Information is collected in certain portions of sites in which guests provide content submissions and suggestions or participate in interactive online activities. ErikHastings.com may use such information for editorial and feedback purposes (to the extent that is explained when guests provide the information). In the event ErikHastings.com plans to post any such information on a site, guests are provided prior notification of such posting and given the option of preventing such posting.

No information should be submitted to or posted at ErikHastings.com 's Web sites by guests under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian. ErikHastings.com does not provide any personally identifying information, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever, unless (i) the provision of such information to such third party is disclosed by ErikHastings.com at the time such information is collected, or (ii) ErikHastings.com believes in good faith that the provision of such information to such third party is required by law. In addition, when a guest under 13 registers, his/her parent or guardian receives an e-mail alerting them to that registration and providing instructions on how the parent or guardian can delete the registration if so desired. ErikHastings.com does not post guests' e-mail addresses on ErikHastings.com Web sites. It is our goal to make your visits to our sites easy and enjoyable.

Policies for Individuals 13 Years of Age or Older

For visitors who are 13 years of age or over, information submitted at the time of registration or submission may be used for marketing and promotional purposes by ErikHastings.com. If a guest objects to such use for any reason, he/she may stop that use -- either by e-mail request or by modifying his/her registration information online. When you register with ErikHastings.com, every effort will be made to maintain your information in a secure environment by ErikHastings.com.

If you wish to modify your registration information or stop receiving e-mail updates from ErikHastings.com just send an email stating "please modify my registration" or "please unsubscribe me".

ErikHastings.com collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration.

An IP address is a number that's automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're surfing the Web. Web servers -- the big computers that "serve" up Web pages -- automatically identify your computer by its IP address.

When guests request pages from ErikHastings.com sites, our servers log the guests' IP addresses. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that a user's session will be logged, but the user remains anonymous to us.

Use of Cookies -- The ErikHastings.com Cookies Policy

What are cookies? Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make Web-surfing easier for you by saving your passwords, purchases, and preferences while you're at our site. The use of cookies is an industry standard -- you'll find them at most major Web sites.

By showing how and when guests use a site, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the site are based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies. If you accept the first tracking cookie from ErikHastings.com Web Sites, you won't be offered as many afterward.

How ErikHastings.com Sites Do Not Use Cookies

ErikHastings.com never uses cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie. Except as described below, ErikHastings.com does not use information transferred through cookies for any promotional or marketing purposes, nor is that information shared with any third parties whatsoever.

ErikHastings.com does not use cookies to identify specific individuals, except in such cases as online shopping (see above) and contest registration (where a cookie allows you to enter a contest every day without registering again each time).

You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers. ErikHastings.com does not control these cookies, and these cookies are not subject to the ErikHastings.com cookies policy. The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.

Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, it is possible that some parts of the site, such as the shopping, contest, and game areas, will not function properly if you do so.

Links to Other Sites

Users should be aware that when they are on ErikHastings.com they could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are links to other sites from ErikHastings.com that take you outside our service. For example, if you click on a banner advertisement or an ErikHastings.com search result, the click takes you off the ErikHastings.com site. This includes links from advertisers, sponsors and partners that may use ErikHastings.com 's logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. Always be aware of where you end up.

Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information online -- for example, via message boards or chat -- that information can be collected and used by people you don't know. While ErikHastings.com strives to protect its users' personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online and you do so at your own risk.

Security Policy

Only those employees who need access to your information in order to do their jobs are allowed access. Any employee who violates our privacy and/or security policies is subject to disciplinary action, including possible termination and civil and/or criminal prosecution.

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