Registration is free and absolutely confidential. For youth’s under the age of 13, your approval is needed in order for your child to participate fully on MyTachi.com. This ensures that each member's privacy and safety remain protected.
The privacy of all online users is important to us, especially the privacy of youths. We are committed to safeguarding personal information collected online, and to helping parents and their children exercise control over personal information while exploring the Internet.
To help ensure a safe, rewarding online experience, we provide you with our privacy policy to empower you in connection with your child's online experiences. This privacy notice governs the collection and use of information at Tachikara.
Although the entire site is free of charge, and many of its features are available to all users, only registered members are able to participate in all activities. Registration affords members with both privacy and security. Therefore, we may ask parents (or guardians) to provide personal information including name, e-mail address, address and date of birth.
Tachikara does not disclose to third parties personally identifiable information which members provide, except from time to time, we may transfer, disclose or share such information with third parties who may be engaged by us specifically to handle and deliver certain online activities (e.g. administering contests and sweepstakes or fulfillment of prizes, premiums, or merchandise). Such third parties have access only to the personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
We use our members' information for our internal purposes to maximize the benefits Tachikara's products provide. Non-personally identifiable information collected is also used to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize interaction with our site and make the most of the overall Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage.
We will disclose information we maintain when required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request.
Tachikara uses a software technology called "cookies." Cookies are small text files that we place in visitors' computer browsers to store their preferences. Cookies themselves do not contain any personally identifiable information.
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our privacy policy and/or practices, please use our contact form or street address:
Tachikara, U.S.A., Inc.
8000 W. 110th Street, Suite 150
Overland Park, KS 66210
The Internet offers a world of educational and entertainment opportunity for children. Your guidance and involvement are essential to help ensure that children have a safe and rewarding online experience. We encourage you to the visit The Direct Marketing Association's Web site (www.the-dma.org) and explore the Get Cyber Savvy! Program. Get Cyber Savvy! helps families learn how information flows online so they can use the Internet in ways that protect their privacy and well-being. It also contains a number of valuable resources to help parents and children be aware of, and express, their preferences about information that is collected online and how it is used. Your efforts to instill responsible information practices will help steer your children to appropriate sites, and will go a long way toward ensuring that your children have enriching experiences online.
Policy Effective Date: 08/01/2007