Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Statement Updated: 9/29/2005

As part of our compliance with the United States Law: The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act/Rule, it is necessary for us to obtain parental permission for all children under the age of 13 to register as a member.

At 507th.org we provide a Web-based application service that engages individuals to join and participate in our online community. Although 507th.org is primarily targeted at adults, we welcome the participation of children in our communities with the consent of the child's parent(s) or legal guardian.

507th.org is intended as a "family friendly" site where children should not be exposed to objectionable material. However, we cannot be responsible for content posted on our site that is objectionable. We allow the posting of digital images, sounds, and links to other web sites. Our policy is that no pornographic or otherwise offensive material is allowed on the site. Profanity by default is not allowed and is handled by our online filter. However moderators of message boards do have the ability to over ride these settings at their discretion.

It is possible though for a user to post material in violation of these rules. Although it is impossible to review everything we do have a team of Site Administrators who randomly surf our site viewing content at various times every day. When a violating post is noted it is removed or modified to remove objectionable material. While we attempt to remove such material as soon as possible, it does not prevent any user from being exposed to an offensive post prior to it being detected and removed or modified. These instances are very rare and normally are quickly detected. The chances of this are minimized because a person must become a registered member before they can post any material on the site.

If a member posts objectionable material, these recourses will be used based on the nature of the offense:

A user may be contacted via electronic mail to engage in conversation with Administrators regarding the matter.

• A user may be suspended from posting messages until such time as agreement is reached between Administrators and the member regarding acceptable content.

• Administrators may cancel a user's membership.

507th.org collects the following information voluntarily from all users (including children) who choose to register at this site as a member. To register as a member the following information is mandatory:

• A User ID. This may be a user-chosen "nickname" or a person's real first name, last name, or any combination thereof. We do not allow members to use identities that we deem offensive. We do run a profanity filter against new user signups which eliminates some common profanities, although this is not fool-proof.

• A user-chosen password to access the site. This password can not be accessed by any other user and only by the Administrators of the site by downloading and examining files stored on the server. Under normal circumstances the site Administrators do not know a user's password. We encourage users to choose a password other than that used for other personal Internet or non-Internet applications or use.

• An electronic mail address. A user may enter any e-mail address they choose when they register as a member. This can be a e-mail address provided by their Internet Service Provider, a web-based e-mail address provided by services such as Hotmail.com, Yahoo.com, Geocities.com, Mail.com, Netscape.com, or any other such provider, or any other e-mail address held by the user.

• Date of Birth, to determine the Age of the user.

When a user registers they choose an option of whether or not to allow others to have access to their e-mail address. A user may choose to reveal their e-mail address if they wish to receive e-mail messages from other users. Or, a person may choose to protect their privacy by not allowing others to have access to their e-mail address.

Also, a user may choose to allow Administrators to send them e-mail messages. This normally consists of a monthly newsletter but Administrators may also send e-mail to members regarding changes at this site or other news deemed important. We normally do not contact members more than once per month. If a user has chosen to allow us to contact them via e-mail and later wishes to withdraw consent to do so, they can edit their profile and un-select the option allowing us to contact them.

The operators of 507th.org do not sell our members' e-mail addresses or make them available to any other parties.

When a person registers as a member, the following information is optional:

• The location where a member lives. (City, State, Province, or Country)

• Biography, details about the member.

• Occupation

• The URL of a member's web site.

• Any personal interests that the member may wish to share with others.

• ICQ Number, MSM/MSN, Yahoo Messenger, AIM. (programs that many Internet users use to communicate and exchange files. This information is used to identify a user so that others may contact them. Such contacts are totally independent of the 507th.org web site.)

• Personal Signature. (A small message that will appear at the bottom of messages that the member posts on this site.)

All of the above information is collected on our registration page at 507th.org. The manner of collecting this information is that the user must enter the information by electronically filling in the boxes on the on-line registration form.

507th.org does not require a child (or any member) to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in any activities on this web site.

We do not use personal information for any reasons other than to identify messages posted on this web site and to communicate with our members. We do not actively use personal information in marketing ventures.

This site may contain advertising, but it is targeted at all users in general and never to any specific user based on personal information provided to us by a particular member. These advertisements, we do not consider unhealthy to children. Parents may wish to review the web site to determine if any advertisements are personally objectionable. We do not allow advertising for anything pornographic or otherwise controversial or extreme. We carry advertisements only for businesses that we believe to be honest and reputable. We do not carry advertisements that ask a user to spend money on speculative ventures such as lotteries, gambling, or "get rich quick" schemes. A parent may also e-mail bulwinkl@507th.org.com for a list of all businesses advertising on 507th.org at any specific time, as well as information about they type of business that they are engaged in.

