General.

Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of the Classroom Edition Web site, and its affiliates (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Dow Jones") are committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information that you provide to us when using the Classroom Edition Web site. This Privacy Policy describes how we treat personal information received about you when you visit the Classroom Edition Web site. We may make content or services from other Web sites including our affiliated or co-branded Web sites available to you from links located on the Classroom Edition Web site. These other Web sites are not subject to this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you review the privacy policy at each such Web site to determine how that site protects your privacy.

Personal Information We Collect.

General. Dow Jones does not require you to provide any personal information in order to access or browse the Classroom Edition Web site. However, Dow Jones does ask you to provide information that personally identifies you, such as your name, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address, in certain circumstances, including, for example, when you use our Web site to sponsor or subscribe to the print edition of The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition (hereinafter referred to as "The Classroom Edition"), order other products, request information packets or send us letters. Dow Jones also requires you to provide credit card or other financial information when ordering products from us.
Web Site Usage Information. We automatically collect IP addresses and Web site usage information from you when you visit our Web site. This information helps us evaluate how our visitors use and navigate our Web sites on an aggregate basis, including the number and frequency of visitors and to each Web page, and the length of their visits.

Children Under 13.

We do not knowingly collect any information that personally identifies children under 13. By using and submitting personal information to the Classroom Edition web site, you represent that you are at least 13 years old. Should we receive personal information from a child we know to be under 13, we will only use such information to respond to the child's request and for no other purpose. We will also promptly purge or suppress any such personal information.

How We Use Information Collected.

We use your personal information in the following ways:

• For the purposes for which you specifically provided the information, including, for example, to enable us to process, validate and verify your sponsorships, subscriptions and orders.
• To provide our advertisers with aggregate information about our user base and usage patterns.
• To give our developers and editors information that is useful for developing new products, features and services.
• To enable us to respond to your requests for information and to send t-shirts and other products to individuals whose letters are published in The Classroom Edition and/or the related Teacher Guide.

We may combine the information that we collect from you on this Web site with information that you provide to us in connection with your use of our other products, services and Web sites.

We use animated GIFs on our Web site. GIFs are electronic images placed on the pages of our Web site. We don't use GIFs to collect information from visitors to our Web site. We may use third-party service providers to contact you on our behalf, to facilitate some aspects of our Web site services, or to fulfill your purchase requests. These service providers may be supplied with or have access to your personally identifiable information solely for the purpose of providing these services to us or on our behalf.

Except as specifically set forth in this Privacy Policy, we will not share your personally identifiable information outside of Dow Jones unless you "opt in" to having your personally identifiable information shared with a company that is not affiliated with us.

We may disclose and use personally identifiable information in special cases where it is necessary to enforce our Terms of Use (for example, when necessary to protect our intellectual property rights). We may disclose or use your personal information when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires us to do so.

We reserve the right to contact any subscriber to The Classroom Edition at any time regarding subscription-related matters. If you subscribe to The Classroom Edition, we may also occasionally send you mail surveys and promotional materials related to The Classroom Edition.

Your Ability to Choose.

You can let us know that you wish to receive information about Dow Jones products or services by opting in at the time you subscribe to The Classroom Edition.

Reviewing Your Personal Information.

If you are a subscriber to The Classroom Edition, you may review and update the personal information that you have provided to us by contacting us at classroom.edition@wsj.com.

Security.

The personally identifiable information we collect about you is stored in limited access servers. We will maintain safeguards to protect the security of these servers and your personally identifiable information.

Policy Modifications.

When we make any material change to this Privacy Policy, we will inform you by posting a notice on the home page of this site that the policy has been udated and by changing the date on this page noting when the policy was last updated.

Questions or Comments on Personal Information Collection and Privacy.

If you have additional questions about the Classroom Edition's privacy policy please contact us at classroom.edition@wsj.com.

This policy was last updated on September 21, 2000.