Creating Fandom COPPA Policy
In order to comply with the Children's Online Protection Privacy Act of 21 April 2000, Creating Fandom has established a policy governing how we deal with information relating to minors.
Creating Fandom has a diverse user base, including users under 13 years of age. We may ask for an email address without prior consent from parents:
- In order to allow one-time communication with a person, after which time the email address will be deleted.
- To protect a person's safety while participating in the site.
- To protect the security or liability of the site or in response to a request by the proper authorities.
Before asking a minor for any other information, or asking for an email address for any other reason, we ask that minors have confirmed permission with their parents. If we are in any doubt over the validity of this permission, it may be confirmed by asking for a:
- Signed form, via post.
- Telephone confirmation.
- Digital signature.
Giving an email address may be essential to contact a person for particular contests or to communicate between staff and users. However, generally, an email address or any other form of contact information is not needed to access the site. We highly recommend that you do not give away your identity. This includes:
- Not giving out your name (by using a "screen name", dissimilar to your actual name), email address, address, phone number or any identifiable information in any areas that are open to the public.
- Never agreeing to meet anyone you meet via Creating Fandom or any website suggested by Creating Fandom without seeking permision from your parents/guardians and being accompanied by a responsible adult.
Creating Fandom does not gather any information from a user via cookies, except a non-identifiable cookie in order to determine preferred layout.
If you are a parent or guardian and wish for any information about your child to be disclosed to you or removed from Creating Fandom, please contact us via the Contact Form.
This policy is intended to protect children using Creating Fandom, while still allowing them to participate as much as possible. Any information collected from any person will not be more than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity as a condition of participation. No information collected will be disclosed to third parties, unless approved by us. If so, this will be clearly mentioned (e.g. partners in competions, etc.).
This policy applies to everyone 13 or under. Any user found to be falsely claiming to be an age that they are not (either older or younger than their real age), if discovered, may be banned from further participation and such activity will be reported to their ISP or a relevant proper authority, who may take further action at their discretion, if they deem it appropriate.
A Personal Word
I'm not a lawyer, but I am a parent. In plain language, we'll do our best to insure the privacy and safety of everyone using this site. If you have any questions, please use the contact page to send us your questions.