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LEGO is all about fun, and it’s important that you have fun here on customminifig.co.uk, but online privacy is a very serious matter. Because customminifig.co.uk takes your online privacy seriously, we want you to know what personal information we collect and how we use it.

Information for Parents and Children Under the Age of 13
customminifig.co.uk was designed by adult fans of LEGO for other adult fans. Readers of all ages are welcome, but direct participation through comments and the Contact Form is restricted to readers over the age of 13.

Links to more information about online privacy
Whether you’re an adult without any children, a parent, a teen, or a kid, if online privacy is something you haven’t really thought about, you might want to start with some reading:

• CDT’s Guide to Online Privacy from the Center for Democracy and Technology
• EFF’s Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy from the Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Kidz Privacy from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission
• Online Privacy FAQ from Microsoft
• SafeKids.com
• StaySafe.org

customminifig.co.uk Privacy Policy Overview
To enable you to leave comments on posts, subscribe to follow-up responses, and otherwise use the site’s features, it is sometimes necessary to collect information about you. This information is called “personally identifiable information” (read more about personally identifiable information on Wikipedia).

Although some types of information are required to use certain features, you are not required to use any of these features. Therefore, providing personally identifiable information to customminifig.co.uk is entirely voluntary.

How much information does customminifig.co.uk collect about me?
If you choose to use certain features of customminifig.co.uk, you may be asked to provide a name and your e-mail address. Your IP address is also logged when you use the Contact Form. We go over details on how each of these pieces of information is used later in this privacy policy.

customminifig.co.uk also uses a tool called Google Analytics to provide general, anonymous information about our visitors. Google Analytics is a useful tool that helps us make your experience on customminifig.co.uk better. It’s importnat to note that Google’s own privacy policy prevents any data in Google Analytics reports from being personally identifiable.

The reports in Google Analytics help us understand broad characteristics about our readers. For example, knowing what Internet browsers our readers are using helps us design and test the site using the right technology. Knowing readers’ connection speeds helps us optimize the site’s bandwidth usage. Knowing how often readers visit helps us make the right choices about how often to post new content.

How does customminifig.co.uk use names?
Some type of name is required if you want to leave a comment, or register on customminifig.co.uk. You can choose to use your own name, but you can also use an online name or other type of anonymous user name. If you leave a comment, the name you provided appears on the comment.

How does customminifig.co.uk use e-mail addresses?
An e-mail address is required to leave a comment.

The e-mail address you provide when you leave a comment is not displayed to other readers. We will not use this e-mail address to contact you except in rare cases where your online privacy or safety is at risk (for example, you’ve shared inappropriate personally identifiable information in a comment). However, by using the Contact Form, you give us permission to contact you in response.

Does customminifig.co.uk use cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information that a Web server puts on your computer (read more about HTTP cookies on Wikipedia). customminifig.co.uk only puts a cookie on your computer if you register and then choose to have the site remember you the next time you visit (read more about registration later in this privacy policy).

On site advertising

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Google:

• Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.
• Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

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