This policy covers information collected by the Americanimeproductions.com Web site, which is the business site for Americanime corporation and all related companies/individuals, including the online Americanime Productions Store.

NOTICE TO USERS
We are committed to protecting your online privacy. In addition to the product descriptions, news, information and features, the americanimeproductions.com Web site consists of several other pages. Some of these pages, such as the community message boards, contests and user polls are for our users who are age 13 or older. The Americanime Productions Store is primarily for our users over age 18.
If you are under 18 years old, you must have a parent's permission before purchasing products from the Americanime ProductionsStore. If you are under 13 years old, please read the Notice to Parents, Child Information, and Parental Rights sections of this policy with your parents before you visit our site. These sections may be accessed by clicking on the links below. Please ask questions about things you do not understand. If you are under age 13, you should get a parent's permission before submitting any information about yourself on this Web site.

Notice to Parents | Child Information

CUSTOMER INFORMATION
Information is collected at the time of a sale at the Americanime Productions Store in order to complete the sale and deliver the products. Customer lists are not sold or distributed to third parties.
There may be instances where you will have the opportunity to subscribe to an e-mail list that will send information about the site or our advertisers to your e-mail address, this will be continued only with your permission and consent.
We will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to 1) confirm to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process serviced on Americanime Corporation, Michael Westerman, or the site, 2) protect and defend the rights or property of Americanime Corporation, Americanime Productions or its Web sites, and 3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Americanime Productions’ Web site or the public.

NOTICE TO PARENTS
The AmericanimeProductions.com Web site provides detailed information about our past, present and future product lines, including but not limited to Katharsis, Bounty Killer, Airshell, Oni Akaku, and The Way To Your Heart comic books and merchandise. Our Web site also has many interactive features such as online shopping at the Americanime Productions Store, surveys, contests, and message boards. Shopping at the Americanime Productions Store, and participation in contests and message boards are not intended for children under the age of thirteen. If your child is under the age of thirteen, we encourage you to help us protect your child's privacy by monitoring his or her use of the AmericanimeProductions.com Web site, and by instructing him or her never to provide personal information on this site without your permission. Please read the Child Information and Parental Rights sections of this policy for information and instructions on your rights to review and delete any personal information that was collected from your child.

CHILD INFORMATION
Registration is required in order to shop at the Americanime Productions store, and to participate in many of our surveys and contests. We never sell or distribute user information to third parties without the user's consent. We do not require a child to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary as a condition for participating in a contest, game, or other activity geared toward children of his or her age group. Americanimeproductions.com does not attempt to collect personal information from children and AmericanimeProductions.com does not intentionally maintain databases containing children's information. Note: We cannot always determine if a user is a child, and sometimes children under the age of thirteen will provide information during the registration process despite the presence of age restriction notices. We encourage you to help us protect your child's privacy by monitoring his or her use of the AmericanimeProductions.com Web site and instructing your child to abide by the age restriction notices posted on the site.

WEB SITE LOG FILES
Web site log files are generated that collect the information about your computer hardware and software may also be collected which may include IP address of the visitor, date, time and pages visited, browser type and referring Web site addresses. Aggregate reports for Web site visitors are generated that do not contain personally identifiable information other than the IP address. Log files are only used to generate internal reports about various areas of americanimeproductions.com and to maintain quality of service.

COOKIES
Internet cookies are used in several places on americanimeproductions.com. They are used in the message board area to keep track of individual users' previous visits. Cookies are also used in certain contest and voting areas of americanimeproductions.com to make sure users don't enter/vote more than once. Finally, cookies are used in the online Americanime Productions Store to keep track of items ordered. They are used so a user can shop and maintain a list of items in their "shopping cart" and have a total due calculated. A user does not have to supply any personal information unless they decide to complete an order and pay via credit card. Orders can also be printed and paid by mail or fax without entering any information. These cookies are not used for any other purpose.
PLEASE BE AWARE that when you voluntarily disclose personal information (such as your name or e-mail address) in chat areas or bulletin boards or to third parties, that information may be collected by others outside our control and may result in unsolicited messages from others.

MAILING LISTS
AmericanimeProductions.com maintains mailing lists for the Americanime Update e-mail. Subscribers may opt out of this list at any time. Finally, user information is kept to determine winners in contests that are run on AmericanimeProductions.com and to mail out winning prizes. That information is used for no other purpose.

USER REGISTRATION
AmericanimeProductions.com does not require user registration to access content at this site, except for those wishing to interact with other fans on the AmericanimeProducions.com message boards or purchase items at the online Americanime Productions Store.

If you have any questions about the privacy policy at AmericanimeProductions.com, please e-mail customerservice@americanimeproductions.com .

From time to time, this Privacy Policy may be updated. We encourage you to periodically review this Policy to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
Last updated 4/17/05