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Privacy Policy
In compliance with our registration policy and the guidelines set forth by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU), FMGS.net®, The Next Revolution in Games™ is committed to protecting the privacy of each visitor who registers with us. Here is an explanation of our Data Collection process.
1. Obtaining Parental Consent: Under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, which went into effect on April, 21, 2000, FMGS.net will require parental consent in order to keep in our records any registered user information from a child 12 or under. After April 21st, when a child 12 or under registers with us, we will ask for a parent's e-mail address and then write to that e-mail address requesting parental consent. A parent has 21 days to respond with consent. Parents must follow a hotlink from the e-mail letter where they can give consent or delete their child’s registration information. Once we receive parental consent, we will follow-up with a confirmatory e-mail. If we do not hear back within 21 days, that child’s registration information is deleted from our system. Parents are invited to review and delete their child’s personal information at any time and refuse to permit further collection. All they have to do is visit our registration area from the same browser and machine on which their child registered. There they can review their child’s information and, if they choose to delete that information, simply click “delete” next to the child’s name. For more information about our mission, please visit our special section for parents and teachers at:
At the same time, we ask parents to closely monitor the Internet activities of their children and become educated on the various Internet and software tools available to help ensure that their child has a fun and satisfying on-line experience.
2. What Information We Collect Via Registration. FMGS.net uses its best efforts to respect the privacy of its on-line visitors. All registration information is collected directly on a voluntary basis and also passively, through Cookies (see below). We ask registered users to tell us how they found out about FMGS.net. We do not ask registered users for a real name or postal address. Instead they are invited to create a fictitious nickname and provide their date of birth, e-mail address, gender, zip code, and country.
3. How We Use the Registration Information. FMGS.net uses information from registered users to notify contest winners and to post nicknames next to game high scores and other kid-driven creative material in our website (such as bulletin boards). Note these nicknames are not personal information or e-mail addresses. No one can contact kids on-line or off-line based on these nicknames and all material for bulletin boards is prescreened by our editorial staff. We also use registered user information to obtain a better understanding of our user profile and thus tailor our activities to meet the age and gender make-up of our visitors. This information also helps us study user patterns across the country. We make available our overall number of registered users in publicity documents.
4. Privacy. Under no circumstances do we share, rent or sell information about our registered users to any outside third party. All personally identifiable information is collected for our own purposes to help us better shape our content to meet the preferences of our audience.
5. Changing Registration Information. Registered users are welcome to view, change or delete their registration information at any time. Simply go to the registration page of FMGS.net using the same computer from which you initially registered. When the welcome screen appears, you can click on "delete or add".
6. Using "Cookie" Technology. We use a software technology called "cookies" to collect non-personal information about our visitors. Such information includes: type of browser software a visitor uses to access the Internet (i.e. Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape 3.0, etc.); type of operating system (i.e. Windows 95, Macintosh, etc.); or the domain name of the visitor's Internet service provider. We also count the number of visitors who come to our site each day in an aggregate form. Such information allows us to better assess which attractions are meeting our audience in all of the above practices. We also use "cookie" technology to track and provide visitor scores on designated contests and multi-player games. Again, solely FMGS.net collects this personally identifiable information for internal purposes only. Finally, cookie technology frees visitors to enter FMGS.net without having to remember and enter any special passwords. In all of the above practices, it is the intention of FMGS.net to operate in full compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and regulations promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission. We also adhere to the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) guidelines on Internet advertising. For more information about the CARU, please contact:
http://www.bbb.org/advertising/childrensMonitor.html#about
7. Why Register. Visitors who register with FMGS.net can use certain special technology features, such as saving personal bookmarks, saving rank in multi-player games and other features. Registered users will, upon occasion, receive e-mail updates about our new activities and special services. If you would like us to stop sending these e-mail updates or need more information about our privacy policy, please send a request to help@FMGS.net
8. Contests. Registered users of FMGS.net are able to participate in ongoing contests in the website. No prizes are awarded to contest winners until off-line and verifiable parental approval, including the prize recipient’s mailing address, has been received. In addition, FMGS.net is prohibited from conditioning a child’s participation in a contest or other activity based upon that child giving us more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in that activity.
9. Newsletters. Registered users of FMGS.net receive periodic updates on new features in the web site. Recipients may unsubscribe to these newsletters at any time. Only registered users can receive newsletters from the site. If a registered user 12 or under wishes to unsubscribe from our newsletters, we will immediately delete his or her e-mail address from our system.
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