TERMS and CONDITIONS OF USE

Our PRIVACY POLICY

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS & CONDITIONS                                                                 Please read these Terms Of Use carefully before using this site. By using this site, you signify your agreement with these Terms Of Use. If you do not agree with any of the below Terms Of Use, do not use this site. The Pokemon Characters Web Site, (PCW) reserves the right to modify, alter or otherwise update these Terms Of Condition at any time. Please check this page to view any future changes and updates. By using this site you agree to be bound these revised terms. 

MESSAGE FOR PARENTS                                                                                                This web site is suitable for children and adults. We do not ask for sensitive details and do not share personal information with third party companies. Please see our privacy policy below for full details.

We understand that some younger children may not understand some areas of our web site. We encourage parents to accompany children while they are online to explain how the site works and to help them have an enjoyable experience.

SITE AVAILABILITY??
Every effort is made to keep this site in service, and technical problems or temporary service interruptions which may affect site availability. PokemonCharacters.com accepts no responsibility for losses resulting from interruptions of service.

BLOG/NEWSLETTER
Users and visitors to this site are encouraged to use the PCW Blog.

Please note that the blog is a public domain, that is information you disclose in the forum is viewed by any member of the public online. 

SUBMISSIONS                                                                                                                  Any emails, notes, message/billboard, ideas, suggestions, concepts or other material submitted will become the property of PCW. No obscene language or spamming is allowed and is strictly prohibited. We reserve the right to remove and delete all objectionable material from our message board, emails and any other submission to the PCW. We also reserve the right to ban email and IP addresses at our discretion. So please be respectful of all other users.

LINKS                                                                                                                               This site may contain links to other web sites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are for your convenience only, and you access them at your own risk. The PCW is not responsible for the content of the Linked Sites, whether or not PCW is affiliated with sponsors of the sites. PCW does not in any way endorse the Linked Sites.

COMPETITIONS                                                                                                        Sometimes we will run a competition and ask for an email address and name. We will only ask for further details such an address of the winner with their parents approval. Please discuss this with your children so that they understand what is expected for entry. 

DOWNLOADING? 
User, customer and visitors are offered several products which require instant download to their own computers or other Internet connection equipment. Whilst we made our own safeguards to prevent infection and corruption of our own equipment, we made no claims and do not accept any liability for any damages or loss to third parties as a result of downloading from our site or from third party sites. We strongly urge all users to ensure that they have their own safeguards in place before connecting to the Internet.

SHOPPING                                                                                                                          There are various advertisements and links to purchase goods from respected third party merchants and via the Shop@ link. his area is for adults only aged 18+ using their own personal payments.  All of your payment details are kept private and transmitted to our third party payment processors using secure encryption. No private information is ever seen, stored or held by PCW. Your privacy and security is assured always.

TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS                                                       This site is run by two young brothers currently in Primary School as hobby and monitored by our mother. It is aimed at other children with a keen interest for the popular Pokemon trading cards, games and all other related merchandise and information.  All material on this site is solely provided for your personal, non-commercial use. Such material may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, including by e-mail or other electronic means. Violation of the copyrights, trademarks, and other proprietary rights, and is prohibited. Except as specifically permitted, no portion of this web site may be distributed or reproduced by any means, or in any form,?without prior written permission from PCW.  All other trademarks, service marks, trade names, product names and company names or logos?cited herein are the property of their respective owners.

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How We Use and Gather Information From Users 
PCW uses a third party service called FeedBurner to manage blog subscription via RSS News Feeds and FeedBurner email service. 

WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookie technology is used all over the internet with the purpose of tracking the number of visitors to a website. No personal information is obtained in any way. The gathering of statistical hits to a website is used in-house to help maintain performance and to help with on-going strategies and developments to this website. Cookies also enable a visitor to automatically log into password generated areas by storing information on a users PC and saving time entering the same information over and over again.

ADVERTISING
This website uses third party ads served by Google AdSense and other third party advertisers. We do not share personal information such as your email address for our blog at any time. These third party ads are to enhance the site and provide value to interested visitors. Please consult the ad company directly for further information if required.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
PCW reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.

GOVERNING LAW
This policy and the use of this Site are governed by English law. This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or behalf of any party.

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This web site is not owned by the official Pokemon company. We do not represent the main Pokemon site and do not make any claims or associations with them. This site is set up for the purpose of sharing interests with anyone interested in Pokemon trading cards and memorabilia.

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