Dear Parent/Teacher,
Thank you for joining SchoolMail™, SchoolBlog™ and the Global Community™.
Because your child may be under the age of 13, the law requires that we obtain your permission for your child to
participate in SchoolMail™, SchoolBlog™ and the Global Community™ and for us to collect and store certain
information about your child. So, to get started please fill out the permission form below and send it back to us
by e-mail.
ePals Inc., is committed to protecting children's online privacy. Here’s how we do that:
o Parental Consent: We do not allow anyone under 13 years of age to join on their own.
o Personal Information: We do not collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13
years of age without a parent, guardian, or teacher’s consent.
o We Collect Minimal Information: Even after we obtain parental, guardian, or teacher consent, we do
not collect more personal information about children than is required to participate in an activity while
visiting our site.
o Our Use of Information: We use the information we collect to provide an interactive online
experience, to send newsletters, to make reading recommendations, to provide educational content that
we believe that the child may be interested in or would benefit from, and to fulfill requests for products
or services.
o Protecting Your Child’s Privacy: We monitor our online forums to remove personally identifiable
information when we see it.
How to give permission for your child to participate in SchoolMail™, SchoolBlog™, and the Global
Community™:
1. Click “Reply” to this e-mail or send us a separate email with the following subject line:
“Consent.”
2. Fill out the parental consent form below.
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PARENTAL CONSENT
For a complete description of the information we collect from children, how we use that information, and what
information we share with third parties, please see http://www.epals.com/privacy/. I understand that I have the right to
review the information ePals has collected about my child, and that I can later revoke my consent by submitting my request
at http://www.epals.com/feedback/form/form.e directing ePals to delete my child’s personal information from its databases.
I give permission for my child ____________________________ to participate in SchoolMail™, SchoolBlog™, and the
Global Community™. My child can receive e-mail messages from ePals about the service, and receive future offers from
ePals based on his or her preferences, as well as promotional updates about site and service content.
Child's First and Last Name: ___________________________________________________
Child's Birth Date: ____/____/________
Parent/Guardian Name: _______________________________________________________
Relationship to Child: ________________________________________________________
Date: ____/____/________
Please enter your preferred email address in case we need to reach you:
__________________________________________________________
If you have any questions regarding the ePals site or if you would like to speak with us about your child’s privacy, please
contact us:
ePals Inc. Corporate Headquarters
13625-A Dulles Technology Drive
Herndon, Virginia 20171, USA
Phone: (703) 885-3401
Fax: 1-703-885-3491
Email: support@epals.com