The American Violet Society has created this COPA statement in order to comply with the requirements of The Children's Online Protection Act.   The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices regarding children under the age of 13,  for this Web site: The American Violet Society

Privacy Statement:   Please see our Privacy Statement Page.

In accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, we do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 without first obtaining parental consent

External Links:  This site contains links to other sites. The American Violet Society is not responsible for the content or  practices or the content of such Web sites.

Public Forums:  This site makes forums, message boards, and discussion-mail-lists available to its users. These forums are not intended for use by children under the age of 13.  However, since there is currently no way of reliably determining the age of posters to our forum or mail-lists, there is no way for us to prohibit usage by under age individuals.  As stated in our Privacy Statement, we do not collect personally identifiable information.  Thus we do not know the age of our users.  What is more,  We do not tolerate content on our site that could be even remotely dangerous to children of any age.  If such content should appear on our forums, it is immediately removed.  Our mail-list, is un-moderated.  However, the subjects contained in our mail-list exchanges are research and informational in nature and pose little or no risk to anyone.  This site is considered and will  strive to be family and child friendly.

Contacting the Web Site:  If you have any questions about this COPA statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact: COPA@americanvioletsociety.org

Modified from a "Privacy Statement" Generated by Privacy Wizard.