The Privacy Policy now in effect was last revised on September 3, 2008.

Website Operator.  This is the Website of Western Publishing Association.

Contact Information:  We can be reached by any of the following means:

Our postal address is 823 Rim Crest Dr., Westlake Village, CA 91361.

Our e-mail address is  wpa@wpa-online.org

Our phone number is 805-495-1863

Type of Information Collected:  For each visitor to our Website, our Web server automatically recognizes and records the consumer’s domain name and e-mail address (where possible).

We collect the e-mail addresses of those who post messages to our bulletin board, the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations, name and address, telephone number, fax number, and payment information (e.g., credit card number and billing address).

The information we collect is used by us to improve the content of our Website and/or to contact consumers for marketing purposes.

If you supply us with your postal address on-line you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products and services or upcoming events.

If you supply us with your telephone number, you may receive telephone calls from us with information regarding new products and services or upcoming events.

With respect to security: Our Website is secure/no pop-up.

With respect to cookies: We use cookies to record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, record past activity at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our Website.

Reviewing or Changing Information:  If you wish to review or change the personally identifiable information collected by our Website, and/or if you do not want to receive e-mail, postal mailings and/or telephone calls from us, please let us know by e-mail, postal mail or telephone as described above.

Sharing of Information: From time to time, we make the e-mail addresses of those who access our Website available to other companies and organizations whose products and services are directed to the publishing industry.  We use our best efforts to share such information only with companies and organizations that we believe to be reputable and whose products or services we think you might find interesting. If you do not want us to share your e-mail address with other companies or organizations, please let us know by contacting us as described above.

Please provide us with your exact name and address. We will use our best efforts to ensure that your name is removed from the lists we share with other organizations.

With respect to Ad Servers: We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

Notification of Changes in Privacy Policy: From time to time, we may use customer information for new and unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our Privacy Policy, and/or we may change other aspects of our Privacy Policy.

If our Privacy Policy changes at any time in the future, we will notify visitors to and users of the Website by posting the policy changes to the Privacy Policy as it is displayed here. Please visit the pages where our Privacy Policy is posted to make sure that you are fully informed about any changes.

By visiting and/or using our Website, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of our Privacy Policy and other Terms of Use, including but not limited to the foregoing terms regarding notification of changes in the Privacy Policy. For that reason, your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes will mean you have accepted and agreed to be bound by those changes.

Children’s Online Privacy.  In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), our Website is a general audience site and targets an audience that is over the age of 18.  The contents of our Website are not directed or targeted to children under the age of 13, and we do not intend to or knowingly collect information of any kind whatsoever from children under the age of 13.  We encourage parents and guardians of children to closely monitor the use of the Internet by their children.  If you are the parent or guardian of a child and believe that he or she has disclosed personal information to use, please contact us at the address or phone number given above. Upon request, the parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 may review and request the deletion of such child’s personal information as well as refuse to permit the further collection or use of such personal information.

Contact.  If you feel that our Website is not following the Privacy Policy or other Terms of Use, you may contact us at the email address, postal address and/or phone number give above.

Applicable Law.  Our Privacy Policy and the use of our Website are governed by the laws of California.  Users of our Website consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Los Angeles County.