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The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) is a United States federal law, located at 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506(Pub.L. 105–277, 112 Stat. 2681-728, enacted October 21, 1998) that was effective April 21, 2000. No child under 13 years of age should subscribe or leave comments on this blog.
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If you use the regular comment area to leave a comment on my blog, The StCR software asks for your name, email address, and website. It is visible with the comments. However, neither STcr nor I share this information with anyone. Anyone reading the comments can see your name and click on your website. However, they cannot see your email address. I can see your email address so I can reply to your comments.
We use software that asks for your name and email address to verify that the comment is not SPAM. unsolicited advertising,. quick schemes, or quasi-legal services. If a comment has more than 1 link in it, it will go to the SPAM folder to protect readers from them.
WordPress and I never give your information to a third party without your permission. I use widget or plugin software but no one other than me sees your information when you subscribe to my blog.
Remember, you can use the pop up cookie controls to limit the information we collect about you when you visit my blog.
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Also, I have links to Amazon for my books and books of other authors. I do not receive commission for putting these on my site. Amazon does not pay me to put them there. Of course, If you purchase a book of mine, that makes me smile and I do receive royalties from that. Thank you for purchasing one of my books:
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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.
Thank you.
Never Give Up
Do Something Fun for You Every Day
Joan Y. Edwards