Privacy Policy At CaptainPlanet.com, we are dedicated to safeguarding any personal information collected online and to helping parents and children learn how to exercise control over personal information while exploring the Internet. Because many of the visitors to this site are children, we take care that our content is suitable for children. In addition, we take special measures to help children protect their privacy while online. For example, we do not ask children to disclose more personal information than is necessary for them to participate in a particular activity, and we do not enable children to post personal information online. To help ensure a rewarding online experience for our visitors - and for the parents of our visitors who are children - we provide you with this summary of our information practices. This privacy notice governs the collection and use of information at CaptainPlanet.com, a Time Warner site. This site is operated by the Captain Planet Foundation. I. The Information We Collect At CaptainPlanet.com, we do not collect any personally identifiable information unless our visitors voluntarily provide it to us. We collect email addresses of visitors who communicate to us by email. On the e-commerce section of our site, we collect personal information such as name, email address, street address, telephone number and credit card number. Users of this section of the site must be at least 18 years old and must have a valid credit card. When visitors come to our site, we automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information such as the type of computer operating system (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS) and browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) being used, and the domain name of the Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink). This site contains links to another site operated by the Captain Planet Foundation, located at http://www.turner.com/cpf/. The Captain Planet Foundation site is not directed to children and has its own privacy policy. The site includes, among other things, a form to apply for grants online. Users of this application form must be at least 18 years old. II. How We Use the Information We use visitors' personal information only for the purposes for which the information is provided. When we receive emails, we use the sender's address only to respond to the email. After responding, we do not keep the sender's email address. Likewise, we use names, street addresses, credit card numbers and other personal information we receive on e-commerce orders only to fill those orders. We never sell, rent, or otherwise share our visitors' personal information with third parties. Sometimes, we will use agents or contractors to help us provide services to our visitors, such as helping us operate our e-commerce store. In these cases, we require the agent or contractor to keep the information confidential and to use it only for the specific services they are performing. We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to personalize our visitors' experience on CaptainPlanet.com. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer products, programs, or services. 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. We will not use or transfer personally identifiable information in ways that are materially different from the ones described above without also providing parental notification of such practices and obtaining consent for any materially different uses. III. Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors Our site contains links to other sites, including those of sponsors and advertisers, whose information practices may be different from ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices, since those sites are not covered by our privacy policy and may follow procedures that are different from ours. IV. Cookies CaptainPlanet.com uses a software technology called "cookies." Cookies are small text files that we place in visitors' computer browsers to store their preferences. Cookies themselves do not contain any personally identifiable information. Although cookies could enable us to relate a visitor's use of this Web site to personal information that a visitor has provided, such as an email address, we do not use them for this purpose. We do use "cookies" to determine how many visitors we have and how often they visit various sections of our site. V. Security 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. VI. Parental Review of Information Parents, 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 CaptainPlanet.com site has collected online from your child, correct factual errors in such information, request to have this information deleted, or request that we no longer collect or maintain such information. Please be sure to include your email address and as 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. VII. Contact Us If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our privacy policy and/or practices, please contact us at the following e-mail address, address and telephone number: Privacy.Planet@turner.com Privacy Manager - Captain Planet TEG Online 1050 Techwood Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30318 404-878-0693 VIII. A Final Note to Parents 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 the visit The Direct Marketing Association's web site (www.the-dma.org) and explore the Get CyberSavvy! Program. Get CyberSavvy! 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 ensuring that your children have enriching experiences online.  © 2001 Captain Planet Foundation, Inc. An AOL Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved.