PRIVACY POLICY

PRIVACY POLICY

This website or mobile application (“Site”) is owned and operated by Animate North America., Ltd. (“Animate N.A.”). Animate N.A. understands your concerns about how your personal information is used and shared. This notice describes Animate N.A’s privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). By visiting this Site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy only covers the Site owned and operated by Animate North America., Ltd.

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

Every time a guest visits our Site, our server automatically tracks and stores information including, but not limited to, the domain name of your Internet Service Provider, your Internet Protocol address, and about products you like or what you buy. When you purchase items from us or register with our Site, we also collect personally identifiable information you voluntarily enter on our Site, or give us in any other way, such as your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, age or credit card number. We need this information in order to process and fulfill your order and to notify you of your order status. We may also collect information from you if you choose to subscribe to our email program, participate in sweepstakes, contests, and surveys. Please note that applicable message and data fees may apply if you register for mobile alerts.

COOKIES

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that are placed by us on your computer's storage system through your web browser. This enables our systems to recognize your browser when you make future visits to our website, and to store certain information (such as items placed in your shopping cart) between visits. You can stop your computer from storing cookies if you want to. Most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. This information may be available in the "help" area shown on your browser's toolbar. Because cookies allow you to have the benefit of our personalized features, we recommend that you leave them turned on. You must have cookies enabled in order to checkout on our Site.

INFORMATION SHARING

Animate N.A. will not rent or sell personally identifiable information about you to outside marketers. We may share your information (as described above) with members of the Animate N.A. family of businesses to provide you with products or services that you have requested or to provide you with promotional offers that we believe will be of interest to you.

In certain circumstances, we may share your information with service providers that need access to your information to provide operational or other support services such as credit card processors or shipping agents. To ensure the confidentiality and security of your information, service providers must agree to safeguard your information in strict compliance with this Privacy Policy. Unless otherwise disclosed to you, our service providers are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for their own marketing purposes.

We may also provide information to regulatory authorities and law enforcement officials in accordance with applicable law or when we otherwise believe in good faith that the law requires it. There may be instances when we may access or disclose your information in order to protect or defend the legal rights or property of Animate N.A. and its affiliated companies or their employees and agents, to protect the safety and security of users and members, and to protect against fraud.

Animate N.A. may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets in connection with a merger, reorganization or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy. In such an event, personal information may be one of the assets transferred. You will be notified via email or a notice on our Site of any such change in ownership or control of our personal information.

USE OF INFORMATION

We may use your information for the following reasons:

To customize your experience with us;
To look at site trends and customer interests;
To make website and/or product improvements; AND
For security purposes.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our Site contain links to third party websites. If you click on one of those links, you will be taken to websites we do not control. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the information practices of those third party websites. You should read the privacy policy of other websites carefully. We are not responsible for such third party sites.

INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN

Animate N.A. does not collect personal information, including contact information, from children under the age of 13. Animate N.A. does not sell products for purchase by children. We sell children's products for purchase by adults. If you are under 18, you may use the site only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

OPTING OUT OF RECEIVING EMAILS

From time to time, we may send you e-mails with promotional offers if you opt-in to receiving such emails. If you would no longer like to receive emailed special event information, sales notifications or other promotional messages from this Site, you can unsubscribe from this Site's email marketing list by following the unsubscribe link located at the bottom of each promotional email. Your email address will be removed from this Site's email marketing list within 10 days.

POLICY UPDATES

This Policy was updated on December 31, 2012. We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time, as we determine is appropriate, to reflect industry initiatives or changes in the law, changes in our collection or use practices, or changes in our Site's features or technology, and such modifications shall be effective upon posting on this Site. Your continued use of this Site after we post a revised Privacy Policy signifies your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. It is therefore important that you review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes. It is your responsibility to review it for changes.