Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
Our Compliance Statement and Procedures

Although we have no knowledge of any children under the age of 13 using any service or subscribing to any service on this site which may fall under the purview of this law we have chosen to implement our full and absolute compliance with this law. We think this law is good and children under the age of 13 need protection.

If you are under 13 years of age please do not subscribe to any of our Email lists or register for our geek/talk Bulletin Board and or use any service on this site which requires your "personnel information". The next paragraph explains this in more detail.

If you are under the age of 13 and you see any service on this site which collects the following information, please do not use it or submit any data. This includes a service on this site which asks for your name, home address, e-mail address, telephone number, hobbies, interests, and a request for any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact a child under the age of 13. If you have any questions about our compliance procedures, please Email us at webmaster@GeekVillage.com

Helpful Links:

How to Comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm

Federal Trade Commission Privacy Initiatives Site (includes link to the full text of the Final Rule)
http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/index.html

CNET article, "Building Websites for Kids; Do: Be Careful with Private Info" (includes link to a "quick fix" privacy policy) http://www.builder.com/Graphics/Kids/ss03.html

Online Privacy Alliance's Resources for Business http://www.privacyalliance.org/resources