Thank you for visiting the Captain Planet Foundation. Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used at this site.

The Information We Collect

At the Captain Planet Foundation site, you can order products, enter sweepstakes, contests or promotions, submit requests for project funding, or correspond with members of the Captain Planet Foundation staff. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected at these pages include: name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, date of birth, credit card information, and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs, and services. Users of these sections of the site must be at least 18 years old and, in the event of a purchase, must have a valid credit card.

No area of our site is directed at children under 5 years of age, but our site asks for age-identifying information from our visitors. We respect the privacy of children, and do not collect any more information than is reasonably necessary to enable them to participate in the activities we offer at our Web site. With respect to our online information collection practices from children under 13 years of age, we do not collect personally identifiable information. Please note that parents may consent to the above collection and use without necessarily consenting to the disclosure of personal information to third parties.

We also 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 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).

We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our products, programs, and services or to respond to your inquiries about our offerings.

We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect 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.

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

Agents and contractors of Captain Planet Foundation, who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for Captain Planet Foundation.

Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice. Inadvertent disclosures may result, for example, when third parties misrepresent their identities in asking the site for access to personally identifiable information about themselves for purposes of correcting possible factual errors in the data.

Captain Planet Foundation will not use or transfer personally identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.

Some of our sites contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.

The Captain Planet Foundation sometimes may offer contests, sweepstakes, or promotions that are sponsored by or co-sponsored with identified third parties. By virtue of their sponsorship, these third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to participate in the contest, sweepstakes, or promotion. The Captain Planet Foundation has no control over the third-party sponsors' use of this information. The Captain Planet Foundation site will notify you at the time of requesting personally identifiable information if third-party sponsors will obtain such information.

To enhance your experience with our sites, many of our web pages use "cookies." Cookies are text files we place in your computer's browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, registering at one of our sites. However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.

We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our sites. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our web pages (e.g. to recognize you by name when you return to our site) and enable you to use shopping carts on our sites. We also may use cookies to offer you products, programs, or services.

We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.

For instructions on how you can access the personally identifiable information that the Captain Planet Foundation site has collected about you online, or how to correct factual errors in such information, please click here.

To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

For parents who are concerned their children have disclosed personal information, please send a letter or postcard to our Privacy Manager at the mailing address provided below if you would like to do any of the following:

? Access the personally identifiable information that the Captain Planet Foundation site has collected online from your child; and

? Request to have this information deleted.

Please be sure to include your e-mail address and a telephone number where we can reach you. To protect your child?s privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting you access to the personal information that we collect and maintain about your child.

If you have any questions or concerns about the Captain Planet Foundation online policy for this site or its implementation you may contact us at info@captainplanetfdn.org.

The Internet offers a world of opportunity for children. Your guidance and involvement are essential to help ensure that children have a safe and rewarding online experience. We encourage you to visit The Direct Marketing Association?s web site (www.the-dma.org) and explore the Get CyberSavy! Program (www.cybersavy.org) developed by The Direct Marketing Association. Get CyberSavy! helps families learn how information flows online so they can use the Internet in ways that protect their privacy and well-being. It also contains a number of valuable resources to help parents and children be aware of and express their preferences about information that is collected online and how it is used. Your efforts to instill responsible information practices will help steer your children to age-appropriate sites, and will go a long way toward ensuing that your children have enriching experiences online.

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