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However, for specific contests or to enable your participation within our discussion areas, some degree of personal and contact information will be necessary. You can always choose not to receive additional mailings at that time. Visitors can change or correct information about themselves via online forms which are part of our registration system. Visitors may un-subscribe from newsletters and opt out of various mailings though our online registration forms. When we do not obtain prior verifiable parental consent, online contact information will be used only to directly respond to the child's request and will not be used to contact the child for other purposes.