MyETV.org is the corporate Web portal for the South Carolina Educational Television Commission. We're located at 1101 George Rogers Boulevard, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201-4761, USA.

Nothing is more important to us than protecting the private information of our visitors. ETV Web sites 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 to local television stations
   • transactions in the online ETV Store
   • content submissions, community postings (i.e., forums or bulletin boards), comments and suggestions, or voting

3. The South Carolina ETV Commission will never willfully disclose your personal information to any third party without first receiving your permission.

4. MyETV.org may use your personally identifiable information for activities explained above, for internal and marketing promotional purposes, or when ETV Store customer mailing lists are made available to carefully screened companies whose products or services might interest individuals who have shopped on the MyETV Web site (this is the only case in which such information is provided to third parties, upon your approval).

5. 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, such as in contests. In most circumstances, ETV uses an "opt in" policy.

Tracking and Use of Cookies

As you surf around MyETV.org, it is possible that several cookies* will be set on your computer. ETV uses the information from cookies to deliver relevant local resources, remember browser preferences, and improve our visitors’ experiences on the site.

No personal information is ever stored in an ETV cookie, even if you have entered your name or e-mail address on other parts of MyETV.org. ETV does not sell information collected by cookies nor use the information for commerce-related purposes. In addition, ETV will not filter content, based on your preferences, without permission.

ETV uses cookies at the following times:

• If you localize pbs.org to the PBS station nearest you, a cookie will tell PBS your station's call letters. PBS only keeps track of how many computers choose each station. You can choose to have your computer remember a different station, or no station at all, at any time. Please note that if you come to pbs.org from a local station site, and you were not previously localized to a station, you may be automatically localized to that station.

• If you watch a video clip or listen to an audio clip on MyETV.org, a cookie may remember which media player (such as Real Player or Windows Media Player) and which type of clip (high or low bandwidth) you prefer to use on your computer. You can change your video and audio preferences at any time, or choose a player each time you view or listen to a clip.

• As you explore MyETV.org, a session cookie will tell us which pages you visit and the amount of time between each page visit. This cookie does not remember any information about you or your computer; it just tells us at ETV how long visitors spend on our sites and which pages receive the most traffic. A "session cookie" only remembers information about your current visit to the site.

*What's a cookie? A cookie is information a Web site puts on your computer's hard drive so that the site can remember your preferences or which pages you visited on that site.

ETV Kids Privacy Policy

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

ETV Endowment of South Carolina Privacy Policy

Acceptance of MyETV.org Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions

By using this site, you signify your agreement to the terms and conditions of this MyETV.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 MyETV.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 the Webmaster.