Any personal information that a child posts on this site is the responsibility of the parent. We ask that parents advise their children regarding issues of privacy, and their personal family practices on-line. We advise our members to use careful discretion regarding personal information, and not to give out any personal information that is not necessary in the use of our web site. We are not responsible if a child voluntarily reveals their name, address, or other personal information to other users in our message boards.

A parent may view all posts made by their child on 507th.org if they know the child's User ID. To view your child's posts, visit http://www.507th.net/forums/search.php? and enter your child's User ID. Click on "Search," and the posts made by the child will be displayed. The parent may click on any of the links to see not only the posts made by the child, but also the interactions with other users in regards to the child's posts.

The parent or child may delete any of the posts made by the child if they know the child's User ID and password. Follow the instructions above to find the child's posts. If the parent finds a message or content in a message that should not be present, they may edit the message to remove, change, or add information, or, delete the message entirely. To do this, the parent (or child) should locate the message and note the small icons directly above the individual message, and just to the right of the date and time of the post. The third icon from the left allows you to edit or delete a message. You may only edit/delete messages posted by you or your child and you must know the password. When you click on the third icon from the left you will be taken to the "edit page" where you may add or remove content from the message, or delete it completely.

If you have problems with this process or you believe that someone has interacted inappropriately with your child on this web site, e-mail bulwinkl@507th.org.com at once. Please provide specific details of the problem and copy the URL (the page's web address) from the top of your web browser and paste it into your message so we may find the exact page quickly.

As parental consent is required for a child under 13 years of age to register as a member on this site, we encourage parents to participate in the registration process and to make note of the child's User ID and password. If a parent does not know the child's password, but does know their e-mail address, simply visit Lost Password (http://www.507th.net/forums/login.php?do=lostpw) and enter the child's e-mail address. The password will be electronically mailed to that address.

If you, as a parent or legal guardian, want to have your child's membership on 507th.org terminated, e-mail bulwinkl@507th.org.com and provide the child's User ID and password for confirmation. We would appreciate any details as to your objection of your child's participation if you feel that 507th.org is an unhealthy environment for any reason.

These Administrators are the principal operators of this web site and are the only persons who have access to any personal information collected from the users of this site:

E-Mail: bulwinkl@507th.org.com

E-mail: csprocki@yahoo.com

If your child is already a member of 507th.org, e-mail bulwinkl@507th.org.com if you wish to know what information we have gathered about or from your child. You must include your child's 507th.org User ID or e-mail address used to register on our site so we can properly identify them from our database of members.

Our Cookie Policy:

A "cookie" is a small text file that a Web site can place on your computer's hard drive in order, for example, to collect information about your activities on the site or to make it possible for you to use an online "shopping cart" to keep track of items you wish to purchase. The cookie transmits this information back to the Web site's computer, which, generally speaking, is the only computer that can read it. Many consumers do not know that "cookies" are being placed on their computers when they visit Web sites. If you want to know when this happens, or to prevent it from happening, you can set your browser to warn you when a Web site attempts to place a "cookie" on your computer.

Most interactive web sites use cookies to aid in the interaction process with the user.

The cookies that this site sets are used only for the following purposes:

• To remember the User ID of the member so that they do not have to type it each time they log in to 507th.org.

• To remember the password of the member so that they do not have to type it each time they log in to 507th.org.

• To remember the date and time of the member's last visit to 507th.org. This is useful for the member as our web site displays information based on their last visit allowing them to easily see new content since that time.

• The preferences that the member has chosen, such as how they want information displayed to them by the web site.

• We automatically collect and store: the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet; the Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using; the browser software you use and your operating system; the date and time you access our sites; and the Internet address of the site from which you linked directly to our sites. We use this information only as anonymous aggregate data to determine the number of visitors to different sections of our sites, to ensure the sites are working properly, and to help us make our sites more useful. We do not use it to track or record information about individuals. Generally, we delete this information after one year.

507th.org does not use cookies to gather personal information about any user. We use cookies only for the convenience of the member in navigating the web site.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Statement or about 507th.org in general, please contact us at bulwinkl@507th.org.

Waiver

If you are under 13 a parent or guardian must complete a COPPA Waiver form. Please print the form, fill it out by hand, and scan a copy of the completed form. The image of the completed form should be emailed to bulwinkl@507th.org. Alternately you may send an email request to bulwinkl@507th.org for a telephone fax number or physical address to mail the waiver.

The waiver form may be found here.