders, underwriters, content providers, or other Prairie Public partners. In many cases, the links represent cooperative projects or are mutual links established with persons or entities connected with our sites. Although we initially visit the sites or services that are so linked, we do not control the contents or links that appear on these sites. In addition, these sites or services, including their contents and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies, or no policy (policies) at all. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third party sites or services before providing any of them with your personal information.

Prairie Public Broadcasting is a nonprofit organization serving the state of North Dakota and parts of Manitoba, Minnesota, Montana, and South Dakota through public radio and television, technological and educational services, and community projects.

List Exchange Policy

The trust of Prairie Public’s members and of the public at large is a high priority for Prairie Public, and our policy on use of membership lists reflects the belief that we are a public service accountable to the public.

Prairie Public will not sell its donor lists at any time, and will exchange them only with non-profit groups under the stipulations outlined below. At no time and under no circumstances will Prairie Public trade, sell, exchange or otherwise make its membership lists available to political parties, campaigns or political action groups. Nor will Prairie Public buy or otherwise secure lists from such groups.

Members of Prairie Public will be regularly informed of their right to remove their name from lists to be exchanged and such requests will be promptly honored.

Prairie Public will control the exchange of any lists by dealing directly with the non-profit organization or by securing the written agreement of any third-party broker to adhere to Prairie Public’s policy on this matter.

Lists may be exchanged for a one-time use only and may not be used for any other purpose, including telemarketing (phone solicitation). No information may be shared about members’ giving history.

Prairie Public has shared names for one-time use with 23 non-profit organizations, including the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba, Bismarck Symphony, The Canadian Diabetes Association, Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Cancer Society of Manitoba, Cystic Fibrosis, Fargo-Moorhead Community Theater, the Fargo Theater, Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, Heart and Stroke of Manitoba, Man and History Museum, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Manitoba Theatre Center, Minot Symphony, North Dakota Historical Society, Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada, Prairie Theatre, Society of Manitobans with Disabilities, Winnipeg Humane Society, Winnipeg Royal Ballet Company, and Winnipeg Symphony.

Such list exchanges are standard fundraising practices and reduce the cost of enrolling new members.

If you are a member and wish to eliminate your name from such exchanges, please call us toll-free at 800-359-6900.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Prairie Public Broadcasting at info@prairiepublic.org or 800-359-6900.

Taping Television Programs for Classroom Use

Please note: The following copyright guidelines apply to commercial and non-commercial television broadcast programs EXCEPT

• when the program description states extended educational taping rights. (PBS programs have a minimum of one-year taping rights from the date of broadcast. See Cable in the Classroom for taping rights for most television programs of educational interest.)

• for Prairie Public Instructional programs for member schools. Please contact our staff or your school principal to find out if your school is a member of Prairie School Television. All North Dakota schools ARE MEMBERS.

10-Day Fair-Use Guidelines

The guidelines for videotaping broadcast programming are contained in the “Guidelines for Off-the-Air Recording of Broadcast Programming for Educational Purposes,” ratified in 1981 by the House Subcommittee on the Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. Although they do not have the force of law, they can be expected to serve as primary criteria when courts access fair use in any future cases involving off-air videotaping for educational purposes.

Although there are a number of restrictions placed on the use of videotaped television programs, the two most critical limitations are:

  1. Videotaped recordings may be kept for not more than 45 calendar days after the recording date, at which time the tapes must be erased.
  2. Videotaped recordings may be shown to students only within the first 10 school days of the 45-day retention period.

Additional restrictions that must be followed include:

  1. Off-air recordings must be made only at the request of an individual teacher for instructional purposes, not by school staff in anticipation of later requests by teachers.
  2. The recordings are to be shown to students no more than two times during the 10-day period, and the second time only for necessary instructional reinforcement.
  3. The taped recordings may be viewed after the 10-day period only by teachers for evaluation purposes, that is, to determine whether to include the broadcast program in the curriculum in the future.
  4. If several teachers request videotaping of the same program, duplicate copies are permitted to supply their request; all copies are subject to the same restrictions as the original recording.
  5. The off-air recordings may not physically or electronically be altered or combined with others to form anthologies, but they need not necessarily be used or shown in their entirety.
  6. All copies of off-air recordings must include the copyright notice on the broadcast program as recorded.
  7. These guidelines apply only to nonprofit educational institutions, which are further “expected to establish appropriate control procedures to maintain the integrity of these guidelines.”

Note: The 10-Day Fair Use Guidelines apply to all commercial television broadcasts and to some public television broadcasts. Educators should also remember that these guidelines are operative only in the absence of other negotiated rights (see 7-Day School Re-record Rights, for example) or licensing agreements, which themselves may be either more or less restrictive than these guidelines.