Terms and Conditions for www.epicorderoftheseven.com

CHILDREN'S ONLINE PROTECTION AND PRIVACY ACT NOTICE

Welcome to epicorderoftheseven.com. We need to tell you a few things before you give us your user name, e-mail address, and any other information. If you are under 13, we must get one of your parents to agree to your giving us your e-mail address and other personal information. Because you can surf epicorderoftheseven.com without giving us your name or e-mail address, you don't have to have your parents' permission (but you might want to talk to them about our Web site).
You have to give us your e-mail address and user name if you want to join our e-newsletter or submit fan mail and/or artwork. And before you do that, one of your parents or a guardian must agree that it is okay for you to give us that information and participate. So please ask one of your parents to read this Web page. If they agree, you can sign up to become an “Epic Fan” and receive our e-newsletter. We also need a parent or guardian's permission if you want to submit art work or fan mail to fanpage@epicorderoftheseven.com.

Direct Notice to Parents

Children’s Online Protection and Privacy Act Notice (COPPA)
COPPA prohibits website operators from conditioning a child's participation in an activity on the child's disclosure of more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity. This provision prevents tying personal information from children to popular and persuasive incentives like games and prizes, and preserves a child's access to such activities.

For further information about the FTC's rules on children's privacy protection (COPPA), read the document posted at the FTC's website: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/idtheft/bus45.pdf

It is epicorderoftheseven.com's intention to adhere to the Children's Online Privacy and Protection Act ( COPPA). This notice describes our practices of collecting, using, and disclosing personal information from children under 13. Our policies are described below. We also suggest that you review our general privacy statement and security statement by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.

We describe our policies in the following order:
1. Parental consent required,
2. The information we collect,
3. How we collect the information,
4. How we use the information,
5. Disclosure of the information,
6. Parental consent,
7. New consent if change in policy,
8. Account revisions,
9. Revoking and deleting your consent.

If you have any questions about these policies, you may contact us by e-mail at fanpage@epicorderoftheseven.com.

Parental Consent Required

epicorderoftheseven.com wishes to collect personal information from your child, but we need your consent before we collect, use, or disclose the information. We will not collect this information until we have received your consent. You will find instructions on how to give your consent below.

The Information We Collect

Personal Information

At epicorderoftheseven.com, we collect limited personal information. Generally, we collect only online contact information, including your child's name, e-mail address, zip code and age. Depending upon the activities your child chooses to do on epicorderoftheseven.com, your child may be asked to provide personal information. However, your child is not required to provide any information to us to access most of our site, and we will not obtain personal information about your child when he or she visits our site unless your child chooses to give such information to us, and we have your permission.
In fact, we have adopted this privacy and confidentiality policy so children can participate in our activities without giving out unnecessary personal information. We do not require a user to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity as a condition of participation. For example, we do not require users to provide any personal information such as real names, postal addresses, or telephone numbers in order to use this site. However, we do require users to provide their e-mail address when they register for our e-newsletter.
We also allow a parent to review his or her child's personal information, ask to have it deleted, and refuse to allow any further collection or use of his or her child's information. (See below for further instructions.)

Non-Personal Information

We may also collect what is known as non-personally identifiable information. For example, we may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our Web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows '95, Mac OS), and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).

We May Collect Additional Information in the Future

As we expand the services we provide on our site, we may collect additional types of personal information. We will ask you for your permission before collecting any of this additional information from your child.

How We Collect the Information

In addition to the information that your child may give us directly, we may collect some non-personal information indirectly.

Cookies

"Cookies" are text files we put in your computer's browser to store information. Cookies help us figure out the kind of information your child does or does not want to read. Cookies also give us information to help us offer your child products, programs, and services that he or she'd like. We also use cookies to make your child's experience using our Web site easier. For example, cookies help us recognize your child's name each time she comes back to our site.
Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your child's e-mail address or other personally identifiable information. However, if you give your permission and your child gives us personally identifiable information, for example, by registering on our site, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookies.

Surveys

In addition to the information we collect when your child registers on epicorderoftheseven.com, we may ask your child to fill out a survey to provide us with general information about his or her interests, preferences, and products he or she likes to use.
When epicorderoftheseven.com sends out a survey, it does so to collect only aggregate information on the users. We will use the surveys to get general feedback on the site itself, information on topics the users are interested in, and the users' purchasing preferences. The information collected is for internal use only and no personally identifiable information will ever be sold or shared with our third-party sponsors.

Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors

Third-party sites and sponsors do not have the ability to collect personal information off our site.

Links to Other Sites

epicorderoftheseven.com has links to other web sites. By clicking on these links, you leave the epicorderoftheseven.com web site and epicorderoftheseven.com's privacy policies no longer apply. epicorderoftheseven.com is not responsible for and does not endorse the privacy practices or the content of the web sites to which it is linked. Please contact the companies responsible for those linked web sites to find out their privacy policies.
The links are provided on epicorderoftheseven.com are solely for informational purposes and as a convenience to you. epicorderoftheseven.com's link to another web site does not constitute a referral or endorsement of any product or service. epicorderoftheseven.com is not responsible for the content of the linked web site advertised or distributed through the linked web site.
No license is implied and none should be inferred to link to this site using any framing technology or to link to any page on this site other than the home page, and we reserve all of our rights under the law to insist that any link to this site be discontinued.

How We Use the Information

This is how we will handle information we learn about your child's visit to our Website.
The personal information we collect is used entirely for internal purposes. We do not disclose this information to third parties. Some of the ways we may use your child's personal information include: sending e-newsletters, posting fan mail and artwork and surveys on the site content to those users who have requested or consented to receiving such information.

E-Mail Addresses

A child must give us an e-mail address in order to register for our e-newsletter. The e-mail address is kept for identification purposes only, and under no circumstances is it displayed or made publicly available. We also use e-mail addresses to send surveys on the site content to those users who have requested or consented to receiving such information.

Use of Non-Personally Identifiable and Aggregate Information

We sometimes use non-personally identifiable or "aggregate information" that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to help us to personalize your child's epicorderoftheseven.com experience. Aggregate data is not information that could be used to identify you or your child or to contact you or your child.

Disclosure of the Information

epicorderoftheseven.com will not disclose your child's personal information to any third party without your express prior authorization. However, epicorderoftheseven.com may disclose aggregate data to third parties. We may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer products, programs, or services. We track the total number of visitors to our site and the popularity of each area. This information helps us provide a technically smooth and creatively fun online experience for all our visitors. We may share some of this aggregated information with third parties.
You have the option to agree to our collecting and using your child's personal information without agreeing to the disclosure of the information to third parties. That is, your child can participate in activities on epicorderoftheseven.com without your consenting to our disclosing your personal information to third parties. No identifiable information from the Web site will be used for any promotional or marketing purposes, or transferred to any third parties.

Parental Consent

As noted above, we need your consent before we permit your under-13-year-old child to submit personal information to register for our e-newsletter or to submit fan mail or artwork.

Consent If Change in This Policy

If we change the way we collect, use or disclosure your child's personal information we will send you a new notice and request for another consent.

Account Revisions

You may review, correct, update, or delete your child's personal information that has been provided to us at any time. All you have to do is e-mail us at fanpage@epicorderoftheseven.com and we will contact you about reviewing and/or editing your child's information.

Revoking and Deleting Your Consent

At any time, you may revoke your consent, refuse to allow us to further use or collect your child's personal information, and direct us to delete the information. If you revoke your consent, we will no longer permit your child to participate in certain activities on epicorderoftheseven.com. For example, we require all users to provide their e-mail addresses to receive our e-newsletter and to submit artwork or fan mail. Other activities on epicorderoftheseven.com do not require your child's personal information and your child will continue to have access to those activities. If you choose to delete your child's information, epicorderoftheseven.com will not use it for any purpose except where required by applicable laws, regulations, or standards.

To revoke your consent, contact us by e-mail at fanpage@epicorderoftheseven.com.